Kazakhstan at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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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
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Script error: No such module "Sort".	Boxing	Men's light-heavyweight
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Script error: No such module "Sort".	Modern pentathlon	Men's individual
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Script error: No such module "Sort".	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Script error: No such module "Sort".	Boxing	Men's flyweight
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Script error: No such module "Sort".	Shooting	Men's 50 metre rifle three positions
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Script error: No such module "Sort".	Shooting	Men's 50 metre rifle prone
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Script error: No such module "Sort".	Weightlifting	Men's 99 kg
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Script error: No such module "Sort".	Boxing	Men's light-welterweight
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Script error: No such module "Sort".	Boxing	Men's light-middleweight
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Script error: No such module "Sort".	Shooting	Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Script error: No such module "Sort".	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg

Archery

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". 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

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Men's 100 metres

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

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Bolat Dzhumadilov → File:Silver medal.svg 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 → File:Bronze medal.svg 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 → File:Bronze medal.svg 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 → File:Gold medal.svg 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