Currently, Kazakhstan at the 2018 Winter Olympics is a topic that has captured the attention of a wide public due to its impact on different areas of society. Since its emergence, Kazakhstan at the 2018 Winter Olympics has generated debates and discussions ranging from its relevance in history to its influence on people's daily lives. In this article, we will explore in detail the most significant aspects related to Kazakhstan at the 2018 Winter Olympics, analyzing its origins, evolution and the implications it has today. Additionally, we will examine how Kazakhstan at the 2018 Winter Olympics has shaped different aspects of culture, politics, economics and technology, showing its influence in different contexts over time.
Kazakhstan at the 2018 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | KAZ |
NOC | National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
Website | www |
in PyeongChang, South Korea 9–25 February 2018 | |
Competitors | 46 in 9 sports |
Flag bearer | Abzal Azhgaliyev (opening) |
Medals Ranked 28th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
Soviet Union (1956–1988) Unified Team (1992) |
Kazakhstan competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018.
On January 9, 2018, short track speed skater Abzal Azhgaliyev was named as the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.
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The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Biathlon | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Cross-country skiing | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Figure skating | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Freestyle skiing | 3 | 6 | 9 |
Luge | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Short track speed skating | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Ski jumping | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Speed skating | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Total | 26 | 20 | 46 |
Kazakhstan qualified one male and one female athlete.
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Igor Zakurdayev | Men's downhill | — | 1:45.01 | 39 | |||
Men's super-G | — | 1:29.96 | 41 | ||||
Men's combined | 1:22.29 | 42 | 53.18 | 32 | 2:15.47 | 31 | |
Men's giant slalom | 1:18.78 | 62 | 1:16.29 | 46 | 2:35.07 | 51 | |
Men's slalom | DNF | ||||||
Mariya Grigorova | Women's giant slalom | 1:22.42 | 57 | 1:18.77 | 51 | 2:41.19 | 51 |
Women's slalom | 1:02.49 | 54 | 1:01.88 | 51 | 2:04.37 | 51 |
Based on their Nations Cup rankings in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, Kazakhstan qualified a team of 5 men and 5 women.
Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
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Maxim Braun | Sprint | 27:46.7 | 4 (3+1) | 85 |
Individual | 53:50.7 | 2 (0+1+0+1) | 61 | |
Timur Khamitgatin | Individual | 54:52.7 | 2 (0+2+0+0) | 72 |
Vassiliy Podkorytov | Sprint | 26:34.7 | 1 (1+0) | 80 |
Individual | 53:52.5 | 2 (1+0+1+0) | 62 | |
Vladislav Vitenko | Sprint | 26:32.7 | 4 (2+2) | 79 |
Individual | 57:11.3 | 7 (2+2+1+2) | 83 | |
Roman Yeremin | Sprint | 25:21.9 | 2 (1+1) | 43 |
Pursuit | 38:51.1 | 8 (2+1+2+3) | 52 | |
Maxim Braun Vassiliy Podkorytov Vladislav Vitenko Roman Yeremin |
Team relay | LAP | 12 (5+7) | 17 |
Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
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Darya Klimina | Sprint | 23:47.7 | 3 (2+1) | 58 |
Pursuit | 38:00.0 | 8 (1+1+3+3) | 57 | |
Individual | 46:44.4 | 3 (2+0+1+0) | 51 | |
Olga Poltoranina | Sprint | 23:59.6 | 2 (0+2) | 63 |
Individual | 46:36.5 | 2 (0+0+1+1) | 46 | |
Alina Raikova | Sprint | 24:33.8 | 3 (0+3) | 71 |
Individual | 46:37.4 | 3 (0+1+0+2) | 47 | |
Galina Vishnevskaya | Sprint | 22:52.2 | 2 (2+0) | 30 |
Pursuit | 33:05.9 | 1 (0+0+1+0) | 20 | |
Individual | 46:23.4 | 3 (0+2+1+0) | 45 | |
Darya Klimina Olga Poltoranina Alina Raikova Galina Vishnevskaya |
Team relay | 1:14:18.0 | 10 (2+8) | 14 |
Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
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Maxim Braun Roman Yeremin Alina Raikova Galina Vishnevskaya |
Team relay | 1:14:13.7 | 10 (7+3) | 18 |
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. Four male and three female competitors were announced on January 29.
