Kazakhstan at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Kazakhstan at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of Kazakhstan
FINA code	KAZ
National federation	Swimming Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Website	aquatics.kz
in Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors	50 in 4 sports
Medals Ranked 26th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
World Aquatics Championships appearances
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Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1973–1991)

Kazakhstan is set to compete at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July. ^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Eduard Kim	Artistic swimming	Men's solo technical routine	July 17

Athletes by discipline

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Artistic swimming	2	12	14
Open water swimming	3	2*	5*
Swimming	1	3*	4*
Water polo	15	13	28
Total	21	29	50

• Diana Taszhanova was compete in both open water swimming and indoor swimming.

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Kazakhstan entered 14 artistic swimmers. ^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Eduard Kim	Solo technical routine	180.5634	5 Q	216.0000
	Solo free routine	173.0499	2 Q	DNS

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Karina Magrupova	Solo technical routine	195.3433	10 Q	192.3200	11
	Solo free routine	137.0083	15	Did not advance
Arina Pushkina Yasmin Tuyakova	Duet technical routine	184.2734	21	Did not advance
	Duet free routine	141.8146	21	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nargiza Bolatova Eduard Kim	Duet technical routine	192.0333	4 Q	204.0967	7
	Duet free routine	191.8354	3 Q	133.6979	9
Nargiza Bolatova Eteri Kakutia Aigerim Kurmangaliyeva Artur Maidanov Xeniya Makarova Anna Pavletsova Valeriya Stolbunova Zhaklin Yakimova	Team acrobatic routine	178.5166	11 Q	191.5333	10
Eteri Kakutia Aigerim Kurmangaliyeva Karina Magrupova Xeniya Makarova Anna Pavletsova Valeriya Stolbunova Zhaklin Yakimova Zhaniya Zhiyengazy	Team technical routine	179.5535	17	Did not advance
Eteri Kakutia Aigerim Kurmangaliyeva Xeniya Makarova Arina Myasnikova Anna Pavletsova Valeriya Stolbunova Zhaklin Yakimova Zhaniya Zhiyengazy	Team free routine	189.2292	12 Q	185.0375	11

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Kazikhstan entered 5 open water swimmers. ^{[3] [4]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Daniil Androssov	Men's 10 km	2:05:36.4	56
Galymzhan Balabek	Men's 5 km	1:01:29.3	56
Lev Cherepanov	Men's 5 km	58:21.0	38
	Men's 10 km	2:03:08.4	45

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mariya Fedotova	Women's 5 km	1:05:57.4	45
	Women's 10 km	2:22:57.6	54
Diana Taszhanova	Women's 5 km	1:02:25.9	30
	Women's 10 km	2:13:16.7	44

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Diana Taszhanova Galymzhan Balabek Mariya Fedotova Lev Cherepanov	Team relay	1:17:41.8	17

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Kazakhstan entered 4 swimmers. ^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Adilbek Mussin	100 metre freestyle	49.64	39	Did not advance
	50 metre butterfly	23.55	24	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly	51.68 NR	14 Q	51.81	14	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Xeniya Ignatova	50 metre backstroke	29.25	35	Did not advance
	100 metre backstroke	1:02.34	32	Did not advance
	200 metre backstroke	2:16.06	27	Did not advance
Adelaida Pchelintseva	50 metre breaststroke	31.61	28	Did not advance
	100 metre breaststroke	1:11.41	42	Did not advance
Diana Taszhanova	800 metre freestyle	8:51.46	30	—		Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	17:09.98	29	—		Did not advance

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kazakhstan	Men's tournament	United States L 5–18	Greece L 2–18	Australia L 6–22	4	—	—	China W 12–5	Argentina L 7–11	14
Kazakhstan	Women's tournament	Israel L 6–17	Netherlands L 2–30	Spain L 5–24	4	—	—	China L 6–16	Argentina W 10–8	15

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Kazakh roster. ^[6]

Head coach: Nebojša Obradović

• 1 Temirlan Balfanbayev GK
• 2 Eduard Tsoy FP
• 3 Yegor Berbelyuk FP
• 4 Dushan Markovich FP
• 5 Danil Artyukh FP
• 6 Alexey Shmider FP
• 7 Murat Shakenov FP
• 8 Srđan Vuksanović FP
• 9 Ruslan Akhmetov FP
• 10 Mikhail Ruday FP
• 11 Olzhas Kanysh FP
• 12 Sultan Shonzhigitov FP
• 13 Daniil Matolinets GK
• Maxim Lamayev FP
• Yegor Beloussev FP

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	3	3	0	0	0	46	25	+21	9	Quarterfinals
2	United States	3	2	0	0	1	48	28	+20	6	Playoffs
3	Australia	3	1	0	0	2	39	35	+4	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	0	3	13	58	−45	0

Source: Sportresult
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.

