Kazakhstan at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	KAZ
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Website	www.olympic.kz (in Kazakh, Russian, and English)
in Sydney
Competitors	130 (86 men and 44 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Yermakhan Ibraimov
Medals Ranked 22nd	Gold 3 Silver 4 Bronze 0 Total 7
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912)  Soviet Union (1952–1988)  Unified Team (1992)

Kazakhstan competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 130 competitors, 86 men and 44 women, took part in 104 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Olga Shishigina	Athletics	Women's 100 metres hurdles
Gold	Bekzat Sattarkhanov	Boxing	Men's featherweight
Gold	Yermakhan Ibraimov	Boxing	Men's light-middleweight
Silver	Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov	Boxing	Men's super heavyweight
Silver	Bulat Jumadilov	Boxing	Men's flyweight
Silver	Alexander Vinokourov	Cycling	Men's road race
Silver	Islam Bairamukov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 97 kg

Archery

The Kazakh archers won five matches in 2000, three more than they had four years earlier. Two archers advanced to the round of 16 and the men's team made it to the quarterfinals.

Men's Team:

• Shikarev, Zabrodskiy, and Li – quarterfinal, 7th place (1-1)

Athletics

Men's Competition

Men's 100 m

• Vitaliy Medvedev

• Round 1 – 10.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m

• Gennadiy Chernovol

• Round 1 – 20.95 (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Sergey Rubtsov

• Qualifying – 15.90 (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Sergey Arzamasov

• Qualifying – 16.70 (→ did not advance)

• Oleg Sakirkin

• Qualifying – 16.20 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Yuriy Pakhlyayev

• Qualifying – 2.24 (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

• Igor Potapovich

• Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Valeriy Borisov

• Final – 1:28:36 (→ 38th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Sergey Korepanov

• Final – 3:53:30 (→ 15th place)

• Valeriy Borisov

• Final – 4:01:11 (→ 25th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 100 m

• Viktoria Kovyreva

• Round 1 – 11.72 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m

• Svetlana Bodritskaya

• Round 1 – 53.91 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

• Olga Shishigina

• Round 1 – 12.81
• Round 2 – 12.66
• Semifinal – 12.71
• Final – 12.65 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 400 m Hurdles

• Natalya Torshina

• Round 1 – 56.38
• Semifinal – 56.22 (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

• Iolanta Ulyeva

• Qualifying – 16.38 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Yelena Kashcheyeva

• Qualifying – 6.57 (→ did not advance)

• Yelena Pershina

• Qualifying – 6.24 (→ did not advance)

• Anna Tarasova

• Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

• Yelena Parfenova

• Qualifying – 13.50 (→ did not advance)

• Anna Tarasova

• Qualifying – 13.11 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Svetlana Zalevskaya

• Qualifying – 1.94
• Final – 1.96 (→ 6th place)

Women's 20 km Walk

• Svetlana Tolstaya

• Final – 1:35:19 (→ 21st place)

• Yelena Kuznetsova

• Final – 1:42:45 (→ 40th place)

• Maya Sazonova

• Final – DNF

Women's Marathon

• Garifa Kuku

• Final – DNF

Women's Heptathlon

• Svetlana Kazanina

• 100 m Hurdles – 14.71
• High Jump – 1.75
• Shot Put – 12.97
• 200 m – 25.04
• Long Jump – 5.84
• Javelin Throw – 43.53
• 800 m – 02:10.45
• Points – 5898 (→ 16th place)

• Irina Naumenko

• 100 m Hurdles – 14.26
• High Jump – 1.84
• Shot Put – 11.26
• 200 m – 25.19
• Long Jump – 5.88
• Javelin Throw – 32.53
• 800 m – 02:18.49
• Points – 5634 (→ 21st place)

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Bulat Jumadilov

• Round 1 – Bye
• Round 2 – Defeated Kennedy Kanyanta of Zambia
• Quarterfinal – Defeated Vakhtang Darchinian of Armenia
• Semifinal – Defeated Jérôme Thomas of France
• Final – Lost to Winjad Ponlid of Thailand → Silver medal

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Bekzat Sattarkhanov

• Round 1 – Defeated Bobirnat Ovidiu Tiberiu of Romania
• Round 2 – Defeated Jeffrey Mathebula of South Africa
• Quarterfinal – Defeated Ramazan Palyani of Turkey
• Semifinal – Defeated Tahar Tamsamani of Morocco
• Final – Defeated Ricardo Mortel of United States → Gold medal

