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Kazakhstan at the2014 Winter Olympics
IOC code KAZ
NOC National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Website www.olympic.kz (in Kazakh)
in Sochi
Competitors 52 in 10 sports
Flag bearers Yerdos Akhmadiyev (opening[1][2] and closing)[3]
MedalsRanked 26th Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1956–1988) Unified Team (1992)

Team Kazakhstan at the Opening Ceremony.

Kazakhstan competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. Kazakhstan's team consisted of 52 athletes competing in 11 sports, an increase of 14 athletes from four years prior.[4]

Medal Name Sport Event Date
Bronze Denis Ten Figure skating Men's singles 14 February

According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Kazakhstan had four athletes in qualification position.[5] Lyudmila Fedotova was selected to compete but she did not participate in any of her scheduled events.

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Martin Khuber Men's downhill — 2:13.51 42
Men's super-G — 1:22.60 41
Men's combined 1:59.42 42 1:00.44 31 2:59.86 33
Dmitriy Koshkin Men's downhill — 2:14.63 43
Men's super-G — 1:21.50 30
Igor Zakurdayev Men's downhill — 2:11.28 33
Men's super-G — 1:23.13 45
Men's combined 1:57.62 37 57.02 29 2:54.64 26

Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Kazakhstan qualified 5 men and 5 women.[6]

Men

Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Dias Keneshev Sprint 30:06.8 4 (2+2) 87
Sergey Naumik Sprint 26:55.5 1 (0+1) 59
Individual 58:03.2 5 (0+1+2+2) 76
Pursuit 40:06.5 4 (1+0+2+1) 58
Anton Pantov Sprint 28:05.0 4 (2+2) 80
Individual 52:51.5 0 (0+0+0+0) 27
Yan Savitskiy Sprint 26:13.0 1 (1+0) 43
Pursuit 35:57.0 1 (0+1+0+0) 29
Individual 52:00.0 1 (0+1+0+0) 20
Alexandr Trifonov Individual 1:00:08.9 5 (1+1+2+1) 85
Dias KeneshevSergey NaumikAnton PantovAlexandr Trifonov Team relay LAP 10 (0+10) 18

Women

Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Elena Khrustaleva Sprint 23:29.6 2 (2+0) 57
Pursuit 33:06.5 0 (0+0+0+0) 37
Individual 50:00.1 3 (2+1+0+0) 47
Marina Lebedeva Sprint 24:31.9 2 (1+1) 73
Alina Raikova Individual 53:15.6 3 (1+0+1+1) 65
Darya Usanova Sprint 23:33.3 1 (1+0) 58
Pursuit 33:54.6 2 (1+0+0+1) 41
Individual 49:13.5 2 (1+0+0+1) 40
Galina Vishnevskaya Sprint 23:52.0 3 (2+1) 64
Individual 49:26.9 2 (1+1+0+0) 41
Elena KhrustalevaMarina LebedevaDarya UsanovaGalina Vishnevskaya Team relay 1:15:54.7 13 (0+13) 12

Mixed

Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Elena KhrustalevaAnton PantovYan SavitskiyDarya Usanova Team relay 1:15:46.4 6 (0+6) 14

Cross-country skiing

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According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Kazakhstan had eleven athletes in qualification position.[5]

Distance

Men

Athlete Event Classical Freestyle Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Deficit Rank
Yerdos Akhmadiyev 15 km classical — 43:02.2 +4:32.5 54
50 km freestyle — 1:53:07.4 +6:12.2 48
Nikolay Chebotko 15 km classical — 41:14.1 +2:44.4 33
Sergey Cherepanov 30 km skiathlon 37:36.8 43 35:26.4 55 1:13:39.7 +5:24.3 49
50 km freestyle — 1:57:24.2 +10:29.0 54
Alexey Poltoranin 15 km classical — 39:43.2 +1:13.5 9
30 km skiathlon 36:01.5 6 32:17.7 16 1:08:51.5 +36.1 16
Mark Starostin 30 km skiathlon 38:57.8 54 36:03.8 56 1:15:36.6 +7:21.2 56
50 km freestyle — 1:49:34.1 +2:38.9 34
Yevgeniy Velichko 15 km classical — 41:16.4 +2:46.7 34
30 km skiathlon 36:53.8 30 33:37.0 35 1:11:05.6 +2:50.2 32
50 km freestyle — 1:58:10.6 +11:15.4 55
Sergey CherepanovMark StarostinYevgeniy VelichkoDenis Volotka 4×10 km relay — 1:34:11.9 +5:29.9 13

Women

Athlete Event Classical Freestyle Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Deficit Rank
Yelena Kolomina 10 km classical — 31:20.1 +3:02.3 36
15 km skiathlon 20:27.8 41 20:44.5 38 41:52.2 +3:18.6 40
30 km freestyle — 1:21:50.0 +10:44.8 48
Tatyana Ossipova 10 km classical — 32:20.1 +4:02.3 52
15 km skiathlon 21:31.3 53 22:15.9 58 44:29.0 +5:55.4 57
30 km freestyle — 1:23:52.6 +12:47.4 51
Anastassiya Slonova 10 km classical — 31:56.6 +3:38.8 46
15 km skiathlon 20:40.3 43 20:31.8 35 41:52.8 +3:19.2 41

