Kazakhstan at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Kazakhstan at the 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony.

Kazakhstan competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Template:Gold medal	Nijat Rahimov	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg	Template:Dts
Template:Gold medal	Dmitriy Balandin	Swimming	Men's 200 m breaststroke	Template:Dts
Template:Gold medal	Daniyar Yeleussinov	Boxing	Men's welterweight	Template:Dts
Template:Silver medal	Yeldos Smetov	Judo	Men's 60 kg	Template:Dts
Template:Silver medal	Zhazira Zhapparkul	Weightlifting	Women's 69 kg	Template:Dts
Template:Silver medal	Vasiliy Levit	Boxing	Men's heavyweight	Template:Dts
Template:Silver medal	Adilbek Niyazymbetov	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight	Template:Dts
Template:Silver medal	Guzel Manyurova	Wrestling	Women's 75 kg	Template:Dts
Template:Bronze medal	Galbadrakhyn Otgontsetseg	Judo	Women's 48 kg	Template:Dts
Template:Bronze medal	Farkhad Kharki	Weightlifting	Men's 62 kg	Template:Dts
Template:Bronze medal	Karina Goricheva	Weightlifting	Women's 63 kg	Template:Dts
Template:Bronze medal	Denis Ulanov	Weightlifting	Men's 85 kg	Template:Dts
Template:Bronze medal	Olga Rypakova	Athletics	Women's triple jump	Template:Dts
Template:Bronze medal	Alexandr Zaichikov	Weightlifting	Men's 105 kg	Template:Dts
Template:Bronze medal	Elmira Syzdykova	Wrestling	Women's 69 kg	Template:Dts
Template:Bronze medal	Yekaterina Larionova	Wrestling	Women's 63 kg	Template:Dts
Template:Bronze medal	Ivan Dychko	Boxing	Men's super heavyweight	Template:Dts
Template:Bronze medal	Dariga Shakimova	Boxing	Women's middleweight	Template:Dts

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Medals by sport
Sport	Template:Gold01	Template:Silver02	Template:Bronze03	Total
Boxing	1	2	2	5
Weightlifting	1	1	3	5
Swimming	1	0	0	1
Wrestling	0	1	2	3
Judo	0	1	1	2
Athletics	0	0	1	1
Total	3	5	9	17

Medals by date
Day	Date	Template:Gold01	Template:Silver02	Template:Bronze03	Total
Day 1	6 August	0	1	1	2
Day 2	7 August	0	0	0	0
Day 3	8 August	0	0	1	1
Day 4	9 August	0	0	1	1
Day 5	10 August	2	1	0	3
Day 6	11 August	0	0	0	0
Day 7	12 August	0	0	0	0
Day 8	13 August	0	0	0	0
Day 9	14 August	0	0	1	1
Day 10	15 August	0	1	1	2
Day 11	16 August	0	0	0	0
Day 12	17 August	1	0	1	0
Day 13	18 August	0	2	1	3
Day 14	19 August	0	0	2	2
Total		3	5	9	17

Archery

Template:Main article Two Kazakh archers qualified each for both the men's and women's individual recurve by obtaining one of the three Olympic places available from the 2015 Asian Archery Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / Template:Abbr
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sultan Duzelbayev	Men's individual	648	48	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 6–4	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–6	Did not advance
Luiza Saidiyeva	Women's individual	625	36	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–6	Did not advance

Athletics

Template:Main article Kazakh athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):

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

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dmitriy Koblov	400 m hurdles	49.87	6	Did not advance
Mihail Krassilov	Marathon	colspan=4 Template:N/a	2:26:11	101
Georgiy Sheiko	20 km walk	colspan=4 Template:N/a	1:23:31	34

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ivan Ivanov	Shot put	17.38	33	Did not advance
Yevgeniy Labutov	Discus throw	55.54	31	Did not advance
Roman Valiyev	Triple jump	Template:Abbr	—	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Diana Aydosova	20 km walk	colspan=6 Template:N/a	1:44:49	62
Rima Kashafutdinova	100 m	colspan=2 Template:N/a	11.84	7	Did not advance
Anastassya Kudinova	400 m	56.03	7	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
Elina Mikhina		53.83	6	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
Margarita Mukasheva	800 m	2:00.97	5	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
Polina Repina	20 km walk	colspan=6 Template:N/a	Template:Abbr
Anastassiya Pilipenko	100 m hurdles	13.29	8	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
Aleksandra Romanova	400 m hurdles	59.36	8	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
Olga Safronova	100 m	colspan=2 Template:N/a	11.50	5	Did not advance
	200 m	23.29	4	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
Irina Smolnikova	Marathon	colspan=6 Template:N/a	3:00:31	122
Gulzhanat Zhanatbek		colspan=6 Template:N/a	Template:Abbr
Viktoriya Zyabkina	100 m	colspan=2 Template:N/a	11.69	5	Did not advance
	200 m	23.34	7	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
Svetlana Ivanchukova Rima Kashafutdinova Anastassiya Pilipenko Yuliya Rakhmanova Olga Safronova Anastassiya Tulapina Viktoriya Zyabkina	4 × 100 m relay	Template:Abbr		colspan=4 Template:N/a	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Irina Ektova	Triple jump	13.33	16	Did not advance
Yekaterina Ektova		13.51	15	Did not advance
Olga Rypakova		14.39	2 Q	14.74	Template:Bronze03
Mariya Telushkina	Discus throw	45.33	32	Did not advance

