| Kazakhstan at the 2015 Summer Universiade | |
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| IOC code | KAZ |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
| Website | http://www.olympic.kz/ |
| in Gwangju, South Korea 3 – 14 July 2015 | |
| Competitors | 94 in 10 sports |
| Medals Ranked 11th |
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| Summer Universiade appearances | |
Kazakhstan participated at the 2015 Summer Universiade , in Gwangju, South Korea.
| Sport | Grand Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  | Total | |
| Athletics | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Judo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Shooting | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Dmitriy Balandin | Swimming | Men's 100m Breaststroke | 5 July |
| Gold | Viktoriya Zyabkina | Athletics | Women's 100m | 9 July |
| Gold | Viktoriya Zyabkina | Athletics | Women's 200m | 10 July |
| Gold | Nursultan Mamayev | Taekwondo | Men's -58 kg | 10 July |
| Gold | Nikita Filippov | Athletics | Men's Pole Vault | 11 July |
| Gold | Athletics | Women's 4 × 100 m Relay | 12 July | |
| Bronze | Zhanar Kashkyn | Judo | Women's -70 kg | 5 July |
| Bronze | Shooting | Women's Skeet Team | 8 July | |
| Bronze | Shooting | Men's Skeet Team | 9 July | |
| Bronze | Dmitriy Balandin | Swimming | Men's 50m Breaststroke | 9 July |
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