Kazakhstan At The 2012 Summer Olympics

This was the nation's fifth appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Kazakhstan at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	KAZ
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Website	www.olympic.kz (in Kazakh, Russian, and English)
in London
Competitors	115 in 16 sports
Flag bearers	Nurmakhan Tinaliyev (opening) Serik Sapiyev (closing)
Medals Ranked 24th	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 6 Total 11
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912)  Soviet Union (1952–1988)  Unified Team (1992)

National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan sent a total of 115 athletes to the Games, 74 men and 41 women, to compete in 16 sports. The nation's team size was roughly 15 athletes smaller compared to the team sent to Beijing, and had the second largest share of men in its Summer Olympic history. Men's water polo was the only team-based sport in which Kazakhstan was represented in these Olympic Games. Among the sports played by the athletes, Kazakhstan marked its official Olympic debut in tennis.

Kazakhstan left London with a total of 13 medals (7 gold, 1 silver, and 5 bronze), finishing twelfth in the overall medal standings. This was the nation's most successful Olympics with the most gold medals, surpassing its previous records obtained in Atlanta and in Sydney where the nation had won three golds. Four of these medals were awarded to the athletes in weightlifting, which is Kazakhstan's most powerful Olympic sport along with boxing. Among the nation's medalists were weightlifter Ilya Ilin, who managed to defend his Olympic title from Beijing, and triple jumper Olga Rypakova, who became the second Kazakh track and field athlete to win the gold after 12 years. Professional cyclist Alexander Vinokourov, who competed at his fourth Olympics since 1996, won Kazakhstan's first ever gold medal in the men's road race. In 2016, following a series of positive drugs tests found during retests of 2012 samples, Kazakhstani athletes were stripped of a series of medals, including all four golds in weightlifting.

Medal Name Sport Event Date   Gold Alexander Vinokourov Cycling Men's road race 28 July   Gold Olga Rypakova Athletics Women's triple jump 5 August   Gold Serik Sapiyev Boxing Men's welterweight 12 August   Silver Adilbek Niyazymbetov Boxing Men's light heavyweight 12 August   Silver Anna Nurmukhambetova Weightlifting Women's 69 kg 1 August   Bronze Daniyal Gadzhiyev Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg 6 August   Bronze Marina Volnova Boxing Women's middleweight 8 August   Bronze Guzel Manyurova Wrestling Women's freestyle 72 kg 9 August   Bronze Ivan Dychko Boxing Men's super heavyweight 10 August   Bronze Akzhurek Tanatarov Wrestling Men's freestyle 66 kg 12 August   Bronze Daulet Shabanbay Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg 11 August

Medals by sport Sport       Total Boxing 1 1 2 4 Cycling 1 0 0 1 Athletics 1 0 0 1 Wrestling 0 0 4 4 Weightlifting 0 1 0 1 Total 3 2 6 11 Medals by date Day Date       Total Day 1 28 July 1 0 0 1 Day 2 29 July 0 0 0 1 Day 3 30 July 0 0 0 0 Day 4 31 July 0 0 0 1 Day 5 1 August 0 1 0 1 Day 6 2 August 0 0 0 0 Day 7 3 August 0 0 0 1 Day 8 4 August 0 0 0 1 Day 9 5 August 1 0 0 1 Day 10 6 August 0 0 1 1 Day 11 7 August 0 0 0 0 Day 12 8 August 0 0 1 1 Day 13 9 August 0 0 1 1 Day 14 10 August 0 0 1 1 Day 15 11 August 0 0 1 1 Day 16 12 August 1 1 1 3 Total 3 2 6 11

Disqualified medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Zulfiya Chinshanlo	Weightlifting	Women's 53 kg	29 July
Gold	Maiya Maneza	Weightlifting	Women's 63 kg	31 July
Gold	Svetlana Podobedova	Weightlifting	Women's 75 kg	3 August
Gold	Ilya Ilyin	Weightlifting	Men's 94 kg	4 August

Kazakhstan qualified two archers.