Boxing

Template:Main article Kazakhstan has entered twelve boxers (10 men and 2 women) to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Berik Abdrakhmanov and two-time Olympian Birzhan Zhakypov were the first Kazakhs to be selected to the Olympic team with a top two finish in the AIBA Pro Boxing series, while Vasiliy Levit did so in the World Series of Boxing.

2012 Olympian Daniyar Yeleussinov was the only Kazakh boxer qualifying through the 2015 World Championships. Meanwhile, seven further boxers (Yeraliyev, Sattibayev, Zhussupov, Alimkhanuly, Niyazymbetov, Dychko, and Shakimova) had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Qian'an, China.

Zhaina Shekerbekova rounded out the Kazakh boxing roster with a quarterfinal victory in women's flyweight division at the World Championships in Astana.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Birzhan Zhakypov	Light flyweight	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3	Did not advance
Olzhas Sattibayev	Flyweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 2–1	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3	Did not advance
Kairat Yeraliyev	Bantamweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 2–1	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3	Did not advance
Berik Abdrakhmanov	Lightweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3	Did not advance
Ablaikhan Zhussupov	Light welterweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–2	Did not advance
Daniyar Yeleussinov	Welterweight	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0	Template:Gold01
Zhanibek Alimkhanuly	Middleweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–2	Did not advance
Adilbek Niyazymbetov	Light heavyweight	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3	Template:Silver02
Vasiliy Levit	Heavyweight	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete W Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3	Template:Silver02
Ivan Dychko	Super heavyweight	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3	Did not advance	Template:Bronze03

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zhaina Shekerbekova	Flyweight	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3	Did not advance
Dariga Shakimova	Middleweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 2–1	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3	Did not advance	Template:Bronze03

Canoeing

Slalom

Kazakh canoeists have qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships and the 2016 Asian Championships.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yekaterina Smirnova	Women's K-1	127.64	19	119.80	14	119.80	19	Did not advance

Sprint

Kazakh canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. The sprint canoeing squad, highlighted by London 2012 Olympians Natalya Sergeyeva and kayak duo of Yevgeniy Alexeyev and Alexey Dergunov, were officially named to the Kazakhstan roster on July 24, 2016.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alexey Dergunov	K-1 200 m	36.647	8	Did not advance
Ilya Golendov	K-1 1000 m	3:37.953	7	Did not advance
Timur Khaidarov	C-1 200 m	40.492	4 Q	41.079	5 FB	40.549	14
	C-1 1000 m	5:30.030	6 Q	5:33.919	8	Did not advance
Yevgeniy Alexeyev Alexey Dergunov	K-2 1000 m	3:30.433	6 Q	3:18.858	4 FB	3:20.827	11
Sergii Tokarnytskyi Andrey Yerguchyov	K-2 200 m	33.807	5 Q	35.151	5 FB	35.427	12
Ilya Golendov Sergii Tokarnytskyi Alexandr Yemelyanov Andrey Yerguchyov	K-4 1000 m	3:04.883	7 Q	3:00.592	4 FB	3:08.715	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zoya Ananchenko	K-1 500 m	1:58.136	5 Q	2:01.660	7	Did not advance
Inna Klinova	K-1 200 m	41.030	4 Q	40.381	3 FA	41.521	8
Irina Podoinikova Natalya Sergeyeva	K-2 500 m	1:45.369	3 Q	1:43.577	3 FA	1:48.361	7
Zoya Ananchenko Inna Klinova Irina Podoinikova Natalya Sergeyeva	K-4 500 m	1:36.127	4 Q	1:37.423	5 FB	1:39.419	10

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

Cycling

Road

Kazakh riders qualified for a maximum of two quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 4 national ranking in the 2015 UCI Asia Tour. NOC Kazakhstan had named rookies Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev and Alexey Lutsenko to the Olympic team on June 29, 2016.

On July 30, 2016, Lutsenko withdrew from the Games due to a foot injury sustained from a car accident during his training in France, so his spot was awarded to a fellow cyclist Andrey Zeits.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev	Men's road race	6:30:05	61
Andrey Zeits	Men's road race	6:10:30	8
	Men's time trial	1:18:47.63	24

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Kazakhstan has entered one rider to compete in the men's omnium at the Olympics, by virtue of his final individual UCI Olympic ranking in that event.

