Kazakhstan was represented at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China by the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
In total, 130 athletes including 60 men and 70 women represented Kazakhstan in 19 different sports including archery, athletics, boxing, canoeing, cycling, gymnastics, handball, judo, modern pentathlon, rowing, shooting, swimming, synchronised swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, triathlon, volleyball, weightlifting and wrestling.
Kazakhstan won a total 14 medals at the games including three gold, five silver and six bronze. However, five of these medals were later stripped due to doping offences.
In total, 130 athletes represented Kazakhstan at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China across 18 different sports.
During the games Kazakhstan won a total of 14 medals at the games including three gold, five silver and six bronze. However, five of these medals were later stripped due to doping offences. These included the gold won by Ilya Ilyin, the silvers won by Irina Nekrassova and Taimuraz Tigiyev and the bronzes wn by Asset Mambetov and Mariya Grabovetskaya.
A pink background donates a medal which was later stripped from the competitor.
In total, one Kazakh athlete participated in the archery events â Anastassiya Bannova in the women's individual.
In total, 19 Kazakh athletes participated in the athletics events â Marina Aitova and Yekaterina Yevseyeva in the women's high jump, Tatyana Azarova in the women's 400 m hurdles, Dmitry Karpov in the decathlon, Nataliya Ivoninskaya and Anastassiya Pilipenko in the women's 100 m hurdles, Rustam Kuvatov in the men's 20 km walk, Irina Litvinenko and Yelena Parfyonova in the women's riple jump, Takhir Mamashayev in the men's marathon, Yevgeniy Meleshenko in the men's 400 m hurdles, Vyacheslav Muravyev in the men's 200 m, Irina Naumenko in the heptathlon, Olga Rypakova in the women's long jump and the women's triple jump, Olga Tereshkova in the women's 400 m, Svetlana Tolstaya in the women's 20 km walk, Iolanta Ulyeva in the women's shot put, Roman Valiyev in the men's triple jump and Sergey Zasimovich in the men's high jump.
In total, 10 Kazakh athletes participated in the boxing events â Kanat Abutalipov in the bantamweight category, Merey Akshalov in the lightweight category, Bakhtiyar Artayev in the middleweight category, Galib Jafarov in the featherweight category, Ruslan Myrsatayev in the super heavyweight category, Serik Sapiyev in the light welterweight category, Bakhyt Sarsekbayev in the welterweight category, Mirat Sarsembayev in the flyweight category, Yerkebuian Shynaliyev in the light heavyweight category and Birzhan Zhakypov in the light flyweight category.
In total, seven Kazakh athletes participated in the canoeing events â Alexey Dergunov, Alexandr Dyadchuk, Dmitriy Kaltenberger, Yekaterina Lukicheva, Kaisar Nurmaganbetov, Dmitriy Torlopov and Mikhail Yemelyanov.
In total, three Kazakh athletes participated in the cycling events â Maxim Iglinsky, Andrey Mizurov and Zulfiya Zabirova.
In total, one Kazakh athlete participated in the gymnastics events â Aliya Yussupova in the women's rhythmic individual all-around.
In total, 14 Kazakh athletes participated in the handball events â Olga Ajiderskaya, Irina Borechko, Yelena Ilyukhina, Gulzira Iskakova, Nataliya Kubrina, Yuliya Markovich, Xeniya Nikandrova, Tatiana Parfenova, Marina Pikalova, Yelena Portova, Olga Travnikova, Yekaterina Tyapkova, Yana Vassilyeva, Nataliya Yakovleva in the women's tournament.
In total, 10 Kazakh athletes participated in the judo events â Sagat Abikeyeva in the women's âÂÂ78 kg category, Rinat Ibragimov in the men's âÂÂ73 kg category, Yeldos Ikhsangaliyev in the men's +100 kg category, Gulzhan Issanova in the women's +78 kg category, Sholpan Kaliyeva in the women's âÂÂ52 kg category, Kelbet Nurgazina in the women's âÂÂ48 kg category, Gulzat Uralbayeva in the women's âÂÂ57 kg category, Salamat Utarbayev in the men's âÂÂ60 kg category Zhanar Zhanzunova in the women's âÂÂ70 kg category and Askhat Zhitkeyev in the men's âÂÂ100 kg category.
