title: Kazakhstan at the 2022 Winter Olympics
text: # Kazakhstan at the 2022 Winter Olympics
  
  Kazakhstan competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
  
  On January 21, 2022, speed skater Yekaterina Aidova and short track speed skater Abzal Azhgaliyev were named as the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony. Meanwhile Azhgaliev was also the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.
  
  ## Competitors
  
  The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
  
  | Sport | Men | Women | Total |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | Biathlon | 2 | 1 | 3 |
  | Cross-country skiing | 2 | 5 | 7 |
  | Freestyle skiing | 3 | 6 | 9 |
  | Nordic combined | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Short track speed skating | 3 | 2 | 5 |
  | Ski jumping | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | Speed skating | 3 | 2 | 5 |
  | Total | 17 | 17 | 34 |
  
  ## Alpine skiing
  
  By meeting the basic qualification standards Kazakhstan qualified one male and one female alpine skier.
  
  | Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Zakhar Kuchin | Men's giant slalom | DNF | DNF | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Zakhar Kuchin | Men's slalom | 1:03.68 | 43 | 58.98 | 37 | 2:02.66 | 36 |
  | Alexandra Troitskaya | Women's slalom | DNF | DNF | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ## Biathlon
  
  Based on their Nations Cup rankings in the 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup and 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup, Kazakhstan has qualified a team of 2 men and 1 women.
  
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Vladislav Kireyev | Men's individual | 52:29.2 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 25 |
  | Alexandr Mukhin | Men's individual | 55:00.4 | 4 (1+1+0+2) | 52 |
  | Alexandr Mukhin | Men's pursuit | 47:45.0 | 8 (3+1+2+2) | 57 |
  | Vladislav Kireyev | Men's sprint | 27:21.7 | 1 (1+0) | 77 |
  | Alexandr Mukhin | Men's sprint | 26:37.2 | 1 (1+0) | 49 |
  | Galina Vishnevskaya | Women's individual | 49:32.3 | 1 (0+1+0+0) | 44 |
  | Galina Vishnevskaya | Women's pursuit | 41:47.9 | 4 (1+0+0+3) | 52 |
  | Galina Vishnevskaya | Women's sprint | 23:22.6 | 1 (1+0) | 52 |
  
  ## Cross-country skiing
  
  Kazakhstan qualified two male and five female cross-country skiers.
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Classical | Classical | Freestyle | Freestyle | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Deficit | Rank |
  | Vitaliy Pukhkalo | Men's 15 km classical | — | — | — | — | 40:39.6 | +2:44.8 | 25 |
  | Yevgeniy Velichko | Men's 15 km classical | — | — | — | — | 41:27.3 | +3:32.5 | 40 |
  | Vitaliy Pukhkalo | 30 km skiathlon | 41:36.8 | 24 | 41:32.1 | 39 | 1:23:45.1 | +7:35.3 | 32 |
  | Yevgeniy Velichko | 30 km skiathlon | 44:20.9 | 53 | LAP | LAP | LAP | LAP | 57 |
  | Yevgeniy Velichko | 50 km freestyle | — | — | — | — | 1:18:43.8 | +7:11.1 | 43 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Classical | Classical | Freestyle | Freestyle | Total | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Deficit | Rank |
  | Kseniya Shalygina | 10 km classical | — | 32:09.9 | +4:03.6 | 53 |
  | Angelina Shuryga | 10 km classical | — | 32:08.8 | +4:02.5 | 52 |
  | Nadezhda Stepashkina | 10 km classical | — | 32:27.2 | +4:20.9 | 57 |
  | Valeriya Tyuleneva | 10 km classical | — | 32:52.1 | +4:45.8 | 59 |
  | Kseniya Shalygina | 15 km skiathlon | 25:25.9 | 44 | 24:21.5 | 45 | 50:37.7 | +6:24.0 | 48 |
  | Angelina Shuryga | 15 km skiathlon | 26:05.6 | 50 | 24:13.2 | 43 | 50:55.3 | +6:41.6 | 49 |
  | Nadezhda Stepashkina | 15 km skiathlon | 27:26.4 | 58 | 25:20.1 | 58 | 53:35.3 | +9:21.6 | 58 |
  | Valeriya Tyuleneva | 15 km skiathlon | 26:07.8 | 51 | 24:41.6 | 52 | 51:30.8 | +7:17.1 | 51 |
  | Irina Bykova | 30 km freestyle | — | 1:42:42.0 | +17:48.0 | 54 |
  | Angelina Shuryga | 30 km freestyle | — | 1:36:29.6 | +11:35.6 | 42 |
  | Nadezhda Stepashkina | 30 km freestyle | — | 1:39:38.8 | +14:44.8 | 49 |
  | Kseniya Shalygina Angelina Shuryga Nadezhda Stepashkina Irina Bykova | 4 × 5 km relay | — | — | — | — | 1:01:15.4 | +7:34.4 | 15 |
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Vitaliy Pukhkalo | Sprint | 3:06.31 | 66 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Yevgeniy Velichko | Sprint | 3:04.52 | 62 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Irina Bykova | Sprint | 3:42.70 | 68 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Kseniya Shalygina | Sprint | 3:41.55 | 67 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Angelina Shuryga | Sprint | 3:35.93 | 60 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Nadezhda Stepashkina | Sprint | 3:32.56 | 51 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Kseniya Shalygina Nadezhda Stepashkina | Team sprint | — | — | — | — | 24:57.59 | 10 | Did not advance | 19 |
  
  ## Freestyle skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 |
  | Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Sherzod Khashyrbayev | Aerials | 109.74 | 15 | 69.23 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 19 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Final | Final |
  | Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Zhanbota Aldabergenova | Aerials | 80.56 | 12 | 80.56 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |
  | Akmarzhan Kalmurzayeva | Aerials | 70.86 | 19 | 98.68 | 1 Q | 71.23 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 11 |
  
  ### Mixed
  
  | Athlete | Event | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 |
  | Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Sherzod Khashyrbayev Zhanbota Aldabergenova Akmarzhan Kalmurzayeva | Mixed team | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 3 |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Total | Rank |
  | Pavel Kolmakov | Moguls | 24.85 | 58.86 | 74.09 | 17 | 25.18 | 54.74 | 69.54 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 21 |
  | Dmitriy Reiherd | Moguls | 25.25 | 60.73 | 75.43 | 12 | 25.24 | 60.18 | 74.90 | 7 Q | 24.78 | 61.58 | 76.90 | 9 QF | 25.32 | 62.16 | 76.77 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 8 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 3 |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Total | Rank |
  | Ayaulym Amrenova | Moguls | 29.97 | 52.59 | 66.82 | 16 | 30.45 | 52.09 | 65.78 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 22 |
  | Yuliya Galysheva | Moguls | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | 30.47 | 55.55 | 69.21 | 9 Q | 29.61 | 60.34 | 74.97 | 7 Q | 29.83 | 35.36 | 49.74 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 11 |
  | Anastassiya Gorodko | Moguls | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | 28.97 | 52.12 | 67.47 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 21 |
  | Olessya Graur | Moguls | 33.29 | 44.69 | 57.18 | 23 | 32.05 | 26.60 | 38.48 | 18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 28 |
  
  ## Nordic combined
  
  | Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Chingiz Rakparov | Individual normal hill/10 km | 79.5 | 69.9 | 38 | 27:51.1 | 41 | 32:03.1 | 41 |
  | Chingiz Rakparov | Individual large hill/10 km | 111.5 | 69.6 | 38 | 30:07.5 | 46 | 34:48.5 | 43 |
  
  ## Short track speed skating
  
  Kazakhstan has qualified three male and one female short track speed skater in the individual races. They received one additional female quota to allow them to participate in the mixed relay.
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Abzal Azhgaliyev | Men's 500 m | 40.870 | 1 Q | 40.643 | 3 q | 40.462 | 2 FA | 40.869 | 4 |
  | Adil Galiakhmetov | Men's 500 m | 40.722 | 2 Q | 40.925 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 19 |
  | Denis Nikisha | Men's 500 m | 40.482 | 1 Q | 40.355 | 1 Q | 41.005 | 4 FB | 41.329 | 8 |
  | Adil Galiakhmetov | Men's 1000 m | 1:24.855 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 22 |
  | Adil Galiakhmetov | Men's 1500 m | — | — | 2:11.823 | 2 Q | 2:18.291 | 4 ADVA | 2:11.584 | 8 |
  | Denis Nikisha | Men's 1500 m | — | — | PEN | PEN | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Olga Tikhonova | Women's 1000 m | 1:56.438 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 24 |
  | Olga Tikhonova | Women's 1500 m | — | — | PEN | PEN | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ### Mixed
  
  | Athlete | Event | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Abzal Azhgaliyev Yana Khan Denis Nikisha Olga Tikhonova | 2000 m relay | 2:43.004 | 3 q | 2:42.575 | 3 QB | 2:44.148 | 5 |
  
  ## Ski jumping
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | First round | First round | First round | Final | Final | Final | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Sergey Tkachenko | Large hill | 103.0 | 60.7 | 54 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Danil Vassilyev | Large hill | 98.5 | 69.4 | 51 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Sergey Tkachenko | Normal hill | 68.0 | 43.1 | 50 Q | 95.0 | 110.3 | 41 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Danil Vassilyev | Normal hill | 70.5 | 46.2 | 49 Q | 92.0 | 101.0 | 46 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ## Speed skating
  
  | Athlete | Event | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
  | Ivan Arzhanikov | Men's 500 m | 35.82 | 28 |
  | Denis Kuzin | Men's 1000 m | 1:10.077 | 23 |
  | Dmitriy Morozov | Men's 1000 m | 1:09.61 | 17 |
  | Dmitriy Morozov | Men's 1500 m | 1:47.01 | 18 |
  | Yekaterina Aidova | Women's 500 m | 1:59.01 | 18 |
  | Yekaterina Aidova | Women's 1000 m | 1:16.70 | 19 |
  | Nadezhda Morozova | Women's 1000 m | 1:15.69 | 11 |
  | Yekaterina Aidova | Women's 1500 m | 38.54 | 20 |
  | Nadezhda Morozova | Women's 1500 m | 1:56.85 | 14 |
  | Nadezhda Morozova | Women's 3000 m | 4:04.97 | 13 |
  
  ### Mass start
  
  | Athlete | Event | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Points | Time | Rank | Points | Time | Rank |
  | Dmitriy Morozov | Men's | 2 | 8:08.73 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 19 |
  | Nadezhda Morozova | Women's | 3 | 8:42.23 | 8 Q | 0 | 8:21.05 | 14 |
  