# Kazakhstan at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Kazakhstan is set to compete at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Eduard Kim | Artistic swimming | Men's solo technical routine | July 17 |

## Athletes by discipline

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Artistic swimming | 2 | 12 | 14 |
| Open water swimming | 3 | 2* | 5* |
| Swimming | 1 | 3* | 4* |
| Water polo | 15 | 13 | 28 |
| Total | 21 | 29 | 50 |
* Diana Taszhanova was compete in both open water swimming and indoor swimming.

## Artistic swimming

Kazakhstan entered 14 artistic swimmers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Eduard Kim | Solo technical routine | 180.5634 | 5 Q | 216.0000 | |
| Eduard Kim | Solo free routine | 173.0499 | 2 Q | DNS | DNS |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Karina Magrupova | Solo technical routine | 195.3433 | 10 Q | 192.3200 | 11 |
| Karina Magrupova | Solo free routine | 137.0083 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Arina Pushkina Yasmin Tuyakova | Duet technical routine | 184.2734 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Arina Pushkina Yasmin Tuyakova | Duet free routine | 141.8146 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Nargiza Bolatova Eduard Kim | Duet technical routine | 192.0333 | 4 Q | 204.0967 | 7 |
| Nargiza Bolatova Eduard Kim | Duet free routine | 191.8354 | 3 Q | 133.6979 | 9 |
| Nargiza Bolatova Eteri Kakutia Aigerim Kurmangaliyeva Artur Maidanov Xeniya Makarova Anna Pavletsova Valeriya Stolbunova Zhaklin Yakimova | Team acrobatic routine | 178.5166 | 11 Q | 191.5333 | 10 |
| Eteri Kakutia Aigerim Kurmangaliyeva Karina Magrupova Xeniya Makarova Anna Pavletsova Valeriya Stolbunova Zhaklin Yakimova Zhaniya Zhiyengazy | Team technical routine | 179.5535 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eteri Kakutia Aigerim Kurmangaliyeva Xeniya Makarova Arina Myasnikova Anna Pavletsova Valeriya Stolbunova Zhaklin Yakimova Zhaniya Zhiyengazy | Team free routine | 189.2292 | 12 Q | 185.0375 | 11 |

## Open water swimming

Kazikhstan entered 5 open water swimmers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Daniil Androssov | Men's 10 km | 2:05:36.4 | 56 |
| Galymzhan Balabek | Men's 5 km | 1:01:29.3 | 56 |
| Lev Cherepanov | Men's 5 km | 58:21.0 | 38 |
| Lev Cherepanov | Men's 10 km | 2:03:08.4 | 45 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Mariya Fedotova | Women's 5 km | 1:05:57.4 | 45 |
| Mariya Fedotova | Women's 10 km | 2:22:57.6 | 54 |
| Diana Taszhanova | Women's 5 km | 1:02:25.9 | 30 |
| Diana Taszhanova | Women's 10 km | 2:13:16.7 | 44 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Diana Taszhanova Galymzhan Balabek Mariya Fedotova Lev Cherepanov | Team relay | 1:17:41.8 | 17 |

## Swimming

Kazakhstan entered 4 swimmers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Adilbek Mussin | 100 metre freestyle | 49.64 | 39 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Adilbek Mussin | 50 metre butterfly | 23.55 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Adilbek Mussin | 100 metre butterfly | 51.68 NR | 14 Q | 51.81 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Xeniya Ignatova | 50 metre backstroke | 29.25 | 35 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Xeniya Ignatova | 100 metre backstroke | 1:02.34 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Xeniya Ignatova | 200 metre backstroke | 2:16.06 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Adelaida Pchelintseva | 50 metre breaststroke | 31.61 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Adelaida Pchelintseva | 100 metre breaststroke | 1:11.41 | 42 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Diana Taszhanova | 800 metre freestyle | 8:51.46 | 30 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Diana Taszhanova | 1500 metre freestyle | 17:09.98 | 29 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Water polo
### Summary

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Playoff | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Kazakhstan | Men's tournament | United States L 5–18 | Greece L 2–18 | Australia L 6–22 | 4 | — | — | China W 12–5 | Argentina L 7–11 | 14 |
| Kazakhstan | Women's tournament | Israel L 6–17 | Netherlands L 2–30 | Spain L 5–24 | 4 | — | — | China L 6–16 | Argentina W 10–8 | 15 |

