Azerbaijan at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Azerbaijan at the Olympic Games
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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	36 (30 men and 6 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Nizami Pashayev
Medals Rank: 50	Gold 1	Silver 0	Bronze 4	Total 5
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Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992)

Azerbaijan competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Farid Mansurov	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman -66 kg
3 Bronze	Fuad Aslanov	Boxing	Flyweight
3 Bronze	Aghasi Mammadov	Boxing	Bantamweight
3 Bronze	Irada Ashumova	Shooting	Women's 25 m pistol
3 Bronze	Zemfira Meftakhetdinova	Shooting	Women's skeet

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Events	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Teymur Gasimov	100 m sprint	11.17	71	Did not advance
Dadash Ibrahimov	200 m sprint	21.60	7	Did not advance
Alibay Shukurov	800 m sprint	1:51.1	7	Did not advance
Sergey Bochkov	Triple jump	DNS		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Events	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Marina Lapina	Hammer throw	55.34	23	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Azerbaijan sent 9 boxers to the Olympics. They won 2 bronze medals, with 3 other boxers falling in the quarterfinals. The combined record of the Azeri boxers was 15-9, with each boxer winning at least one match. Azerbaijan was in a four-way tie for 12th place in the boxing medals scoreboard.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Jeyhun Abiyev	Flyweight	Bedák (HUN) W 23-8	Yalçınkaya (TUR) L 23-20	Did not advance
Fuad Aslanov	Flyweight	Rakotoarimbelo (MAD) W WO	Izoria (GEO) W 27-21	Rzany (POL) W 24-23	Thomas (FRA) L 23-18	Did not advance
Aghasi Mammadov	Bantamweight	Brunker (AUS) W RSCOS	Dalakliev (BUL) W 35-16	Tretyak (UKR) W 32-12	Petchkoom (THA) L 27-19	Did not advance
Shahin Imranov	Featherweight	Galada (RSA) W RSCOS	Tichtchenko (RUS) L RSCI	Did not advance
Rovshan Huseynov	Lightweight	Mahlangu (RSA) W 22-14	Escobedo (USA) W 36-18	Kindelán (CUB) L 23-11	Did not advance
Ruslan Khairov	Welterweight	Trupish (CAN) W RSCI	Silamu (CHN) W 26-16	Aragón (CUB) L 16-14	Did not advance
Javid Taghiyev	Middleweight	Gazis (GRE) W 32-31	Suriya (THA) L 19-19	Did not advance
Ali Ismayilov	Lt heavyweight	Silva (BRA) W 27-22	Pavlidis (GRE) L 31-16	Did not advance
Vugar Alakbarov	Heavyweight		Kladouchas (GRE) W 18-14	Al Shami (SYR) L DQ	Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Yelena Jemayeva	Women's sabre	Pattaro (BRA) W 15-8	Marzocca (ITA) W 15-6	Zagunis (USA) L 15-11	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Rhythmic

Dinara Gimatova who qualified for the 2004 Olympics could not compete due to a practice injury. She was replaced by Anna Gurbanova.

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Anna Gurbanova	Individual	22.775	23.525	22.800	23.200	92.300	14	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Elchin Ismayilov	−66 kg	Ungvári (HUN) L	Did not advance
Mehman Azizov	−81 kg	Ibragimov (KGZ) W	Shundzikau (BLR) W	Krawczyk (POL) L	Did not advance			Hawn (USA) W	Wanner (GER) W	Bronze medal final  Nossov (RUS) L
Movlud Miraliyev	−100 kg	van der Geest (NED) L	Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Irada Ashumova	25 m pistol	588	1	687.3	3
Zemfira Meftakhetdinova	skeet	71	2	93	3

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sergey Dyachkov	Men's 50 m freestyle	54.22	67	Did not advance
Natalya Filina	Women's 100 m breaststroke	1:20.21	44	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Niyamaddin Pashayev	-68 kg	Song (KOR) L 15-13	Did not advance
Rashad Ahmadov	-80 kg	Osuji (TRI) W 10-3	Negrel (FRA) W 24-17	Tanrıkulu (TUR) L 6-6	N/A	Estrada (MEX) W 9-9	Bronze medal final  Karami (IRI) L 9-8

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Asif Malikov	-62 kg	115	8	150	7	265	12
Turan Mirzayev	-69 kg	147.5	4	185	4	332.5	4
Nizami Pashayev	-94 kg	–	–	–	–	DNF	–
Alibay Samadov	-94 kg	165	9	195	8	360	15
Alan Naniyev	-105 kg	190	4	220	4	410	6

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Namig Abdullayev	−55 kg	Tanabe (JPN) L 3-1  Dutt (IND) W 3-1	Did not advance
Elman Asgarov	−66 kg	Bodisteanu (ROU) W 3-1  Kelly (USA) L 3-1	Did not advance
Elnur Aslanov	−74 kg	Abdusalomov (TJK) W 3-1  Igali (CAN) L 3-1	Did not advance
Rustam Aghayev	−96 kg	Bairamukov (KAZ) W 3-1  Jacobs (NAM) W 4-0	Heidari (IRI) L 5-0	Did not advance

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Vitaliy Rahimov	−60 kg	Zawadzki (POL) W 3-1  Jung (KOR) L 3-0	Did not advance
Farid Mansurov	−66 kg	Maren (CUB) W 3-0  Wolny (POL) L 3-1	Zeidvand (IRI) W 2-1	Samuelsson (SWE) W 3-1			Eroğlu (TUR) W 4-3
Vugar Aslanov	−74 kg	Kolitsopoulos (GRE) L 3-1  Dokturishvili (UZB) L 3-0  Berzicza (HUN) L 4-0	Did not advance

Officials

• President: H.E.Mr. Ilham Aliyev
• Secretary General: Prof. Aghajan Abiyev