Kazakhstan At The 2020 Summer Olympics

Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Kazakhstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	KAZ
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Website	www.olympic.kz (in Kazakh, Russian, and English)
in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	94 in 20 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Kamshybek Kunkabayev Olga Rypakova
Flag bearer (closing)	Kamshybek Kunkabayev
Medals Ranked 83rd	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 8 Total 8
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912)  Soviet Union (1952–1988)  Unified Team (1992)

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Three Kazakh archers qualified for the men's events by reaching the quarterfinal stage of the men's team recurve at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.

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
Ilfat Abdullin	Men's individual	657	27	Woodgate (GBR) W 7–3	Wijler (NED) W 6–4	Li Jl (CHN) L 5–6	Did not advance
Denis Gankin		669	9	Tolba (EGY) W 6–4	Nespoli (ITA) L 2–6	Did not advance
Sanzhar Mussayev		647	52	Wang Dp (CHN) L 4–6	Did not advance
Ilfat Abdullin Denis Gankin Sanzhar Mussayev	Men's team	1973	8	—		India (IND) L 2–6	Did not advance

Kazakhstan fielded a squad of two artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet event, by securing an outright berth as the next highest-ranked pair vying for qualification from the Asian zone at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.

Kazakh athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):

Track & road events

Field events

Kazakhstan entered nine boxers (eight men and one woman) into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 Olympians Ablaikhan Zhussupov (men's welterweight) and silver medalist Vassiliy Levit (men's heavyweight), along with seven rookies (Bibossinov, Temirzhanov, Safiullin, Amankul, Nurdauletov, Kunkabayev, and Ryabets), secured the spots on the Kazakh squad in their respective weight divisions, either by advancing to the semifinal match or by scoring a box-off triumph, at the 2020 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Saken Bibossinov	Flyweight	Rivera (PUR) W 4–1	Bennama (FRA) W 5–0	Escobar (ESP) W 3–2	Yafai (GBR) L 2–3	Did not advance
Serik Temirzhanov	Featherweight	Gálos (HUN) W 5–0	Ragan (USA) L 0–5	Did not advance
Zakir Safiullin	Lightweight	Pezo (PER) W 5–0	Narimatsu (JPN) W WO	Garside (AUS) L 2–3	Did not advance
Ablaikhan Zhussupov	Welterweight	—	Johnson (USA) L 1–4	Did not advance
Abilkhan Amankul	Middleweight	—	Kakhramonov (UZB) W 5–0	Conceição (BRA) L 2–3	Did not advance
Bekzad Nurdauletov	Light heavyweight	—	Khataev (ROC) L 1–4	Did not advance
Vassiliy Levit	Heavyweight	—	Reyes (ESP) L KO	Did not advance
Kamshybek Kunkabayev	Super heavyweight	—	Hafez (EGY) W 5–0	Veriasov (ROC) W 4–1	Torrez (USA) L RSC	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nadezhda Ryabets	Middleweight	Thibeault (CAN) L 1–4	Did not advance

Slalom

Kazakh canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the 2021 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.

Sprint

Kazakh canoeists qualified three boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2021 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.

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

Road

Kazakhstan entered three riders to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking.

Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Kazakhstan entered two riders to compete each in the men's sprint, keirin, and omnium, based on their final individual UCI Olympic rankings.

Sprint

Keirin

Omnium

Kazakhstan entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. 2013 Summer Universiade bronze medalist Ruslan Kurbanov claimed a spot in the men's épée as one of the highest-ranked fencers vying for qualification from Asia and Oceania in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.

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
Ruslan Kurbanov	Men's épée	Bye	Fichera (ITA) W 15–7	Yamada (JPN) L 8–15	Did not advance

Artistic

Kazakhstan entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Milad Karimi booked a spot in the men's individual all-around and apparatus events, by finishing fourth out of the twelve gymnasts eligible for qualification at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.

Men

Rhythmic

Kazakhstan qualified one rhythmic gymnast for the individual all-around by winning the gold medal at the 2021 Asian Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Kazakhstan entered six judoka (five men and one women) into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.

