Azerbaijan at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Azerbaijan at the Olympic Games
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	44 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Farid Mansurov
Medals Rank: 39	Gold 1	Silver 2	Bronze 4	Total 7
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
Winter Games
1994 1998 2002 2006 2010
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992)

Azerbaijan sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. In total 44 Azerbaijani athletes went to Beijing, including 14 women.

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Aquatics, Swimming	1	1	2
Athletics	2	0	2
Boxing	2	0	2
Equestrian	1	0	1
Gymnastics, Rhythmic	0	8	8
Judo	5	1	6
Shooting	0	1	1
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Weightlifting	5	0	5
Wrestling	13	3	16
Total	30	14	44

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Judo	1	0	1	2
Wrestling	0	2	2	4
Total	1	2	4	7

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Elnur Mammadli	Judo	Men's 73 kg
2 Silver	Rovshan Bayramov	Wrestling	Men's grecoroman 55 kg
2 Silver	Vitaliy Rahimov	Wrestling	Men's grecoroman 60 kg
3 Bronze	Shahin Imranov	Boxing	Men's 57 kg
3 Bronze	Movlud Miraliyev	Judo	Men's 100 kg
3 Bronze	Mariya Stadnik	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 48 kg
3 Bronze	Khetag Gazyumov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 96 kg

Results by event

Aquatics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tural Abbasov	50 m freestyle	26.31	78	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Oksana Hatamkhanova	100 m breaststroke	1:20.22	46	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's track and road

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Quarterfinal			Semifinal			Final		Rank
		Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ruslan Abbasov	100 m	9	10.58	5	Did not advance								50
Ramil Guliyev	200 m	7	20.78	2 Q	4	20.66	5	Did not advance					23

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Samir Mammadov	51 kg	Nhaila (MAR) W 19–4	Jongjohor (THA) L 2–10	Did not advance			9
Shahin Imranov	57 kg	Jafarov (KAZ) W 9–5	Izoria (GEO) W 18–9	Torriente (CUB) W 16–14	Djelkhir (FRA) L RET	Did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualifier					Final				Rank
			Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total	Rank	Round A	Round B	Total	Rank
Jamal Rahimov	Ionesco De Brekka	Individual	1	Eliminated								14

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Rhythmic

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Aliya Garayeva	Individual	17.875	16.850	17.625	16.850	69.200	7 Q	17.750	18.075	17.225	16.625	69.675	6
Dinara Gimatova	Individual	16.275	16.775	16.600	16.875	66.525	11	Reserve

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 Ropes	3 Hoops, 2 Clubs	Total	Rank	5 Ropes	3 Hoops, 2 Clubs	Total	Rank
Anna Bitieva Dina Gorina Vafa Huseynova Anastasiya Prasolova Alina Trepina Valeriya Yegay	Team	15.575	15.875	31.450	8 Q	16.075	15.500	31.575	7

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Ramil Gasimov	66 kg	Gadanov (RUS) L 0101–0120	Did not advance				17
Elnur Mammadli	73 kg	van Tichelt (BEL) W 1000–0000	Semenov (BLR) W 1001–0001	Kim (PRK) W 0200–0000	Maloumat (IRI) W 1000–0000	Wang (KOR) W 1000–0000
Mehman Azizov	81 kg	Bischof (GER) L 0011–0020	Repechage  Stevens (USA) L 0001–0200	Did not advance			9
Elkhan Mammadov	90 kg	Asranqulov (TJK) W 0011–0000	Nabiev (UZB) W 0110–0010	Tsirekidze (GEO) L 0000–1000	Repechage  Mesbah (EGY) L 0010–0011	Did not advance	7
Movlud Miraliyev	100 kg	Azzoun (ALG) W 1000–0001	Zhorzholiani (GEO) W 1010–0000	Brata (ROU) W 0110–0000	Naidangiin (MGL) L 0010–0120	3rd place match  Matyjaszek (POL) W 0110–0001

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Kifayat Gasimova	57 kg	Bye	Sato (JPN) L 0100–1001	Did not advance			9