### Men's tournament
#### Team roster

The following is the Kazakh roster.
Head coach: Nebojša Obradović
* 1 Temirlan Balfanbayev GK
* 2 Eduard Tsoy FP
* 3 Yegor Berbelyuk FP
* 4 Dushan Markovich FP
* 5 Danil Artyukh FP
* 6 Alexey Shmider FP
* 7 Murat Shakenov FP
* 8 Srđan Vuksanović FP
* 9 Ruslan Akhmetov FP
* 10 Mikhail Ruday FP
* 11 Olzhas Kanysh FP
* 12 Sultan Shonzhigitov FP
* 13 Daniil Matolinets GK
* Maxim Lamayev FP
* Yegor Beloussev FP

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Greece | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 25 | +21 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 28 | +20 | 6 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 3 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 58 | −45 | 0 | |
| 17 July 2023 09:00 | Report | Kazakhstan | 5–18 | United States | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), David Gómez (ESP) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), David Gómez (ESP) |||
| 17 July 2023 09:00 | Report | Markovich 3 | Goals | Abramson 5 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), David Gómez (ESP) |
| 19 July 2023 17:30 | Report | Greece | 18–2 | Kazakhstan | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Germán Moller (ARG) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Germán Moller (ARG) |||
| 19 July 2023 17:30 | Report | three players 3 | Goals | Akhmetov, Ruday 1 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Germán Moller (ARG) |
| 21 July 2023 16:00 | Report | Australia | 22–6 | Kazakhstan | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), David Gómez (ESP) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), David Gómez (ESP) |||
| 21 July 2023 16:00 | Report | Negus, Poot 4 | Goals | Artyukh 2 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), David Gómez (ESP) |

#### 13–16th place semifinals

| 23 July 2023 09:00 | Report | Kazakhstan | 12–5 | China | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |||
| 23 July 2023 09:00 | Report | Markovich 4 | Goals | Xie Z. 3 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), Vojin Putniković (SRB) |

#### 13th place game

| 25 July 2023 10:30 | Report | Kazakhstan | 7–11 | Argentina | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Marta Cabanas (ESP), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Marta Cabanas (ESP), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA) |||
| 25 July 2023 10:30 | Report | Markovich, Vuksanovich 2 | Goals | Corsi 4 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Marta Cabanas (ESP), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA) |

### Women's tournament
#### Team roster

The following is the Kazakh roster.
Head coach: Marina Pertseva
* 1 Alexandra Zharkimbayeva GK
* 2 Darya Pochinok FP
* 3 Anastasiya Glukhova FP
* 4 Viktoriya Kaplun FP
* 5 Valeriya Anossova FP
* 6 Madina Rakhmanova FP
* 7 Anna Novikova FP
* 8 Olga Vorontsova FP
* 9 Milena Nabiyeva FP
* 10 Viktoriya Khritankova FP
* 11 Anastassiya Mirshina FP
* 12 Anastassiya Tsoy FP
* 13 Mariya Martynenko GK

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 16 | +45 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 17 | +35 | 6 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Israel | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 3 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 71 | −58 | 0 | |
| 16 July 2023 13:30 | Report | Israel | 17–6 | Kazakhstan | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA) |||
| 16 July 2023 13:30 | Report | three players 4 | Goals | Khritankova, Mirshina 2 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA) |
| 18 July 2023 09:00 | Report | Kazakhstan | 2–30 | Netherlands | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Germán Moller (ARG) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Germán Moller (ARG) |||
| 18 July 2023 09:00 | Report | Mirshina, Pochinok 1 | Goals | Van de Kraats 8 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Germán Moller (ARG) |
| 20 July 2023 17:30 | Report | Spain | 24–5 | Kazakhstan | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA) |||
| 20 July 2023 17:30 | Report | Peña 4 | Goals | Novikova, Tsoy 2 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA) |

#### 13–16th place semifinals

| 22 July 2023 09:00 | Report | China | 16–6 | Kazakhstan | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Hélène Painchaud (CAN) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Hélène Painchaud (CAN) |||
| 22 July 2023 09:00 | Report | Yan S., Zhang J. 4 | Goals | Kaplun 3 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Hélène Painchaud (CAN) |

#### 15th place game

| 24 July 2023 09:00 | Report | Kazakhstan | 10–8 | Argentina | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Nicola Johnson (AUS) |
| Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Nicola Johnson (AUS) |||
| 24 July 2023 09:00 | Report | Khritankova, Novikova 3 | Goals | Bacigalupo 4 | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Nicola Johnson (AUS) |