Kyrgyzstan at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

, held in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

from August 8 to August 24, 2008.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
	Kanatbek Begaliev Kanatbek Begaliev Kanatbek Begaliev is a Kyrgyz wrestler who won the silver medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing....	Wrestling	Grecoroman 66 kg
		Wrestling	Grecoroman 60 kg

Athletics

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final	Rank
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sergey Pakura	Men's 800 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 800 metres -Results:All times shown are in seconds. The following abbreviations are used:* Q denotes qualification by place* q denotes qualification by time* DNS denotes did not start* DNF denotes did not finish* DQ denotes disqualification...	1:50.54	7	Did not advance
Aleksey Pogorelov Aleksey Pogorelov Aleksey Pogorelov is a Kyrgyz hurdler. He was born in Bishkek.He finished sixth at the 2006 Asian Games. He also competed at the 2005 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final....	Men's 400 m hurdles Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metre hurdles -Round 1:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:-Final:...	51.47		Did not advance					23
Galina Pedan Galina Pedan Galina Pedan is a Kyrgyz athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles.She finished eighth at the 2005 Asian Championships and fifth at the 2006 Asian Games. She also competed at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.Her personal best time was 56.16 seconds, achieved in...	Women's 400 m hurdles Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metre hurdles The following new world and Olympic records were set during this competition.-Round 1:The first three runners of each heat plus the next four overall fastest runners qualified for the Semifinals.-Semifinals:...	1:00.31		Did not advance					27
Yulia Arhipova	Women's marathon Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's marathon The Women's Marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 17 around an urban circuit specifically designed for the competition at Beijing, and finished in the Beijing National Stadium. The qualifying standards were 2:37.00 and 2:42.00...							2:44:41	58
Tatiana Efimenko	Women's high jump Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's high jump -Qualifying round:Qualification Criteria: Qualifying Performance 1.96 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.NM - No Mark-Final:NR = National Record / PB = Personal Best / SB = Season Best...	NM	30			Did not advance			30

Boxing

Kyrgyzstan qualified one boxer for the Olympic boxing tournament. Asylbek Talasbayev qualified in the lightweight class at the second Asian tournament.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Asylbek Talasbayev	Lightweight	W 9-7	L 4-15	Did not advance

Fencing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Sergei Katchiourine	Individual épée	L 14-15	Did not advance

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Talant Dzhanagulov	+100 kg		L 0001 / 1001	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Elena Proskurakova	−78 kg	L 0000 / 1000	Did not advance				L 0000 / 0230	Did not advance

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Rank
Ruslan Ismailov	10 m air rifle	587	39	Did not advance		39
	50 m rifle prone	578	54	Did not advance		54
	50 m rifle three positions	1130	48	Did not advance		48

Swimming

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semiinal		Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Iurii Zakharov	Men's 200m individual medley	2:07.01		Did not advance			45
Vasilii Danilov Vasilii Danilov Vasilii Danilov is an Olympic swimmer from Kyrgyzstan. He swam for the country at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.He also swam at the 2007 World Championships.-References:...	Men's 400m individual medley	4:29:20		Did not advance			27
Vitaly Vasilyev	Men's 50m freestyle Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre freestyle The following Olympic records were set during this competition.-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Heat 6:-Heat 7:-Heat 8:-Heat 9:-Heat 10:-Heat 11:-Heat 12:-Heat 13:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:-Final:...	24.02		Did not advance			55

Taekwondo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Rasul Abduraim	−68 kg Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 68 kg The men's 68 kg competition in taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place in the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium on August 21. A total of 16 men competed in the event, limited to fighters whose body weight is less than 68 kilograms...	L 0-1	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Ulanbek Moldodsov	-85 kg Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 85 kg The men's 85 kg weightlifting event was the fifth men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 85 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 15, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B weightlifters...	152	12	194	11	346	11th

Wrestling

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Bazar Bazarguruev Bazar Bazarguruev Bazar Bazarguruev is a male freestyle wrestler of Buryat descent from Kyrgyzstan. He participated in Men's freestyle 60 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. In this competition he was ranked on 4-5 place...	−60 kg		' W 1-0, 2-1	' L 0-2, 0-1	To repechage		' W 1-0, 3-0	Bronze Medal match ' L 0-1, 0-2
Arsen Gitinov Arsen Gitinov Arsen Gitinov is a male freestyle wrestler from Kyrgyzstan. He participated in Men's freestyle 74 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. After defeating Krystian Brzozowski and Ibragim Aldatov in the preliminary rounds, he was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Kiril Terziev.He is a silver medalist of Men's...	−74 kg	' W 1-1, 3-1, 1-0	' W 0-3, 2-1, 2-1	' L 6-6, F	Did not advance
Alexey Krupnyakov	−96 kg		' L 0-1, 0-1	Did not advance

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Ruslan Tiumenbaev	−60 kg		' W 3-1, 4-0	' W 2-0, 0-3, 2-1	' L 0-6, 0-4	To Bronze Medal match		Bronze Medal match ' W 8-0, 1-0
Kanatbek Begaliev Kanatbek Begaliev Kanatbek Begaliev is a Kyrgyz wrestler who won the silver medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing....	−66 kg		' W 6-3, 3-0	' W 3-0, 0-2, 2-1	' W 1-1, 1-1	To Final match		' L 0-3, 0-1

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