History

Kazakhstan made its first Summer Olympic appearance in 1996 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and has competed ever since. The nation sends a large delegation with around 100 athletes per Olympics whom compete in a large number of sports including; athletics, boxing, judo, weightlifting and wrestling. Kazakhstan has won a medal at every Olympics it has competed in. In total the nation has won 61 medals across 10 sports. The most successful sports are boxing (22), wrestling (16) and weightlifting (8). In 2016 Kazakhstan won 17 medals.

Qualified Quotas

Archery

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Individual	Ilfat Abdullin	Ilfat Abdullin
	Denis Gankin	Denis Gankin
	Sanzhar Mussayev	Sanzhar Mussayev
Men’s Team	Ilfat Abdullin Denis Gankin Sanzhar Mussayev	Ilfat Abdullin Denis Gankin Sanzhar Mussayev

Artistic Swimming

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Duet	Alexandra Nemich Yekaterina Nemich	Alexandra Nemich Yekaterina Nemich

Athletics

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 400m	Mikhail Litvin
Men’s 20km Walk	Georgiy Sheiko	Georgiy Sheiko

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 100m	Olga Safronova
Women’s 200m	Olga Safronova
Women’s 20km Walk	Ayman Ratova	Ayman Ratova
Women’s Marathon	Zhanna Mamazhanova
Women’s High Jump	Nadezhda Dubovitskaya
	Kristina Ovchinnikova
Women’s Triple Jump	Olga Rypakova	Olga Rypakova
	Mariya Ovchinnikova
	Irina Ektova

Boxing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Flyweight	Saken Bibossiov	Saken Bibossiov
Men’s Featherweight	Serik Temirzhanov	Serik Temirzhanov
Men’s Lightweight	Zakir Safiullin	Zakir Safiullin
Men’s Welterweight	Ablaikhan Zhussupov	Ablaikhan Zhussupov
Men’s Middleweight	Abilkhan Amankul	Abilkhan Amankul
Men’s Light Heavyweight	Bekzad Nurdauletov	Bekzad Nurdauletov
Men’s Heavyweight	Vassiliy Levit	Vassiliy Levit
Men’s Super Heavyweight	Kamshybek Kunkabayev	Kamshybek Kunkabayev
Women’s Middleweight	Nadezhda Ryabets	Nadezhda Ryabets

Canoeing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s K1 Slalom	Yekaterina Smirnova	Yekaterina Smirnova
Men’s C1 Slalom	Alexandr Kulikov	Alexandr Kulikov
Women’s K1 200m	Eligible to Compete	Natalya Sergeyeva
Women’s K1 500m	Natalya Sergeyeva	Natalya Sergeyeva
Men’s C1 1000m	Eligible to Compete	Sergey Yemelyanov
Women’s C1 200m	Eligible to Compete	Margarita Torlopova
Men’s C2 1000m	Timofey Yemelyanov Sergey Yemelyanov	Timofey Yemelyanov Sergey Yemelyanov
Women’s C2 500m	Svetlana Ussova Margarita Torlopova	Svetlana Ussova Margarita Torlopova

Cycling

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Road Race	Qualified Via Rankings	Dmitriy Gruzdev
		Alexey Lutsenko
		Vadim Pronskiy
Men’s Time Trial	Qualified Via Rankings	Alexey Lutsenko
Men’s Individual Sprint	Eligible to Compete	Sergey Ponomaryov
Men’s Keirin	Qualified Via Rankings	Sergey Ponomaryov
Men’s Omnium	Qualified Via Rankings	Artyom Zakharov

Fencing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Individual Epee	Ruslan Kurbanov	Ruslan Kurbanov

Gymnastics

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Artistic Individual Events	Milad Karimi	Milad Karimi
Women’s Rhythmic Individual All-Around	Alina Adilkhanova	Alina Adilkhanova

