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 20km Walk	Georgiy Sheiko	Georgiy Sheiko

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s 20km Walk	Ayman Ratova	Ayman Ratova
Women’s Triple Jump	Olga Rypakova	Olga Rypakova

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

Cycling

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Road Race	Qualified Via Rankings
Men’s Time Trial	Qualified Via Rankings
Men’s Individual Sprint	Eligible to Compete
Men’s Keirin	Qualified Via Rankings
Men’s Omnium	Qualified Via Rankings

Gymnastics

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Artistic Individual Events	Milad Karimi	Milad Karimi

Modern Pentathlon

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

Shooting

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions	Yuriy Yurkov	Yuriy Yurkov
Women’s Trap	Sarsenkul Rysbekova	Sarsenkul Rysbekova

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

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

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 Greco-Roman -60kg	Mirambek Ainagulov	Mirambek Ainagulov
Men’s Greco-Roman -77kg	Askhat Dilmukhamedov	Askhat Dilmukhamedov
Women’s Freestyle -50kg	Valentina Islamova	Valentina Islamova
Women’s Freestyle -76kg	Elmira Syzdykova	Elmira Syzdykova