Kazakhstan at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Kazakhstan at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Kazakhstan competed in the Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Kazakhstani athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 96 competitors, 72 men and 24 women, took part in 99 events in 14 sports.
Medalists
Archery
Kazakhstan sent six archers to Atlanta. Only one, Vadim Chikarev, won a match in the individual round. Chikarev had competed on the Unified Team in Barcelona. The women's team defeated the United States in the team round.
Women's Individual Competition:
Anna Mozhar – Round of 64, 37th place (0-1)
Irina Leonova – Round of 64, 52nd place (0-1)
Yana Touniiantse – Round of 64, 58th place (0-1)
Men's Individual Competition:
Vadim Chikarev – Round of 32, 30th place (1-1)
Vitaliy Shin – Round of 64, 33rd place (0-1)
Sergei Martynov – Round of 64, 43rd place (0-1)
Women's Team Competition:
Mozhar, Leonova, and Touniiantse – Quarterfinal, 8th place (1-1)
Men's Team Competition:
Chikarev, Shin, and Martynov – Round of 16, 13th place (0-1)
Athletics
Men's 100 metres
Vitaliy Savin
Vitaly Medvedev
Men's 20 km Walk
Valeriy Borisov
Men's 50 km Walk
Sergey Korepanov – 3:48:42 (→ 8th place)
Men's Pole Vault
Igor Potapovich
Men's Triple Jump
Sergey Arzamasov
Men's Shot Put
Sergey Rubtsov
Women's 100 metres
Nataliya Vorobyova
Heat - 11.91 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400 metres
Svetlana Bodritskaya
Heat – 53.24 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400m Hurdles
Natalya Torshina
Qualification – 55.94 (→ did not advance)
Women's Long Jump
Yelena Pershina
Qualification – 6.50m (→ did not advance)
Yelena Koshcheyeva
Qualification – 5.55m (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump
Svetlana Zalevskaya
Qualification – 1.93m
Final – 1.93m (→ 14th place)
Women's Shot Put
Yelena Baltabayeva
Qualification – 16.40m (→ did not advance)
Women's Heptathlon
Svetlana Kazanina
Final Result – 6002 points (→ 18th place)
Women's 10 km Walk
Svetlana Tolstaya – 45:35 (→ 21st place)
Maya Sazonova – 47:33 (→ 35th place)
Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Bolat Dzhumadilov → Silver Medal
First Round – Defeated Vladislav Neiman (Israel), 18-7
Second Round – Defeated Serhiy Kovganko (Ukraine), 21-4
Quarterfinals – Defeated Damaen Kelly (Ireland), 13-6
Semifinals – Defeated Zoltan Lunka (Germany), 23-18
Final – Lost to Maikro Romero (Cuba), 11-12
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Bektas Abubakirov
First Round – Lost to Rachid Bouaita (France), 4-10
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Bakhtiyar Tileganov
First Round – Lost to Floyd Mayweather (United States), referee stopped contest in second round
Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
Bolat Niyazymbetov → Bronze Medal
First Round – Defeated Carlos Martínez (Mexico), 25-3
Second Round – Defeated Davis Mwale (Zambia), 11-3
Quarterfinals – Defeated Moghimi Babak (Iran), 13-8
Semifinals – Lost to Héctor Vinent (Cuba), 6-23
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
Nurzhan Smanov
First Round – Defeated Lynden Hosking (Australia), referee stopped contest in second round
Second Round – Defeated Abdul Rasheed Baloch (Pakistan), 13-9
Quarterfinals – Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba), 8-16
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
Yermakhan Ibraimov → Bronze Medal
First Round – Defeated Nick Farrell (Canada), 15-4
Second Round – Defeated Hendrik Simangunsong (Indonesia), referee stopped contest in first round
Quarterfinals – Defeated Markus Beyer (Germany), 19-9
