Kyrgyzstan at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Kyrgyzstan joined the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China. The Olympics happened from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Athletes from many countries, including Kyrgyzstan, competed in many sports. This was a big chance for Kyrgyzstan to show their skills and be part of a major world sports event.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Kanatbek Begaliev	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg
Bronze	Ruslan Tyumenbayev	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg
Bronze	Bazar Bazarguruev	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 60 kg

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Kyrgyzstan sent athletes to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. They competed in running and field events. The athletes took part in both men's and women's track and road events, and in women's field events.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sergey Pakura	800 m	1:50.54	7	Did not advance
Aleksey Pogorelov	400 m hurdles	51.47	6	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Iuliia Andreeva	Marathon	—N/a				2:44:41	58
Galina Pedan	400 m hurdles	1:00.31	7	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Tatiana Efimenko	High jump	NM	—	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Kyrgyzstan had one boxer in the 2008 Summer Olympics. His name was Asylbek Talasbayev. He boxed in the lightweight class. He got his spot by doing well in a tournament in Asia.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Asylbek Talasbayev	Lightweight	Lopes (BRA) W 9–7	Pérez (COL) L 4–15	Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Kyrgyzstan sent athletes to compete in fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The event included men's fencing matches.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Serguei Katchiourine	Individual épée	Jeannet (FRA) L 14–15	did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Kyrgyzstan had athletes in judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The Olympics brought athletes from many countries together to compete in different weight groups.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Talant Dzhanagulov	Men's +100 kg	Bye	Pan S (CHN) L 0001–1001	Did not advance
Elena Proskurakova	Women's −78 kg	—N/a	Yang Xl (CHN) L 0000–1000	Did not advance			Lkhamdegd (MGL) L 0000–0230	Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ruslan Ismailov	10 m air rifle	587	39	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	578	54	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1130	48	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Kyrgyzstan sent male swimmers to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Vasilii Danilov	400 m individual medley	4:29.20	27	—N/a		Did not advance
Vitaly Vasilyev	50 m freestyle	24.02	55	Did not advance
Iurii Zakharov	200 m individual medley	2:07.01	45	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Kyrgyzstan had athletes in the Taekwondo events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. These events were part of the games with athletes from many countries.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rasul Abduraim	Men's −68 kg	Manz (GER) L 0–1	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Kyrgyzstan joined the weightlifting events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The athletes competed against others from many countries in this strong sport.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Ulanbek Moldodosov	Men's −85 kg	152	12	194	11	346	11

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Kyrgyzstan joined in wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The Olympics had wrestling for men, with both freestyle and Greco-Roman styles.

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bazar Bazarguruev	−60 kg	Bye	Prizreni (ALB) W 5–0 ^PO	Fedoryshyn (UKR) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance	Bye	Zadick (USA) W 3–0 ^PO	Yumoto (JPN) L 0–3 ^PO
Arsen Gitinov	−74 kg	Brzozowski (POL) W 3–1 ^PP	Aldatov (UKR) W 3–1 ^PP	Terziev (BUL) L 0–5 ^VT	Did not advance				8
Aleksey Krupnyakov	−96 kg	Bye	Gogshelidze (GEO) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance					16

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ruslan Tyumenbayev	−60 kg	Bye	Ala-Huikku (FIN) W 3–1 ^PP	Aripov (UZB) W 3–1 ^PP	Albiev (RUS) L 0–3 ^PO	Bye		Monzón (CUB) W 3–0 ^PO
Kanatbek Begaliev	−66 kg	Bye	Deitchler (USA) W 3–1 ^PP	Vardanyan (UKR) W 3–1 ^PP	Gergov (BUL) W 3–1 ^PP	Bye		Guénot (FRA) L 0–3 ^PO