Kyrgyzstan at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan , officially the Kyrgyz Republic is one of the world's six independent Turkic states . Located in Central Asia, landlocked and mountainous, Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east...

competed in the Summer Olympic Games
Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...

 as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

in Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
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, United States
United States
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. Previously, Kyrgyz athletes had competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, was a joint team consisting of twelve of the fifteen former Soviet republics. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania competed separately. The team has been informally called the Commonwealth of Independent States team, though Georgia was...

.

Athletics
Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...

Men's 100 metres
  • Vladislav Chernobay


Men's 800 metres
  • Boris Kaveshnikov


Men's Marathon
  • Nazirdin Akilbekov — 2:23:59 (→ 63rd place)
  • Ian Harvey
    Ian Harvey
    Ian Joseph Harvey is an Australian cricketer. He is an all-rounder. He was named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year for 2004.-Australian career:...

     — 2:12:45 (→ 4th place)


Men's 110 metres Hurdles
  • Yevgeny Shorokhov


Men's Triple Jump
  • Maksim Smetanin


Women's Marathon
  • Irina Bogachova
    Irina Bogachova
    Irina Bogachova is a former long-distance runner from Kyrgyzstan, who competed in the women's marathon at three consecutive Summer Olympics: 1996, 2000 and 2004...

     — 2:35.44 (→ 21st place)

Boxing
Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
-Qualification:The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Africa* All-Africa Games in Harare, Zimbabwe from September 13 to September 23, 1995* Qualification Tournament in April/May? 1996...

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
  • Sergey Kopenkin
  • First Round — Defeated Cristian Giantomassi (Italy), 12-11
  • Second Round — Lost to Leonard Doroftei
    Leonard Doroftei
    Leonard Dorin Doroftei is a Romanian-Canadian former boxer, the WBA Lightweight World Champion from 5 January 2002 to 24 October 2003.-Amateur highlights:...

     (Romania), 1-10


Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
  • Nourbek Kassenov
  • First Round — Defeated Shane Heaps (Tonga), 11-2
  • Second Round — Lost to Nariman Atayev
    Nariman Atayev
    Nariman Atayev is a retired male boxer from Uzbekistan. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the men's welterweight division by Puerto Rico's eventual bronze medalist Daniel Santos.-References:*...

     (Uzbekistan), 7-11


Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
  • Andrei Kumyaavka
  • First Round — Lost to Félix Savón
    Félix Savón
    Félix Savón Fabre is a Cuban heavyweight boxer, a winner of three gold medals at the Olympic Games. Savón is considered a legend in amateur boxing and has won six world titles....

     (Cuba), 3-9

Canoeing
Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The canoeing competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was composed of 16 events in two disciplines, slalom and sprint...

Men's Kayak Doubles (500 metres)
  • Andrey Mitkovets
    Andrey Mitkovets
    Andrey Mitkovets is a Kyrgyzstani sprint canoer who has competed in the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he was eliminated in the repechages of both the K-2 500 m and the K-2 1000 m event.-Reference:*...

  • Yury Ulyachenko


Men's Kayak Doubles (1,000 metres)
  • Andrey Mitkovets
    Andrey Mitkovets
    Andrey Mitkovets is a Kyrgyzstani sprint canoer who has competed in the mid 1990s. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, he was eliminated in the repechages of both the K-2 500 m and the K-2 1000 m event.-Reference:*...

     and Yury Ulyachenko

Track Competition

Men's Points Race
  • Yevgeny Vakker
  • Final — 1 point (→ 16th place)

Judo
Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics
This page shows the final results of the Judo Competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.Kye Sun-Hui surprised spectators by winning gold in the women's extra-lightweight event. She had obtained a wildcard entry to the Games.-Men's events:...

Men's Heavyweight
  • Vadim Sergeyev


Women's Extra-Lightweight
  • Nataliya Kuligina

Modern Pentathlon
Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Team events were eliminated from the 1996 Olympics.-Medal Summary:Individual:-Final Results:-References:*...

Men's Competition
  • Igor Feldman – 4547 points (→ 30th place)

Shooting
Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place at the Wolf Creek Shooting Complex near Atlanta, United States. Competitions were held in ten men's events and five women's events...

Men's Air Pistol, 10 metres
  • Yury Melentyev


Men's Free Pistol, 50 metres
  • Yury Melentyev


Men's Air Rifle, 10 metres
  • Yury Lomov


Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres
  • Yury Lomov


Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres
  • Yury Lomov

Swimming
Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...

Men's 100m Freestyle
  • Sergey Ashikhmin
  • Heat — 51.07 (→ did not advance, 29th place)


Men's 400m Freestyle
  • Andrey Kvasov
  • Heat — 4:00.69 (→ did not advance, 26th place)


Men's 200m Butterfly
  • Konstantin Andriuchine
  • Heat — 2:01.59 (→ did not advance, 26th place)


Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
  • Sergey Ashikhmin, Andrey Kvasov, Dmitri Lapine, and Vitaliy Vasilev
  • Heat — 3:30.62 (→ did not advance, 18th place)


Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
  • Sergey Ashikhmin, Andrey Kvasov, Dmitri Lapine, and Vitaliy Vasilev
  • Heat — 8:00.00 (→ did not advance, 17th place)


Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
  • Konstantin Priahin, Evgeni Petrachov, Konstantin Andriuchine, and Sergey Ashikhmin
  • Heat — 3:56.24 (→ did not advance, 21st place)


Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
  • Viktoria Polejaeva, Olga Titova, Olga Korotaeva, and Olga Bogatyreva
  • Heat — 8:45.76 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Wrestling
Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
At the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2 different wrestling disciplines were contested: freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling. The freestyle category was notable as it featured the gold medal performance of Kurt Angle, who later became a notable professional wrestler.-Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal...

Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
  • Raatbek Sanatbayev
    Raatbek Sanatbayev
    Raatbek Sanatbayev was a Kyrgyz Greco-Roman wrestler who competed in the Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics...



Men's Freestyle Light-Flyweight
  • Vladimir Torgovkin


Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
  • Konstantin Aleksandrov


Men's Freestyle Super-Heavyweight
  • Aleksandr Kovalevsky
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