Kazakhstan at the 2008 Summer Olympics

In total, 130 athletes represented Kazakhstan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China across 18 different sports.^[1]

During the games Kazakhstan won a total of 14 medals at the games including three gold, five silver and six bronze. However, five of these medals were later stripped due to doping offences. These included the gold won by Ilya Ilyin,^[2] the silvers won by Irina Nekrassova^[3] and Taimuraz Tigiyev^[4] and the bronzes wn by Asset Mambetov^[3] and Mariya Grabovetskaya.^[1][3]

A pink background donates a medal which was later stripped from the competitor.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Alla Vazhenina	Weightlifting	Women's 75 kg	15 August
Gold	Ilya Ilyin	Weightlifting	Men's 94 kg	17 August
Gold	Bakhyt Sarsekbayev	Boxing	Welterweight	24 August
Silver	Irina Nekrassova	Weightlifting	Women's 63 kg	12 August
Silver	Nurbakyt Tengizbayev	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg	12 August
Silver	Askhat Zhitkeyev	Judo	Men's 100 kg	14 August
Silver	Olga Rypakova	Athletics	Women's triple jump	17 August
Silver	Taimuraz Tigiyev	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 96 kg	21 August
Bronze	Asset Mambetov	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg	14 August
Bronze	Mariya Grabovetskaya	Weightlifting	Women's +75 kg	16 August
Bronze	Yelena Shalygina	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 63 kg	17 August
Bronze	Marid Mutalimov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 120 kg	21 August
Bronze	Arman Chilmanov	Taekwondo	Men's +80 kg	23 August
Bronze	Yerkebulan Shynaliyev	Boxing	Light heavyweight	24 August

In total, one Kazakh athlete participated in the archery events – Anastassiya Bannova in the women's individual.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Anastassiya Bannova	Women's individual	628	35	Valeeva (ITA) (30) L 105–107	Did not advance

In total, 19 Kazakh athletes participated in the athletics events – Marina Aitova and Yekaterina Yevseyeva in the women's high jump, Tatyana Azarova in the women's 400 m hurdles, Dmitry Karpov in the decathlon, Nataliya Ivoninskaya and Anastassiya Pilipenko in the women's 100 m hurdles, Rustam Kuvatov in the men's 20 km walk, Irina Litvinenko and Yelena Parfyonova in the women's riple jump, Takhir Mamashayev in the men's marathon, Yevgeniy Meleshenko in the men's 400 m hurdles, Vyacheslav Muravyev in the men's 200 m, Irina Naumenko in the heptathlon, Olga Rypakova in the women's long jump and the women's triple jump, Olga Tereshkova in the women's 400 m, Svetlana Tolstaya in the women's 20 km walk, Iolanta Ulyeva in the women's shot put, Roman Valiyev in the men's triple jump and Sergey Zasimovich in the men's high jump.^[1]

Men

Track & road events

Field events

Women

Track & road events

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Marina Aitova	High jump	1.93	=1 q	1.93	=10
Irina Litvinenko	Triple jump	12.92	32	Did not advance
Yelena Parfyonova		13.46	27	Did not advance
Olga Rypakova	Long jump	6.30	30	Did not advance
	Triple jump	14.64	4 Q	15.11
Iolanta Ulyeva	Shot put	15.49	32	Did not advance
Yekaterina Yevseyeva	High jump	1.85	28	Did not advance

In total, 10 Kazakh athletes participated in the boxing events – Kanat Abutalipov in the bantamweight category, Merey Akshalov in the lightweight category, Bakhtiyar Artayev in the middleweight category, Galib Jafarov in the featherweight category, Ruslan Myrsatayev in the super heavyweight category, Serik Sapiyev in the light welterweight category, Bakhyt Sarsekbayev in the welterweight category, Mirat Sarsembayev in the flyweight category, Yerkebuian Shynaliyev in the light heavyweight category and Birzhan Zhakypov in the light flyweight category.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Birzhan Zhakypov	Light flyweight	Essomba (CMR) W 7–3	Danielyan (ARM) W 13–7	Zou (CHN) L 4–9	Did not advance
Mirat Sarsembayev	Flyweight	Kaczor (POL) W 14–5	Balakshin (RUS) L 4–12	Did not advance
Kanat Abutalipov	Bantamweight	Bye	León (CUB) L 3–10	Did not advance
Galib Jafarov	Featherweight	Imranov (AZE) L 5–9	Did not advance
Merey Akshalov	Lightweight	Varga (HUN) W 12–3	Hu Q (CHN) L 7–11	Did not advance
Serik Sapiyev	Light welterweight	Bye	Sánchez (VEN) W 22–3	Boonjumnong (THA) L 5–7	Did not advance
Bakhyt Sarsekbayev	Welterweight	Trupish (CAN) W 20–1	Gruşac (MDA) W RSC	Mahmudov (UZB) W 12–7	Kim J-J (KOR) W 10–6	Banteaux (CUB) W 18–9
Bakhtiyar Artayev	Middleweight	Rachidi (MAR) W 8–2	Korobov (RUS) W 10–7	DeGale (GBR) L 3–8	Did not advance
Yerkebuian Shynaliyev	Light heavyweight	Semiotas (LTU) W 11–3	Negrón (PUR) W 9–3	Kurbanov (TJK) W DSQ	Zhang Xp (CHN) L 4–4+	Did not advance
Ruslan Myrsatayev	Super heavyweight	—	Beahan (AUS) W RSC	Zhang Zl (CHN) L 2–12	Did not advance

