| Kazakhstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | KAZ |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
| Website | www |
| inTokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08) | |
| Competitors | 94 in 20 sports |
| Flag bearers (opening) | Kamshybek Kunkabayev Olga Rypakova |
| Flag bearer (closing) | Kamshybek Kunkabayev |
| Medals Ranked 83rd |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Russian Empire (1900–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992) | |
Kazakhstan competed at the2020 Summer Olympics inTokyo. 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 theCOVID-19 pandemic.[1] 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.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bronze | Yeldos Smetov | Judo | Men's 60 kg | 24 July |
| Bronze | Igor Son | Weightlifting | Men's 61 kg | 25 July |
| Bronze | Zulfiya Chinshanlo | Weightlifting | Women's 55 kg | 26 July |
| Bronze | Kamshybek Kunkabayev | Boxing | Men's super heavyweight | 4 August |
| Bronze | Saken Bibossinov | Boxing | Men's flyweight | 5 August |
| Bronze | Nurislam Sanayev | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 57 kg | 5 August |
| Bronze | Darkhan Assadilov | Karate | Men's kumite 67 kg | 5 August |
| Bronze | Sofya Berultseva | Karate | Women's kumite +61 kg | 7 August |
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Artistic swimming | — | 2 | 2 |
| Athletics | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Boxing | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Canoeing | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Cycling | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Fencing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Judo | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Karate | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Modern pentathlon | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rowing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shooting | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Sport climbing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Table tennis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tennis | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Water polo | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| Total | 63 | 31 | 94 |
Three Kazakh archers qualified for the men's events by reaching the quarterfinal stage of the men's team recurve at the2019 World Archery Championships in's-Hertogenbosch,Netherlands.[2]
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final /BM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Ilfat Abdullin | Men's individual | 657 | 27 |  Woodgate (GBR)W 7–3 |  Wijler (NED)W 6–4 |  Li Jl (CHN)L 5–6 | Did not advance | |||
| Denis Gankin | 669 | 9 |  Tolba (EGY)W 6–4 |  Nespoli (ITA)L 2–6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Sanzhar Mussayev | 647 | 52 | Wang Dp (CHN) L 4–6 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Ilfat Abdullin Denis Gankin Sanzhar Mussayev | Men's team | 1973 | 8 | — |  India (IND)L 2–6 | Did not advance | ||||
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 the2019 FINA World Championships inGwangju,South Korea.
| Athlete | Event | Technical routine | Free routine (preliminary) | Free routine (final) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank | Points | Total (technical + free) | Rank | ||
| Alexandra Nemich Yekaterina Nemich | Duet | 83.2338 | 17 | 83.8667 | 167.1005 | 16 | Did not advance | ||
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):[3][4]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Mikhail Litvin | Men's 400 m | 47.15 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
| Georgiy Sheiko | Men's 20 km walk | — | 1:28:38 | 39 | |||
| Olga Safronova | Women's 200 m | 23.64 | 6 | Did not advance | |||
| Zhanna Mamazhanova | Women's marathon | — | 2:37:42 | 46 | |||