Athlete | Event | Classical | Freestyle | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Deficit | Rank | ||
Alexey Poltoranin | 50 km classical | — | 2:13:37.1 | +5:15.0 | 15 | |||
Vitaliy Pukhalo | 15 km freestyle | — | 36:57.4 | +3:13.5 | 54 | |||
30 km skiathlon | 42:27.0 | 40 | 36:45.9 | 30 | 1:19:46.7 | +3:26.7 | 34 | |
50 km classical | — | 2:27:10.6 | +18:48.5 | 52 | ||||
Yevgeniy Velichko | 15 km freestyle | — | 37:28.6 | +3:44.7 | 61 | |||
30 km skiathlon | 41:47.4 | 33 | 38:44.4 | 51 | 1:21:03.9 | +4:43.9 | 43 | |
50 km classical | — | 2:21:43.2 | +13:21.1 | 39 | ||||
Denis Volotka | 15 km freestyle | — | 37:39.8 | +3:55.9 | 64 | |||
50 km classical | — | DNS | ||||||
Alexey Poltoranin Vitaliy Pukhalo Yevgeniy Velichko Denis Volotka |
4×10 km relay | — | 1:36:36.3 | +3:31.4 | 8 |
Athlete | Event | Classical | Freestyle | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Deficit | Rank | ||
Yelena Kolomina | 10 km freestyle | — | 29:13.0 | +4:12.5 | 63 | |||
15 km skiathlon | 24:12.1 | 56 | 21:38.6 | 54 | 46:28.5 | +5:43.6 | 54 | |
30 km classical | — | 1:35:38.4 | +13:20.8 | 33 | ||||
Anna Shevchenko | 10 km freestyle | — | 28:56.9 | +3:56.4 | 56 | |||
15 km skiathlon | 22:52.3 | 32 | 20:59.9 | 39 | 44:25.1 | +3:40.2 | 36 | |
30 km classical | — | 1:35:36.1 | +13:18.5 | 31 | ||||
Valeriya Tyuleneva | 10 km freestyle | — | 28:20.7 | +3:20.2 | 47 | |||
15 km skiathlon | 23.41.6 | 47 | DNF | |||||
30 km classical | — | 1:35:38.0 | +13:20.4 | 32 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Alexey Poltoranin | Men's sprint | 3:14.43 | 13 Q | 3:12.60 | 4 | did not advance | |||
Denis Volotka | 3:22.52 | 51 | did not advance | ||||||
Alexey Poltoranin Denis Volotka |
Men's team sprint | — | 16:30.10 | 8 | did not advance | ||||
Yelena Kolomina | Women's sprint | 3:39.22 | 55 | did not advance | |||||
Anna Shevchenko | 3:23.27 | 27 Q | 3:23.56 | 6 | did not advance | ||||
Anna Shevchenko Valeriya Tyuleneva |
Women's team sprint | — | 17:57.04 | 10 | did not advance |
Kazakhstan qualified one male and two female figure skaters, based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland.
