Kyrgyzstan at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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.

Kyrgyzstan at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	KGZ
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan
in Atlanta
Competitors	33 (26 men and 7 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Sergey Ashikhmin
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912)  Soviet Union (1952–1988)  Unified Team (1992)

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Vladislav Chernobay

Men's 800 metres

• Boris Kaveshnikov

Men's Marathon

• Nazirdin Akilbekov — 2:23:59 (→ 63rd place)

Men's 110 metres Hurdles

• Yevgeny Shorokhov

Men's Triple Jump

• Maksim Smetanin

Women's Marathon

• Irina Bogachova — 2:35.44 (→ 21st place)

Boxing

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Sergey Kopenkin

• First Round — Defeated Cristian Giantomassi (Italy), 12-11
• Second Round — Lost to Leonard Doroftei (Romania), 1-10

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Nourbek Kassenov

• First Round — Defeated Shane Heaps (Tonga), 11-2
• Second Round — Lost to Nariman Atayev (Uzbekistan), 7-11

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

• Andrey Kurnyavka

• First Round — Lost to Félix Savón (Cuba), 3-9

Canoeing

Men's Kayak Doubles (500 metres)

• Andrey Mitkovets
• Yury Ulyachenko

Men's Kayak Doubles (1,000 metres)

• Andrey Mitkovets and Yury Ulyachenko

Cycling

Track Competition

Men's Points Race

• Yevgeny Vakker

• Final — 1 point (→ 16th place)

Judo

Men's Heavyweight

• Vadim Sergeyev

Women's Extra-Lightweight

• Nataliya Kuligina

Modern Pentathlon

Men's Competition

• Igor Feldman – 4547 points (→ 30th place)

Shooting

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

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)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

• Oksana Cherevko

• Heat — 2:57.65 (→ did not advance, 40th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Sergey Ashikhmin, Andrey Kvasov, Dmitri Lapine, and Vitaliy Vasilev

• Heat — 3:30.62 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Sergey Ashikhmin, Andrey Kvasov, Dmitri Lapine, and Vitaliy Vasilev

• Heat — 8:00.00 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Konstantin Priahin, Evgeni Petrachov, Konstantin Andriuchine, and Sergey Ashikhmin

• Heat — 3:56.24 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Viktoria Polejaeva, Olga Titova, Olga Korotaeva, and Olga Bogatyreva

• Heat — 8:45.76 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight

• Raatbek Sanatbayev

Men's Freestyle Light-Flyweight

• Vladimir Torgovkin

Men's Freestyle Heavyweight

• Konstantin Aleksandrov

Men's Freestyle Super-Heavyweight

• Aleksandr Kovalevsky

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• sports-reference