Sprint

Men

Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Nikolay Chebotko Sprint 3:37.88 30 Q 3:39.66 5 did not advance
Roman Ragozin 3:38.56 33 did not advance
Denis Volotka 3:46.92 58 did not advance
Nikolay ChebotkoAlexey Poltoranin Team sprint — 23:28.50 4 q 24:01.38 8

Women

Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yelena Kolomina Sprint 2:46.37 46 did not advance
Tatyana Ossipova 2:51.44 57 did not advance
Yelena KolominaAnastassiya Slonova Team sprint — 17:49.66 6 did not advance

Denis Ten won bronze in the men's singles

By finishing with the silver medal at the 2013 World Figure Skating Championships, Denis Ten managed to qualify two skaters for Kazakhstan. In 2018, Ten was stabbed to death in Almaty by two carjackers.

Athlete Event SP FS Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Abzal Rakimgaliev Men's singles 64.18 20 Q 110.22 22 174.40 22
Denis Ten 84.06 9 Q 171.04 3 255.10 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Aerials

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 3
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Sergey Berestovskiy Men's aerials 82.84 16 85.30 11 did not advance
Baglan Inkarbek 60.16 20 79.31 13 did not advance
Zhanbota Aldabergenova Women's aerials 74.82 9 78.12 5 Q 76.23 8 Q 68.44 6 did not advance
Zhibek Arapbayeva 63.44 16 58.87 13 did not advance

Moguls

Athlete Event Qualification Final
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
Dmitriy Barmashov Men's moguls DNF 32.87 2.71 5.21 16 Did not advance
Pavel Kolmakov 25.73 15.53 21.4 11 25.75 15.84 21.7 4 Q 25.3 15.75 21.82 11 Q 25.73 14.16 20.03 10 did not advance
Dmitriy Reiherd 24.93 15.62 21.86 7 QF Bye 25.21 16.99 23.1 5 Q 24.71 17.13 23.48 5 Q 24.21 16.22 22.8 5
Yuliya Galysheva Women's moguls 30.89 15.48 21.17 6 Q Bye 30.73 15.51 21.26 5 Q 30.52 15.28 21.12 7 did not advance
Darya Rybalova 33.34 11.53 16.24 23 DNS Did not advance

Kazakhstan qualified a place in the women's singles after receiving a reallocation spot (the next country not yet represented in each event) during the 2013–14 Luge World Cup.

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Elizaveta Axenova Women's singles 52.068 29 51.836 30 52.340 30 51.841 25 3:28.085 28

Short track speed skating

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Men

Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Aidar Bekzhanov 500 m 41.800 3 did not advance 20
1500 m 2:19.713 5 — did not advance 29
Denis Nikisha 1500 m 2:16.452 6 — did not advance 31
Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev 500 m 42.680 4 did not advance 29
Abzal AzhgaliyevAidar BekzhanovAslan DaumovDenis NikishaNurbergen Zhumagaziyev 5000 m relay — 6:47.152 2 FA 6:54.630 5

Women

Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Inna Simonova 500 m 44.387 4 did not advance 25
1000 m 1:32.599 3 did not advance 21
1500 m 2:30.499 4 — did not advance 25

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Kazakhstan had one athlete in qualification position.[5]

Athlete Event Qualification First round Final Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Alexey Pchelintsev Men's normal hill 85.5 89.9 46 did not advance
Men's large hill 109.0 75.8 46 did not advance
Marat Zhaparov Men's normal hill 83.0 84.9 49 did not advance
Men's large hill 104.5 73.2 48 did not advance

According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Kazakhstan had one athlete in qualification position.[5]

Alpine

Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank OppositionTime OppositionTime OppositionTime OppositionTime Rank
Valeriya Tsoy Women's giant slalom 1:54.57 23 did not advance
Women's slalom 1:08.67 32 did not advance

Based on the results from the fall World Cups during the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup season, Kazakhstan earned the following start quotas:

Aleksandr Zhigin (left) riding the 1500 m

Men

Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Dmitry Babenko 1500 m — 1:48.67 30
5000 m — 6:28.26 15
10000 m — 13:33.18 12
Roman Krech 500 m 35.04 9 35.00 6 70.04 7
1000 m — 1:09.63 13
Denis Kuzin 1000 m — 1:09.10 7
1500 m — 1:45.69 8
Fyodor Mezentsev 1000 m — 1:11.08 33
1500 m — 1:49.70 33
Aleksandr Zhigin 1500 m — 1:49.48 34

Women

Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yekaterina Aydova 500 m 34:30.3 22 38.80 19 77.85 22
1000 m — 1:17.25 19
1500 m — 2:00.93 28
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