Kazakhstan at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Kazakhstan at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of Kazakhstan
FINA code	KAZ
National federation	Swimming Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Website	www.aquatics.kz/en
in Kazan, Russia
Competitors	45 in 4 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1973–1991)

Kazakhstan competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia, from 24 July to 9 August 2015.

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Kazakhstan has qualified five swimmers to compete in the open water marathon. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Timur Abzhanov	Men's 5 km	1:01:54.2	42
Kennesary Kenenbayev	Men's 5 km	59:47.0	38
	Men's 10 km	2:05:43.6	61
Vitaliy Khudyakov	Men's 10 km	1:51:33.7	32
	Men's 25 km	5:03:16.3	13
Mariya Ivanova	Women's 5 km	1:09:22.8	37
	Women's 10 km	2:20:44.9	50
Xeniya Romanchuk	Women's 10 km	2:16:23.8	47
	Women's 25 km	did not finish
Kennesary Kenenbayev Vitaliy Khudyakov Xeniya Romanchuk	Mixed team	1:02:12.7	20

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Kazakh swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard): ^{[1] [4]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dmitriy Balandin	50 m breaststroke	27.47	=13 Q	27.24 AS	9	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	59.38	3 Q	59.39	4 Q	59.42	4
	200 m breaststroke	2:09.76	4 Q	2:09.22	6 Q	2:09.58	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yekaterina Rudenko	50 m backstroke	28.67	=20	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:01.62	=29	did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Kazakhstan fielded a full squad of twelve synchronized swimmers to compete in each of the following events at the World Championships. ^{[5] [6]}

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alexandra Nemich Yekaterina Nemich	Duet technical routine	80.9472	15	did not advance
Aigerim Anarbayeva Aigerim Issayeva* Xeniya Kachurina Yuliya Kempel Aida Meimantay* Alina Matkova Aisulu Nauryzbayeva Kristina Tynbayeva Amina Yermakhanova Aigerim Zhexembinova	Team technical routine	77.0015	16	did not advance
Aigerim Anarbayeva Aigerim Issayeva Xeniya Kachurina Yuliya Kempel Aida Meimantay Alina Matkova Aisulu Nauryzbayeva Alexandra Nemich* Yekaterina Nemich* Kristina Tynbayeva Amina Yermakhanova Aigerim Zhexembinova	Free routine combination	80.1000	14	did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

• Aleksandr Fyodorov
• Sergey Gubarev
• Alexandr Axenov
• Roman Pilipenko
• Vladimir Ushakov
• Alexey Shmider
• Murat Shakenov
• Anton Koliadenko
• Rustam Ukumanov
• Yevgeniy Medvedev
• Ravil Manafov
• Branko Pekovich
• Valeriy Shlemov

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	3	0	0	52	13	+39	6	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	34	24	+10	4	Advanced to playoffs
3	South Africa	3	1	0	2	17	37	−20	2
4	Argentina	3	0	0	3	17	46	−29	0

Source: SportResult.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

27 July 2015 17:30	Report	Hungary	14–5	Kazakhstan	Kazan Attendance: 1,180 Referees: Joseph Peila (USA), Cory Williams (NZL)
		Score by quarters:4–0, 3–0, 5–2, 2–3
		Hárai 4	Goals	Ushakov 2

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29 July 2015 10:50	Report	Kazakhstan	15–7	Argentina	Kazan Attendance: 1,016 Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Hatem Gaber (EGY)
		Score by quarters:5–2, 3–3, 5–1, 2–1
		Axenov, Pekovich 4	Goals	Yañez 3

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31 July 2015 09:30	Report	South Africa	3–14	Kazakhstan	Kazan Attendance: 884 Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Hatem Gaber (EGY)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 1–3, 1–5, 1–2
		three players 1	Goals	Axenov 5

Playoffs

2 August 2015 18:50	Report	Kazakhstan	8–12	Montenegro	Kazan Attendance: 2,896 Referees: Joseph Peila (USA), Daniel Flahive (AUS)
		Score by quarters:3–2, 2–3, 1–5, 2–2
		Gubarev 3	Goals	Brguljan, Janović 3