Semifinals – Lost to Alfredo Duvergel (Cuba), 19-28
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
Vassili Jirov → Gold Medal
First Round – Defeated Julio González (Mexico), referee stopped contest in second round
Second Round – Defeated Pietro Aurino (Italy), 18-13
Quarterfinals – Defeated Troy Amos-Ross (Canada), 14-8
Semifinals – Defeated Antonio Tarver (United States), 15-9
Final – Defeated Lee Seung-Bae (South Korea), 17-4
Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)
Mikhail Yurchenko
First Round – Bye
Second Round – Lost to Alexei Lezin (Russia), referee stopped contest in first round
Canoeing
Cycling
Road competition
Men's Individual Road Race
Andrey Kivilev
Alexander Vinokourov
Aleksandr Shefer
Andrey Teteryuk
Women's Individual Road Race
Alla Vasilenko
Final – did not finish (→ no ranking)
Track competition
Men's Points Race
Sergey Lavrenenko
Final – 7 points (→ 10th place)
Men's Individual Pursuit (4,000 metres)
Vadim Kravchenko
Women's Points Race
Alla Vasilenko
Diving
Women's 3m Springboard
Irina Vyguzova
Preliminary Heat – 276.45
Semi Final – 202.86
Final – 273.06 (→ 10th place)
Yelena Ivanova
Preliminary Heat – 235.50
Semi Final – 187.20 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 10m Platform
Irina Vyguzova
Preliminary Heat – 319.11
Semi Final – 158.40
Final – 274.20 (→ 7th place)
Fencing
One male fencer represented Kazakhstan in 1996.
Men's foil
Vyacheslav Grigoryev
Gymnastics
Judo
Men's Half-Lightweight
Sergey Akhirov
Men's Lightweight
Akhat Akhirov
Men's Half-Middleweight
Ruslan Seilkhanov
Men's Middleweight
Sergey Alimzhanov
Men's Half-Heavyweight
Sergey Shakimov
Men's Heavyweight
Igor Peshkov
Women's Half-Middleweight
Valentina Kamsulyeva
Women's Half-Heavyweight
Yevgeniya Bogunova
Modern pentathlon
Men's Individual Competition:
Alexandre Paryguin – 5551 pts (→ Gold Medal)
Dmitriy Tyurin – 3878 pts (→ 31st place)
Shooting
Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol (25 metres)
Vladimir Vokhmyanin
Men's Air Rifle (10 metres)
Sergey Belyayev
Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions (50 metres)
Sergey Belyayev
Men's Small-Bore Rifle Prone (50 metres)
Sergey Belyayev
Men's Running Target (10 metres)
Yury Rodnov
Women's Air Pistol (10 metres)
Galina Belyayeva
Yuliya Bondareva
Women's Sporting Pistol (25 metres)
Yuliya Bondareva
Galina Belyayeva
Swimming
Men's 50 m Freestyle
Sergey Borisenko
Heat – 23.29 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Men's 100 m Freestyle
Aleksey Yegorov
Heat – 50.49 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 200 m Freestyle
Aleksey Yegorov
Heat – 1:51.66 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke
Sergey Ushkalov
Heat – 58.41 (→ did not advance, 41st place)
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
Aleksandr Savitsky
Heat – 1:05.85 (→ did not advance, 38th place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
Andrey Gavrilov
Heat – 54.56 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Aleksandr Savitsky
Heat – 2:08.78 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Sergey Borisenko, Aleksey Khovrin, Sergey Ushkalov, and Aleksey Yegorov
Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Sergey Ushkalov, Aleksandr Savitsky, Andrey Gavrilov, and Aleksey Yegorov
Heat – 3:49.51 (→ did not advance, 15th place)
Women's 50 m Freestyle
Yevgeniya Yermakova
Heat – 25.97
B-Final – 26.06 (→ 13th place)
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Men's Light-Heavyweight
Rishat Mansurov
Final – 155.0 + 182.5 = 337.5 (→ 10th place)
Kuanysh Rymkulov
Final – DNS (→ no ranking)
Notes
References
Nations at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996
1996 in Kazakhstani sport