Athlete | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Denis Ten | Men's singles | 70.12 | 27 | did not advance | |||
Aiza Mambekova | Ladies' singles | 44.40 | 30 | did not advance | |||
Elizabet Tursynbayeva | 57.95 | 15 Q | 118.30 | 13 | 177.12 | 12 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||
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Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 3 | |||||||
Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Ildar Badrutdinov | Men's aerials | 89.18 | 19 | 94.47 | 15 | did not advance | |||||
Marzhan Akzhigit | Women's aerials | 79.17 | 14 | 70.20 | 12 | did not advance | |||||
Zhanbota Aldabergenova | 81.07 | 12 | 85.36 | 7 | did not advance | ||||||
Akhmarzhan Kalmurzayeva | 58.58 | 21 | 47.32 | 16 | did not advance | ||||||
Ayana Zholdas | 51.01 | 23 | 57.98 | 18 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Men's moguls | 13.74 | 66.24 | 79.98 | 7 Q | Bye | 25.88 | 64.35 | 78.22 | 11 Q | 25.39 | 61.58 | 76.10 | 7 | did not advance | ||||||
Dmitriy Reiherd | 25.08 | 66.30 | 81.23 | 3 Q | Bye | 24.70 | 64.34 | 79.77 | 6 Q | 23.85 | 42.09 | 58.64 | 8 | did not advance | |||||||
Ayaulum Amrenova | Women's moguls | 35.15 | 44.39 | 52.78 | 26 | 35.25 | 30.40 | 38.68 | 17 | Did not advance | |||||||||||
Yuliya Galysheva | 30.51 | 62.74 | 76.36 | 7 Q | Bye | 30.62 | 61.61 | 75.10 | 7 Q | 30.65 | 63.35 | 76.81 | 6 Q | 30.14 | 63.37 | 77.40 |
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Nikita Kopyrenko | Men's singles | 50.147 | 35 | 50.327 | 38 | 49.244 | 34 | Eliminated | 2:29.718 | 36 |
According to the ISU Special Olympic Qualification Rankings, Kazakhstan qualified 3 men and 2 women. During reallocation process got 2 additional quotas: 1 quota for 1500 meters men's event and 1 quota for men's relay.
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Abzal Azhgaliyev | 500 m | 43.388 | 3 ADV | 41.616 | 4 ADV | 40.835 | 5 | did not advance | |
Denis Nikisha | 500 m | 41.436 | 3 ADV | 40.806 | 3 | did not advance | |||
1500 m | 2:14.847 | 4 | — | did not advance | |||||
Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev | 500 m | 40.748 | 3 ADV | DNF | did not advance | ||||
1000 m | 1:24.271 | 4 | did not advance | ||||||
1500 m | DNF | — | did not advance | ||||||
Abzal Azhgaliyev Denis Nikisha Yerkebulan Shamukhanov Mersaid Zhaxybayev Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev |
5000 m relay | — | 6:47.727 | 3 FB | 6:52.791 | 6 |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Kim Iong-a | 1000 m | 1:29.703 | 3 | did not advance | |||||
1500 m | 2:29.875 | 4 | — | did not advance | |||||
Anastassiya Krestova | 500 m | 43.821 | 4 | did not advance | |||||
1000 m | 1:31.557 | 3 | did not advance | ||||||
1500 m | PEN | — | did not advance |
Kazakhstan qualified one ski jumper.
Athlete | Event | Qualification | First round | Final | Total | |||||||
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Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Sergey Tkachenko | Men's normal hill | 84.0 | 83.7 | 51 | did not advance | |||||||
Men's large hill | 111.0 | 70.9 | 47 Q | 107.5 | 73.5 | 49 | did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Race | |
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Time | Rank | ||
Artyom Krikunov | Men's 500 m | 35.34 | 25 |
Roman Krech | 35.92 | 35 | |
Denis Kuzin | Men's 1000 m | 1:10.13 | 27 |
Men's 1500 m | 1:49.14 | 30 | |
Fyodor Mezentsev | Men's 1000 m | 1:10.62 | 33 |
Men's 1500 m | 1:48.23 | 28 | |
Stanislav Palkin | Men's 500 m | 35.33 | 24 |
Men's 1000 m | 1:10.149 | 29 | |
Yekaterina Aydova | Women's 500 m | 38.96 | 21 |
Women's 1000 m | 1:17.09 | 24 | |
Women's 1500 m | 1:59.05 | 18 |
Athlete | Event | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Points | Time | Rank | Points | Time | Rank | ||
Fyodor Mezentsev | Men's mass start | 0 | 8:43.26 | 11 | did not advance |