Kazakhstan competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifth appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.
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.
Medalists
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Medal Name Sport Event Date Alexander Vinokourov Cycling Men's road race Olga Rypakova Athletics Women's triple jump Serik Sapiyev Boxing Men's welterweight Adilbek Niyazymbetov Boxing Men's light heavyweight Anna Nurmukhambetova Weightlifting Women's 69 kg Daniyal Gadzhiyev Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg Marina Volnova Boxing Women's middleweight Guzel Manyurova Wrestling Women's freestyle 72 kg Ivan Dychko Boxing Men's super heavyweight Akzhurek Tanatarov Wrestling Men's freestyle 66 kg Daulet Shabanbay Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg
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Medals by sportSport TotalBoxing1124Cycling1001Athletics1001Wrestling0044Weightlifting0101Total32611
Medals by dateDayDate TotalDay 128 July1001Day 229 July0001Day 330 July0000Day 431 July0001Day 51 August0101Day 62 August0000Day 73 August0001Day 84 August0001Day 95 August1001Day 106 August0011Day 117 August0000Day 128 August0011Day 139 August0011Day 1410 August0011Day 1511 August0011Day 1612 August1113Total32611
Disqualified medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Zulfiya Chinshanlo Weightlifting Women's 53 kg Maiya Maneza Weightlifting Women's 63 kg Svetlana Podobedova Weightlifting Women's 75 kg Ilya Ilyin Weightlifting Men's 94 kg
Archery
Kazakhstan qualified two archers.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankDenis GankinMen's individual67017 (48)W 6–4 (16)L 1–7Did not advanceAnastassiya BannovaWomen's individual61454 (11)L 2–6Did not advance
Athletics
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 AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankVitaliy Anichkin50 km walkcolspan=4 4:14:0949Artem Kosinov3000 m steeplechase8:42.2710colspan=2 Did not advanceViktor Leptikov400 m hurdles51.678Did not advanceVyacheslav Muravyev200 m21.757Did not advanceGeorgiy Sheiko20 km walkcolspan=4 1:23:5235Sergej Zaikov400 m47.127Did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionYevgeniy EktovTriple jump16.3119Did not advanceNikita FilippovPole vault5.35=18Did not advanceRoman ValiyevTriple jump16.2321Did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon AthleteEvent 100 m 400 m 1500 mFinalRankDmitry KarpovResult10.917.2116.471.9949.8314.4044.935.1049.935:16.83792618Points881864880794822924765941588467
Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankTatyana Azarova400 m hurdles58.536colspan=2 Did not advanceOlga Bludova100 mcolspan=2 11.312 Q11.398Did not advanceNataliya Ivoninskaya100 m hurdles13.487colspan=2 Did not advanceAyman Kozhakhmetova20 km walkcolspan=6 1:35:0042Sholpan Kozhakhmetovacolspan=6 Marina Maslenko400 m53.666colspan=2 Did not advanceMargarita Matsko800 m2:02.125 qcolspan=2 1:59.203Did not advanceAnastassiya Pilipenko100 m hurdles13.775colspan=2 Did not advanceAnastasiya Soprunova13.404colspan=2 Did not advanceViktoriya Zyabkina200 m23.497colspan=2 Did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionMarina AitovaHigh jump—Did not advanceIrina EktovaTriple jump13.3931Did not advanceAlexandra FisherShot put16.1629Did not advanceOlga RypakovaTriple jump14.791 Q14.98
Combined events – Heptathlon AthleteEvent 200 m 800 mFinalRankIrina KarpovaResult14.211.6811.6825.425.7035.752:28.93531932Points949830640849759586706
Boxing
Kazakhstan has qualified the following boxers.
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankBirzhan ZhakypovLight flyweightW 18–17W 17–16L 10–13Did not advanceIlyas SuleimenovFlyweightW 13–8L 15–19Did not advanceKanat AbutalipovBantamweightW 15–7L 10–15Did not advanceGani ZhailauovLightweightW 12–12W 16–8L 11–19Did not advanceDaniyar YeleussinovLight welterweightW 19–9W 19–10L 12–16Did not advanceSerik SapiyevWelterweightW 25–11W 20–9W 18–12W 17–9Danabek SuzhanovMiddleweightL 10–14Did not advanceAdilbek NiyazymbetovLight heavyweightW 13–5W 13–10W 13+–13L 15–15+Ivan DychkoSuper heavyweightW 14–4W 20–6L 11–13Did not advance
Women AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSaida KhassenovaLightweightL 14–16Did not advanceMarina VolnovaMiddleweightW 20–11W 16–12L 15–29Did not advance
Canoeing
Slalom AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRankRafail VergoyazovMen's C-1125.4915225.2317125.4917Did not advance
Sprint Kazakhstan has qualified boats for the following events.
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAlexandr DyadchukMen's C-1 200 m43.2043 Q42.3595 FB45.28314Men's C-1 1000 m4:44.1754 Q4:56.7248 FB4:55.73716Yevgeniy AlexeyevAlexey DergunovMen's K-2 200 m34.2546 FBcolspan=2 35.4949Men's K-2 1000 m3:32.1765 Q3:17.7884 FB3:14.86711Natalya SergeyevaWomen's K-1 200 m43.2575 Q42.6027Did not advanceWomen's K-1 500 m1:54.4454 Q1:53.8884 FB1:54.70713 Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling
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 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 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 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.
AthleteEventTimeRankAssan BazayevMen's road race5:46:3743Men's time trial56:40.7731Alexander VinokourovMen's road race5:45:57Men's time trial55:37.0523
Fencing
Kazakhstan has qualified 3 fencers. Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankDmitriy AlexaninIndividual épéeL 12–15Did not advanceElmir AlimzhanovW 15–5L 8–15Did not advance
Women AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankYuliya ZhivitsaIndividual sabreL 7–15Did not advance
Gymnastics
Artistic Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankStepan GorbachevAll-around13.90013.73313.53315.66613.43313.66683.93130Did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankMoldir AzimbayAll-around11.93312.80010.70011.56646.99958Did not advance
Rhythmic AthleteEventQualificationFinalHoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRankHoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRankAnna AlyabyevaIndividual27.20026.57525.25027.400106.42515Did not advance
Judo
Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankYerkebulan Kossayev−60 kgW 0001–0000L 0000–0100Did not advanceSergey Lim−66 kgW 0101–0001L 0001–0010Did not advanceRinat Ibragimov−73 kgL 0000–1001Did not advanceIslam Bozbayev−81 kgW 1000–0001W 0200–0000L 1011–0002Did not advanceTimur Bolat−90 kgW 1002–0011L 0000–0010Did not advanceMaxim Rakov−100 kgL 0000–0011Did not advanceYerzhan Shynkeyev+100 kgL 0001–0001 Did not advance
Women AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAleksandra Podryadova−48 kgL 0001–0010Did not advanceGulzhan Issanova+78 kgW 0012+–0012L 0011–0102Did not advanceL 0002–0111Did not advance7
Modern pentathlon
Kazakhstan has qualified 2 men.
AthleteEventFencing(épée one touch)Swimming(200 m freestyle)Riding(show jumping)Combined: shooting/running(10 m air pistol)/(3000 m)Total pointsFinal rankResultsRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP PointsPavel IliashenkoMen's15–20=257602:06.6226124416430103610:49.80172404543229Rustem Sabizkhuzin19–16108562:13.2134120410024110010:49.57162404556421
Rowing
Kazakhstan has qualified the following boats.
Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankVladislav YakovlevSingle sculls7:16.345 R7:22.005 SE/Fcolspan=2 7:33.292 SE7:36.1428
Women AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSvetlana GermanovichSingle sculls8:01.945 R7:53.633 FEcolspan=4 8:37.0825 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
Kazakhstan has ensured a three quotas in shooting.
Men