Kazakhstan at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Kazakhstan at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code KAZ
NOC National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Website www.olympic.kz (in Kazakh)
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)
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
 GoldVassiliy JirovBoxingMen's light-heavyweight
 GoldAlexandre ParyguinModern pentathlonMen's individual
 GoldYuriy MelnichenkoWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 57 kg
 SilverBulat JumadilovBoxingMen's flyweight
 SilverSergey BelyayevShootingMen's 50 metre rifle three positions
 SilverSergey BelyayevShootingMen's 50 metre rifle prone
 SilverAnatoly KhrapatyWeightliftingMen's 99 kg
 BronzeBolat NiyazymbetovBoxingMen's light-welterweight
 BronzeYermakhan IbraimovBoxingMen's light-middleweight
 BronzeVladimir VokhmianinShootingMen's 25 metre rapid fire pistol
 BronzeMaulen MamyrovWrestlingMen'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

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk

Men's Pole Vault

Men's Triple Jump

Men's Shot Put

Women's 100 metres

  • Heat - 11.91 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 metres

  • Heat – 53.24 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Qualification – 55.94 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

  • Qualification – 6.50m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification – 5.55m (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

  • Qualification – 1.93m
  • Final – 1.93m (→ 14th place)

Women's Shot Put

  • Qualification – 16.40m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Final Result – 6002 points (→ 18th place)

Women's 10 km Walk

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

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)

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)

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

Road competition

Men's Individual Road Race

Women's Individual Road Race

  • Final – did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track competition

Men's Points Race

  • Final – 7 points (→ 10th place)

Men's Individual Pursuit (4,000 metres)

Women's Points Race

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

Gymnastics

Judo

Men's Half-Lightweight

Men's Lightweight

Men's Half-Middleweight

Men's Middleweight

Men's Half-Heavyweight

Men's Heavyweight

Women's Half-Middleweight

Women's Half-Heavyweight

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)

Men's Air Rifle (10 metres)

Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions (50 metres)

Men's Small-Bore Rifle Prone (50 metres)

Men's Running Target (10 metres)

  • Yury Rodnov

Women's Air Pistol (10 metres)

Women's Sporting Pistol (25 metres)

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

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

Men's 100 m Freestyle

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

Men's 200 m Freestyle

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

Men's 100 m Backstroke

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

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

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

Men's 100 m Butterfly

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

Men's 200 m Individuel Medley

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

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

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

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

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


Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • 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)
  • Final – DNS (→ no ranking)

Notes

  • (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-13.

References

  1. ↑ "Kazakhstan at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
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