9th–12th place semifinals

4 August 2015 12:10	Report	Canada	9–7	Kazakhstan	Kazan Attendance: 421 Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), German Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 5–0, 2–3, 1–2
		Conway 4	Goals	Axenov 3

Eleventh place game

6 August 2015 10:50	Report	Kazakhstan	11–7	South Africa	Kazan Attendance: 450 Referees: Fabio Toffoli (BRA), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
		Score by quarters:4–2, 1–2, 2–1, 4–2
		Axenov 7	Goals	P. Le Roux 3

Women's tournament

Playoff between the Netherlands and Kazakhstan was held during a rainstorm

Main article: Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

• Alexandra Zharkimbayeva
• Aruzhan Yegemberdiyeva
• Aizhan Akilbayeva
• Anna Turova
• Kamila Zakirova
• Oxana Tikhonova
• Zamira Myrzabekova
• Oxana Saichuk
• Darya Muravyeva
• Darya Roga
• Anastassiya Mirshina
• Assem Mussarova
• Darya Ryzhinskaya

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	49	15	+34	6	Advanced to quarterfinals
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	38	22	+16	4	Advanced to playoffs
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	25	35	−10	2
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	12	52	−40	0

Source: SportResult.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) goal difference.

26 July 2015 10:50	Report	Kazakhstan	7–14	Spain	Kazan Attendance: 993 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Ni Shi Wei (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 2–5, 1–1, 4–4
		Mirshina 3	Goals	Pareja 5

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28 July 2015 21:30	Report	Canada	17–4	Kazakhstan	Kazan Attendance: 240 Referees: György Kun (HUN), Ni Shi Wei (CHN)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 2–1, 3–2, 8–0
		M. Eggens 5	Goals	Mirshina 2

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30 July 2015 17:30	Report	Kazakhstan	14–4	New Zealand	Kazan Attendance: 985 Referees: Ursula Wengenroth (SUI), Tadao Tahara (JPN)
		Score by quarters:3–0, 4–0, 4–1, 3–3
		Akilbayeva 6	Goals	D. Lewis 3

Playoffs

1 August 2015 17:30	Report	Kazakhstan	1–21	Netherlands	Kazan Attendance: 2,150 Referees: Joseph Peila (AUS), Cory Williams (NZL)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 0–7, 0–6, 1–4
		Mirshina 1	Goals	Smit 5

9th–12th place semifinals

3 August 2015 13:30	Report	Kazakhstan	5–10	Brazil	Kazan Attendance: 155 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Ni Shi Wei (CHN)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 0–4, 2–4, 2–0
		Mirshina 3	Goals	Chiappini 3

Eleventh place game

5 August 2015 10:50	Report	Canada	20–4	Kazakhstan	Kazan Attendance: 235 Referees: Anne Grandin (FRA), Cory Williams (NZL)
		Score by quarters:4–1, 5–1, 5–2, 6–0
		M. Eggens 5	Goals	Mirshina 2

References

1. "В Казани состоялось открытие чемпионата мира по водным видам спорта" [Kazan officially opens the World Aquatics Championships] (in Kazakh). Vesti.kz. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
2. "Kazan 2015 (Open Water Swimming) – Entry List by Nation – Men". FINA. pp. 1–4. Retrieved 29 July 2015.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. "Kazan 2015 (Open Water Swimming) – Entry List by Nation – Women". FINA. pp. 1–3. Retrieved 29 July 2015.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 6 November 2014. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
5. ""Синхронные" близнецы или кто представит Казахстан на ЧМ в Казани в синхронном плавании" ["Synchronous" twins will represent Kazakhstan in synchronized swimming at the World Champs] (in Kazakh). Swimming Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. 29 June 2015. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
6. "Kazan 2015 (Synchronized Swimming) – Entry List by NAT". FINA. pp. 1–10. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2015.

External links

• Swimming Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan