Kazakhstan at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Kazakhstan competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 130 competitors, 86 men and 44 women, took part in 104 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Kazakhstan at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	KAZ
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Website	www.olympic.kz (in Kazakh, Russian, and English)
in Sydney
Competitors	130 (86 men and 44 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Yermakhan Ibraimov
Medals Ranked 22nd	Gold 3 Silver 4 Bronze 0 Total 7
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)

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Olga Shishigina	Athletics	Women's 100 metres hurdles
Gold	Bekzat Sattarkhanov	Boxing	Men's featherweight
Gold	Yermakhan Ibraimov	Boxing	Men's light-middleweight
Silver	Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov	Boxing	Men's super heavyweight
Silver	Bulat Jumadilov	Boxing	Men's flyweight
Silver	Alexander Vinokourov	Cycling	Men's road race
Silver	Islam Bairamukov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 97 kg

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The Kazakh archers won five matches in 2000, three more than they had four years earlier. Two archers advanced to the round of 16 and the men's team made it to the quarterfinals.

Men's Individual
	Vadim Shikarev			Stanislav Zabrodskiy			Alexandr Li
1/32 eliminations	Defeated	Mattias Eriksson Sweden	158–156	Defeated	Essam Sayed Egypt	166–149	Lost to	Masafumi Makiyama Japan	151–150
1/16 eliminations	Defeated	Nico Hendrickx Belgium	154–151	Defeated	Niklas Eriksson Sweden	163–146	-	-	-
1/8 eliminations	Lost to	Victor Wunderle United States	171–166	Lost to	Wietse van Alten Netherlands	166–164	-	-	-

Women's individual
	Elena Plotnikova
1/32 eliminations	Lost to	Anna Lecka Poland	163–149

Men's Team:

• Shikarev, Zabrodskiy, and Li – quarterfinal, 7th place (1-1)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

Men's 100 m

• Vitaliy Medvedev

• Round 1 – 10.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m

• Gennadiy Chernovol

• Round 1 – 20.95 (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Sergey Rubtsov

• Qualifying – 15.90 (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Sergey Arzamasov

• Qualifying – 16.70 (→ did not advance)

• Oleg Sakirkin

• Qualifying – 16.20 (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Yuriy Pakhlyayev

• Qualifying – 2.24 (→ did not advance)

Men's Pole Vault

• Igor Potapovich

• Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Valeriy Borisov

• Final – 1:28:36 (→ 38th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Sergey Korepanov

• Final – 3:53:30 (→ 15th place)

• Valeriy Borisov

• Final – 4:01:11 (→ 25th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 100 m

• Viktoria Kovyreva

• Round 1 – 11.72 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m

• Svetlana Bodritskaya

• Round 1 – 53.91 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

• Olga Shishigina

• Round 1 – 12.81
• Round 2 – 12.66
• Semifinal – 12.71
• Final – 12.65 (→ Gold Medal)

Women's 400 m Hurdles

• Natalya Torshina

• Round 1 – 56.38
• Semifinal – 56.22 (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

• Iolanta Ulyeva

• Qualifying – 16.38 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Yelena Kashcheyeva

• Qualifying – 6.57 (→ did not advance)

• Yelena Pershina

• Qualifying – 6.24 (→ did not advance)

• Anna Tarasova

• Qualifying – NM (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

• Yelena Parfenova

• Qualifying – 13.50 (→ did not advance)

• Anna Tarasova

• Qualifying – 13.11 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Svetlana Zalevskaya

• Qualifying – 1.94
• Final – 1.96 (→ 6th place)

Women's 20 km Walk

• Svetlana Tolstaya

• Final – 1:35:19 (→ 21st place)

• Yelena Kuznetsova

• Final – 1:42:45 (→ 40th place)

• Maya Sazonova

• Final – DNF

Women's Marathon

• Garifa Kuku

• Final – DNF

Women's Heptathlon

• Svetlana Kazanina

• 100 m Hurdles – 14.71
• High Jump – 1.75
• Shot Put – 12.97
• 200 m – 25.04
• Long Jump – 5.84
• Javelin Throw – 43.53
• 800 m – 02:10.45
• Points – 5898 (→ 16th place)

• Irina Naumenko

• 100 m Hurdles – 14.26
• High Jump – 1.84
• Shot Put – 11.26
• 200 m – 25.19
• Long Jump – 5.88
• Javelin Throw – 32.53
• 800 m – 02:18.49
• Points – 5634 (→ 21st place)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Bulat Jumadilov

• Round 1 – Bye
• Round 2 – Defeated Kennedy Kanyanta of Zambia
• Quarterfinal – Defeated Vakhtang Darchinian of Armenia
• Semifinal – Defeated Jérôme Thomas of France
• Final – Lost to Winjad Ponlid of Thailand → Silver medal

