Kazakhstan at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Kazakhstan
games=2004 Summer
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flagbearer=Askhat Zhitkeyev
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gold=1
silver=4
bronze=3
total=8
rank=40

Kazakhstan competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Results by event

=Archery=

Men's individual:
* Stanislav Zabrodskiy - 18th place

Women's individual:
* Viktoriya Beloslydtseva - 23rd place
* Olga Pilipova - 57th place

=Athletics=

Men's 100 metres:
* Gennadiy Chernovol - Round 2, 10.42 s (did not advance)

Women's 100 metres:
* Viktoriya Koviyreva - Round 1, 11.62 s (did not advance)

Women's 400 metres:
* Svetlana Bodritskaya - Round 1: 53.35 s

Men's 400 metre hurdles:
* Yevgeniy Meleshenko - Semifinal, 49.48 s (did not advance)

Women's 400 metre hurdles:
* Natalya Torshina Alimzhanova - Round 1: 55.22 s, Semifinal: 55.08 s

Men's 800 metres:
* Mihail Kolganov - Round 1, 1:47.4 (did not advance)

Women's 800 metres:
* Tatyana Roslanova - Round 1: 2:06.39

Men's decathlon:
* Dmitriy Karpov - 8725 points (bronze medal)

Women's heptathlon:
* Irina Naumenko - 6000 points (22nd place)
* Svetlana Kazanina - DNF (withdrew after six events)

Men's 20 km walk:
* Valeriy Borisov - 1:27:39 (27th place)

Women's 20 km walk:
* Svetlana Tolstaya - 1:34:43 (28th place)
* Yelena Kuznetsova - 1:49:08 (50th place)

Men's 50 km walk:
* Sergey Korepanov - 3:59:33 (20th place)
* Rustam Kuvatov - 4:13:40 (37th place)

Women's long jump:
* Yelena Kashcheyeva - Round 1: 6.57 metres, Final: 6.53 metres (12th place)

Men's triple jump:
* Roman Valiyev - Round 1, no mark (did not advance)

Women's triple jump:
* Tatyana Bocharova - Round 1: 13.81 metres

Women's high jump:
* Marina Aitova - Round 1: 1.85 metres

Men's pole vault:
* Grigoriy Yegorov - Round 1, no mark (did not advance)

Women's shot put:
* Iolanta Ulyeva - Round 1: 14.88 metres

=Boxing=

Kazakhstan sent eight boxers to the 2004 Olympics. Each of them won at least one bout, a feat that not even Cuba accomplished. Three of the Kazakhstani boxers won medals, one each of gold, silver, and bronze. This put Kazakhstan in a tie with Thailand for third place in the boxing medals count, behind only Cuba and Russia. Russia was a constant annoyance for the Kazakhs, as they lost four of the five matches they boxed against Russians. In contrast, Bakhtiyar Artayev won the only match Kazakhstan had against the almost-invincible Cubans.

Two boxers were defeated in the round of 16. Three more fell in the quarterfinals, just missing medals. The combined record of the eight boxers was 17-7.

Flyweight (51kg)
* Mirzhan Rakhimzhanov
*# Round of 32 - Defeated Joseph Serrano of Puerto Rico, 42-23
*# Round of 16 - Lost to Georgy Balakshin of Russia, 29-20

Featherweight (57kg)
* Galib Jafarov
*# Round of 32 - Defeated Brian Mayanja of Uganda, outscored
*# Round of 16 - Defeated Bekzod Khidirov of Uzbekistan, 40-22
*# Quarterfinal - Lost to Alexei Tichtchenko of Russia, 36-26

Lightweight (60kg)
* Serik Yeleuov - bronze medal
*# Round of 32 - Bye
*# Round of 16 - Defeated Manuel Felix Diaz of Dominican Republic, 28-16
*# Quarterfinal - Defeated Domenico Valentino of Italy, 29-23
*# Semifinal - Lost to Amir Khan of Great Britain, 40-26

Light Welterweight (64kg)
* Nurzhan Karimzhanov
*# Round of 32 - Defeated Juan de Dios Navarro Ramirez of Mexico, 48-31
*# Round of 16 - Defeated Hicham Nafil of Morocco, 33-13
*# Quarterfinal - Lost to Boris Georgiev of Bulgaria, 20-18

Welterweight (69kg)
* Bakhtiyar Artayev - gold medal
*# Round of 32 - Defeated Willy Bertrand Tankeu of Cameroon, walkover
*# Round of 16 - Defeated Aliasker Bashirov of Turkmenistan, 33-23
*# Quarterfinal - Defeated Viktor Polyakov of Ukraine, outscored
*# Semifinal - Defeated Oleg Saitov of Russia, 20-18
*# Final - Defeated Lorenzo Aragon Armenteros of Cuba, 36-26

