2008 Summer Olympics / Participant (Kazakhstan)

KAZ

2	3	4th

Kazakhstan took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics for the fourth timein Beijing . A total of 132 athletes competed in 22 different sports.

Flag bearer

Weightlifter Baqyt Akhmetov carried the flag of Kazakhstan during the opening ceremony.

Participants by sport

Archery

Women:

• Anastasija Bannova

Boxing

• Birschan Schaqypow up to 48 kg
• Mirat Sarsembayev up to 51 kg
• Kanat Abutalipow up to 54 kg
• Galib Schafarow up to 57 kg
• Merei Aqschalow up to 60 kg
• Serik Säpijew up to 64 kg
• Baqyt Särsekbajew up to 69 kg
• Baqtiyar Artayev up to 75 kg
• Jerkebulan Schynaliev up to 81 kg
• Ruslan Myrsatajew from 91 kg

Handball

Women:

• Olga Trawnikowa Gate
• Tatiana Parfenova Gate
• Gulsira Iskakova
• Natalia Kubrina
• Ekaterina Tijapkova
• Ksenia Nikandrowa
• Elena Ilyuchina
• Irina Boretschko
• Elena Portova
• Jana Vasilyeva
• Marina Pikalowa
• Julia Markowitsch
• Natalia Yakovleva
• Olga Aiderskaya

Coach: Lev Janiev

canoe

Canoe racing

Men:

• Mikhail Jemeljanow single-canoe 500 m, single-canoe 1000 m
• Alexander Djadtschuk two-man canoe 500 m
• Kaisar Nurmaganbetow two-man canoe 500 m
• Alexei Dergunow single kayak 500 m
• Dmitri Torlopov single kayak 1000 m; Two-person kayak 500 m
• Dmitri Kaltenberger two-person kayak 500 m

slalom

Women:

• Ekaterina Lukicheva single kayak

Cycling

Men:

• Maxim Iglinski street race
• Andrei Misurow road race, time trial

Women:

• Sülfija Sabirowa road race, time trial

gymnastics

Rhythmical

• Älija Schüssipowa

Judo

Men:

• Salamat Utarbayev up to 60 kg
• Rinat Ibragimow up to 73 kg
• Asqat Shitkeev up to 100 kg
• Eldos Ichsangalijew from 100 kg

Women:

• Kelbet Nurgasina up to 48 kg
• Scholpan Kalijewa up to 52 kg
• Gulsat Uralbayeva up to 57 kg
• Shanar Shansunowa up to 70 kg
• Sagat Abikeeva up to 78 kg
• Gulshan Isanova from 78 kg

athletics

Men:

• Viacheslav Muravyov 200 m
• Evgeny Meleschenko 400 m hurdles
• Tachir Mamaschew Marathon
• Rustam Kuwatow 20 km walk
• Sergei Zassimowitsch high jump
• Roman Valiev Triple Jump
• Dmitri Karpov decathlon

Women:

• Olga Tereschkowa 400 m
• Anastassija Pilipenko 100 m hurdles
• Natalia Ivoninskaya 100 m hurdles
• Tatiana Azarova 400 m hurdles
• Svetlana Tolstaya 20 km walk
• Marina Aitowa high jump
• Ekaterina Yevseeva high jump
• Olga Rypakowa long jump, triple jump
• Irina Litvinenko triple jump
• Jelena Parfojonowa triple jump
• Jolanda Uljewa shot put
• Irina Naumenko heptathlon

Modern pentathlon

Men	Women
	Lada Jienbalanowa Yulia Kryssina

Wrestling

• Freestyle:
  • Men:
    • Shassulan Muchtarbekuly up to 55 kg
    • Bauyrschan Orasghaliev up to 60 kg
    • Leonid Spiridonow up to 66 kg
    • Gennady Laliev up to 84 kg
    • Taimuras Tigijew up to 96 kg; He was subsequently disqualified in 2016 for doping

• • • Marid Mutalimow up to 120 kg
  • Women:
    • Tatiana Bakatjuk up to 48 kg
    • Olga Smirnowa up to 55 kg
    • Jelena Schalygina up to 63 kg
    • Olga Schänibekowa up to 72 kg

• Greco-Roman:
  • Men:
    • Ässet Imanbayev up to 55 kg
    • Nurbakyt Tenisbayev up to 60 kg
    • Darkhan Bayahmetov up to 66 kg
    • Roman Meljoschin up to 74 kg
    • Andrei Samochin up to 84 kg
    • Ässet Mämbetow up to 96 kg

rowing

• Inga Dudchenko One
• Alexandra Opachanova two without
• Natalja Voronowa two without

shoot

Men:

• Witali Dowgun air rifle, small body prone, small body free rifle
• Yuri Jurkow air rifle, small body prone, small body free rifle
• Rashid Junusmetov Air Pistol, Free Pistol

Women:

• Olga Dowgun air rifle, small bore sport rifle
• Sauresh Baibussinowa air rifle, small bore sport pistol
• Jelena Struchayeva Trap

swim

Men:

• Stanislaw Kusmin 50 m freestyle
• Oleg Robota 400m freestyle
• Vladislav Polyakov 100 m chest
• Yevgeny Ryschkov 100 m chest
• Stanislaw Ossinski 100 back
• Rustam Chudiev 100 butterfly
• Dmitri Gordijenko 200 m medley , 400 m medley

Women:

• Marina Muljayeva 50 m freestyle
• Ekaterina Sadownik 100 m chest
• Jekaterina Rudenko 100 m back

Synchronized swimming

• Ainur Kerei duet
• Arna Toqtaghan Duet

Table tennis

discipline	Women
singles	Marina Shumakova

Triathlon

Men:

• Dmitri Gaag
• Daniil Sapunov

Taekwondo

Men:

• Arman Tschilmanow from 80 kg

Women:

• Lija Nurkina up to 67 kg

volleyball

Women:

• Olga Grushko
• Olga Nassedkina
• Olga Karpova
• Korinna Ishimtseva
• Jelena Esau
• Xenia Ilyushchenko
• Natalia Schukova
• Julija Kuzko
• Elena Pavlova
• Inna Matveeva
• Irina Saizewa
• Tatiana Pyurova

Weightlifting

Men:

athlete	discipline	Tear		Bump		Result	rank
		Result	rank	Result	rank
Vladimir Kuznetsov	77 kg	160	7th	191	10	351	9
Vladimir Sedov	8th-	-	-	-	-	-	DOP
Ilya Ilyin	-	-	-	-	-	-	DOP
Baqyt Akhmetov	105 kg	190	4th	225	6th	415	5
Sergei Istomin	105 kg	181	9	225	5	406	8th

Women:

athlete	discipline	Tear		Bump		Result	rank
		Result	rank	Result	rank
Maija Manesa	63 kg	Not started
Irina Nekrasova	-	-	-	-	-	-	DOP
Alla Waschenina	75 kg	119	2	147	3	266
Maria Grabovetskaya	-	-	-	-	-	-	DOP

Web links

• Kazakh Olympic Team 2008 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nine athletes, including 6 medalists, caught for Beijing doping espn.com October 26, 2016