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Bekzat Sattarkhanov

• Round 1 – Defeated Bobirnat Ovidiu Tiberiu of Romania
• Round 2 – Defeated Jeffrey Mathebula of South Africa
• Quarterfinal – Defeated Ramazan Palyani of Turkey
• Semifinal – Defeated Tahar Tamsamani of Morocco
• Final – Defeated Ricardo Mortel of United States → Gold medal

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Nurzhan Karimzhanov

• Round 1 – Defeated Artur Guevorkian of Armenia
• Round 2 – Defeated Michael Katsidis of Australia
• Quarterfinal – Lost to Andriy Kotelnyk of Ukraine (→ did not advance)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Daniyar Munaytbasov

• Round 1 – Defeated Paulus Ali Nuumbembe of Namibia
• Round 2 – Defeated Leonard Bundu of Italy
• Quarterfinal – Lost to Sergey Dotsenko of Ukraine (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Yermakhan Ibraimov

• Round 1 – Defeated Yousif Massas of Syria
• Round 2 – Defeated Hely Yánes of Venezuela
• Quarterfinal – Defeated Juan Hernández Sierra of Cuba
• Semifinal – Defeated Jermain Taylor of United States
• Final – Defeated Marin Simion of Romania → Gold medal

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Olzhas Orazaliyev

• Round 1 – Defeated Hugo Garay of Argentina
• Round 2 – Defeated Isael Alvarez of Cuba
• Quarterfinal – Lost to Sergei Mikhailov of Uzbekistan (→ did not advance)

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

• Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov

• Round 1 – Bye
• Round 2 – Defeated Grzegorz Kielsa of Poland
• Quarterfinal – Defeated Alexis Rubalcaba of Cuba
• Semifinal – Defeated Rustam Saidov of Uzbekistan
• Final – Lost to Audley Harrison of Great Britain → Silver medal

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

• Sergey Sergin

• Qualifying Heat – 01:47.253 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Singles 1,000 m

• Sergey Sergin

• Qualifying Heat – 03:42.645
• Semifinal – 03:47.633 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles 500 m

• Kaisar Nurmaganbetov

• Qualifying Heat – 01:55.422
• Semifinal – 01:54.465 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Singles 1,000 m

• Kaisar Nurmaganbetov

• Qualifying Heat – 04:01.438
• Semifinal – 04:05.206 (→ did not advance)

Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m

• Konstantin Negodyayev and Zhomart Satubaldin

• Qualifying Heat – 01:45.810
• Semifinal – 01:45.809
• Final – 02:01.436 (→ 7th place)

Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m

• Konstantin Negodyayev and Zhomart Satubaldin

• Qualifying Heat – 03:53.366
• Semifinal – 03:48.756 (→ did not advance)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Road Cycling

Men's Individual Time Trial

• Andrei Teteriouk

• Final – 0:58:52 (→ 6th place)

• Alexander Vinokourov

• Final – 1:01:34 (→ 27th place)

Men's Road Race

• Alexander Vinokourov

• Final – 5:29:17 (Silver medal)

• Andrei Teteriouk

• Final – 5:30:46 (→ 46th place)

• Alexandr Shefer

• Final – 5:30:46 (→ 53rd place)

• Sergei Yakovlev

• Final – 5:30:46 (→ 57th place)

• Andrei Kivilev

• Final – 5:30:46 (→ 73rd place)

Track Cycling

Men's Individual Pursuit

• Vadim Kravchenko

• Qualifying – 04:40.410 (→ did not advance)

Men's Point Race

• Sergey Lavrenenko

• Points – 1
• Laps Down – 2 (→ 20th place)

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

• Alisher Seitov

• Preliminary – 307.62 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Damir Akhmetbekov

• Preliminary – 75.42 (→ did not advance, 42nd place)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Alexey Gurman

• Preliminary – 320.13 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

• Natalya Popova

• Preliminary – 234.90 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

• Irina Vyguzova

• Preliminary – 303.30
• Semi-final – 217.47 – 520.77
• Final – 310.86 – 528.33 (→ 9th place)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

• Irina Vyguzova

• Preliminary – 284.52
• Semi-final – 157.15 – 441.69 (→ did not advance, 15th place)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

• Natalya Chikina

• Preliminary – 269.58
• Semi-final – 162.27 – 458.85
• Final – 304.53 – 466.80 (→ 9th place)

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Five fencers, three men and two women, represented Kazakhstan in 2000.