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Individual pursuit			Elimination race		Time trial			Flying lap			Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Artyom Zakharov	Men's omnium	12	22	4:32.503	15	12	5	32	1:03.941	10	22	13.446	13	16	7	8	111	10

Fencing

Template:Main article Kazakhstan has entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Ilya Mokretsov claimed his Olympic spot in the men's sabre with a top-three finish at the Asian Zonal Qualifier in Wuxi, China.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ilya Mokretsov	Men's sabre	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 11–15	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Rhythmic

Kazakhstan has qualified one rhythmic gymnast in the individual all-around for the Games by claiming one of eight available Olympic spots at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Sabina Ashirbayeva	Individual	17.183	17.283	17.400	17.366	69.232	12	Did not advance

Trampoline

Kazakhstan has qualified one gymnast in the men's trampoline by picking up a spare berth freed by the Tripartite Commission, as the next highest from the eligible NOC on the individual ranking list at the 2016 Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Pirmammad Aliyev	Men's	105.890	12	Did not advance

Judo

Template:Main article Kazakhstan has qualified a total of six judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Four of them (three men and one woman) were ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while Marian Urdabayeva at women's lightweight (57 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the Asian region, as Kazakhstan's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position.

Being the highest-ranked judoka outside the world's top 22, Didar Khamza took over the vacant spot for Kazakhstan in the men's 73 kg, as Canada's Arthur Margelidon had been pulled out from the Games with a fractured forearm.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yeldos Smetov	Men's −60 kg	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 100–000	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 001–000	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 001–000	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 010–000	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 000–010	Template:Silver02
Zhansay Smagulov	Men's −66 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 000–000	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 000–110	Did not advance
Didar Khamza	Men's −73 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 002–000	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 000–000 Template:Abbr	Did not advance
Maxim Rakov	Men's −100 kg	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 000–000 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 000–000 Template:Abbr	Did not advance
Galbadrakhyn Otgontsetseg	Women's −48 kg	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 010–010 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 010–100	Did not advance	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 100–000	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 100–000	Template:Bronze03
Marian Urdabayeva	Women's −63 kg	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 000–100	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

Template:Main article Kazakhstan has qualified two modern pentathletes for the following events at the Games. Yelena Potapenko had claimed an Olympic spot as the highest-ranked eligible modern pentathlete outside the top five at the 2015 Asia & Oceania Championships. Meanwhile, London 2012 Olympian Pavel Ilyashenko received a spare Olympic berth freed by one of the South Koreans, as the highest-ranked eligible modern pentathlete, not yet qualified, in the men's event at the same meet.

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
		Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Pavel Ilyashenko	Men's	18–17	0	21	208	2:06.19	27	322	Template:Abbr	=33	0	11:29.79	17	611	1141	35
Yelena Potapenko	Women's	17–18	0	20	202	2:11.52	5	306	7	7	293	13:07.48	22	513	1314	10

Rowing

Template:Main article Kazakhstan has qualified one boat each in the men's and women's single sculls for the Olympics at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Vladislav Yakovlev	Men's single sculls	7:38.65	5 R	12:04.17	5 SE/F	colspan=2 Template:N/a	11:45.22	4 FF	7:21.61	31
Svetlana Germanovich	Women's single sculls	9:34.15	5 R	8:00.42	3 SE/F	colspan=2 Template:N/a	8:29.81	1 FE	8:38.25	26

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

Template:Main article Kazakh shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Vladimir Issachenko	Men's 10 m air pistol	579	23	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
	Men's 50 m pistol	536	36	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
Rashid Yunusmetov	Men's 10 m air pistol	567	40	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
	Men's 50 m pistol	553	13	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
Yuriy Yurkov	Men's 10 m air rifle	615.3	44	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
	Men's 50 m rifle prone	621.4	25	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
	Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions	1167	29	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
Mariya Dmitriyenko	Women's trap	66	8	Did not advance
Yelizaveta Korol	Women's 10 m air rifle	410.6	37	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance
	Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions	575	26	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Template:Main article Kazakh swimmers have so far 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)):

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dmitriy Balandin	Men's 100 m breaststroke	59.47	9 Q	59.45	8 Q	59.85	8
	Men's 200 m breaststroke	2:09.00	6 Q	2:08.20	8 Q	2:07.46 NR	Template:Gold01
Vitaliy Khudyakov	Men's 10 km open water	colspan=4 Template:N/a	Template:Abbr
Yekaterina Rudenko	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:01.28	20	Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Template:Main article Kazakhstan has fielded a squad of two synchronized swimmers to compete only in the women's duet by virtue of their tenth-place finish at the FINA Olympic test event in Rio de Janeiro.

