Kazakhstan at the 2014 Winter Olympics

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Kazakhstan at the
2014 Winter Olympics
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg
IOC code KAZ
NOC National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Website www.olympic.kz  (in Kazakh)
in Sochi
Competitors52 in 10 sports
Flag bearers Yerdos Akhmadiyev (opening [1] [2]
and closing) [3]
Medals
Ranked 26th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
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Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team (1992)
Team Kazakhstan at the Opening Ceremony. KazakhstanTeamSochi2014.jpg
Team Kazakhstan at the Opening Ceremony.

Kazakhstan competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. Kazakhstan's team consisted of 52 athletes competing in 11 sports, an increase of 14 athletes from four years prior. [4]

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Denis Ten Figure skating Men's singles 14 February

Alpine skiing

According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Kazakhstan had four athletes in qualification position. [5] Lyudmila Fedotova was selected to compete but she did not participate in any of her scheduled events.

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Martin Khuber Men's downhill N/A2:13.5142
Men's super-G N/A1:22.6041
Men's combined 1:59.42421:00.44312:59.8633
Dmitriy Koshkin Men's downhill N/A2:14.6343
Men's super-G N/A1:21.5030
Igor Zakurdayev Men's downhill N/A2:11.2833
Men's super-G N/A1:23.1345
Men's combined 1:57.623757.02292:54.6426

Biathlon

Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Kazakhstan qualified 5 men and 5 women. [6]

Men
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Dias Keneshev Sprint 30:06.84 (2+2)87
Sergey Naumik Sprint 26:55.51 (0+1)59
Individual 58:03.25 (0+1+2+2)76
Pursuit 40:06.54 (1+0+2+1)58
Anton Pantov Sprint 28:05.04 (2+2)80
Individual 52:51.50 (0+0+0+0)27
Yan Savitskiy Sprint 26:13.01 (1+0)43
Pursuit 35:57.01 (0+1+0+0)29
Individual 52:00.01 (0+1+0+0)20
Alexandr Trifonov Individual 1:00:08.95 (1+1+2+1)85
Dias Keneshev
Sergey Naumik
Anton Pantov
Alexandr Trifonov
Team relay LAP10 (0+10)18
Women
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Elena Khrustaleva Sprint 23:29.62 (2+0)57
Pursuit 33:06.50 (0+0+0+0)37
Individual 50:00.13 (2+1+0+0)47
Marina Lebedeva Sprint 24:31.92 (1+1)73
Alina Raikova Individual 53:15.63 (1+0+1+1)65
Darya Usanova Sprint 23:33.31 (1+0)58
Pursuit 33:54.62 (1+0+0+1)41
Individual 49:13.52 (1+0+0+1)40
Galina Vishnevskaya Sprint 23:52.03 (2+1)64
Individual 49:26.92 (1+1+0+0)41
Elena Khrustaleva
Marina Lebedeva
Darya Usanova
Galina Vishnevskaya
Team relay 1:15:54.713 (0+13)12
Mixed
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Elena Khrustaleva
Anton Pantov
Yan Savitskiy
Darya Usanova
Team relay 1:15:46.46 (0+6)14

Cross-country skiing

According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Kazakhstan had eleven athletes in qualification position. [5]

Distance
Men
AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRank
Yerdos Akhmadiyev 15 km classical N/A43:02.2+4:32.554
50 km freestyle N/A1:53:07.4+6:12.248
Nikolay Chebotko 15 km classical N/A41:14.1+2:44.433
Sergey Cherepanov 30 km skiathlon 37:36.84335:26.4551:13:39.7+5:24.349
50 km freestyle N/A1:57:24.2+10:29.054
Alexey Poltoranin 15 km classical N/A39:43.2+1:13.59
30 km skiathlon 36:01.5632:17.7161:08:51.5+36.116
Mark Starostin 30 km skiathlon 38:57.85436:03.8561:15:36.6+7:21.256
50 km freestyle N/A1:49:34.1+2:38.934
Yevgeniy Velichko 15 km classical N/A41:16.4+2:46.734
30 km skiathlon 36:53.83033:37.0351:11:05.6+2:50.232
50 km freestyle N/A1:58:10.6+11:15.455
Sergey Cherepanov
Mark Starostin
Yevgeniy Velichko
Denis Volotka
4×10 km relay N/A1:34:11.9+5:29.913
Women
AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRank
Yelena Kolomina 10 km classical N/A31:20.1+3:02.336
15 km skiathlon 20:27.84120:44.53841:52.2+3:18.640
30 km freestyle N/A1:21:50.0+10:44.848
Tatyana Ossipova 10 km classical N/A32:20.1+4:02.352
15 km skiathlon 21:31.35322:15.95844:29.0+5:55.457
30 km freestyle N/A1:23:52.6+12:47.451
Anastassiya Slonova 10 km classical N/A31:56.6+3:38.846
15 km skiathlon 20:40.34320:31.83541:52.8+3:19.241
Sprint
Men
AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Nikolay Chebotko Sprint 3:37.8830 Q3:39.665Did not advance
Roman Ragozin 3:38.5633Did not advance
Denis Volotka 3:46.9258Did not advance
Nikolay Chebotko
Alexey Poltoranin
Team sprint N/A23:28.504 q24:01.388
Women
AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Yelena Kolomina Sprint 2:46.3746Did not advance
Tatyana Ossipova 2:51.4457Did not advance
Yelena Kolomina
Anastassiya Slonova
Team sprint N/A17:49.666Did not advance

