Kazakhstan at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Kazakhstan at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Kazakhstan at the; 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	KAZ
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Website	www.olympic.kz (in Kazakh, Russian, and English)
in Tokyo, Japan; July 23, 2021 – August 8, 2021
Competitors	94 in 20 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Kamshybek Kunkabayev; Olga Rypakova
Flag bearer (closing)	Kamshybek Kunkabayev
Medals; Ranked 83rd	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 8 Total 8
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Russian Empire (1900–1912); Soviet Union (1952–1988); Unified Team (1992)

Kazakhstan competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. 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 the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Medalists

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

Competitors

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

Archery

Three Kazakh archers qualified for the men's events by reaching the quarterfinal stage of the men's team recurve at the 2019 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
Athlete	Event	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

Artistic swimming

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 the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
Athlete	Event	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

Athletics

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]

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	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	Women's high jump	1.86	28	Did not advance

Boxing

Kazakhstan entered nine boxers (eight men and one woman) into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 Olympians Ablaikhan Zhussupov (men's welterweight) and silver medalist Vassiliy 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 the 2020 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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) W WO	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) L KO	Did not advance
Kamshybek Kunkabayev	Super heavyweight	—	Hafez (EGY) W 5–0	Veriasov (ROC) W 4–1	Torrez (USA) L RSC	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nadezhda Ryabets	Middleweight	Thibeault (CAN) L 1–4	Did not advance

Canoeing

Slalom

Kazakh canoeists qualified one boat for each of the following classes through the 2021 Asian Canoe Slalom Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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	15 Q	110.23	12	Did not advance
Yekaterina Smirnova	Women's K-1	180.46	25	135.25	23	135.25	25	Did not advance

Sprint

Kazakh canoeists qualified three boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2021 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sergey Yemelyanov	Men's C-1 1000 m	4:16.039	5 QF	4:21.734	4	Did not advance
Sergey Yemelyanov Timofey Yemelyanov	Men's C-2 1000 m	3:49.079	4 QF	3:55.157	4 FB	Bye		3:32.873	12
Natalya Sergeyeva	Women's K-1 200 m	46.657	6 QF	46.736	7	Did not advance
Natalya Sergeyeva	Women's K-1 500 m	2:01.374	7 QF	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	5 QF	2:06.179	4 FB	Bye		2:04.859	12

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Kazakhstan entered three riders to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI 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
Alexey Lutsenko	Men's time trial	1:02:21	32
Vadim Pronskiy	Men's road race	Did not finish

Track

Following the completion of the 2020 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]

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Round 3	Repechage 3	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	3rd Round	Final
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Sergey Ponomaryov	Men's keirin	DNF R	3	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total points	Rank
Athlete	Event	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total points	Rank
Artyom Zakharov	Men's omnium	4	34	15	12	13	16	15	0	62	14

Fencing

Kazakhstan entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. 2013 Summer Universiade bronze medalist Ruslan 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
Athlete	Event	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

Gymnastics

Artistic

Kazakhstan entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. 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 the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.^[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Milad Karimi	All-around	14.766 Q	11.900	13.300	14.433	13.400	14.766 Q	82.565	25 Q	15.033	13.266	12.866	14.066	13.966	13.333	82.530	14
	Floor	14.766	—					14.766	8 Q	14.133	—					14.133	5
	Horizontal bar	—					14.766	14.766	2 Q	—					11.266	11.266	8

Rhythmic

Kazakhstan qualified one rhythmic gymnast for the individual all-around by winning the gold medal at the 2021 Asian Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	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

Judo

Kazakhstan entered six judoka (five men and one women) into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.^[12]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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

Karate

Kazakhstan entered five karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. 2018 world bronze medalist Darkhan 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 the World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France, with Daniyar 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]

Kumite

Athlete	Event	Round robin					Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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	1 Q	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	2 q	Abdelaziz (EGY) L 4–5	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Kazakh athletes qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Two-time Olympian Pavel Ilyashenko and Rio 2016 Olympian Yelena 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 in Kunming, 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
Athlete	Event	RR	BR	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Total points	Final rank
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

Rowing

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 in Tokyo, Japan.^[19]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Vladislav Yakovlev	Men's single sculls	7:10.08	3 QF	Bye		7:30.47	6 SC/D	7:03.53	5 FD	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

Shooting

Kazakh shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 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
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yuriy Yurkov	Men's 10 m air rifle	621.9	36	Did not advance
Yuriy Yurkov	Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions	1172	14	Did not advance
Zoya Kravchenko	Women's skeet	113	22	Did not advance
Assem Orynbay	Women's skeet	111	26	Did not advance

Sport climbing

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 the 2019 IFSC World Championships in Hachioji, Japan.^[21]

Athlete	Event	Qualification									Final
		Speed		Boulder		Lead			Total	Rank	Speed		Boulder		Lead			Total	Rank
		Best	Place	Result	Place	Hold	Time	Place	Total	Rank	Best	Place	Result	Place	Hold	Time	Place	Total	Rank
Rishat Khaibullin	Men's	6.19	4	0T1z 0 3	17	28+	3:09	13	884.00	11	Did not advance

Swimming

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
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dmitriy Balandin	Men's 100 m breaststroke	59.75	17	Did not advance
Dmitriy Balandin	Men's 200 m breaststroke	2:08.99	7 Q	2:09.22	11	Did not advance
Diana Nazarova	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:06.99	40	Did not advance

Table tennis

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 in Doha, Qatar.^[24] Meanwhile, Rio 2016 Olympian Kirill 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
Athlete	Event	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

Taekwondo

Kazakhstan entered two athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympians Ruslan Zhaparov (men's +80 kg) and Cansel 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 the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.^[26]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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

Tennis

Kazakhstan entered seven tennis players (three male and four female).

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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	Singles	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

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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

Water polo

Summary

Key:

FT – After full time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kazakhstan men's	Men's tournament	Croatia L 7–23	Serbia L 5–19	Spain L 4–16	Montenegro L 12–19	Australia L 7–15	6	Did not advance

Men's tournament

Kazakhstan men's national water polo team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing an outright berth at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, marking the country's recurrence to the sport for the first time since London 2012.^[27]

Team roster

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 Olympics Archived 2021-07-22 at the Wayback Machine

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	5	0	61	31	+30	10	Quarterfinals
2	Croatia	5	3	2	62	46	+16	6^[a]
3	Serbia	5	3	2	70	46	+24	6^[a]
4	Montenegro	5	2	3	54	56	−2	4^[b]
5	Australia	5	2	3	49	60	−11	4^[b]
6	Kazakhstan	5	0	5	35	92	−57	0

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FINA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Croatia 14–12 Serbia
^ ^a ^b Australia 10–15 Montenegro

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

Weightlifting

Kazakhstan entered two weightlifters into the Olympic competition. London 2012 Olympian Zulfiya 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, with Igor 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
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Igor Son	Men's −61 kg	131	4	163	3	294
Zulfiya Chinshanlo	Women's −55 kg	90	7	123	3	213

Wrestling

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 the 2019 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 the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Almaty.^[42]^[43]