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Nurzhan Karimzhanov

• Round 1 – Defeated Artur Guevorkian of Armenia
• Round 2 – Defeated Michael Katsidis of Australia
• Quarterfinal – Lost to Andriy Kotelnyk of Ukraine (→ did not advance)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Daniyar Munaytbasov

• Round 1 – Defeated Paulus Ali Nuumbembe of Namibia
• Round 2 – Defeated Leonard Bundu of Italy
• Quarterfinal – Lost to Sergey Dotsenko of Ukraine (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Yermakhan Ibraimov

• Round 1 – Defeated Yousif Massas of Syria
• Round 2 – Defeated Hely Yánes of Venezuela
• Quarterfinal – Defeated Juan Hernández Sierra of Cuba
• Semifinal – Defeated Jermain Taylor of United States
• Final – Defeated Marin Simion of Romania → Gold medal

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Olzhas Orazaliyev

• Round 1 – Defeated Hugo Garay of Argentina
• Round 2 – Defeated Isael Alvarez of Cuba
• Quarterfinal – Lost to Sergei Mikhailov of Uzbekistan (→ did not advance)

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

• Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov

• Round 1 – Bye
• Round 2 – Defeated Grzegorz Kielsa of Poland
• Quarterfinal – Defeated Alexis Rubalcaba of Cuba
• Semifinal – Defeated Rustam Saidov of Uzbekistan
• Final – Lost to Audley Harrison of Great Britain → Silver medal

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Sergey Sergin

• Qualifying Heat – 01:47.253 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Singles 1,000 m

• Sergey Sergin

• Qualifying Heat – 03:42.645
• Semifinal – 03:47.633 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles 500 m

• Kaisar Nurmaganbetov

• Qualifying Heat – 01:55.422
• Semifinal – 01:54.465 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles 1,000 m

• Kaisar Nurmaganbetov

• Qualifying Heat – 04:01.438
• Semifinal – 04:05.206 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m

• Konstantin Negodyayev and Zhomart Satubaldin

• Qualifying Heat – 01:45.810
• Semifinal – 01:45.809
• Final – 02:01.436 (→ 7th place)

Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m

• Konstantin Negodyayev and Zhomart Satubaldin

• Qualifying Heat – 03:53.366
• Semifinal – 03:48.756 (→ did not advance)

Cycling

Road Cycling

Men's Individual Time Trial

• Andrei Teteriouk

• Final – 0:58:52 (→ 6th place)

• Alexander Vinokourov

• Final – 1:01:34 (→ 27th place)

Men's Road Race

• Alexander Vinokourov

• Final – 5:29:17 (Silver medal)

• Andrei Teteriouk

• Final – 5:30:46 (→ 46th place)

• Alexandr Shefer

• Final – 5:30:46 (→ 53rd place)

• Sergei Yakovlev

• Final – 5:30:46 (→ 57th place)

• Andrei Kivilev

• Final – 5:30:46 (→ 73rd place)

Track Cycling

Men's Individual Pursuit

• Vadim Kravchenko

• Qualifying – 04:40.410 (→ did not advance)

Men's Point Race

• Sergey Lavrenenko

• Points – 1
• Laps Down – 2 (→ 20th place)

Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Alisher Seitov

• Preliminary – 307.62 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Damir Akhmetbekov

• Preliminary – 75.42 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Alexey Gurman

• Preliminary – 320.13 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

• Natalya Popova

• Preliminary – 234.90 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

• Irina Vyguzova

• Preliminary – 303.30
• Semi-final – 217.47 – 520.77
• Final – 310.86 – 528.33 (→ 9th place)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

• Irina Vyguzova

• Preliminary – 284.52
• Semi-final – 157.15 – 441.69 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

• Natalya Chikina

• Preliminary – 269.58
• Semi-final – 162.27 – 458.85
• Final – 304.53 – 466.80 (→ 9th place)

Fencing

Five fencers, three men and two women, represented Kazakhstan in 2000.