Judo

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s -60kg	Over 1 Eligible Athlete	Yeldos Smetov
Men’s -66kg	Over 1 Eligible Athlete	Yerlan Serikzhanov
Men’s -73kg	Zhansay Smagulov	Zhansay Smagulov
Men’s -81kg	Didar Khamza	Didar Khamza
Men’s -90kg	Islam Bozbayev	Islam Bozbayev
Women’s -48kg	Otgontsetseg Galbadrakh	Otgontsetseg Galbadrakh

Karate

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s -67kg	Darkhan Assadilov	Darkhan Assadilov
Men’s -75kg	Nurkanat Azhikanov	Nurkanat Azhikanov
Men’s +75kg	Daniyar Yuldashev	Daniyar Yuldashev
Women’s -55kg	Moldir Zhangbyrbay	Moldir Zhangbyrbay
Women’s +61kg	Sofya Berultseva	Sofya Berultseva

Modern Pentathlon

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Individual	Pavel Ilyashenko	Pavel Ilyashenko
Women’s Individual	Elena Potapenko	Elena Potapenko

Rowing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Single Sculls	Vladislav Yakovlev	Vladislav Yakovlev

Shooting

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions	Yuriy Yurkov	Yuriy Yurkov
Men’s 10m Air Rifle	Double Starter	Yuriy Yurkov
Women’s Trap	Sarsenkul Rysbekova	Quota Transferred
Women’s Skeet	Zoya Kravchenko	Zoya Kravchenko
	Quota Transferred	Assem Orynbay

Sport Climbing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Combined	Rishat Khailbullin	Rishat Khailbullin

Swimming

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 100m Breaststroke	Dmitriy Balandin	Dmitriy Balandin
Men’s 200m Breaststroke	Dmitriy Balandin	Dmitriy Balandin

Table Tennis

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Singles	Kirill Gerassimenko	Kirill Gerassimenko
Women’s Singles	Anastassiya Lavrova	Anastassiya Lavrova

Taekwondo

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s +80kg	Ruslan Zhaparov	Ruslan Zhaparov
Women’s +67kg	Cansel Deniz	Cansel Deniz

Tennis

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Singles	Alexander Bublik
	Mikhail Kukushkin
Women’s Singles	Elena Rybakina
	Yulia Putintseva
	Yaroslava Shvedova
Men’s Doubles	Alexander Bublik Andrey Golubev
Women’s Doubles	Elena Rybakina Yaroslava Shvedova

Water Polo

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Tournament	Pavel Lipilin Yevgeniy Medvedev Ruslan Akhmetov Roman Pilipenko Miras Aubakirov Alexey Shmider Murat Shakenov Altay Altayev Rustam Ukumanov Mikhail Ruday Ravil Manafov Yulian Verdesh Valeriy Shlemov	Altay Altayev Miras Aubakirov Pavel Lipilin Madikhan Makhmetov Dusan Markovic Yevgeniy Medvedev Mikhail Ruday Murat Shakenov Alexey Shmider Stanislav Shvedov Rustam Ukumanov Srdan Vuksanovic Danil Artyukh*

* Reserve Athlete

Weightlifting

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s -61kg	Igor Son	Igor Son
Momen’s -55kg	Zulfiya Chinshanlo	Zulfiya Chinshanlo

Wrestling

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Freestyle -57kg	Nurislam Sanayev	Nurislam Sanayev
Men’s Freestyle -65kg	Daulet Niyazbekov	Daulet Niyazbekov
Men’s Freestyle -74kg	Daniyar Kaisanov	Daniyar Kaisanov
Men’s Freestyle -97kg	Alisher Yergali	Alisher Yergali
Men’s Freestyle -125kg	Yusup Batirmurzayev	Yusup Batirmurzayev
Men’s Greco-Roman -60kg	Mirambek Ainagulov	Mirambek Ainagulov
Men’s Greco-Roman -77kg	Askhat Dilmukhamedov	Demeu Zhadrayev
Men’s Greco-Roman -87kg	Nursultan Tursynov	Nursultan Tursynov
Women’s Freestyle -50kg	Valentina Islamova	Valentina Islamova
Women’s Freestyle -53kg	Tatyana Amanzhol	Tatyana Amanzhol
Women’s Freestyle -76kg	Elmira Syzdykova	Elmira Syzdykova