In total, seven Kazakh athletes participated in the canoeing events – Alexey Dergunov, Alexandr Dyadchuk, Dmitriy Kaltenberger, Yekaterina Lukicheva, Kaisar Nurmaganbetov, Dmitriy Torlopov and Mikhail Yemelyanov.^[1]

In total, three Kazakh athletes participated in the cycling events – Maxim Iglinsky, Andrey Mizurov and Zulfiya Zabirova.^[1]

In total, one Kazakh athlete participated in the gymnastics events – Aliya Yussupova in the women's rhythmic individual all-around.^[1]

In total, 14 Kazakh athletes participated in the handball events – Olga Ajiderskaya, Irina Borechko, Yelena Ilyukhina, Gulzira Iskakova, Nataliya Kubrina, Yuliya Markovich, Xeniya Nikandrova, Tatiana Parfenova, Marina Pikalova, Yelena Portova, Olga Travnikova, Yekaterina Tyapkova, Yana Vassilyeva, Nataliya Yakovleva in the women's tournament.^[1]

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Norway	5	5	0	0	154	106	+48	10	Qualified for the quarterfinals
Romania	5	4	0	1	150	112	+38	8
China	5	2	0	3	122	135	−13	4
France	5	2	0	3	121	128	−7	4
Kazakhstan	5	1	1	3	109	137	−28	3
Angola	5	0	1	4	109	147	−38	1

9 August 2008 14:00	Romania	31 – 19	Kazakhstan	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Aires Menezes, Aparecido Pinto (BRA)
	Ardean-Elisei 6	(13–10)	Ajiderskaya 10
	4× 5× 1×	Report	3× 7×

11 August 2008 09:00	Kazakhstan	18 – 21	France	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
	Ajiderskaya 7	(8–10)	Lacrabère 6
	3× 4× 1×	Report	3× 3×

13 August 2008 19:00	Norway	35 – 19	Kazakhstan	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Aires Menezes, Aparecido Pinto (BRA)
	Lybekk, Nyberg 5	(14–10)	Vassilyeva 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

15 August 2008 09:00	Kazakhstan	29 – 26	China	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Pikalova 8	(14–10)	Li Weiwei 11
	3× 5×	Report	3× 3×

17 August 2008 10:45	Angola	24 – 24	Kazakhstan	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
	Bengue 6	(16–14)	three players 5
	3× 5×	Report	3× 5×

In total, 10 Kazakh athletes participated in the judo events – Sagat Abikeyeva in the women's −78 kg category, Rinat Ibragimov in the men's −73 kg category, Yeldos Ikhsangaliyev in the men's +100 kg category, Gulzhan Issanova in the women's +78 kg category, Sholpan Kaliyeva in the women's −52 kg category, Kelbet Nurgazina in the women's −48 kg category, Gulzat Uralbayeva in the women's −57 kg category, Salamat Utarbayev in the men's −60 kg category Zhanar Zhanzunova in the women's −70 kg category and Askhat Zhitkeyev in the men's −100 kg category.^[1]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Salamat Utarbayev	−60 kg	Bye	Liu Rw (CHN) L 0000–0001	Did not advance
Rinat Ibragimov	−73 kg	—	Wang K-C (KOR) L 0000–1011	Did not advance			Muminov (UZB) L 0001–1010	Did not advance
Askhat Zhitkeyev	−100 kg	—	Al-Enezi (KUW) W 1110–0000	Mekić (BIH) W 1001–0010	Hadfi (HUN) W 1111–0100	Grol (NED) W 1010–0100	Bye			Naidangiin (MGL) L 0010–0120
Yeldos Ikhsangaliyev	+100 kg	—	Pepic (AUS) W 0020–0000	Riner (FRA) L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kelbet Nurgazina	−48 kg	Jossinet (FRA) W 1000–0000	Ouelgo (BUR) W 1001–0000	Pak O-S (PRK) L 0001–0011	Did not advance	Bye	Hormigo (POR) L 0001–0002	Did not advance
Sholpan Kaliyeva	−52 kg	Bye	Shih P-C (TPE) W 0021–0020	An K-A (PRK) L 0000–0200	Did not advance	Bye	Velázquez (VEN) W 0010–0000	Heylen (BEL) W 1000–0000	Haddad (ALG) L 0010–0121	5
Gulzat Uralbayeva	−57 kg	Gotay (USA) L 0010–1001	Did not advance
Zhanar Zhanzunova	−70 kg	Alvear (COL) L 0010–1001	Did not advance
Sagat Abikeyeva	−78 kg	Castillo (CUB) L 0000–1021	Did not advance			Divya (IND) W 1010–0000	Possamaï (FRA) L 0001–1010	Did not advance
Gulzhan Issanova	+78 kg	Sadkowska (POL) W 0101–0010	Polavder (SLO) L 0001–1000	Did not advance		Bye	Tserenkhand (MGL) L 0000–1000	Did not advance