Figure skating

Denis Ten won bronze in the men's singles Prizery po figurnomu kataniiu.JPG
Denis Ten won bronze in the men's singles

By finishing with the silver medal at the 2013 World Figure Skating Championships, Denis Ten managed to qualify two skaters for Kazakhstan. In 2018, Ten was stabbed to death in Almaty by two carjackers.

AthleteEventSPFSTotal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Abzal Rakimgaliev Men's singles 64.1820 Q110.2222174.4022
Denis Ten 84.069 Q171.043255.10Bronze medal icon.svg

Freestyle skiing

Aerials
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
Jump 1Jump 2Jump 1Jump 2Jump 3
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Sergey Berestovskiy Men's aerials 82.841685.3011Did not advance
Baglan Inkarbek 60.162079.3113Did not advance
Zhanbota Aldabergenova Women's aerials 74.82978.125 Q76.238 Q68.446Did not advance
Zhibek Arapbayeva 63.441658.8713Did not advance
Moguls
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
Run 1Run 2Run 1Run 2Run 3
TimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRank
Dmitriy Barmashov Men's moguls DNF32.872.715.2116Did not advance
Pavel Kolmakov 25.7315.5321.41125.7515.8421.74 Q25.315.7521.8211 Q25.7314.1620.0310Did not advance
Dmitriy Reiherd 24.9315.6221.867 QFBye25.2116.9923.15 Q24.7117.1323.485 Q24.2116.2222.85
Yuliya Galysheva Women's moguls 30.8915.4821.176 QBye30.7315.5121.265 Q30.5215.2821.127Did not advance
Darya Rybalova 33.3411.5316.2423DNSDid not advance

Luge

Kazakhstan qualified a place in the women's singles after receiving a reallocation spot (the next country not yet represented in each event) during the 2013–14 Luge World Cup.

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Elizaveta Axenova Women's singles 52.0682951.8363052.3403051.841253:28.08528

Short track speed skating

Men
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Aidar Bekzhanov 500 m 41.8003Did not advance20
1500 m 2:19.7135N/ADid not advance29
Denis Nikisha 1500 m 2:16.4526N/ADid not advance31
Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev 500 m 42.6804Did not advance29
Abzal Azhgaliyev
Aidar Bekzhanov
Aslan Daumov
Denis Nikisha
Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev
5000 m relay N/A6:47.1522 FA6:54.6305
Women
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Inna Simonova 500 m 44.3874Did not advance25
1000 m 1:32.5993Did not advance21
1500 m 2:30.4994N/ADid not advance25

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Ski jumping

According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Kazakhstan had one athlete in qualification position. [5]

AthleteEventQualificationFirst roundFinalTotal
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Alexey Pchelintsev Men's normal hill 85.589.946Did not advance
Men's large hill 109.075.846Did not advance
Marat Zhaparov Men's normal hill 83.084.949Did not advance
Men's large hill 104.573.248Did not advance

Snowboarding

According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Kazakhstan had one athlete in qualification position. [5]

Alpine
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankOpposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Opposition
Time
Rank
Valeriya Tsoy Women's giant slalom 1:54.5723Did not advance
Women's slalom 1:08.6732Did not advance

Speed skating

Based on the results from the fall World Cups during the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup season, Kazakhstan earned the following start quotas:

Aleksandr Zhigin (left) riding the 1500 m Men's 1500m, 2014 Winter Olympics, Stefan Groothuis & Aleksandr Zhigin.JPG
Aleksandr Zhigin (left) riding the 1500 m
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Final
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Dmitry Babenko 1500 m N/A1:48.6730
5000 m N/A6:28.2615
10000 m N/A13:33.1812
Roman Krech 500 m 35.04935.00670.047
1000 m N/A1:09.6313
Denis Kuzin 1000 m N/A1:09.107
1500 m N/A1:45.698
Fyodor Mezentsev 1000 m N/A1:11.0833
1500 m N/A1:49.7033
Aleksandr Zhigin 1500 m N/A1:49.4834
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Final
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Yekaterina Aydova 500 m 34:30.32238.801977.8522
1000 m N/A1:17.2519
1500 m N/A2:00.9328

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