Kyrgyzstan at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Kyrgyzstan competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Kyrgyzstan won their first Olympic medal at these games. 48 competitors, 35 men and 13 women, took part in 59 events in 9 sports.^[1]

Kyrgyzstan at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	KGZ
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan
in Sydney
Competitors	48 (35 men and 13 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Raatbek Sanatbayev
Medals Ranked 71st	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
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)

Medalists

Further information: 2000 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Aidyn Smagulov	Judo	Men's 60 kg	16 September

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Competition

Men's Javelin Throw

• Dmitriy Shnayder

• Qualifying – 66.40 (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Nikolay Davydov

• Qualifying – no mark (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Nazirdin Akylbekov

• Final – 2:31:26 (→ 70th place)

Women's Competition

Women's 400 m

• Oksana Luneva

• Round 1 – 54.98 (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Tatyana Sudarikova

• Qualifying – 48.33 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Elena Bobrovskaia

• Qualifying – 6.19 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Tatyana Efimenko

• Qualifying – no mark (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Irina Bogachova

• Final – 2:29:55 (→ 14th place)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Taalaibek Kadiraliev
  • Round 1 – Defeated Ngoudjo Herman of Cameroon
  • Round 2 – Lost to Clarence Vinson of United States (→ did not advance)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Almazbek Raiymkulov
  • Round 1 – Defeated Tumentsetseg Uitumen of Mongolia
  • Round 2 – Defeated José Leonardo Cruz of Colombia
  • Quarterfinal – Lost to Cristian Bejarano of Mexico (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Nurbek Kasenov
  • Round 1 – Lost to Hely Yanes of Venezuela (→ did not advance)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Vladislav Vizilter
  • Round 1 – Bye
  • Round 2 – Lost to Zsolt Erdei of Hungary (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Alexey Katulievsky
  • Round 1 – Defeated George Olwande Odindo of Kenya
  • Round 2 – Lost to John Dovi of France (→ did not advance)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Road Cycling

Men's Individual Time Trial

• Evgeny Wacker

• Final – 1:00:21 (→ 17th place)

Men's Road Race

• Evgeny Wacker

• Final – did not finish (→ no ranking)

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

One male fencer represented Kyrgyzstan in 2000.

Men's épée

• Aleksandr Poddubny

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

• Olga Artamonova
  • Women's half middleweight – T9th place

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Sergey Ashihmin

• Preliminary Heat – 23.53 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Sergey Ashihmin

• Preliminary Heat – 51.28 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Dmitri Kuzmin

• Preliminary Heat – 1:52.93 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Ivan Ivanov

• Preliminary Heat – 04:09.33 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 m Freestyle

• Ivan Ivanov

• Preliminary Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Konstantin Ushkov

• Preliminary Heat – 55.25 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Konstantin Andriushin

• Preliminary Heat – 02:04.86 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

• Evgeny Petrashov

• Preliminary Heat – 01:07.32 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

• Alexandr Tkachev

• Preliminary Heat – 02:15.63 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Konstantin Prayhkin

• Preliminary Heat – 59.86 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

• Aleksandr Yegorov

• Preliminary Heat – 02:13.86 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Individual Medley

• Andrei Pakin

• Preliminary Heat – 02:07.88 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle

• Sergey Ashihmin, Konstantin Ushkov, Dmitri Kuzmin, and Alexei Pavlov

• Preliminary Heat – 03:25.03 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle

• Andrei Pakin, Dmitri Kuzmin, Alexandr Shilin, and Ivan Ivanov

• Preliminary Heat – DSQ (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley

• Alexandr Tkachev, Alexandr Shilin, Konstantin Ushkov, and Sergey Ashihmin

• Preliminary Heat – 03:46.70 (→ did not advance)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Ekaterina Tochenaya

• Preliminary Heat – 26.88 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Ekaterina Tochenaya

• Preliminary Heat – 58.8 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Anna Korshikova

• Preliminary Heat – 02:08.08 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Freestyle

• Nataliya Korabelnikova

• Preliminary Heat – 04:24.29 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Olga Moltchanova

• Preliminary Heat – 01:14.41 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Olga Moltchanova

• Preliminary Heat – 02:41.43 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Anjelika Solovieva

• Preliminary Heat – 01:07.63 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Alexandra Zertsalova

• Preliminary Heat – 02:24.09 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 m Individual Medley

• Alexandra Zertsalova

• Preliminary Heat – 05:09.03 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle

• Nataliya Korabelnikova, Anna Korshikova, Anjelika Solovieva, and Ekaterina Tochenaya

• Preliminary Heat – 08:41.21 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Mital Sharipov	– 85 kg	155.0	160.0	160.0	185.0	190.0	197.5	345.0	16
Bakhyt Akhmetov	– 94 kg	165.0	170.0	175.0	192.5	200.0	202.5	367.5	15

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Notes

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games Archived 31 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site