| Ayman Ratova | Women's 20 km walk | — | 1:40:02 | 42 | |||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Irina Ektova | Women's triple jump | 12.90 | 31 | Did not advance | |
| Mariya Ovchinnikova | 13.34 | 26 | Did not advance | ||
| Olga Rypakova | 13.69 | 24 | Did not advance | ||
| Nadezhda Dubovitskaya | Women's high jump | 1.86 | 28 | Did not advance | |
| Kristina Ovchinnikova | 1.86 | 28 | Did not advance | ||
Kazakhstan entered nine boxers (eight men and one woman) into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 OlympiansAblaikhan Zhussupov (men's welterweight) and silver medalistVassiliy 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 the2020 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament inAmman,Jordan.[5]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Saken Bibossinov | Flyweight |  Rivera (PUR)W 4–1 |  Bennama (FRA)W 5–0 |  Escobar (ESP)W 3–2 | Yafai (GBR) L 2–3 | Did not advance | |
| Serik Temirzhanov | Featherweight |  Gálos (HUN)W 5–0 |  Ragan (USA)L 0–5 | Did not advance | |||
| Zakir Safiullin | Lightweight |  Pezo (PER)W 5–0 |  Narimatsu (JPN)WWO |  Garside (AUS)L 2–3 | Did not advance | ||
| Ablaikhan Zhussupov | Welterweight | — | Johnson (USA) L 1–4 | Did not advance | |||
| Abilkhan Amankul | Middleweight | — |  Kakhramonov (UZB)W 5–0 |  Conceição (BRA)L 2–3 | Did not advance | ||
| Bekzad Nurdauletov | Light heavyweight | — |  Khataev (ROC)L 1–4 | Did not advance | |||
| Vassiliy Levit | Heavyweight | — | Reyes (ESP) LKO | Did not advance | |||
| Kamshybek Kunkabayev | Super heavyweight | — | Hafez (EGY) W 5–0 | Veriasov (ROC) W 4–1 | Torrez (USA) LRSC | Did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Nadezhda Ryabets | Middleweight |  Thibeault (CAN)L 1–4 | Did not advance | |||
Kazakh canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the 2021 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships inPattaya,Thailand.[6]
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Semifinal | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Best | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Alexandr Kulikov | Men's C-1 | 109.95 | 13 | 107.43 | 14 | 107.43 | 15Q | 110.23 | 12 | Did not advance | |
| Yekaterina Smirnova | Women's K-1 | 180.46 | 25 | 135.25 | 23 | 135.25 | 25 | Did not advance | |||
Kazakhcanoeists qualified three boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2021 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships inPattaya,Thailand.[7]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Sergey Yemelyanov | Men's C-1 1000 m | 4:16.039 | 5QF | 4:21.734 | 4 | Did not advance | |||
| Sergey Yemelyanov Timofey Yemelyanov | Men's C-2 1000 m | 3:49.079 | 4QF | 3:55.157 | 4FB | Bye | 3:32.873 | 12 | |
| Natalya Sergeyeva | Women's K-1 200 m | 46.657 | 6QF | 46.736 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
| Women's K-1 500 m | 2:01.374 | 7QF | 1:55.776 | 6 | Did not advance | ||||
| Margarita Torlopova | Women's C-1 200 m | 49.721 | 6QF | 49.051 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
| Svetlana Ussova Margarita Torlopova | Women's C-2 500 m | 2:09.024 | 5QF | 2:06.179 | 4FB | Bye | 2:04.859 | 12 | |
Qualification Legend:FA = Qualify to final (medal);FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Kazakhstan entered three riders to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) in theUCI World Ranking.[8]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dmitriy Gruzdev | Men's road race | Did not finish | |
| Alexey Lutsenko | Men's road race | 6:11:46 | 21 |
| Men's time trial | 1:02:21 | 32 | |
| Vadim Pronskiy | Men's road race | Did not finish | |
Following the completion of the2020 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.[9]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round 1 | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Repechage 2 | Round 3 | Repechage 3 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | ||
| Sergey Ponomaryov | Men's sprint | 9.932 72.493 | 29 | Did not advance | |||||||||
