Kazakhstan competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. 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, and it was the nation's least successful Olympic Games.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Yeldos Smetov Judo Men's 60 kg Igor Son Weightlifting Men's 61 kg Zulfiya Chinshanlo Weightlifting Women's 55 kg Kamshybek Kunkabayev Boxing Men's super heavyweight Saken Bibossinov Boxing Men's flyweight Nurislam Sanayev Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg Darkhan Assadilov Karate Men's kumite 67 kg Sofya Berultseva Karate Women's kumite +61 kg
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games: SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 0 3Artistic swimming 2 2Athletics 2 7 9Boxing 8 1 9Canoeing 3 4 7Cycling 5 0 5Fencing 1 0 1Gymnastics 1 1 2Judo 5 1 6Karate 3 2 5Modern pentathlon 1 1 2Rowing 1 0 1Shooting 1 2 3Sport climbing 1 0 1Swimming 1 0 1Table tennis 1 1 2Taekwondo 1 1 2Tennis 3 4 7Water polo 13 0 13Weightlifting 1 1 2Wrestling 8 3 11 Total 63 31 94
Archery
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.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankIlfat AbdullinMen's individual65727W 7–3W 6–4L 5–6 Did not advanceDenis Gankin6699W 6–4L 2–6 Did not advanceSanzhar Mussayev64752L 4–6 Did not advanceIlfat AbdullinDenis GankinSanzhar MussayevMen's team19738colspan=2 L 2–6Did not advance
Artistic swimming
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.
AthleteEventTechnical routineFree routine (preliminary)Free routine (final)PointsRankPointsTotal (technical + free)RankPointsTotal (technical + free)RankAlexandra NemichYekaterina NemichDuet83.23381783.8667167.100516Did not advance
Athletics
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 AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankMikhail LitvinMen's 400 m47.157Did not advanceGeorgiy SheikoMen's 20 km walkcolspan=4 1:28:3839Olga SafronovaWomen's 200 m23.646Did not advanceZhanna MamazhanovaWomen's marathoncolspan=4 2:37:42 46Ayman RatovaWomen's 20 km walkcolspan=4 1:40:02 42
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionIrina EktovaWomen's triple jump12.9031Did not advanceMariya Ovchinnikova13.3426Did not advanceOlga Rypakova13.6924Did not advanceNadezhda DubovitskayaWomen's high jump1.8628Did not advanceKristina Ovchinnikova1.8628Did not advance
Boxing
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 AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSaken BibossinovFlyweight W 4–1 W 5–0W 3–2 L 2–3Did not advanceSerik TemirzhanovFeatherweightW 5–0L 0–5Did not advanceZakir SafiullinLightweightW 5–0 W L 2–3Did not advanceAblaikhan ZhussupovWelterweightL 1–4Did not advanceAbilkhan AmankulMiddleweightW 5–0L 2–3Did not advanceBekzad NurdauletovLight heavyweightL 1–4Did not advanceVassiliy LevitHeavyweightL Did not advanceKamshybek KunkabayevSuper heavyweightW 5–0W 4–1L Did not advance
Women AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankNadezhda RyabetsMiddleweightL 1–4Did not advance
Canoeing
Slalom Kazakh canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the 2021 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.
AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRankAlexandr KulikovMen's C-1 109.95 13 107.43 14 107.43 15 Q 110.23 12 Did not advance Yekaterina SmirnovaWomen's K-1 180.46 25 135.25 23 135.25 25 Did not advance
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.
AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSergey YemelyanovMen's C-1 1000 m4:16.0395 QF4:21.7344Did not advanceSergey YemelyanovTimofey YemelyanovMen's C-2 1000 m3:49.0794 QF3:55.1574 FBcolspan=2 3:32.87312Natalya SergeyevaWomen's K-1 200 m46.6576 QF46.7367Did not advanceWomen's K-1 500 m2:01.3747 QF1:55.7766Did not advanceMargarita TorlopovaWomen's C-1 200 m49.7216QF49.0517Did not advanceSvetlana UssovaMargarita TorlopovaWomen's C-2 500 m2:09.0245 QF2:06.1794 FBcolspan=2 2:04.85912 Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling
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.
AthleteEventTimeRankDmitriy GruzdevMen's road raceDid not finishAlexey LutsenkoMen's road race6:11:4621Men's time trial1:02:2132Vadim PronskiyMen's road raceDid not finish
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 AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 2Round 3Repechage 3QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)RankSergey PonomaryovMen's sprint9.93272.49329Did not advance
Keirin AthleteEvent1st RoundRepechage2nd Round3rd RoundFinalRankRankRankRankRankSergey PonomaryovMen's keirin R3Did not advance
Omnium AthleteEventScratch raceTempo raceElimination racePoints raceTotal pointsRankRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsArtyom ZakharovMen's omnium434151213161506214
Fencing
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.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankRuslan KurbanovMen's épéeW 15–7L 8–15Did not advance
Gymnastics
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 AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankMilad KarimiAll-around14.766 Q11.90013.30014.43313.40014.766 Q82.56525 Q15.03313.26612.86614.06613.96613.33382.53014Floor14.766colspan=5 14.7668 Q14.133colspan=5 14.1335Horizontal barcolspan=5 14.76614.7662 Qcolspan=5 11.26611.2668
Rhythmic Kazakhstan qualified one rhythmic gymnast for the individual all-around by winning the gold medal at the 2021 Asian Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalHoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRankHoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRankAlina AdilkhanovaIndividual20.55022.45022.20018.60083.80021Did not advance
Judo
Kazakhstan entered six judoka (five men and one woman) into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.International Judo Federation Olympics Ranking
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankYeldos SmetovMen's −60 kgW 10–00W 10–00L 00–01W 01–00Yerlan SerikzhanovMen's −66 kgW 01–00L 00–01Did not advanceZhansay SmagulovMen's −73 kg W 01–00L 01–10Did not advanceDidar KhamzaMen's −81 kg L 00–10Did not advanceIslam BozbayevMen's −90 kg W 10–00 L 00–01Did not advanceGalbadrakhyn OtgontsetsegWomen's −48 kgL 00–10Did not advance
Karate
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 AthleteEventRound robinSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRankDarkhan AssadilovMen's −67 kg W 6–2 W 6–2 W 3–0 W 3–11 QL 2–5Did not advanceNurkanat AzhikanovMen's −75 kgW 6–3L 3–3W 2–0L 2–34Did not advance Daniyar YuldashevMen's +75 kgL 2–4L 3–11 WithdrawnL 1–34Did not advance Moldir ZhangbyrbayWomen's −55 kgW 7–2L 3–4D 4–4L 2–114Did not advance Sofya BerultsevaWomen's +61 kgD 5–5W 5–1W 5–4L 1–52 qL 4–5Did not advance
Modern pentathlon
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.
AthleteEventFencing(épée one touch)Swimming(200 m freestyle)Riding(show jumping)Combined: shooting/running(10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)Total pointsFinal rankRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPavel IlyashenkoMen's15–201281912:06.9931297302827012:10.2835570132829Yelena PotapenkoWomen's22–15262222:13.9914283111628912:52.37215281322 13
Rowing
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.
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankVladislav YakovlevMen's single sculls7:10.083 QFcolspan=2 7:30.476 SC/D7:03.535 FD7:03.3719 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