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
Yeldos Smetov	Men's −60 kg	—	Bye	Akkuş (TUR) W 10–00	Kim W-j (KOR) W 10–00	Takato (JPN) L 00–01	Bye	Tsjakadoea (NED) W 01–00
Yerlan Serikzhanov	Men's −66 kg	—	Safarov (AZE) W 01–00	Lombardo (ITA) L 00–01	Did not advance
Zhansay Smagulov	Men's −73 kg	Bye	Karapetian (ARM) W 01–00	Margelidon (CAN) L 01–10	Did not advance
Didar Khamza	Men's −81 kg	Bye	Mollaei (MGL) L 00–10	Did not advance
Islam Bozbayev	Men's −90 kg	Macedo (BRA) W 10–00	Mehdiyev (AZE) L 00–01	Did not advance
Galbadrakhyn Otgontsetseg	Women's −48 kg	—	Li Yn (CHN) L 00–10	Did not advance

Kazakhstan entered five karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. 2018 world bronze medalist Darkhan Assadilov qualified directly for the men's kumite 67-kg category by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings. Nurkanat Azhikanov (men's 75 kg) and Moldir Zhangbyrbay (women's 55 kg) finished among the top three in the final pool round to secure places on the Kazakh squad in their respective kumite categories at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France, with Daniyar Yuldashev (men's +75 kg) and Sofya Berultseva (women's +61 kg) topping the field of karateka vying for qualification from the Asian zone based on the WKD Olympic Rankings.

Kumite

Athlete	Event	Round robin					Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Darkhan Assadilov	Men's −67 kg	Şamdan (TUR) W 6–2	Farzaliyev (AZE) W 6–2	Sago (JPN) W 3–0	El-Sawy (EGY) W 3–1	1 Q	Da Costa (FRA) L 2–5	Did not advance
Nurkanat Azhikanov	Men's −75 kg	Yahiro (AUS) W 6–3	Bitsch (GER) L 3–3	Busà (ITA) W 2–0	Aghayev (AZE) L 2–3	4	Did not advance
Daniyar Yuldashev	Men's +75 kg	Araga (JPN) L 2–4	Aktaş (TUR) L 3–11	Horne (GER) Withdrawn	Arkania (GEO) L 1–3	4	Did not advance
Moldir Zhangbyrbay	Women's −55 kg	Sayed (EGY) W 7–2	Plank (AUT) L 3–4	Terliuga (UKR) D 4–4	Miyahara (JPN) L 2–11	4	Did not advance
Sofya Berultseva	Women's +61 kg	Hocaoğlu (TUR) D 5–5	Semeraro (ITA) W 5–1	Zaretska (AZE) W 5–4	Uekusa (JPN) L 1–5	2 q	Abdelaziz (EGY) L 4–5	Did not advance

Kazakh athletes qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Two-time Olympian Pavel Ilyashenko and Rio 2016 Olympian Yelena Potapenko confirmed places each in the men's and women's event, respectively, with the former finishing third and the latter fifth among those eligible for Olympic qualification at the 2019 Asia & Oceania Championships in Kunming, China.

Kazakhstan qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Games by winning the bronze medal and securing the third of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, Japan.

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

Kazakh shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.

Meanwhile, Zoya Kravchenko earned a direct place in the women's skeet for the rescheduled Games as the highest-ranked shooter vying for qualification in the ISSF World Olympic Rankings of 6 June 2021.

Kazakhstan entered one sport climber into the Olympic tournament. Rishat Khaibullin qualified directly for the men's combined event, by advancing to the final and securing one of the seven provisional berths at the 2019 IFSC World Championships in Hachioji, Japan.

Kazakh swimmers further 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)):

Kazakhstan entered two athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Anastassiya Lavrova scored a zonal-match triumph for Central Asia to book a women's singles spot at the Asian Qualification Tournament in Doha, Qatar. Meanwhile, Rio 2016 Olympian Kirill Gerassimenko was automatically selected among the top ten table tennis players vying for qualification in the men's singles based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings of June 1, 2021.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kirill Gerassimenko	Men's singles	Bye		Jančařík (CZE) W 4–3	Boll (GER) L 1–4	Did not advance
Anastassiya Lavrova	Women's singles	Bye	Xiao (ESP) L 1–4	Did not advance

Kazakhstan entered two athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympians Ruslan Zhaparov (men's +80 kg) and Cansel Deniz (women's +67 kg) secured the spots on the Kazakh taekwondo squad with a top two finish each in their respective weight classes at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ruslan Zhaparov	Men's +80 kg	Bachmann (GER) W 11–7	In K-d (KOR) L 2–10	Did not advance
Cansel Deniz	Women's +67 kg	Osipova (UZB) W 10–9	Walkden (GBR) L 7–17	Did not advance

Kazakhstan entered seven tennis players (three male and four female).

