Kazakhstan competed in the Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Kazakhstani athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 96 competitors, 72 men and 24 women, took part in 99 events in 14 sports.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Boxing Men's light-heavyweight 4 August Modern pentathlon Men's individual30 July Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg21 July Boxing Men's flyweight4 August Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle three positions27 July Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle prone25 July Weightlifting Men's 99 kg 28 July Boxing Men's light-welterweight4 August Boxing Men's light-middleweight3 August Shooting Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol 24 July Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg 2 August
Archery
Kazakhstan sent six archers to Atlanta. Only one, Vadim Chikarev, won a match in the individual round. Chikarev had competed on the Unified Team in Barcelona. The women's team defeated the United States in the team round.
Men AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankVadim ShikarevIndividual6774 W 166–144L 154–156Did not advanceVitaliy Shin65659L 163–164Did not advanceSergey Martynov63256L 165–167Did not advanceVadim Shikarev Vitaliy Shin Sergey MartynovTeam193512colspan=2 L 247–239Did not advance Women AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankAnna MozharIndividual65310 L 153–155Did not advanceIrina Leonova63534 L 140–159Did not advanceYana Tunyantse62146 L 153–155Did not advanceAnna Mozhar Irina Leonova Yana TunyantseTeam19097colspan=2 W 235–226L 247–226Did not advance
Athletics
Men's 100 metres Vitaliy Savin Vitaly Medvedev
Men's 20 km Walk Valeriy Borisov
Men's 50 km Walk Sergey Korepanov – 3:48:42 (→ 8th place)
Men's Pole Vault Igor Potapovich
Men's Triple Jump Sergey Arzamasov
Men's Shot Put Sergey Rubtsov
Women's 100 metres Nataliya Vorobyova Heat - 11.91 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400 metres Svetlana Bodritskaya Heat – 53.24 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400m Hurdles Natalya Torshina Qualification – 55.94 (→ did not advance)
Women's Long Jump Yelena Pershina Qualification – 6.50m (→ did not advance)
Yelena Koshcheyeva Qualification – 5.55m (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump Svetlana Zalevskaya Qualification – 1.93m Final – 1.93m (→ 14th place)
Women's Shot Put Yelena Baltabayeva Qualification – 16.40m (→ did not advance)
Women's Heptathlon Svetlana Kazanina Final Result – 6002 points (→ 18th place)
Women's 10 km Walk Svetlana Tolstaya – 45:35 (→ 21st place) Maya Sazonova – 47:33 (→ 35th place)
Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) Bolat Dzhumadilov → Silver Medal First Round – Defeated Vladislav Neiman (Israel), 18–7 Second Round – Defeated Serhiy Kovganko (Ukraine), 21–4 Quarterfinals – Defeated Damaen Kelly (Ireland), 13–6 Semifinals – Defeated Zoltan Lunka (Germany), 23–18 Final – Lost to Maikro Romero (Cuba), 11–12
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) Bektas Abubakirov First Round – Lost to Rachid Bouaita (France), 4–10
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) Bakhtiyar Tileganov First Round – Lost to Floyd Mayweather (United States), referee stopped contest in second round
Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg) Bolat Niyazymbetov → Bronze Medal First Round – Defeated Carlos Martínez (Mexico), 25–3 Second Round – Defeated Davis Mwale (Zambia), 11–3 Quarterfinals – Defeated Moghimi Babak (Iran), 13–8 Semifinals – Lost to Héctor Vinent (Cuba), 6–23
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) Nurzhan Smanov First Round – Defeated Lynden Hosking (Australia), referee stopped contest in second round Second Round – Defeated Abdul Rasheed Baloch (Pakistan), 13–9 Quarterfinals – Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba), 8–16
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) Yermakhan Ibraimov → Bronze Medal First Round – Defeated Nick Farrell (Canada), 15–4 Second Round – Defeated Hendrik Simangunsong (Indonesia), referee stopped contest in first round Quarterfinals – Defeated Markus Beyer (Germany), 19–9 Semifinals – Lost to Alfredo Duvergel (Cuba), 19–28
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) Vassili Jirov → Gold Medal First Round – Defeated Julio González (Mexico), referee stopped contest in second round Second Round – Defeated Pietro Aurino (Italy), 18–13 Quarterfinals – Defeated Troy Amos-Ross (Canada), 14–8 Semifinals – Defeated Antonio Tarver (United States), 15–9 Final – Defeated Lee Seung-Bae (South Korea), 17–4
Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg) Mikhail Yurchenko First Round – Bye Second Round – Lost to Alexei Lezin (Russia), referee stopped contest in first round
Canoeing
Cycling
Road competition Men's Individual Road Race Andrey Kivilev Alexander Vinokourov Aleksandr Shefer Andrey Teteryuk
Women's Individual Road Race Alla Vasilenko Final – did not finish (→ no ranking)
Track competition Men's Points Race Sergey Lavrenenko Final – 7 points (→ 10th place)
Men's Individual Pursuit (4,000 metres) Vadim Kravchenko
Women's Points Race Alla Vasilenko
Diving
Women's 3m Springboard Irina Vyguzova Preliminary Heat – 276.45 Semi Final – 202.86 Final – 273.06 (→ 10th place)
Yelena Ivanova Preliminary Heat – 235.50 Semi Final – 187.20 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 10m Platform Irina Vyguzova Preliminary Heat – 319.11 Semi Final – 158.40 Final – 274.20 (→ 7th place)
Fencing
One male fencer represented Kazakhstan in 1996.
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankVyacheslav GrigoryevFoilL 4–15Did not advance
Gymnastics
Judo
Men's Half-Lightweight Sergey Akhirov
Men's Lightweight Akhat Akhirov
Men's Half-Middleweight Ruslan Seilkhanov
Men's Middleweight Sergey Alimzhanov
Men's Half-Heavyweight Sergey Shakimov
Men's Heavyweight Igor Peshkov
Women's Half-Middleweight Valentina Kamsulyeva
Women's Half-Heavyweight Yevgeniya Bogunova
Modern pentathlon
Men's Individual Competition: Alexandre Paryguin – 5551 pts (→ Gold Medal) Dmitriy Tyurin – 3878 pts (→ 31st place)
Shooting
Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol (25 metres) Vladimir Vokhmyanin
Men's Air Rifle (10 metres) Sergey Belyayev
Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions (50 metres) Sergey Belyayev
Men's Small-Bore Rifle Prone (50 metres) Sergey Belyayev
Men's Running Target (10 metres) Yury Rodnov
Women's Air Pistol (10 metres) Galina Belyayeva Yuliya Bondareva
Women's Sporting Pistol (25 metres) Yuliya Bondareva Galina Belyayeva
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankSergey Borisenko50 m freestyle23.2926Did not advance Aleksey Yegorov100 m freestyle50.4921 Did not advance Aleksey Yegorov200 m freestyle1:51.6622Did not advance Sergey Ushkalov100 m backstroke58.4141 Did not advanceAleksandr Savitsky100 m breaststroke1:05.8538Did not advanceAndrey Gavrilov100 m butterfly54.5621Did not advanceAleksandr Savitsky200 m individual medley2:08.78 231Did not advanceSergey BorisenkoAleksey KhovrinSergey UshkalovAleksey Yegorov4 × 100 m freestyle relay DSQ Did not advanceSergey UshkalovAleksandr SavitskyAndrey GavrilovAleksey Yegorov4 × 100 m medley relay3:49.5115 Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankYevgeniya Yermakova50 m freestyle21.9112 FB26.0613
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Men's Light-Heavyweight Rishat Mansurov Final – 155.0 + 182.5 = 337.5 (→ 10th place)
Kuanysh Rymkulov Final – DNS (→ no ranking)
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