Azerbaijan at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Azerbaijan at the Olympic Games
Flag of Azerbaijan IOC code  AZE NOC National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic Website www.noc-aze.org (Azerbaijani) (English)
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors	31 in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Namik Abdullayev
Medals Rank: 34	Gold 2	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 3
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
Winter Games
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Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992)

Azerbaijan competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. They won their first gold medal during these games. 31 competitors, 25 men and 6 women, took part in 14 events in 8 sports.

Medalists

Gold

• Zemfira Meftakhetdinova — Shooting, Women's Skeet

• Namik Abdullayev — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight

Bronze

• Vugar Alekperov — Boxing, Men's Middleweight

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Teymur Gasimov

• Round 1 — 10.97 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Faig Baghirov

• Round 1 — 01:57.39 (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Sergey Bochkov

• Qualifying — 16.01 (→ did not advance)

Women's 20 km Walk

• Aida Isayeva

• Final — DNF (→ no ranking)

Boxing

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Makhach Nuriddinov

• Round 1 — Defeated Alexandr Maletin of Russia (→ did not advance)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Ruslan Khairov

• Round 1 — Bye
• Round 2 — Defeated Kamel Chater of Tunisia
• Quarterfinal — Lost to Oleg Saitov of Russia (→ did not advance)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Vugar Alekperov

• Round 1 — Defeated Peter Kariuki Ngumi of Kenya
• Round 2 — Defeated Paul Miller of Australia
• Quarterfinal — Defeated Akin Kakauridze of Turkey
• Semifinal — Lost to Jorge Gutiérrez of Cuba → Bronze Medal

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Ali Ysmajlov

• Round 1 — Defeated Dankov Emil-Krastev of Bulgaria
• Round 2 — Lost to Sergei Mikhailov of Uzbekistan (→ did not advance)

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

• Magomed Aripgadjiyev

• Round 1 — Bye
• Round 2 — Lost to Sebastian Kober of Germany (→ did not advance)

Diving

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Emil Jabrayilov

• Preliminary Round — 334.74 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Emil Gulyev

• Preliminary Heat — 25.36 (→ did not advance)

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Alisa Khaleyeva

• Preliminary Heat — 28.79 (→ 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
Turan Mirzoyev	– 69 kg	140.0	145.0	147.5	175.0	180.0	182.5	327.5	9
Nizami Pashayev	– 85 kg	155.0	166.0	166.0	197.5	203.5	203.5	357.5	12

References

• 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. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site