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
Denis Gankin	Men's individual	670	17	Kamaruddin (MAS) (48) W 6–4	van der Ven (NED) (16) L 1–7	Did not advance
Anastassiya Bannova	Women's individual	614	54	Román (MEX) (11) L 2–6	Did not advance

Kazakh athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):

Men
Track & road events

Field events

Combined events – Decathlon

Women
Track & road events

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Marina Aitova	High jump	NM	—	Did not advance
Irina Ektova	Triple jump	13.39	31	Did not advance
Alexandra Fisher	Shot put	16.16	29	Did not advance
Olga Rypakova	Triple jump	14.79	1 Q	14.98

Combined events – Heptathlon

Kazakhstan has qualified the following boxers.

Men

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	Beccu (FRA) W 18–17	Barriga (PHI) W 17–16	Zou S (CHN) L 10–13	Did not advance
Ilyas Suleimenov	Flyweight	Ntuve (SWE) W 13–8	Selby (GBR) L 15–19	Did not advance
Kanat Abutalipov	Bantamweight	Slamana (SYR) W 15–7	Nevin (IRL) L 10–15	Did not advance
Gani Zhailauov	Lightweight	Ardee (THA) W 12–12	Bhagwan (IND) W 16–8	Toledo (CUB) L 11–19	Did not advance
Daniyar Yeleussinov	Light welterweight	Herring (USA) W 19–9	Tolouti (IRI) W 19–10	Mangiacapre (ITA) L 12–16	Did not advance
Serik Sapiyev	Welterweight	Bye	Suzuki (JPN) W 25–11	Maestre (VEN) W 20–9	Zamkovoy (RUS) W 18–12	Evans (GBR) W 17–9
Danabek Suzhanov	Middleweight	Vijender (IND) L 10–14	Did not advance
Adilbek Niyazymbetov	Light heavyweight	Bye	Góngora (ECU) W 13–5	Rouzbahani (IRI) W 13–10	Hvozdyk (UKR) W 13+–13	Mekhontsev (RUS) L 15–15+
Ivan Dychko	Super heavyweight	—	Pfeifer (GER) W 14–4	Kean (CAN) W 20–6	Joshua (GBR) L 11–13	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Saida Khassenova	Lightweight	Araújo (BRA) L 14–16	Did not advance
Marina Volnova	Middleweight	Andiego (KEN) W 20–11	Marshall (GBR) W 16–12	Shields (USA) L 15–29	Did not advance

Slalom

Sprint

Kazakhstan has qualified boats for the following events.

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Kazakhstan has qualified cyclists for the following events.

Road

 

Kazakhstan was given two spots in the men's road race, subsequently filled by Assan Bazayev and Alexander Vinokourov. While Bazayev was a newcomer, Vinokourov was not a stranger to the Olympics as he had competed in 1996, 2000, and 2004. Vinokourov was expected to place well, as he had won silver in the men's road race at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The route for the race was 250 km (155.3 mi) in length and included nine climbs of the famous Box Hill. A large breakaway – which at its peak contained 32 riders – formed off the front of the peloton early on in the race. Alexander Vinokourov was not a part of the initial move, but he joined later on in the race. The peloton, led by the Great Britain Team, kept the breakaway relatively close for the latter 100 km (62.1 mi) of the race. However, as the race came to its close, the peloton could not close the gap to the large leading breakaway. It was clear that the breakaway would contain the eventual winner, and as the breakaway went under 10 km (6.2 mi) to go in the race, the riders began to attack. Vinokourov and Rigoberto Urán were the first two riders to mount a sizeable distance between the main breakaway and themselves. As Urán and Vinokourov worked together to stay away, the main breakaway didn't work collectively to pull back the two leading riders. With around 200 meters to go in the race, Urán swept across to the left side of the road and Vinokourov attacked. Vinokourov beat out Urán to win the race and ultimately the gold medal. Bazayev crossed the line in forty-third place while in the peloton.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Assan Bazayev	Men's road race	5:46:37	43
	Men's time trial	56:40.77	31
Alexander Vinokourov	Men's road race	5:45:57
	Men's time trial	55:37.05	23

Kazakhstan has qualified 3 fencers.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Dmitriy Alexanin	Individual épée	—	Fernández (VEN) L 12–15	Did not advance
Elmir Alimzhanov		—	Nguyễn T N (VIE) W 15–5	Jung J-S (KOR) L 8–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yuliya Zhivitsa	Individual sabre	—	Gavrilova (RUS) L 7–15	Did not advance

