Kazakhstan at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Kazakhstan at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Flag of Kazakhstan
IOC code	KAZ
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Website	www.olympic.kz  (in Kazakh)
in Beijing, China 4–20 February 2022
Competitors	34 (17 men and 17 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Yekaterina Aidova Abzal Azhgaliyev
Flag bearer (closing)	Abzal Azhgaliyev
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1956–1988)   Unified Team (1992)

Kazakhstan competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. ^{[1] [2]}

On January 21, 2022, speed skater Yekaterina Aidova and short track speed skater Abzal Azhgaliyev were named as the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} Meanwhile Azhgaliev was also the flagbearer during the closing ceremony. ^{[7] [8]}

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Biathlon	2	1	3
Cross-country skiing	2	5	7
Freestyle skiing	3	6	9
Nordic combined	1	0	1
Short track speed skating	3	2	5
Ski jumping	2	0	2
Speed skating	3	2	5
Total	17	17	34

Alpine skiing

Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

By meeting the basic qualification standards Kazakhstan qualified one male and one female alpine skier. ^[9]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Zakhar Kuchin	Men's giant slalom	DNF		Did not advance
	Men's slalom	1:03.68	43	58.98	37	2:02.66	36
Alexandra Troitskaya	Women's slalom	DNF		Did not advance

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Based on their Nations Cup rankings in the 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup and 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup, Kazakhstan has qualified a team of 2 men and 1 women.

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Vladislav Kireyev	Men's individual	52:29.2	0 (0+0+0+0)	25
Alexandr Mukhin		55:00.4	4 (1+1+0+2)	52
Alexandr Mukhin	Men's pursuit	47:45.0	8 (3+1+2+2)	57
Vladislav Kireyev	Men's sprint	27:21.7	1 (1+0)	77
Alexandr Mukhin		26:37.2	1 (1+0)	49
Galina Vishnevskaya	Women's individual	49:32.3	1 (0+1+0+0)	44
	Women's pursuit	41:47.9	4 (1+0+0+3)	52
	Women's sprint	23:22.6	1 (1+0)	52

Cross-country skiing

Main articles: Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Kazakhstan qualified two male and five female cross-country skiers. ^[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Vitaliy Pukhkalo	Men's 15 km classical	—				40:39.6	+2:44.8	25
Yevgeniy Velichko		—				41:27.3	+3:32.5	40
Vitaliy Pukhkalo	30 km skiathlon	41:36.8	24	41:32.1	39	1:23:45.1	+7:35.3	32
Yevgeniy Velichko		44:20.9	53	LAP				57
Yevgeniy Velichko	50 km freestyle	—				1:18:43.8	+7:11.1	43

Women

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Kseniya Shalygina	10 km classical	—	32:09.9	+4:03.6	53
Angelina Shuryga		—	32:08.8	+4:02.5	52
Nadezhda Stepashkina		—	32:27.2	+4:20.9	57
Valeriya Tyuleneva		—	32:52.1	+4:45.8	59
Kseniya Shalygina	15 km skiathlon	25:25.9	44	24:21.5	45	50:37.7	+6:24.0	48
Angelina Shuryga		26:05.6	50	24:13.2	43	50:55.3	+6:41.6	49
Nadezhda Stepashkina		27:26.4	58	25:20.1	58	53:35.3	+9:21.6	58
Valeriya Tyuleneva		26:07.8	51	24:41.6	52	51:30.8	+7:17.1	51
Irina Bykova	30 km freestyle	—	1:42:42.0	+17:48.0	54
Angelina Shuryga		—	1:36:29.6	+11:35.6	42
Nadezhda Stepashkina		—	1:39:38.8	+14:44.8	49
Kseniya Shalygina Angelina Shuryga Nadezhda Stepashkina Irina Bykova	4 × 5 km relay	—				1:01:15.4	+7:34.4	15

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Vitaliy Pukhkalo	Sprint	3:06.31	66	Did not advance
Yevgeniy Velichko		3:04.52	62	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Irina Bykova	Sprint	3:42.70	68	Did not advance
Kseniya Shalygina		3:41.55	67	Did not advance
Angelina Shuryga		3:35.93	60	Did not advance
Nadezhda Stepashkina		3:32.56	51	Did not advance
Kseniya Shalygina Nadezhda Stepashkina	Team sprint	—				24:57.59	10	Did not advance	19

