Kazakhstan at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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Kazakhstan at the
2018 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 PyeongChang, South Korea
9–25 February 2018
Competitors46 in 9 sports
Flag bearer Abzal Azhgaliyev (opening) [1]
Medals
Ranked 28th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
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Kazakhstan competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018.

Contents

On January 9, 2018, short track speed skater Abzal Azhgaliyev was named as the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony. [2] [3] [4]

Medalists

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine skiing 112
Biathlon 5510
Cross-country skiing 437
Figure skating 123
Freestyle skiing 369
Luge 101
Short track speed skating 527
Ski jumping 101
Speed skating 516
Total262046

Alpine skiing

Kazakhstan qualified one male and one female athlete. [5]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Igor Zakurdayev Men's downhill 1:45.0139
Men's super-G 1:29.9641
Men's combined 1:22.294253.18322:15.4731
Men's giant slalom 1:18.78621:16.29462:35.0751
Men's slalom DNF
Mariya Grigorova Women's giant slalom 1:22.42571:18.77512:41.1951
Women's slalom 1:02.49541:01.88512:04.3751

Biathlon

Based on their Nations Cup rankings in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, Kazakhstan qualified a team of 5 men and 5 women. [6] [7]

Men
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Maxim Braun Sprint 27:46.74 (3+1)85
Individual 53:50.72 (0+1+0+1)61
Timur Khamitgatin Individual 54:52.72 (0+2+0+0)72
Vassiliy Podkorytov Sprint 26:34.71 (1+0)80
Individual 53:52.52 (1+0+1+0)62
Vladislav Vitenko Sprint 26:32.74 (2+2)79
Individual 57:11.37 (2+2+1+2)83
Roman Yeremin Sprint 25:21.92 (1+1)43
Pursuit 38:51.18 (2+1+2+3)52
Maxim Braun
Vassiliy Podkorytov
Vladislav Vitenko
Roman Yeremin
Team relay LAP12 (5+7)17
Women
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Darya Klimina Sprint 23:47.73 (2+1)58
Pursuit 38:00.08 (1+1+3+3)57
Individual 46:44.43 (2+0+1+0)51
Olga Poltoranina Sprint 23:59.62 (0+2)63
Individual 46:36.52 (0+0+1+1)46
Alina Raikova Sprint 24:33.83 (0+3)71
Individual 46:37.43 (0+1+0+2)47
Galina Vishnevskaya Sprint 22:52.22 (2+0)30
Pursuit 33:05.91 (0+0+1+0)20
Individual 46:23.43 (0+2+1+0)45
Darya Klimina
Olga Poltoranina
Alina Raikova
Galina Vishnevskaya
Team relay 1:14:18.010 (2+8)14
Mixed
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Maxim Braun
Roman Yeremin
Alina Raikova
Galina Vishnevskaya
Team relay 1:14:13.710 (7+3)18

Cross-country skiing

Kazakhstan qualified a total of 6 male and female athletes for cross-country skiing and received one additional quota place based on the reallocation process. [8] Four male and three female competitors were announced on January 29. [9]

Distance
Men
AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRank
Alexey Poltoranin 50 km classical 2:13:37.1+5:15.015
Vitaliy Pukhalo 15 km freestyle 36:57.4+3:13.554
30 km skiathlon 42:27.04036:45.9301:19:46.7+3:26.734
50 km classical 2:27:10.6+18:48.552
Yevgeniy Velichko 15 km freestyle 37:28.6+3:44.761
30 km skiathlon 41:47.43338:44.4511:21:03.9+4:43.943
50 km classical 2:21:43.2+13:21.139
Denis Volotka 15 km freestyle 37:39.8+3:55.964
50 km classical DNS
Alexey Poltoranin
Vitaliy Pukhalo
Yevgeniy Velichko
Denis Volotka
4×10 km relay 1:36:36.3+3:31.48
Women
AthleteEventClassicalFreestyleFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeDeficitRank
Yelena Kolomina 10 km freestyle 29:13.0+4:12.563
15 km skiathlon 24:12.15621:38.65446:28.5+5:43.654
30 km classical 1:35:38.4+13:20.833
Anna Shevchenko 10 km freestyle 28:56.9+3:56.456
15 km skiathlon 22:52.33220:59.93944:25.1+3:40.236
30 km classical 1:35:36.1+13:18.531
Valeriya Tyuleneva 10 km freestyle 28:20.7+3:20.247
15 km skiathlon 23.41.647DNF
30 km classical 1:35:38.0+13:20.432
Sprint
AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Alexey Poltoranin Men's sprint 3:14.4313 Q3:12.604did not advance
Denis Volotka 3:22.5251did not advance
Alexey Poltoranin
Denis Volotka
Men's team sprint 16:30.108did not advance
Yelena Kolomina Women's sprint 3:39.2255did not advance
Anna Shevchenko 3:23.2727 Q3:23.566did not advance
Anna Shevchenko
Valeriya Tyuleneva
Women's team sprint 17:57.0410did not advance