In total, two Kazakh athletes participated in the modern pentathlon events – Galina Dolgushina and Lada Jienbalanova in the women's competition.^[1]

In total, three Kazakh athletes participated in the rowing events – Inga Dudchenko in the women's single sculls and Alexandra Opachanova and Natalya Voronova in the women's lightweight double sculls.^[1]

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

In total, six Kazakh athletes participated in the shooting events – Zauresh Baibussinova, Olga Dovgun, Vitaliy Dovgun, Elena Struchaeva, Rashid Yunusmetov and Yuriy Yurkov.^[1]

Men

Women

In total, 12 Kazakh athletes participated in the swimming events – Artur Dilman, Dmitriy Gordiyenko, Rustam Khudiyev, Stanislav Kuzmin, Marina Mulyayeva, Stanislav Osinsky, Vladislav Polyakov, Oleg Rabota, Yekaterina Rudenko, Yevgeniy Ryzhkov, Yekaterina Sadovnik and Alexandr Sklyar.^[1]

Men

Women

In total, two Kazakh athletes participated in the synchronised swimming events – Ainur Kerey and Arna Toktagan in the duet.^[1]

In total, one Kazakh athlete participated in the table tennis events – Marina Shumakova in the women's singles.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marina Shumakova	Women's singles	Pesotska (UKR) L 0–4	Did not advance

In total, two Kazakh athletes participated in the taekwondo events – Arman Chilmanov in the men's +80 kg category and Liya Nurkina in the women's −67 kg category.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Arman Chilmanov	Men's +80 kg	Nikolaidis (GRE) L 3–4	Did not advance		Zrouri (MAR) W WO	Matos (CUB) W DSQ	Did not advance
Liya Nurkina	Women's −67 kg	Épangue (FRA) L 0–3	Did not advance

In total, one Kazakh athletes participated in the triathlon events – Danylo Sapunov in the men's race.^[1]

In total, 12 Kazakh athletes participated in the volleyball events – Yelena Ezau, Olga Grushko, Korinna Ishimtseva, Kseniya Ilyuchshenko, Olga Karpova, Yuliya Kutsko, Inna Matveyeva, Olga Nasedkina, Yelena Pavlova, Tatyana Pyurova, Irina Zaitseva and Nataliya Zhukova in the indoor women's tournament.^[1]

The team lost all but one of its matches, and didn't qualify for the final rounds. The team's final ranking was tied for 9th place.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SPW	SPL	SPR	SW	SL	SR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10	377	226	1.668	15	0	MAX	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	4	1	9	372	315	1.181	12	4	3.000
3	Russia	5	3	2	8	353	312	1.131	10	6	1.667
4	Serbia	5	2	3	7	343	349	0.983	6	10	0.600
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	4	6	323	404	0.800	4	13	0.308
6	Algeria	5	0	5	5	230	392	0.587	1	15	0.067

9 August 2008 12:15	Serbia	3–1	Kazakhstan	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Mitch Davidson (Canada), Victor Manuel Rodriguez (Puerto Rico)
	(25–21, 25–17, 23–25, 25–21) result statistics

11 August 2008 12:00	Kazakhstan	0–3	Italy	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,100 Referees: Patricia Salvatore (United States), Humberto Salas (Mexico)
	(19–25, 15–25, 21–25) result statistics

13 August 2008 12:30	Russia	3–0	Kazakhstan	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referees: Liu Jiang (China), Patricia Salvatore (United States)
	(25–19, 25–18, 25–11) result statistics

15 August 2008 12:00	Brazil	3–0	Kazakhstan	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Dejan Jovanovic (Serbia), Karin Zahorcova (Czech Republic)
	(25–13, 25–6, 27–25) result statistics

17 August 2008 10:00	Kazakhstan	3–1	Algeria	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,500 Referees: Patricia Salvatore (United States), Massimo Menghini (Italy)
	(25–18, 25–20, 17–25, 25–16) result statistics