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Zemfira Meftakhetdinova	Skeet	63	15	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Rashad Ahmadov	80 kg	Sarhan (QAT) W 5–0	Michaud (CAN) W 0–0	Saei (IRI) L 1–4	3rd place match  Lopez (USA) L 2–3	5

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Sardar Hasanov	62 kg	120	128	128	152	152	152	DNF	–
Afgan Bayramov	69 kg	137	142	145	175	187	187	320	7
Turan Mirzayev	69 kg	142	146	149	181	183	187	327	5
Intigam Zahirov	85 kg	160	166	166	195	199	199	361	9
Nizami Pashayev	94 kg	180	180	181	215	215	215	396	5

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Namig Sevdimov	55 kg	Bye	Yang (PRK) W 1–1, 3–1, 2–1	Kim (KOR) W 1–2, 1–0, 2–0	Cejudo (USA) L 5–3, 2–3, 3–4	3rd place match  Velikov (BUL) L 2–0, 1–3, 0–1	5
Zelimkhan Huseynov	60 kg	Batirov (RUS) L 0–1, 0–1	Bye	Repechage  Quintana (CUB) W 0–1, 1–1, 4–3	Repechage  Ramazanov (MKD) W 1–0, 3–1	3rd place match  Mohammadi (IRI) L 0–2, 1–3	5
Emin Azizov	66 kg	Sarrasin (SUI) W 1–0, 2–0	Spiridonov (KAZ) L 0–2, 0–1	Did not advance			9
Chamsulvara Chamsulvarayev	74 kg	Bye	Gaidarov (BLR) L 4–0, 0–2, 0–1	Did not advance			9
Novruz Temrezov	84 kg	Chagnaadorj (MGL) W 3–0, 0–1, 3–0	Yazdani (IRI) W Fall	Ketoev (RUS) L 4–0, 0–2, 0–2	Did not advance		7
Khetag Gazyumov	96 kg	Gucman (POL) W 3–0, 3–0	Aka Akesse (FRA) W 4–0, 4–0	Kurbanov (UZB) W 4–0, 6–0	Muradov (RUS) L 1–0, 0–2, 0–1	3rd place match  Tibilov (UKR) W 5–0, 2–0
Ali Isayev	120 kg	Bye	Taymazov (UZB) L 0–2, 3–4	Bye	Repechage  Rodriguez (CUB) L 0–1, Fall	Did not advance	7

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Mariya Stadnik	48 kg	Bye	Huynh (CAN) L 3–4, 0–2	Bye	Repechage  Kim (KOR) W 1–0, 3–2	3rd place match  Bakatyuk (KAZ) W 2–1, 8–0
Yelena Komarova	55 kg		Golts (RUS) L 0–4, 0–1	Did not advance			9
Olesya Zamula	63 kg	Bye	Icho (JPN) L 0–2, 0–3	Bye	Repechage  Miller (USA) L 0–2, Fall	Did not advance	9

Men's grecoroman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Rovshan Bayramov	55 kg	Bye	Mohamed (EGY) W 3-0	Hernandez (CUB) W 3-1	Amoyan (ARM) W 3-1	Mankiev (RUS) L 3-1
Vitaliy Rahimov	60 kg	Sheng (CHN) W 3-1	Diaconu (ROU) W 3-1	Nazarian (BUL) W 3-1	Tengizbayev (KAZ) W 3-0	Albiev (RUS) L 3-0
Farid Mansurov	66 kg	Bye	Vardanyan (UKR) L 3-0	Did not advance			9
Ilgar Abdulov	74 kg	Tüfenk (TUR) W 3-1	Samourgachev (RUS) L F	Did not advance			9
Shalva Gadabadze	84 kg	Bye	Achouri (TUN) W 3-0	Fodor (HUN) L 3-1	Repechage  Ma (CHN) L 3-1	Did not advance	7
Anton Botev	120 kg	Saldadze (UZB) W 3-1	Sjoberg (SWE) L 3-0	Did not advance			9

See also

• Azerbaijan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics