Kazakhstan at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Kazakhstan at the Olympic Games
Flag of Kazakhstan
IOC code:	KAZ
NOC:	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan external link (Kazakh)
1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Medals Rank: 24	Gold 3	Silver 4	Bronze 4	Total 11
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1996 • 2000 • 2004
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992)

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.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Archery 2.2 Athletics 2.3 Boxing 2.4 Modern pentathlon 2.5 Swimming 3 References

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

• Vasilii Jirov — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)
• Alexandre Paryguin — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Individual Competition
• Yuriy Melnichenko — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg

[edit] Silver

• Bulat Dzumadilov — Boxing, Men's Flyweight (51 kg)
• Sergey Beliaev — Shooting, Men's 50 m Rifle three positions
• Sergey Beliaev — Shooting, Men's 50 m Rifle prone
• Anatoli Khrapaty — Weightlifting, Men's 99 kg

[edit] Bronze

• Bolat Niyazymbetov — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight (63.5 kg)
• Yermakhan Ibraimov — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)
• Vladimir Vokhmyanin — Shooting, Men's 25 m Rapid Fire Pistol
• Maulen Mamyrov — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle 52 kg

[edit] Results by event

[edit] 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)

[edit] Athletics

Women's High Jump

• Svetlana Zalevskaya

• Qualification — 1.93m
• Final — 1.93m (→ 14th place)

Women's Heptathlon

• Svetlana Kazanina

• Final Result — 6002 points (→ 18th place)

Women's 10km Walk

• Svetlana Tolstaya — 45:35 (→ 21st place)

• Maya Sazonova — 47:33 (→ 35th place)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

• Bolat Dzhumadilov → Silver Medal
  1. First Round — Defeated Vladislav Neiman (Israel), 18-7
  2. Second Round — Defeated Serguei Kobzanko (Ukraine), 21-4
  3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Damaen Kelly (Ireland), 13-6
  4. Semifinals — Defeated Zoltan Lunka (Germany), 23-18
  5. Final — Lost to Maikro Romero (Cuba), 11-12

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

• Bektas Abubakirov
  1. First Round — Lost to Rachid Bouaita (France), 4-10

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

• Bakhtiyar Tileganov
  1. 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
  1. First Round — Defeated Carlos Martínez (Mexico), 25-3
  2. Second Round — Defeated Davis Mwale (Zambia), 11-3
  3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Moghimi Babak (Iran), 13-8
  4. Semifinals — Lost to Héctor Vinent (Cuba), 6-23

Men's Welterweight (67 kg)

• Nurzhan Smanov
  1. First Round — Defeated Lynden Hosking (Australia), referee stopped contest in second round
  2. Second Round — Defeated Abdul Rasheed (Pakistan), 13-9
  3. Quarterfinals — Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba), 8-16

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

• Yermakhan Ibraimov → Bronze Medal
  1. First Round — Defeated Nick Farrell (Canada), 15-4
  2. Second Round — Defeated Hendrik Simangunsong (Indonesia), referee stopped contest in first round
  3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Markus Beyer (Germany), 19-9
  4. Semifinals — Lost to Alfredo Duvergel (Cuba), 19-28

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

• Vassili Jirov → Gold Medal
  1. First Round — Defeated Julio González (Mexico), referee stopped contest in second round
  2. Second Round — Defeated Pedro Aurino (Italy), 18-13
  3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Troy Amos-Ross (Canada), 14-8
  4. Semifinals — Defeated Antonio Tarver (United States), 15-9
  5. Final — Defeated Lee Seung-Bao (South Korea), 17-4

Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)

• Mikhail Jourchenko
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Lost to Alexei Lezin (Russia), referee stopped contest in first round

[edit] Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

• Alexandre Paryguin — 5551 pts (→ Gold Medal)
• Dmitriy Tyurin — 3878 pts (→ 31st place)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Sergei Borisenko
  1. Heat – 23.29 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Alexei Egorov
  1. Heat – 50.49 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Alexei Egorov
  1. Heat – 1:51.66 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Sergei Ushkalov
  1. Heat – 58.41 (→ did not advance, 41st place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Alexander Savitski
  1. Heat – 1:05.85 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Andrei Gavrilov
  1. Heat – 54.56 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 200 m Individuel Medley

• Alexander Savitski
  1. Heat – 2:08.78 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Sergei Ushkalov, Alexander Savitski, Andrei Gavrilov, and Alexei Egorov
  1. Heat – 3:49.51 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Evgenia Ermakova
  1. Heat – 25.97
  2. B-Final – 26.06 (→ 13th place)

[edit] References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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