17 July 2023 09:00	Report	Kazakhstan	5–18	United States	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), David Gómez (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 4–4, 0–4, 0–5
		Markovich 3	Goals	Abramson 5

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19 July 2023 17:30	Report	Greece	18–2	Kazakhstan	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters:6–1, 5–0, 4–1, 3–0
		three players 3	Goals	Akhmetov, Ruday 1

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21 July 2023 16:00	Report	Australia	22–6	Kazakhstan	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), David Gómez (ESP)
		Score by quarters:7–2, 3–0, 4–2, 8–2
		Negus, Poot 4	Goals	Artyukh 2

13–16th place semifinals

23 July 2023 09:00	Report	Kazakhstan	12–5	China	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Chisato Kurosaki (JPN), Vojin Putniković (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 4–0, 3–1, 4–3
		Markovich 4	Goals	Xie Z. 3

13th place game

25 July 2023 10:30	Report	Kazakhstan	7–11	Argentina	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Marta Cabanas (ESP), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA)
		Score by quarters: 1–5, 1–1, 3–3, 2–2
		Markovich, Vuksanovich 2	Goals	Corsi 4

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Kazakh roster. ^[7]

Head coach: Marina Pertseva

• 1 Alexandra Zharkimbayeva GK
• 2 Darya Pochinok FP
• 3 Anastasiya Glukhova FP
• 4 Viktoriya Kaplun FP
• 5 Valeriya Anossova FP
• 6 Madina Rakhmanova FP
• 7 Anna Novikova FP
• 8 Olga Vorontsova FP
• 9 Milena Nabiyeva FP
• 10 Viktoriya Khritankova FP
• 11 Anastassiya Mirshina FP
• 12 Anastassiya Tsoy FP
• 13 Mariya Martynenko GK

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PSW	PSL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	0	61	16	+45	9	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	3	2	0	0	1	52	17	+35	6	Playoffs
3	Israel	3	1	0	0	2	30	52	−22	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	0	3	13	71	−58	0

Source: Sportresult
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.

16 July 2023 13:30	Report	Israel	17–6	Kazakhstan	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Natalia Markopoulou (GRE), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA)
		Score by quarters:5–3, 6–1, 2–2, 4–0
		three players 4	Goals	Khritankova, Mirshina 2

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18 July 2023 09:00	Report	Kazakhstan	2–30	Netherlands	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Hélène Painchaud (CAN), Germán Moller (ARG)
		Score by quarters: 0–10, 1–7, 1–9, 0–4
		Mirshina, Pochinok 1	Goals	Van de Kraats 8

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20 July 2023 17:30	Report	Spain	24–5	Kazakhstan	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Nóra Debreceni (HUN), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA)
		Score by quarters:5–3, 8–1, 5–0, 6–1
		Peña 4	Goals	Novikova, Tsoy 2

13–16th place semifinals

22 July 2023 09:00	Report	China	16–6	Kazakhstan	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Hélène Painchaud (CAN)
		Score by quarters:3–1, 6–2, 3–2, 4–1
		Yan S., Zhang J. 4	Goals	Kaplun 3

15th place game

24 July 2023 09:00	Report	Kazakhstan	10–8	Argentina	Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Raffaele Colombo (ITA), Nicola Johnson (AUS)
		Score by quarters:3–0, 3–3, 2–4, 2–1
		Khritankova, Novikova 3	Goals	Bacigalupo 4

References

1. "Competition Athletes | FINA Official". FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation.
2. "World Aquatics Championships - Fukuoka 2023 - Kazakhstan Athletes". World Aquatics . Retrieved 10 July 2023.
3. "20th World Aquatics World Championships Open Water Swimming Entry List - Men" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
4. "20th World Aquatics World Championships Open Water Swimming Entry List - Women" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
5. "20th World Aquatics World Championships Swimming Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
6. "20th World Aquatics World Championships Men's Water Polo Team Roster KAZ" (PDF). Omega Timing. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
7. "20th World Aquatics World Championships Women's Water Polo Team Roster KAZ" (PDF). Omega Timing. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.