In total, two Kazakh athletes participated in the modern pentathlon events â Galina Dolgushina and Lada Jienbalanova in the women's competition.
In total, three Kazakh athletes participated in the rowing events â Inga Dudchenko in the women's single sculls and Alexandra Opachanova and Natalya Voronova in the women's lightweight double sculls.
<small>Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage</small>
In total, six Kazakh athletes participated in the shooting events â Zauresh Baibussinova, Olga Dovgun, Vitaliy Dovgun, Elena Struchaeva, Rashid Yunusmetov and Yuriy Yurkov.
In total, 12 Kazakh athletes participated in the swimming events â Artur Dilman, Dmitriy Gordiyenko, Rustam Khudiyev, Stanislav Kuzmin, Marina Mulyayeva, Stanislav Osinsky, Vladislav Polyakov, Oleg Rabota, Yekaterina Rudenko, Yevgeniy Ryzhkov, Yekaterina Sadovnik and Alexandr Sklyar.
In total, two Kazakh athletes participated in the synchronised swimming events â Ainur Kerey and Arna Toktagan in the duet.
In total, one Kazakh athlete participated in the table tennis events â Marina Shumakova in the women's singles.
In total, two Kazakh athletes participated in the taekwondo events â Arman Chilmanov in the men's +80 kg category and Liya Nurkina in the women's âÂÂ67 kg category.
In total, one Kazakh athletes participated in the triathlon events â Danylo Sapunov in the men's race.
In total, 12 Kazakh athletes participated in the volleyball events â Yelena Ezau, Olga Grushko, Korinna Ishimtseva, Kseniya Ilyuchshenko, Olga Karpova, Yuliya Kutsko, Inna Matveyeva, Olga Nasedkina, Yelena Pavlova, Tatyana Pyurova, Irina Zaitseva and Nataliya Zhukova in the indoor women's tournament.
The team lost all but one of its matches, and didn't qualify for the final rounds. The team's final ranking was tied for 9th place.
In total, nine Kazakh athletes participated in the weightlifting events â Bakhyt Akhmetov and Sergey Istomin in the men's âÂÂ105 kg category, Mariya Grabovetskaya in the women's +75 kg category, Ilya Ilin in the men's âÂÂ94 kg category, Vladimir Kuznetsov in the men's âÂÂ77 kg category, Maiya Maneza and Irina Nekrassova in the women's âÂÂ63 kg category, Vladimir Sedov in the men's âÂÂ85 kg category and Alla Vazhenina in the women'sâÂÂ75 kg category.
In total, 16 Kazakh athletes participated in the wrestling events â Tatyana Bakatyuk in the women's freestyle âÂÂ48 kg category, Darkhan Bayakhmetov in the men's Greco-Roman âÂÂ66 kg category, Asset Imanbayev in the men's Greco-Roman âÂÂ55 kg category, Gennadiy Laliyev in the men's freestyle âÂÂ84 kg category, Asset Mambetov in the men's Greco-Roman âÂÂ96 kg category, Roman Melyoshin in the men's Greco-Roman âÂÂ74 kg category, Zhassulan Mukhtarbekuly in the men's freestyle âÂÂ55 kg category, Marid Mutalimov in the men's freestyle âÂÂ120 kg category, Baurzhan Orazgaliyev in the men's freestyle âÂÂ60 kg category, Andrey Samokhin in the men's Greco-Roman âÂÂ84 kg category, Yelena Shalygina in the women's freestyle âÂÂ63 kg category, Olga Smirnova in the women's freestyle âÂÂ55 kg category, Leonid Spiridonov in the men's freestyle âÂÂ66 kg category, Nurbakyt Tengizbayev in the men's Greco-Roman âÂÂ60 kg category, Taimuraz Tigiyev in the men's freestyle âÂÂ96 kg category and Olga Zhanibekova in the women's freestyleâÂÂ72 kg category.