| Athlete | Event | 1st Round | Repechage | 2nd Round | 3rd Round | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank | ||
| Sergey Ponomaryov | Men's keirin | DNFR | 3 | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Scratch race | Tempo race | Elimination race | Points race | Total points | Rank | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||||
| Artyom Zakharov | Men's omnium | 4 | 34 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 62 | 14 |
Kazakhstan entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. 2013 Summer Universiade bronze medalistRuslan 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.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Ruslan Kurbanov | Men's épée | Bye | Fichera (ITA) W 15–7 | Yamada (JPN) L 8–15 | Did not advance | |||
Kazakhstan entered oneartistic gymnast into theOlympiccompetition.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 the2019 World Championships inStuttgart,Germany.[10]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
| F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
| Milad Karimi | All-around | 14.766Q | 11.900 | 13.300 | 14.433 | 13.400 | 14.766Q | 82.565 | 25Q | 15.033 | 13.266 | 12.866 | 14.066 | 13.966 | 13.333 | 82.530 | 14 |
| Floor | 14.766 | — | 14.766 | 8Q | 14.133 | — | 14.133 | 5 | |||||||||
| Horizontal bar | — | 14.766 | 14.766 | 2Q | — | 11.266 | 11.266 | 8 | |||||||||
Kazakhstan qualified one rhythmic gymnast for the individual all-around by winning the gold medal at the2021 Asian Championships inTashkent,Uzbekistan.[11]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | ||
| Alina Adilkhanova | Individual | 20.550 | 22.450 | 22.200 | 18.600 | 83.800 | 21 | Did not advance | |||||
Kazakhstan entered six judoka (five men and one women) into the Olympic tournament based on theInternational Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.[12]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Yeldos Smetov | Men's −60 kg | — | Bye |  Akkuş (TUR)W 10–00 |  Kim W-j (KOR)W 10–00 | Takato (JPN) L 00–01 | Bye | Tsjakadoea (NED) W 01–00 | |
| Yerlan Serikzhanov | Men's −66 kg | — |  Safarov (AZE)W 01–00 | Lombardo (ITA) L 00–01 | Did not advance | ||||
| Zhansay Smagulov | Men's −73 kg | Bye |  Karapetian (ARM)W 01–00 | Margelidon (CAN) L 01–10 | Did not advance | ||||
| Didar Khamza | Men's −81 kg | Bye |  Mollaei (MGL)L 00–10 | Did not advance | |||||
| Islam Bozbayev | Men's −90 kg | Macedo (BRA) W 10–00 | Mehdiyev (AZE) L 00–01 | Did not advance | |||||
| Galbadrakhyn Otgontsetseg | Women's −48 kg | — | Li Yn (CHN) L 00–10 | Did not advance | |||||
Kazakhstan entered five karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. 2018 world bronze medalistDarkhan 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.[13][14] 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 theWorld Olympic Qualification Tournament inParis,France, withDaniyar 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.[15][16]
| Athlete | Event | Round robin | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Darkhan Assadilov | Men's −67 kg | Şamdan (TUR) W 6–2 | Farzaliyev (AZE) W 6–2 | Sago (JPN) W 3–0 | El-Sawy (EGY) W 3–1 | 1Q | Da Costa (FRA) L 2–5 | Did not advance | |
| Nurkanat Azhikanov | Men's −75 kg | Yahiro (AUS) W 6–3 |  Bitsch (GER)L 3–3 | Busà (ITA) W 2–0 | Aghayev (AZE) L 2–3 | 4 | Did not advance | ||
| Daniyar Yuldashev | Men's +75 kg | Araga (JPN) L 2–4 | Aktaş (TUR) L 3–11 | Horne (GER) Withdrawn |  Arkania (GEO)L 1–3 | 4 | Did not advance | ||
| Moldir Zhangbyrbay | Women's −55 kg | Sayed (EGY) W 7–2 |  Plank (AUT)L 3–4 |  Terliuga (UKR)D 4–4 | Miyahara (JPN) L 2–11 | 4 | Did not advance | ||
| Sofya Berultseva | Women's +61 kg | Hocaoğlu (TUR) D 5–5 | Semeraro (ITA) W 5–1 | Zaretska (AZE) W 5–4 | Uekusa (JPN) L 1–5 | 2q | Abdelaziz (EGY) L 4–5 | Did not advance | |
Kazakh athletes qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Two-time OlympianPavel Ilyashenko and Rio 2016 OlympianYelena 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 inKunming,China.[17][18]