Men's foil

• Andrey Kolganov

Men's épée

• Sergey Shabalin

Men's sabre

• Igor Tsel

Women's foil

• Nelya Sevostiyanova

Women's épée

• Nataliya Goncharova

Gymnastics

Judo

Rowing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Sergey Borisenko

• Preliminary Heat – 23.46 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Igor Sitnikov

• Preliminary Heat – 52.57 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Andrey Kvasov

• Preliminary Heat – 1:55.72 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Andrey Gavrilov

• Preliminary Heat – 56.14 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Aleksandr Savitsky

• Preliminary Heat – 01:05.95 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Pavel Sidorov

• Preliminary Heat – 01:01.02 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Grigoriy Matuzkov

• Preliminary Heat – 02:05.45 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Grigoriy Matuzkov

• Preliminary Heat – 04:31.89 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle

• Igor Sitnikov, Andrey Kvasov, Pavel Sidorov, and Sergey Borisenko

• Preliminary Heat – 03:28.90 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Marina Mulyayeva

• Preliminary Heat – 02:22.72 (→ did not advance)

Synchronized swimming

Duet

• Aliya Karimova, Galina Shatnaya

• Technical Routine – 29.12 Did not compete in free routine

Triathlon

Men

Water polo

Men's Team Competition

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	5	4	1	0	51	28	+23	9	Quarter Finals
2	Italy	5	4	1	0	43	32	+11	9
3	Spain	5	2	1	2	32	34	−2	5
4	Australia (H)	5	1	2	2	38	36	+2	4
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	1	3	41	46	−5	3
6	Slovakia	5	0	0	5	30	59	−29	0

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Lost to Spain (7-8)
• Tied with Australia (11-11)
• Lost to Russia (7-9)
• Defeated Slovakia (9-5)
• Lost to Italy (7-13)

• Classification Round

• Tied with Greece (6-6)
• Defeated Slovakia (11-8)
• Defeated the Netherlands (6-4) → Ninth place

• Team Roster

• Roman Chentsov
• Konstantin Chernov
• Sergey Drozdov
• Aleksandr Yelke
• Askar Orazalinov
• Yevgeny Prokhin
• Artemy Sevostyanov
• Aleksandr Shvedov
• Igor Zagoruykov
• Ivan Zaytsev
• Yevgeny Zhilyayev
• Denis Zhivchikov

Women's Team Competition

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	5	4	0	1	35	20	+15	8	Semi Finals
2	United States	5	3	1	1	36	30	+6	7
3	Netherlands	5	3	0	2	27	26	+1	6
4	Russia	5	2	1	2	36	29	+7	5
5	Canada	5	1	2	2	33	34	−1	4
6	Kazakhstan	5	0	0	5	23	51	−28	0

Preliminary Round Robin

16 September 2000 13:00	Report	Kazakhstan	2–9	Australia	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Melliar (RSA), Rolf Ludecke (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-2, 0-1, 0-4
		two players 1	Goals	Gusterson 3

17 September 2000 19:15	Report	Kazakhstan	6–8	Netherlands	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Dragan Rajevic (YUG), Juan Carlos Menéndez (CUB)
		Score by quarters: 2-2, 2-2, 1-2, 1-2
		Leshchuk 3	Goals	two players 3

18 September 2000 19:15	Report	Canada	10–3	Kazakhstan	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Rolf Ludecke (GER), Vahid Moradi (IRI)
		Score by quarters: 3-1, 3-0, 1-2, 3-0
		four players 2	Goals	three players 1

19 September 2000 18:00	Report	Kazakhstan	6–15	Russia	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Gad Schwartz (ISR), Vlastimil Kratochvil (SVK)
		Score by quarters: 1-5, 1-5, 3-3, 1-2
		Aleyeva 2	Goals	two players 3

20 September 2000 19:15	Report	Kazakhstan	6–9	United States	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Zeljko Klaric (CRO), Vahid Moradi (IRI)
		Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 2-1
		two players 2	Goals	Villa 4

• Classification Match

22 September 2000 18:00	Report	Canada	9–8	Kazakhstan	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Andrew Jay Takata (USA), Phillip Bower (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 1-1, 3-3, 2-3, 2-1  OT: 1-0, 0–0
		four players 2	Goals	Pyryseva 3

• Team Roster

• Rezeda Aleyeva
• Anastasiya Boroda
• Irina Borodavko
• Svetlana Buravova
• Nataliya Galkina
• Yekaterina Gerzanich
• Tatyana Gubina
• Nataliya Ignatyeva
• Asel Dzhakayeva
• Svetlana Koroleva
• Olga Leshchuk
• Larisa Olkhina
• Yuliya Pyryseva

Weightlifting

Men

Women

Wrestling