Kyrgyzstan at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Kyrgyzstan at the
2016 Summer Olympics
IOC codeKGZ
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors19 in 6 sports
Flag bearer Erkin Adylbek Uulu[1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)
 Unified Team (1992)

Kyrgyzstan competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan fielded a squad of 19 athletes, 12 men and 7 women, to compete in six different sports at the Games.[2] Although its full roster was larger by five athletes than in London four years earlier, this was still one of Kyrgyzstan's smallest delegations sent to the Olympics. Kyrgyzstan made its Olympic return in boxing after an eight-year absence.

The Kyrgyzstan roster featured seven returning Olympians, with marathon runner Iuliia Andreeva attending her third straight Games as the oldest and most experienced participant (aged 32). Four of the returnees hailed from the wrestling team, including Asian Games bronze medalist Aisuluu Tynybekova, and veteran Janarbek Kenjeev, who qualified for his second Games after he debuted in 2004. Other notable Kyrgyz athletes included 16-year-old Denis Petrashov, who succeeded his father and three-time Olympian Yevgeny Petrashov to compete in swimming, and light heavyweight boxer Erkin Adylbek Uulu, who led his delegation as the flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1]

For the second Olympics in a row, Kyrgyzstan failed to win a single medal in Rio de Janeiro. On August 18, 2016, the International Olympic Committee stripped weightlifter Izzat Artykov of his bronze medal after testing positive for the stimulant strychnine.[3][4] Meanwhile, several athletes on the Kyrgyzstan roster narrowly missed out of the podium, including Tynybekova, her wrestling teammate Arsen Eraliev (both placed fifth in their respective weight categories), and judoka Iurii Krakovetskii (seventh, men's +100 kg).

  1. ^ a b "Мушкер Эркин Адылбек уулу Олимпиада оюндарынын салтанаттуу ачылышында Кыргызстандын желегин көтөрүп чыгат" [Boxer Erkin Adylbek Uulu to carry the Kyrgyz flag at the Olympic Opening Ceremony] (in Kyrgyz). Novosti.kg. 15 July 2016. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  2. ^ Avazova, Guliza (12 October 2016). "19 кыргызстанских спортсменов отправились на Олимпиаду в Рио" [19 Kyrgyz sportsmen went to the Rio Olympics] (in Russian). Zanoza.kg. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Kyrgyzstan weightlifter Izzat Artykov loses bronze medal over doping offence". The Guardian. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Izzat Artykov stripped of weightlifting bronze". BBC Sport. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.

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