Middleweight (75kg)
* Gennadiy Golovkin - silver medal
*# Round of 32 - Bye
*# Round of 16 - Defeated Khan Ahmed Ali of Pakistan, 31-10
*# Quarterfinal - Defeated Ramadan Yasser of Egypt, 31-20
*# Semifinal - Defeated Andre Dirrell of United States, 23-18
*# Final - Lost to Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov of Russia, 28-18

Light Heavyweight (81kg)
* Shumenov Beibut
*# Round of 32 - Defeated Aleksy Kuziemski of Poland, 34-22
*# Round of 16 - Lost to Ihsan Yildirim Tarhan of Turkey, 27-19

Super Heavyweight (over 91kg)
* Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov
*# Round of 16 - Defeated Sebastian Köber of Germany, 28-18
*# Quarterfinal - Lost to Alexander Povetkin of Russia, 31-15

=Canoeing=

Men's C1 500 metres:
* Kaissar Nurmaganbetov - semifinal, 14th place

Men's C1 1000 metres:
* Kaissar Nurmaganbetov - semifinal, 12th place

Women's K1 500 metres:
* Natalya Sergeyeva - preliminary heats, 23rd place (DSQ)

Women's K2 500 metres:
* Natalya Sergeyeva and Ellina Uzhakhova - semifinal, 12th place

=Cycling=

Road cycling

Men's road race:
* Alexandre Vinokourov - 35th place, 5:41:56
* Sergey Yakovlev - 53rd place, 5:48:48
* Andrey Kashechkin - 70th place, 5:50:35
* Andrey Mizourov - 73rd place, 5:51:28
* Maxim Iglinskiy - did not finish

Men's time trial:
* Alexandre Vinokourov - 6th place, 58:58.14
* Andrey Kashechkin - did not finish

Track cycling

Men's individual pursuit:
* Yuriy Yuda - qualifying round, 14th place

Men's points race:
* Alexey Kolessov - 15th place, 22 points

Men's Madison:
* Ilya Chernyshov and Yuriy Yuda - 12th place, 2 points (-1 lap)

=Gymnastics=

Men's artistic:
* Yernar Yerimbetov - advanced in two exercises
** Parallel bars - 8th place
** All-around - 14th place

Women's rhythmic:
* Individual
** Aliya Yussopova - 4th place

=Judo=

Men's 60 kg:
* Bazarbek Donbay - defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 32

Men's 66 kg:
* Muratbek Kipshakbayev - defeated in quarterfinals; repechage quarterfinals

Men's 73 kg:
* Sagdat Sadykov - defeated in round of 64

Men's 100 kg:
* Askhat Zhitkeyev - defeated in round of 32; repechage quarterfinals

Men's 100+ kg:
* Yeldos Ikhsangaliyev - defeated in round of 16

Women's 48 kg:
* Tatyana Shishkina - defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 16

Women's 52 kg:
* Sholpan Kaliyeva - defeated in round of 16

Women's 78 kg:
* Varvara Massyagina - defeated in round of 32

=Modern pentathlon=

Women's:
* Lada Jiyenbalanova - 14th place
* Lyudmila Shumilova - 30th place

=Triathlon=

Kazakhstan again sent two men to the Olympic triathlon, but sent a woman as well in 2004. Returning fourth-place finisher Dmitriy Gaag did not place nearly so well in 2004.

Women's:
* Ekaterina Shatnaya - 2:19:26.75 (41st place)

Men's:
* Daniil Sapunov - 1:54:33.15 (17th place)
* Dmitriy Gaag - 1:56:28.97 (25th place)

=Water polo=

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A):*Lost to Russia (2:5):*Lost to United States (6:9) :*Lost to Serbia and Montenegro (5:9) :*Lost to Hungary (4:14) :*Lost to Croatia (4:5)
*Classification Matches:*7th-12th place: Lost to Australia (5:10):*11th/12th place: Defeated Egypt (15:7) → 11th place
*Team Roster:*Daniyar Abulgazin:*Sergey Drozdov:*Alexandr Elke:*Alexandr Gaidukov:*Sergey Gorovoy:*Alexandr Polukhin:*Artemiy Sevostyanov:*Alexandr Shidlovskiy:*Alexandr Shvedov:*Yuriy Smolovyy:*Igor Zagoruiko:*Ivan Zaitsev:*Yevgeniy Zhilyayev
*Head Coach: Askar Orazalinov

Women's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group A):*Lost to Greece (6:8):*Lost to Australia (4:9):*Lost to Italy (6:8)
*Classification Match:*7th/8th place: Lost to Canada (4:10) → 8th place
*Team Roster:*Yekaterina Gariyeva:*Marina Gritsenko:*Tatyana Gubina:*Natalya Ignatyeva:*Assel Jakayeva:*Svetlana Khapsalis:*Alyona Klimenko:*Svetlana Koroleva:*Natalya Krassilnikova:*Larissa Mikhailova:*Galina Rytova:*Irina Tolkunova:*Anna Zubkova
*Head Coach: Stanislav Pivovarov

Officials

*President: Timur Dossymbetov
*Secretary General: Kanat Abishev