Athlete	Event	Free routine (preliminary)		Technical routine			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Alexandra Nemich Yekaterina Nemich	Duet	81.400	15	81.4686	162.8686	15	Did not advance

Table tennis

Template:Main article Kazakhstan has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games for the first time since 2008. Kirill Gerassimenko scored a second-stage draw victory to book one of six remaining Olympic spots in the men's singles at the Asian Qualification Tournament in Hong Kong.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kirill Gerassimenko	Men's singles	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Template:Main article Kazakhstan entered three athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Ruslan Zhaparov, Ainur Yesbergenova, and Cansel Deniz secured Olympic spots in the men's heavyweight (+80 kg), women's flyweight (49 kg), and women's welterweight category (67 kg) by virtue of their top two finish at the 2016 Asian Qualification Tournament in Manila, Philippines.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ruslan Zhaparov	Men's +80 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 2–11	Did not advance		Template:FlagIOCathlete L 8–15	Did not advance	7
Ainur Yesbergenova	Women's −49 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 7–18	Did not advance
Cansel Deniz	Women's −67 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 2–16 Template:Abbr	Did not advance

Tennis

Template:Main article Kazakhstan has entered four tennis players into the Olympic tournament. London 2012 Olympians Mikhail Kukushkin (world no. 61) and Galina Voskoboeva (world no. 451), along with rookie Yulia Putintseva (world no. 35), qualified directly among the top 56 eligible players for their respective singles events based on the ATP and WTA World Rankings as of June 6, 2016. Voskoboeva also opted to play with her London 2012 partner Yaroslava Shvedova in the women's doubles.

On July 20, 2016, Kukushkin announced his withdrawal from the Games due to an injury sustained in the Wimbledon match, with Putintseva joining him nine days later because of the shoulder injury.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yaroslava Shvedova	Women's singles	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Yaroslava Shvedova Galina Voskoboeva	Women's doubles	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–6, 0–1Template:Abbr	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Template:Main article Kazakh weightlifters have qualified a maximum of six men's and four women's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.

On June 22, 2016, the International Weightlifting Federation had decided to strip one Olympic men's and one women's entry place each from Kazakhstan because of "multiple positive cases" of doping throughout the qualifying period.

The full weightlifting squad, led by London 2012 Olympian Alexandr Zaichikov, was named to the Olympic roster on July 12, 2016.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Arli Chontey	−56 kg	130	5	148	6	278	4
Farkhad Kharki	−62 kg	135	3	170	2	305	Template:Bronze03
Nijat Rahimov	−77 kg	165	3	214	1	379	Template:Gold01
Denis Ulanov	−85 kg	175	3	215	3	390	Template:Bronze03
Alexandr Zaichikov	−105 kg	193	3	223	3	416	Template:Bronze03

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Margarita Yelisseyeva	−48 kg	80	9	106	4	186	5
Karina Goricheva	−63 kg	111	2	132	3	243	Template:Bronze03
Zhazira Zhapparkul	−69 kg	115	2	144	2	259	Template:Silver02

Wrestling

Template:Main article Kazakhstan has qualified a total of twelve wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. Three of them had booked Olympic spots as one of the top six finalists each in the men's freestyle 57 kg, and the men's Greco-Roman 59 & 75 kg at the 2015 World Championships, while the majority of Olympic berths were awarded to Kazakh wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals at the 2016 Asian Qualification Tournament.

The wrestling squad was named to the Olympic roster on June 13, 2016, with two-time medalist Guzel Manyurova aiming for another medal in the women's heavyweight at her third Games.

Key:

• VT – Victory by Fall.
• PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.
• ST – Technical superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nurislam Sanayev	−57 kg	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 PP	Did not advance		Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	12
Galymzhan Usserbayev	−74 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 4–1 SP	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 PP	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 PP	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–4 ST	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3 PO	5
Aslan Kakhidze	−86 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 PP	Did not advance						12
Mamed Ibragimov	−97 kg	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 4–0 ST	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				8
Daulet Shabanbay	−125 kg	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3 PO	Did not advance					17

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Almat Kebispayev	−59 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0 PO	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3 PO	Did not advance		Template:FlagIOCathlete W 5–0 VT	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3 PO	Did not advance	7
Doszhan Kartikov	−75 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0 PO	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					10
Nurmakhan Tinaliyev	−130 kg	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					14

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Zhuldyz Eshimova	−48 kg	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3 PO	Did not advance		Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 PP	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–4 ST	5
Yekaterina Larionova	−63 kg	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 PP	Did not advance		Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 5–0 VT	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 5–0 VT	Template:Bronze03
Elmira Syzdykova	−69 kg	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 PP	Did not advance		Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 PP	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 PP	Template:Bronze03
Guzel Manyurova	−75 kg	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 4–1 SP	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 PP	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 5–0 VT	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3 PO	Template:Silver02

References

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