Men's foil

• Andrey Kolganov

Men's épée

• Sergey Shabalin

Men's sabre

• Igor Tsel

Women's foil

• Nelya Sevostiyanova

Women's épée

• Nataliya Goncharova

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Sergey Borisenko

• Preliminary Heat – 23.46 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Igor Sitnikov

• Preliminary Heat – 52.57 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Andrey Kvasov

• Preliminary Heat – 1:55.72 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Andrey Gavrilov

• Preliminary Heat – 56.14 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Aleksandr Savitsky

• Preliminary Heat – 01:05.95 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Pavel Sidorov

• Preliminary Heat – 01:01.02 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Grigoriy Matuzkov

• Preliminary Heat – 02:05.45 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Individual Medley

• Grigoriy Matuzkov

• Preliminary Heat – 04:31.89 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle

• Igor Sitnikov, Andrey Kvasov, Pavel Sidorov, and Sergey Borisenko

• Preliminary Heat – 03:28.90 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Marina Mulyayeva

• Preliminary Heat – 02:22.72 (→ did not advance)

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Duet

• Aliya Karimova, Galina Shatnaya

• Technical Routine – 29.12 Did not compete in free routine

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Swim	Bike	Run	Total	Rank
Dmitriy Gaag	Individual	18:13.09	59:08.00	31:42.48	1:49:03.57	4
Mikhail Kuznetsov	Individual	18:55.09	64:39.20	35:39.21	1:59:13.50	47

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	5	4	1	0	51	28	+23	9	Quarter Finals
2	Italy	5	4	1	0	43	32	+11	9
3	Spain	5	2	1	2	32	34	−2	5
4	Australia (H)	5	1	2	2	38	36	+2	4
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	1	3	41	46	−5	3
6	Slovakia	5	0	0	5	30	59	−29	0

Source: LA84
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.
(H) Hosts

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Lost to Spain (7-8)
• Tied with Australia (11-11)
• Lost to Russia (7-9)
• Defeated Slovakia (9-5)
• Lost to Italy (7-13)

• Classification Round

• Tied with Greece (6-6)
• Defeated Slovakia (11-8)
• Defeated the Netherlands (6-4) → Ninth place

• Team Roster

• Roman Chentsov
• Konstantin Chernov
• Sergey Drozdov
• Aleksandr Yelke
• Askar Orazalinov
• Yevgeny Prokhin
• Artemy Sevostyanov
• Aleksandr Shvedov
• Igor Zagoruykov
• Ivan Zaytsev
• Yevgeny Zhilyayev
• Denis Zhivchikov

Women's Team Competition

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	5	4	0	1	35	20	+15	8	Semi Finals
2	United States	5	3	1	1	36	30	+6	7
3	Netherlands	5	3	0	2	27	26	+1	6
4	Russia	5	2	1	2	36	29	+7	5
5	Canada	5	1	2	2	33	34	−1	4
6	Kazakhstan	5	0	0	5	23	51	−28	0

Source: LA84
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.
(H) Hosts

Preliminary Round Robin

16 September 2000 13:00	Report	Kazakhstan	2–9	Australia	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Melliar (RSA), Rolf Ludecke (GER)
		Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-2, 0-1, 0-4
		two players 1	Goals	Gusterson 3

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17 September 2000 19:15	Report	Kazakhstan	6–8	Netherlands	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Dragan Rajevic (YUG), Juan Carlos Menéndez (CUB)
		Score by quarters: 2-2, 2-2, 1-2, 1-2
		Leshchuk 3	Goals	two players 3

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18 September 2000 19:15	Report	Canada	10–3	Kazakhstan	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Rolf Ludecke (GER), Vahid Moradi (IRI)
		Score by quarters: 3-1, 3-0, 1-2, 3-0
		four players 2	Goals	three players 1

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19 September 2000 18:00	Report	Kazakhstan	6–15	Russia	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Gad Schwartz (ISR), Vlastimil Kratochvil (SVK)
		Score by quarters: 1-5, 1-5, 3-3, 1-2
		Aleyeva 2	Goals	two players 3

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20 September 2000 19:15	Report	Kazakhstan	6–9	United States	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Zeljko Klaric (CRO), Vahid Moradi (IRI)
		Score by quarters: 1-2, 1-3, 2-3, 2-1
		two players 2	Goals	Villa 4

• Classification Match

22 September 2000 18:00	Report	Canada	9–8	Kazakhstan	Ryde Aquatic Centre Referees: Andrew Jay Takata (USA), Phillip Bower (AUS)
		Score by quarters: 1-1, 3-3, 2-3, 2-1  OT: 1-0, 0–0
		four players 2	Goals	Pyryseva 3

• Team Roster

• Rezeda Aleyeva
• Anastasiya Boroda
• Irina Borodavko
• Svetlana Buravova
• Nataliya Galkina
• Yekaterina Gerzanich
• Tatyana Gubina
• Nataliya Ignatyeva
• Asel Dzhakayeva
• Svetlana Koroleva
• Olga Leshchuk
• Larisa Olkhina
• Yuliya Pyryseva

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Dmitry Lomakin	– 62 kg	125	130	132.5	150	155	155	282.5	13
Anatoly Khrapaty	– 105 kg	177.5	177.5	177.5	—	—	—	DNF	—

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Tatyana Khromova	– 75 kg	105.0	110.0	112.5	132.5	132.5	132.5	DNF	—

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Notes

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site

References

1. "Kazakhstan at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2012.