Artistic

Men

Women

Rhythmic

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yerkebulan Kossayev	−60 kg	Bye	Pessoa (CAN) W 0001–0000	Davtyan (ARM) L 0000–0100	Did not advance
Sergey Lim	−66 kg	Bye	Ivanov (BUL) W 0101–0001	Ebinuma (JPN) L 0001–0010	Did not advance
Rinat Ibragimov	−73 kg	Bye	Wang K-C (KOR) L 0000–1001	Did not advance
Islam Bozbayev	−81 kg	Vasylenko (UKR) W 1000–0001	Denanyoh (TOG) W 0200–0000	Bischof (GER) L 1011–0002	Did not advance
Timur Bolat	−90 kg	—	Mesbah (EGY) W 1002–0011	Nishiyama (JPN) L 0000–0010	Did not advance
Maxim Rakov	−100 kg	—	Gasimov (AZE) L 0000–0011	Did not advance
Yerzhan Shynkeyev	+100 kg	—	Jaballah (TUN) L 0001–0001 YUS	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Aleksandra Podryadova	−48 kg	Bye	Munkhbat (MGL) L 0001–0010	Did not advance
Gulzhan Issanova	+78 kg	Bye	Kim N-Y (KOR) W 0012+–0012	Bryant (GBR) L 0011–0102	Did not advance	Altheman (BRA) L 0002–0111	Did not advance	7

Kazakhstan has qualified 2 men.

Kazakhstan has qualified the following boats.

Men

Women

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

Kazakhstan has ensured a three quotas in shooting.

Men

Women

Kazakh swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):

Men

Women

Kazakhstan has qualified 2 quota places in synchronized swimming.

Kazakhstan has qualified the following quota places.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nursultan Mamayev	Men's −58 kg	Bayoumi (EGY) L 0–1 SDP	Did not advance
Gulnafis Aytmukhambetova	Women's −67 kg	Anić (SLO) L 11–15	Did not advance
Feruza Yergeshova	Women's +67 kg	Rajher (SLO) L 16–17 SDP	Did not advance

Kazakhstan has qualified a men's team

• Men's event – 1 team of 13 players

Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Kazakh roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	2012 club
1	Nikolay Maximov	GK	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	15 November 1972	SK Astana
2	Sergey Gubarev	D	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	30 October 1978	Dynamo Moscow
3	Murat Shakenov	D	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	23 September 1990	SK Astana
4	Sergey Gorovoy	CB	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	6 August 1975	SK Astana
5	Alexey Panfili	CB	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	5 January 1974	Spartak Volgograd
6	Alexey Shmider	CB	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	19 March 1990	SK Astana
7	Vladimir Ushakov	D	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	16 March 1982	Dynamo Moscow
8	Rustam Ukumanov	D	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	22 March 1986	SK Astana
9	Yevgeniy Zhilyayev	CB	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	13 July 1973	SK Astana
10	Mikhail Ruday	CF	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	4 May 1988	SK Astana
11	Ravil Manafov	CF	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	22 June 1988	SK Astana
12	Nikita Kokorin	D	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	22 July 1989	SK Astana
13	Alexandr Shvedov	GK	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	11 April 1973	SK Astana

Head coach: Sergey Drozdov

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Croatia	5	5	0	0	50	29	+21	10	Quarterfinals
Italy	5	3	1	1	40	36	+4	7
Spain	5	3	0	2	52	42	+10	6
Australia	5	2	0	3	40	44	−4	4
Greece	5	1	1	3	41	43	−2	3
Kazakhstan	5	0	0	5	24	53	−29	0

29 July 2012 11:20	Report	Kazakhstan	6–14	Spain	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Marijo Brguljan (MNE), Ulrich Spiegel (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–5, 1–3, 2–2
		Gubarev, Ushakov 2	Goals	Perrone 5

31 July 2012 14:10	Report	Australia	7–4	Kazakhstan	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), Ulrich Spiegel (GER)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–0, 2–2, 1–1
		Howden 2	Goals	four players 1

