Kazakhstan at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	KAZ
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Website	www.olympic.kz (in Kazakh, Russian, and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors	96 (72 men and 24 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Yermakhan Ibraimov
Medals Ranked 24th	Gold 3 Silver 4 Bronze 4 Total 11
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912)  Soviet Union (1952–1988)  Unified Team (1992)

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.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Vassiliy Jirov	Boxing	Men's light-heavyweight
Gold	Alexandre Paryguin	Modern pentathlon	Men's individual
Gold	Yuriy Melnichenko	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg
Silver	Bulat Jumadilov	Boxing	Men's flyweight
Silver	Sergey Belyayev	Shooting	Men's 50 metre rifle three positions
Silver	Sergey Belyayev	Shooting	Men's 50 metre rifle prone
Silver	Anatoly Khrapaty	Weightlifting	Men's 99 kg
Bronze	Bolat Niyazymbetov	Boxing	Men's light-welterweight
Bronze	Yermakhan Ibraimov	Boxing	Men's light-middleweight
Bronze	Vladimir Vokhmianin	Shooting	Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol
Bronze	Maulen Mamyrov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg

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.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Anna Mozhar – Round of 64, 37th place (0–1)
• Irina Leonova – Round of 64, 52nd place (0–1)
• Yana Touniiantse – Round of 64, 58th place (0–1)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Vadim Chikarev – Round of 32, 30th place (1–1)
• Vitaliy Shin – Round of 64, 33rd place (0–1)
• Sergei Martynov – Round of 64, 43rd place (0–1)

Women's Team Competition:

• Mozhar, Leonova, and Touniiantse – Quarterfinal, 8th place (1–1)

Men's Team Competition:

• Chikarev, Shin, and Martynov – Round of 16, 13th place (0–1)

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
  1. First Round – Defeated Vladislav Neiman (Israel), 18–7
  2. Second Round – Defeated Serhiy Kovganko (Ukraine), 21–4
  3. Quarterfinals – Defeated Damaen Kelly (Ireland), 13–6
  4. Semifinals – Defeated Zoltan Lunka (Germany), 23–18
  5. Final – Lost to Maikro Romero (Cuba), 11–12

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Bektas Abubakirov
  1. First Round – Lost to Rachid Bouaita (France), 4–10

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Bakhtiyar Tileganov
  1. 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
  1. First Round – Defeated Carlos Martínez (Mexico), 25–3
  2. Second Round – Defeated Davis Mwale (Zambia), 11–3
  3. Quarterfinals – Defeated Moghimi Babak (Iran), 13–8
  4. Semifinals – Lost to Héctor Vinent (Cuba), 6–23

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Nurzhan Smanov
  1. First Round – Defeated Lynden Hosking (Australia), referee stopped contest in second round
  2. Second Round – Defeated Abdul Rasheed Baloch (Pakistan), 13–9
  3. Quarterfinals – Lost to Juan Hernández Sierra (Cuba), 8–16

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Yermakhan Ibraimov → Bronze Medal
  1. First Round – Defeated Nick Farrell (Canada), 15–4
  2. Second Round – Defeated Hendrik Simangunsong (Indonesia), referee stopped contest in first round
  3. Quarterfinals – Defeated Markus Beyer (Germany), 19–9
  4. Semifinals – Lost to Alfredo Duvergel (Cuba), 19–28

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Vassili Jirov → Gold Medal
  1. First Round – Defeated Julio González (Mexico), referee stopped contest in second round
  2. Second Round – Defeated Pietro Aurino (Italy), 18–13
  3. Quarterfinals – Defeated Troy Amos-Ross (Canada), 14–8
  4. Semifinals – Defeated Antonio Tarver (United States), 15–9
  5. Final – Defeated Lee Seung-Bae (South Korea), 17–4

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

• Mikhail Yurchenko
  1. First Round – Bye
  2. 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's foil

• Vyacheslav Grigoryev

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's 50 m Freestyle

• Sergey Borisenko

• Heat – 23.29 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Aleksey Yegorov

• Heat – 50.49 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Aleksey Yegorov

• Heat – 1:51.66 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Sergey Ushkalov

• Heat – 58.41 (→ did not advance, 41st place)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Aleksandr Savitsky

• Heat – 1:05.85 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Andrey Gavrilov

• Heat – 54.56 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Aleksandr Savitsky

• Heat – 2:08.78 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Sergey Borisenko, Aleksey Khovrin, Sergey Ushkalov, and Aleksey Yegorov

• Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Sergey Ushkalov, Aleksandr Savitsky, Andrey Gavrilov, and Aleksey Yegorov

• Heat – 3:49.51 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Yevgeniya Yermakova

• Heat – 25.97
• B-Final – 26.06 (→ 13th place)

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Men's Light-Heavyweight

• Rishat Mansurov

• Final – 155.0 + 182.5 = 337.5 (→ 10th place)

• Kuanysh Rymkulov

• Final – DNS (→ no ranking)