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Alexander Bublik	Singles	Medvedev (ROC) L 4–6, 6–7(8–10)	Did not advance
Mikhail Kukushkin		Coria (ARG) W 7–6(7–4), 7–5	Ivashka (BLR) L 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Alexander Bublik Andrey Golubev	Doubles	—	Chardy / Monfils (FRA) L 7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), [8–10]	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Zarina Diyas	Singles	Krejčíková (CZE) L 2–5, ret	Did not advance
Yulia Putintseva		Podoroska (ARG) L 6–7(4–7), 3–1, ret	Did not advance
Elena Rybakina		Stosur (AUS) W 6–4, 6–2	Peterson (SWE) W 6–2, 6–3	Vekić (CRO) W 7–6(7–3), 6–4	Muguruza (ESP) W 7–5, 6–1	Bencic (SUI) L 6–7(2–7), 6–4, 3–6	Svitolina (UKR) L 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 4–6	4
Yaroslava Shvedova		Tomljanović (AUS) L 5–7, 2–3, ret	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yaroslava Shvedova Andrey Golubev	Doubles	Shibahara / McLachlan (JPN) L 3–6, 6–7(3–7)	Did not advance

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kazakhstan men's	Men's tournament	Croatia L 7–23	Serbia L 5–19	Spain L 4–16	Montenegro L 12–19	Australia L 7–15	6	Did not advance

Men's tournament

Kazakhstan men's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, marking the country's recurrence to the sport for the first time since London 2012.

Team roster

Head coach:   Nemanja Knežević

No.	Player	Pos.	L/R	Height	Weight	Date of birth (age)	Apps	OG/ Goals	Club	Ref
1	Madikhan Makhmetov	10GK	2R	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1993-03-03)3 March 1993 (aged 28)	120	0/0	Astana
2	Yevgeniy Medvedev	50D	2R	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	(1985-08-09)9 August 1985 (aged 35)	150	0/0	Astana
3	Miras Aubakirov	50D	2R	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(1996-10-20)20 October 1996 (aged 24)	170	0/0	Astana
4	Dušan Marković	20CB	2R	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	(1990-05-03)3 May 1990 (aged 31)	6	0/0	Crvena zvezda
5	Alexey Shmider	50D	2R	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(1990-03-19)19 March 1990 (aged 31)	180	1/2	Astana
6	Danil Artyukh	20CB	2R	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	(2003-06-02)2 June 2003 (aged 18)	6	0/0	Astana
7	Murat Shakenov (C)	50D	2R	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (176 lb)	(1990-09-23)23 September 1990 (aged 30)	200	1/1	Astana
8	Srđan Vuksanović	50D	2R	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1992-07-05)5 July 1992 (aged 29)	6	0/0	Šabac
9	Rustam Ukumanov	50D	2R	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	103 kg (227 lb)	(1986-03-22)22 March 1986 (aged 35)	327	1/3	Astana
10	Mikhail Ruday	40CF	2R	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	110 kg (243 lb)	(1988-05-04)4 May 1988 (aged 33)	180	1/0	Spartak Volgograd
11	Altay Altayev	40CF	2R	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	(1996-02-14)14 February 1996 (aged 25)	150	0/0	Astana
12	Stanislav Shvedov	20CB	2R	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(1998-11-24)24 November 1998 (aged 22)	100	0/0	Astana
13	Pavel Lipilin	10GK	2R	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	(1999-07-11)11 July 1999 (aged 22)	36	0/0	Astana
Average				1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	90 kg (198 lb)	28 years, 123 days	125

Note: Age as of 23 July 2021
Source: Kazakhstan Men | Tokyo 2020 Olympics Archived 2021-07-22 at the Wayback Machine

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	5	0	0	61	31	+30	10	Quarterfinals
2	Croatia	5	3	0	2	62	46	+16	6
3	Serbia	5	3	0	2	70	46	+24	6
4	Montenegro	5	2	0	3	54	56	−2	4
5	Australia	5	2	0	3	49	60	−11	4
6	Kazakhstan	5	0	0	5	35	92	−57	0