2 August 2012 11:20	Report	Kazakhstan	4–11	Greece	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Ulrich Spiegel (GER), Brian Littlejohn (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–4, 1–3, 2–2
		Ukumanov 2	Goals	Fountoulis 5

4 August 2012 15:30	Report	Italy	9–6	Kazakhstan	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: Anton Bervoets (NED), Cory Williams (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 4–2, 4–2, 1–1, 0–1
		four players 2	Goals	Shmider, Zhilyayev 2

6 August 2012 10:00	Report	Kazakhstan	4–12	Croatia	Water Polo Arena, London Referees: German Moller (ARG), Brian Littlejohn (GBR)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–1, 2–4, 1–3
		Zhilyayev 2	Goals	Dobud 5

Kazakhstan has qualified 10 weightlifters in the Olympics, 6 men and 4 women. The team later reduced to 8 athletes after two weightlifters Arli Chontei and Farkhad Kharki, both born in China, reportedly withdrew from the Games because of citizenship issues.

In 2016, all four Kazakh weightlifting gold medals were disqualified, and their medals and records stripped, following retests of 2012 samples returned positive doping results.

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Zulfiya Chinshanlo	−53 kg	95	3	131	1	226	DQ
Maiya Maneza	−63 kg	110	2	135	1	245	DQ
Anna Nurmukhambetova	−69 kg	115	3	136	5	251
Svetlana Podobedova	−75 kg	130	2	161	1	291	DQ

Kazakhstan has qualified the following quota places.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Daulet Niyazbekov	−55 kg	Bye	Hazewinkel (USA) W 3–1 PP	Peker (TUR) W 3–1 PP	Otarsultanov (RUS) L 1–3 PP	Bye		Yang K-I (PRK) L 1–3 PP	5
Dauren Zhumagaziyev	−60 kg	Bye	Esmaeilpour (IRI) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					12
Akzhurek Tanatarov	−66 kg	Bye	Kvyatkovskyy (UKR) W 3–1 PP	Safaryan (ARM) W 3–1 PP	Kumar (IND) L 1–3 PP	Bye		Şahin (TUR) W 3–1 PP
Abdulkhakim Shapiev	−74 kg	Bye	Ouechtati (TUN) W 3–1 PP	Hatos (HUN) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance				10
Yermek Baiduashov	−84 kg	Lashgari (IRI) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance						19
Taimuraz Tigiyev	−96 kg	Gadisov (RUS) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance						14
Daulet Shabanbay	−120 kg	Bye	Chintoan (ROU) W 3–1 PP	Modzmanashvili (GEO) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance	Bye	Ruíz (MEX) W 5–0 VT	Makhov (RUS) L 1–3 PP

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Almat Kebispayev	−60 kg	Temirov (UKR) W 3–0 PO	Liendo (VEN) W 3–1 PP	Norouzi (IRI) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance	Bye	Angelov (BUL) W 3–0 PO	Matsumoto (JPN) L 0–5 VT	5
Darkhan Bayakhmetov	−66 kg	Maksimović (SRB) W 3–0 PO	Venckaitis (LTU) L 1-3 PP	Did not advance					9
Askhat Dilmukhamedov	−74 kg	Bye	Kikiniou (BLR) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance					15
Daniyal Gadzhiyev	−84 kg	Bye	Marinov (BUL) W 3–0 PO	Khugayev (RUS) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance	Bye	Selimau (BLR) W 3–1 PP	Gegeshidze (GEO) W 3–1 PP
Nurmakhan Tinaliyev	−120 kg	Eurén (SWE) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance						18

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zhuldyz Eshimova	−48 kg	Bye	Kaladzinskaya (BLR) L 0–5 VT	Did not advance					15
Yelena Shalygina	−63 kg	Ostapchuk (UKR) L 0–5 VT	Did not advance						15
Guzel Manyurova	−72 kg	Bye	Hamaguchi (JPN) W 3–1 PP	Vorobieva (RUS) L 0–5 VT	Did not advance	Bye	Burmistrova (UKR) W 3–0 PO	Wang J (CHN) W 3–1 PP