Kyrgyzstan at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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Kyrgyzstan
competed in the Summer Olympic Games
as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics
in Atlanta
, United States
. Previously, Kyrgyz athletes had competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics
.
Athletics
Men's 100 metres
Men's 800 metres
Men's Marathon
Men's 110 metres Hurdles
Men's Triple Jump
Women's Marathon
Boxing
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
Canoeing
Men's Kayak Doubles (500 metres)
Men's Kayak Doubles (1,000 metres)
Judo
Men's Heavyweight
Women's Extra-Lightweight
Modern Pentathlon
Men's Competition
Shooting
Men's Air Pistol, 10 metres
Men's Free Pistol, 50 metres
Men's Air Rifle, 10 metres
Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres
Men's Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres
Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
Men's 400m Freestyle
Men's 200m Butterfly
Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Wrestling
Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight
Men's Freestyle Light-Flyweight
Men's Freestyle Heavyweight
Men's Freestyle Super-Heavyweight
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
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. 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...
.
AthleticsAthletics at the 1996 Summer OlympicsAt 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 HarveyIan HarveyIan 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 BogachovaIrina BogachovaIrina 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)
BoxingBoxing 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 DorofteiLeonard DorofteiLeonard 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 AtayevNariman AtayevNariman 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 SavónFélix SavónFélix 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
CanoeingCanoeing at the 1996 Summer OlympicsThe 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 MitkovetsAndrey MitkovetsAndrey 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 MitkovetsAndrey MitkovetsAndrey 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)
JudoJudo at the 1996 Summer OlympicsThis 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 PentathlonModern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer OlympicsModern 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)
ShootingShooting at the 1996 Summer OlympicsThe 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
SwimmingSwimming at the 1996 Summer OlympicsThe 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)
WrestlingWrestling at the 1996 Summer OlympicsAt 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 SanatbayevRaatbek SanatbayevRaatbek 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