Figure skating

Kazakhstan qualified one male and two female figure skaters, based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland. [10]

AthleteEventSPFSTotal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Denis Ten Men's singles 70.1227did not advance
Aiza Mambekova Ladies' singles 44.4030did not advance
Elizabet Tursynbayeva 57.9515 Q118.3013177.1212

Freestyle skiing

Aerials
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
Jump 1Jump 2Jump 1Jump 2Jump 3
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Ildar Badrutdinov Men's aerials 89.181994.4715did not advance
Marzhan Akzhigit Women's aerials 79.171470.2012did not advance
Zhanbota Aldabergenova 81.071285.367did not advance
Akhmarzhan Kalmurzayeva 58.582147.3216did not advance
Ayana Zholdas 51.012357.9818did not advance
Moguls
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
Run 1Run 2Run 1Run 2Run 3
TimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRankTimePointsTotalRank
Pavel Kolmakov Men's moguls 13.7466.2479.987 QBye25.8864.3578.2211 Q25.3961.5876.107did not advance
Dmitriy Reiherd 25.0866.3081.233 QBye24.7064.3479.776 Q23.8542.0958.648did not advance
Ayaulum Amrenova Women's moguls 35.1544.3952.782635.2530.4038.6817Did not advance
Yuliya Galysheva 30.5162.7476.367 QBye30.6261.6175.107 Q30.6563.3576.816 Q30.1463.3777.40Bronze medal icon.svg

Luge

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Nikita Kopyrenko Men's singles 50.1473550.3273849.24434Eliminated2:29.71836

Short track speed skating

According to the ISU Special Olympic Qualification Rankings, Kazakhstan qualified 3 men and 2 women. [11] During reallocation process got 2 additional quotas: 1 quota for 1500 meters men's event and 1 quota for men's relay. [12]

Men
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Abzal Azhgaliyev 500 m 43.3883 ADV41.6164 ADV40.8355did not advance
Denis Nikisha 500 m 41.4363 ADV40.8063did not advance
1500 m 2:14.8474did not advance
Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev 500 m 40.7483 ADVDNFdid not advance
1000 m 1:24.2714did not advance
1500 m DNFdid not advance
Abzal Azhgaliyev
Denis Nikisha
Yerkebulan Shamukhanov
Mersaid Zhaxybayev
Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev
5000 m relay 6:47.7273 FB6:52.7916
Women
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Kim Iong-a 1000 m 1:29.7033did not advance
1500 m 2:29.8754did not advance
Anastassiya Krestova 500 m 43.8214did not advance
1000 m 1:31.5573did not advance
1500 m PENdid not advance

Ski jumping

Kazakhstan qualified one ski jumper. [13]

AthleteEventQualificationFirst roundFinalTotal
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Sergey Tkachenko Men's normal hill 84.083.751did not advance
Men's large hill 111.070.947 Q107.573.549did not advance

Speed skating

Individual
AthleteEventRace
TimeRank
Artyom Krikunov Men's 500 m 35.3425
Roman Krech 35.9235
Denis Kuzin Men's 1000 m 1:10.1327
Men's 1500 m 1:49.1430
Fyodor Mezentsev Men's 1000 m 1:10.6233
Men's 1500 m 1:48.2328
Stanislav Palkin Men's 500 m 35.3324
Men's 1000 m 1:10.14929
Yekaterina Aydova Women's 500 m 38.9621
Women's 1000 m 1:17.0924
Women's 1500 m 1:59.0518
Mass start
AthleteEventSemifinalFinal
PointsTimeRankPointsTimeRank
Fyodor Mezentsev Men's mass start 08:43.2611did not advance

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