| Athlete | Event | Fencing (épée one touch) | Swimming (200 m freestyle) | Riding (show jumping) | Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m) | Total points | Final rank | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RR | BR | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | Penalties | Rank | MP points | Time | Rank | MP points | ||||
| Pavel Ilyashenko | Men's | 15–20 | 1 | 28 | 191 | 2:06.99 | 31 | 297 | 30 | 28 | 270 | 12:10.28 | 35 | 570 | 1328 | 29 |
| Yelena Potapenko | Women's | 22–15 | 2 | 6 | 222 | 2:13.99 | 14 | 283 | 11 | 16 | 289 | 12:52.37 | 21 | 528 | 1322 | 13 |
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 inTokyo,Japan.[19]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Vladislav Yakovlev | Men's single sculls | 7:10.08 | 3QF | Bye | 7:30.47 | 6SC/D | 7:03.53 | 5FD | 7:03.37 | 19 | |
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
Kazakh shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[20]
Meanwhile,Zoya Kravchenko earned a direct place in the women's skeet for the rescheduled Games as the highest-ranked shooter vying for qualification in the ISSF World Olympic Rankings of 6 June 2021.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Yuriy Yurkov | Men's 10 m air rifle | 621.9 | 36 | Did not advance | |
| Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1172 | 14 | Did not advance | ||
| Zoya Kravchenko | Women's skeet | 113 | 22 | Did not advance | |
| Assem Orynbay | 111 | 26 | Did not advance | ||
Kazakhstan entered one sport climber into the Olympic tournament. Rishat Khaibullin qualified directly for the men's combined event, by advancing to the final and securing one of the seven provisional berths at the2019 IFSC World Championships inHachioji,Japan.[21]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speed | Boulder | Lead | Total | Rank | Speed | Boulder | Lead | Total | Rank | ||||||||||
| Best | Place | Result | Place | Hold | Time | Place | Best | Place | Result | Place | Hold | Time | Place | ||||||
| Rishat Khaibullin | Men's | 6.19 | 4 | 0T1z 0 3 | 17 | 28+ | 3:09 | 13 | 884.00 | 11 | Did not advance | ||||||||
Kazakh swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[22][23]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Dmitriy Balandin | Men's 100 m breaststroke | 59.75 | 17 | Did not advance | |||
| Men's 200 m breaststroke | 2:08.99 | 7Q | 2:09.22 | 11 | Did not advance | ||
| Diana Nazarova | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:06.99 | 40 | Did not advance | |||
Kazakhstan entered two athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Anastassiya Lavrova scored a zonal-match triumph for Central Asia to book a women's singles spot at the Asian Qualification Tournament inDoha,Qatar.[24] Meanwhile, Rio 2016 OlympianKirill Gerassimenko was automatically selected among the top ten table tennis players vying for qualification in the men's singles based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings of June 1, 2021.[25]
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Kirill Gerassimenko | Men's singles | Bye |  Jančařík (CZE)W 4–3 | Boll (GER) L 1–4 | Did not advance | |||||
| Anastassiya Lavrova | Women's singles | Bye | Xiao (ESP) L 1–4 | Did not advance | ||||||
Kazakhstan entered two athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Rio 2016 OlympiansRuslan Zhaparov (men's +80 kg) andCansel Deniz (women's +67 kg) secured the spots on the Kazakh taekwondo squad with a top two finish each in their respective weight classes at the2021 Asian Qualification Tournament inAmman,Jordan.[26]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Ruslan Zhaparov | Men's +80 kg | Bachmann (GER) W 11–7 | In K-d (KOR) L 2–10 | Did not advance | |||
| Cansel Deniz | Women's +67 kg | Osipova (UZB) W 10–9 | Walkden (GBR) L 7–17 | Did not advance | |||
Kazakhstan entered seven tennis players (three male and four female).
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Alexander Bublik | Singles | Medvedev (ROC) L 4–6, 6–7(8–10) | Did not advance | |||||
| Mikhail Kukushkin |  Coria (ARG)W 7–6(7–4), 7–5 |  Ivashka (BLR)L 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 3–6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Alexander Bublik Andrey Golubev | Doubles | — | Chardy / Monfils (FRA) L 7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), [8–10] | Did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Zarina Diyas | Singles | Krejčíková (CZE) L 2–5,ret | Did not advance | |||||
| Yulia Putintseva | Podoroska (ARG) L 6–7(4–7), 3–1,ret | Did not advance | ||||||
| Elena Rybakina | Stosur (AUS) W 6–4, 6–2 |  Peterson (SWE)W 6–2, 6–3 |  Vekić (CRO)W 7–6(7–3), 6–4 | Muguruza (ESP) W 7–5, 6–1 |  Bencic (SUI)L 6–7(2–7), 6–4, 3–6 | Svitolina (UKR) L 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 4–6 | 4 | |
| Yaroslava Shvedova | Tomljanović (AUS) L 5–7, 2–3,ret | Did not advance | ||||||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Yaroslava Shvedova Andrey Golubev | Doubles | Shibahara / McLachlan (JPN) L 3–6, 6–7(3–7) | Did not advance | |||
| Team | Event | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final /BM | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| Kazakhstan men's | Men's tournament |  CroatiaL 7–23 |  SerbiaL 5–19 | Spain L 4–16 |  MontenegroL 12–19 |  AustraliaL 7–15 | 6 | Did not advance | |||
Kazakhstan men's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the2018 Asian Games inJakarta,Indonesia, marking the country's recurrence to the sport for the first time sinceLondon 2012.[27]
Head coach:Nemanja Knežević[28]
| No. | Player | Pos. | L/R | Height | Weight | Date of birth (age) | Apps | OG/ Goals | Club | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madikhan Makhmetov | 10GK | 2R | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 82 kg (181 lb) | (1993-03-03)3 March 1993 (aged 28) | 120 | 0/0 |  Astana | [29] |
| 2 | Yevgeniy Medvedev | 50D | 2R | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | 90 kg (198 lb) | (1985-08-09)9 August 1985 (aged 35) | 150 | 0/0 | Astana | [30] |
| 3 | Miras Aubakirov | 50D | 2R | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | (1996-10-20)20 October 1996 (aged 24) | 170 | 0/0 | Astana | [31] |
| 4 | Dušan Marković | 20CB | 2R | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | 103 kg (227 lb) | (1990-05-03)3 May 1990 (aged 31) | 6 | 0/0 | Crvena zvezda | [32] |
| 5 | Alexey Shmider | 50D | 2R | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | (1990-03-19)19 March 1990 (aged 31) | 180 | 1/2 | Astana | [33] |
| 6 | Danil Artyukh | 20CB | 2R | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | (2003-06-02)2 June 2003 (aged 18) | 6 | 0/0 | Astana | [34] |
| 7 | Murat Shakenov (C) | 50D | 2R | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 80 kg (176 lb) | (1990-09-23)23 September 1990 (aged 30) | 200 | 1/1 | Astana | [35] |
| 8 | Srđan Vuksanović | 50D | 2R | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | (1992-07-05)5 July 1992 (aged 29) | 6 | 0/0 | Šabac | [36] |
| 9 | Rustam Ukumanov | 50D | 2R | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | 103 kg (227 lb) | (1986-03-22)22 March 1986 (aged 35) | 327 | 1/3 | Astana | [37] |
| 10 | Mikhail Ruday | 40CF | 2R | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | 110 kg (243 lb) | (1988-05-04)4 May 1988 (aged 33) | 180 | 1/0 | Spartak Volgograd | [38] |
| 11 | Altay Altayev | 40CF | 2R | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | (1996-02-14)14 February 1996 (aged 25) | 150 | 0/0 | Astana | [39] |
| 12 | Stanislav Shvedov | 20CB | 2R | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | 83 kg (183 lb) | (1998-11-24)24 November 1998 (aged 22) | 100 | 0/0 | Astana | [40] |
| 13 | Pavel Lipilin | 10GK | 2R | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | 77 kg (170 lb) | (1999-07-11)11 July 1999 (aged 22) | 36 | 0/0 | Astana | [41] |
| Average | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 90 kg (198 lb) | 28 years, 123 days | 125 | ||||||
Note: Age as of 23 July 2021
Source:Kazakhstan Men | Tokyo 2020 OlympicsArchived 2021-07-22 at theWayback Machine
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 31 | +30 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Croatia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 46 | +16 | 6[a] | |
| 3 | Serbia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 46 | +24 | 6[a] | |
| 4 | Montenegro | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 4[b] | |
| 5 | Australia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 4[b] | |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 35 | 92 | −57 | 0 |
| 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 19:50 v | Report | Croatia | 23–7 | Kazakhstan | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Dion Willis (RSA), Frank Ohme (GER) |
| Score by quarters:4–1,6–3,8–1,5–2 | |||||
| Joković 5 | Goals | Vuksanović 3 | |||
| 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 14:00 v | Report | Kazakhstan | 5–19 | Serbia | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Adrian Alexandrescu (ROU), György Kun (HUN) |
| Score by quarters: 2–4, 1–3, 2–6, 0–6 | |||||
| Medvedev,Vuksanović 2 | Goals | Pijetlović 4 | |||
| 29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 11:30 v | Report | Spain | 16–4 | Kazakhstan | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Dion Willis (RSA) |
| Score by quarters:3–0,3–0,5–2,5–2 | |||||
| Granados 5 | Goals | Vuksanović 2 | |||
| 31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 10:00 v | Report | Montenegro | 19–12 | Kazakhstan | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Georgios Stavridis (GRE) |
| Score by quarters:5–3,6–3, 3–3,5–3 | |||||
| three players 4 | Goals | Ruday 3 | |||
| 2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 19:50 v | Report | Australia | 15–7 | Kazakhstan | Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Michael Goldenberg (USA) |
| Score by quarters:4–1,3–0,5–2, 3–4 | |||||
| Howden 5 | Goals | Shakenov,Ukumanov 2 | |||
Kazakhstan entered two weightlifters into the Olympic competition. London 2012 OlympianZulfiya Chinshanlo (women's 55 kg) finished fourth of the eight highest-ranked weightlifters in the women's 55 kg category based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings, withIgor Son topping the field of weightlifters from the Asian zone in the men's 61 kg category based on the IWF Absolute Continental Rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Igor Son | Men's −61 kg | 131 | 4 | 163 | 3 | 294 | |
| Zulfiya Chinshanlo | Women's −55 kg | 90 | 7 | 123 | 3 | 213 | |
Kazakhstan qualified eleven wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Eight of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle (57, 65, 74, and 97 kg), men's Greco-Roman (60 and 77 kg), and women's freestyle (50 and 76 kg) at the2019 World Championships, while three additional licenses were awarded to the Kazakh wrestler, who progressed to the top two finals of their respective weight categories at the2021 Asian Qualification Tournament inAlmaty.[42][43]
Key:
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Nurislam Sanayev | Men's −57 kg |  Fafé (GBS)W 3–0PO | Takahashi (JPN) W 3–1PP | Dahiya (IND) L 0–5VT | Bye |  Vangelov (BUL)W 3–1PP | |
| Daulet Niyazbekov | Men's −65 kg |  Valdés (CUB)W 3–1PP | Aliyev (AZE) L 1–3PP | Did not advance |  Diatta (SEN)W 4–0ST | Punia (IND) L 0–3PO | 5 |
| Daniyar Kaisanov | Men's −74 kg | Otoguro (JPN) W 5–0VT | Hussen (EGY) W 3–1PP | Sidakov (ROC) L 0–4ST | Bye | Abdurakhmonov (UZB) L 1–4SP | 5 |
| Alisher Yergali | Men's −97 kg |  Fardj (ALG)W 5–0VA | Karadeniz (TUR) L 1–3PP | Did not advance | 7 | ||
| Yusup Batirmurzaev | Men's −125 kg | Cudinovic (GER) L 0–5VT | Did not advance | 12 | |||
| Valentina Islamova | Women's −50 kg |  Yépez (ECU)L 1–3PP | Did not advance | 11 | |||
| Tatyana Amanzhol | Women's −53 kg |  Zasina (POL)L 1–3PP | Did not advance | 12 | |||
| Elmira Syzdykova | Women's −76 kg |  Medet Kyzy (KGZ)L 1–3PP | Did not advance | 13 | |||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Mirambek Ainagulov | Men's −60 kg | Sharshenbekov (KGZ) L 0–4ST | Did not advance | 16 | |||
| Demeu Zhadrayev | Men's −77 kg | Yabiku (JPN) L 1–3PP | Did not advance | 9 | |||
| Nursultan Tursynov | Men's −87 kg | Kudla (GER) L 1–3PP | Did not advance | 14 | |||