Kazakhstan was represented at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China by the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

In total, 130 athletes including 60 men and 70 women represented Kazakhstan in 19 different sports including archery, athletics, boxing, canoeing, cycling, gymnastics, handball, judo, modern pentathlon, rowing, shooting, swimming, synchronised swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, triathlon, volleyball, weightlifting and wrestling.

Kazakhstan won a total 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.

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

SportMenWomenTotalArchery 0 1 1Athletics 7 12 19Boxing 10 0 10Canoeing 6 1 7Cycling 2 1 3Gymnastics 0 1 1Handball 0 14 14Judo 4 6 10Modern pentathlon 0 2 2Rowing 0 3 3Shooting 4 3 7Swimming 9 3 12Synchronised swimming – 2 2Table tennis 0 1 1Taekwondo 1 1 2Triathlon 1 0 1Volleyball 0 12 12Weightlifting 5 3 8Wrestling 12 4 16 Total 60 70 130

Medalists

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, the silvers won by Irina Nekrassova and Taimuraz Tigiyev and the bronzes wn by Asset Mambetov and Mariya Grabovetskaya.

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

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

Archery

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

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankAnastassiya BannovaWomen's individual62835 (30) L 105–107Did not advance

Athletics

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.

Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankRustam Kuvatov20 km walkcolspan=6 1:28:2542Takhir MamashayevMarathoncolspan=6 2:30:2670Yevgeniy Meleshenko400 m hurdlescolspan=2 Did not advanceVyacheslav Muravyev200 m21.687Did not advance

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionRoman ValiyevTriple jump16.2030Did not advanceSergey ZasimovichHigh jump2.1037Did not advance

+DecathlonAthleteEvent 100 m 400 m 1500 mFinalRankDmitry KarpovResult11.83————————Points6850————————

Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankTatyana Azarova400 m hurdles56.884Did not advanceNataliya Ivoninskaya100 m hurdles13.206Did not advanceAnastassiya Pilipenko12.993Did not advanceOlga Tereshkova400 m53.366Did not advanceSvetlana Tolstaya20 km walkcolspan=4 1:34:0330

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionMarina AitovaHigh jump1.93=1 q1.93=10Irina LitvinenkoTriple jump12.9232Did not advanceYelena Parfyonova13.4627Did not advanceOlga RypakovaLong jump6.3030Did not advanceTriple jump14.644 Q15.11Iolanta UlyevaShot put15.4932Did not advanceYekaterina YevseyevaHigh jump1.8528Did not advance

+HeptathlonAthleteEvent 200 m 800 mFinalRankIrina NaumenkoResult——————Points0——————

Boxing

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.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankBirzhan ZhakypovLight flyweightW 7–3W 13–7L 4–9Did not advanceMirat SarsembayevFlyweightW 14–5L 4–12Did not advanceKanat AbutalipovBantamweightL 3–10Did not advanceGalib JafarovFeatherweightL 5–9Did not advanceMerey AkshalovLightweightW 12–3L 7–11Did not advanceSerik SapiyevLight welterweightW 22–3L 5–7Did not advanceBakhyt SarsekbayevWelterweightW 20–1W W 12–7W 10–6W 18–9Bakhtiyar ArtayevMiddleweightW 8–2W 10–7L 3–8Did not advanceYerkebuian ShynaliyevLight heavyweightW 11–3W 9–3W L 4–4+Did not advanceRuslan MyrsatayevSuper heavyweightW L 2–12Did not advance

Canoeing

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.

Slalom AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankTotalRankTimeRankTimeRankTotalRankYekaterina LukichevaWomen's K-1113.2615108.0314221.2911 Q128.0812Did not advance

Sprint AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAlexey DergunovMen's K-1 500 m1:39.826 QS1:47.5737Did not advanceDmitriy TorlopovMen's K-1 1,000 m3:39.6716 QS3:47.2128Did not advanceMikhail YemelyanovMen's C-1 500 m1:54.8325 QS2:06.9088Did not advanceMen's C-1 1,000 m4:19.2597 QS4:16.8138Did not advanceAlexandr DyadchukKaisar NurmaganbetovMen's C-2 500 m1:45.7307 QS1:44.9927Did not advanceDmitriy KaltenbergerDmitriy TorlopovMen's K-2 500 m1:33.3637 QS1:33.5126Did not advance

Cycling

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

AthleteEventTimeRankMaxim IglinskyMen's road raceDid not finishAndrey MizurovMen's road race6:26:2744Men's time trial1:06:3224Zulfiya ZabirovaWomen's road race3:32:4510Women's time trial36:29.479

Gymnastics

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

AthleteEventQualificationFinalRopeHoopClubsRibbonTotalRankRopeHoopClubsRibbonTotalRankAliya YussupovaIndividual17.57517.90017.57516.75069.8005 Q17.62517.82517.65016.70069.8005

Handball

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.

Group play

Judo

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.

Men AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSalamat Utarbayev−60 kgL 0000–0001Did not advanceRinat Ibragimov−73 kgL 0000–1011Did not advance L 0001–1010Did not advanceAskhat Zhitkeyev−100 kgW 1110–0000W 1001–0010W 1111–0100W 1010–0100colspan=3 L 0010–0120Yeldos Ikhsangaliyev+100 kgW 0020–0000L 0000–1000Did not advance

Women AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankKelbet Nurgazina−48 kgW 1000–0000W 1001–0000L 0001–0011Did not advanceL 0001–0002Did not advanceSholpan Kaliyeva−52 kgW 0021–0020L 0000–0200Did not advanceW 0010–0000W 1000–0000L 0010–01215Gulzat Uralbayeva−57 kgL 0010–1001Did not advanceZhanar Zhanzunova−70 kg L 0010–1001Did not advanceSagat Abikeyeva−78 kgL 0000–1021Did not advanceW 1010–0000L 0001–1010Did not advanceGulzhan Issanova+78 kg W 0101–0010 L 0001–1000Did not advanceL 0000–1000Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

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

AthleteEventShooting(10 m air pistol)Fencing(épée one touch)Swimming(200 m freestyle)Riding(show jumping)Running(3000 m)Total pointsFinal rankPointsRankMP PointsResultsRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP PointsGalina DolgushinaWomen's17623104823–12=39522:26.282811685613114411:44.5734904521626Lada Jienbalanova1703297615–20=247602:19.1317125245236748360373636

Rowing

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.

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankInga DudchenkoSingle sculls8:28.244 QFcolspan=2 8:15.885 SC/D8:16.953 FC8:16.0918Alexandra OpachanovaNatalya VoronovaLightweight double sculls7:29.076 R7:54.125 FCcolspan=2 colspan=2 7:32.3616 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

Shooting

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

Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankVitaliy Dovgun10 m air rifle58738Did not advance50 m rifle prone59220Did not advance50 m rifle 3 positions115832Did not advanceRashid Yunusmetov10 m air pistol57820Did not advance50 m pistol55517Did not advanceYuriy Yurkov10 m air rifle58642Did not advance50 m rifle prone58842Did not advance50 m rifle 3 positions116227Did not advance

Women