Freestyle skiing

Main articles: Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Aerials

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Jump 1		Jump 2		Jump 1		Jump 2
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sherzod Khashyrbayev	Aerials	109.74	15	69.23	13	Did not advance			19

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Jump 1		Jump 2		Jump 1		Jump 2		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Zhanbota Aldabergenova	Aerials	80.56	12	80.56	7	Did not advance					13
Akmarzhan Kalmurzayeva		70.86	19	98.68	1 Q	71.23	11	Did not advance			11

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Jump 1		Jump 2
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sherzod Khashyrbayev Zhanbota Aldabergenova Akmarzhan Kalmurzayeva	Mixed team	DNS		Did not advance

Moguls

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Run 1				Run 2				Run 1				Run 2				Run 3
		Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank
Pavel Kolmakov	Moguls	24.85	58.86	74.09	17	25.18	54.74	69.54	11	Did not advance											21
Dmitriy Reiherd		25.25	60.73	75.43	12	25.24	60.18	74.90	7 Q	24.78	61.58	76.90	9 QF	25.32	62.16	76.77	8	Did not advance			8

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Run 1				Run 2				Run 1				Run 2				Run 3
		Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank
Ayaulym Amrenova	Moguls	29.97	52.59	66.82	16	30.45	52.09	65.78	12	Did not advance											22
Yuliya Galysheva		DNS				30.47	55.55	69.21	9 Q	29.61	60.34	74.97	7 Q	29.83	35.36	49.74	11	Did not advance			11
Anastassiya Gorodko		DNF				28.97	52.12	67.47	11	Did not advance											21
Olessya Graur		33.29	44.69	57.18	23	32.05	26.60	38.48	18	Did not advance											28

Nordic combined

Main articles: Nordic combined at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Nordic combined at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country		Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chingiz Rakparov	Individual normal hill/10 km	79.5	69.9	38	27:51.1	41	32:03.1	41
	Individual large hill/10 km	111.5	69.6	38	30:07.5	46	34:48.5	43

Short track speed skating

Main articles: Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Short track speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Kazakhstan has qualified three male and one female short track speed skater in the individual races. They received one additional female quota to allow them to participate in the mixed relay. ^[11]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Abzal Azhgaliyev	Men's 500 m	40.870	1 Q	40.643	3 q	40.462	2 FA	40.869	4
Adil Galiakhmetov		40.722	2 Q	40.925	5	Did not advance			19
Denis Nikisha		40.482	1 Q	40.355	1 Q	41.005	4 FB	41.329	8
Adil Galiakhmetov	Men's 1000 m	1:24.855	3	Did not advance					22
Adil Galiakhmetov	Men's 1500 m	—		2:11.823	2 Q	2:18.291	4 ADVA	2:11.584	8
Denis Nikisha		—		PEN		Did not advance
Olga Tikhonova	Women's 1000 m	1:56.438	3	Did not advance					24
	Women's 1500 m	—		PEN		Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Abzal Azhgaliyev Yana Khan Denis Nikisha Olga Tikhonova	2000 m relay	2:43.004	3 q	2:42.575	3 QB	2:44.148	5

Ski jumping

Main articles: Ski jumping at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Ski jumping at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sergey Tkachenko	Large hill	103.0	60.7	54	Did not advance
Danil Vassilyev		98.5	69.4	51	Did not advance
Sergey Tkachenko	Normal hill	68.0	43.1	50 Q	95.0	110.3	41	Did not advance
Danil Vassilyev		70.5	46.2	49 Q	92.0	101.0	46	Did not advance

Speed skating

Main articles: Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Athlete	Event	Race
		Time	Rank
Ivan Arzhanikov	Men's 500 m	35.82	28
Denis Kuzin	Men's 1000 m	1:10.077	23
Dmitriy Morozov		1:09.61	17
Dmitriy Morozov	Men's 1500 m	1:47.01	18
Yekaterina Aidova	Women's 500 m	1:59.01	18
Yekaterina Aidova	Women's 1000 m	1:16.70	19
Nadezhda Morozova		1:15.69	11
Yekaterina Aidova	Women's 1500 m	38.54	20
Nadezhda Morozova		1:56.85	14
Nadezhda Morozova	Women's 3000 m	4:04.97	13

Mass start

Athlete	Event	Semifinals			Finals
		Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank
Dmitriy Morozov	Men's	2	8:08.73	10	Did not advance		19
Nadezhda Morozova	Women's	3	8:42.23	8 Q	0	8:21.05	14

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