Azerbaijan at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Azerbaijan at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Azerbaijan at the; 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AZE
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic
Website	www.noc-aze.org (in Azerbaijani and English)
in Paris, France; 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024
Competitors	47 in 13 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Russian Empire (1900–1912); Soviet Union (1952–1988); Unified Team (1992)

Azerbaijan is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	0	1	1
Athletics	0	1	1
Badminton	1	1	2
Basketball	0	4	4
Boxing	5	0	5
Gymnastics	0	7	7
Judo	7	2	9
Rowing	0	1	1
Shooting	1	0	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Triathlon	1	0	1
Wrestling	11	1	12
Total	28	19	47

Archery

For the first time since 2016, one Azerbaijani archer qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics women's individual recurve competitions by virtue of her result at the 2024 Final Qualification Tournament in Antalya, Turkey.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yaylagul Ramazanova	Women's individual			0

Athletics

Azerbaijani track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):^[1]

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Hanna Skydan	Women's hammer throw

Badminton

Azerbaijan entered two badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Elimination	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ade Resky Dwicahyo	Men's singles	Filimon (AUT)	Antonsen (DEN)		Bye
Keisha Fatimah Az Zahra	Women's singles	He (CHN)	Gilmour (GBR)

Basketball

3×3 basketball

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage								Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Azerbaijan women's	Women's tournament	Spain	United States	France	Germany	Australia	China	Canada

Women's tournament

The Azerbaijan women's 3x3 team by winning the FIBA Universality-driven Olympic Qualifying Tournament 1 in Hong Kong. Making the nation's debut at 3x3 basketball. ^[2]

Team roster

The roster was revealed on 3 July 2024.^[3]

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Germany	7	6	1	117	100	+17	Semifinals
2	Spain	7	4^[a]	3	115	114	+1	Semifinals
3	United States	7	4^[a]	3	108	109	−1	Play-ins
4	Canada	7	4^[a]	3	129	112	+17
5	Australia	7	4^[a]	3	127	122	+5
6	China	7	2^[b]	5	107	123	−16
7	Azerbaijan	7	2^[b]	5	106	123	−17
8	France (H)	7	2^[b]	5	99	105	−6

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Spain 2–1; United States 2–1; Canada 1–2; Australia 1–2. Sorted by points scored after first tie broken.
^ ^a ^b ^c China 1–1; France 1–1; Azerbaijan 1–1. Sorted by points scored.

30 July 2024
21:00

Boxscore

Spain	18–16	Azerbaijan
Pts: Gimeno, Alonso de Armiño 5		Pts: Hayes 10

Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Dorothy Okatch (BOT)

31 July 2024
21:30

Boxscore

United States	17–20	Azerbaijan
Pts: Hamby 7		Pts: Hayes 11

Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Kim Ga-in (KOR)

1 August 2024
12:30

Boxscore

Azerbaijan	10–15	France
Pts: Hayes 5		Pts: Limouzin 5

Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Dorothy Okatch (BOT), Markos Michaelides (SUI)

1 August 2024
18:30

Boxscore

Germany	12–8	Azerbaijan
Pts: Brunckhorst, Reichert 4		Pts: Mollenhauer 4

Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Kim Ga-in (KOR), Edmond Ho (HKG)

2 August 2024
09:30

Boxscore

Australia	21–12	Azerbaijan
Pts: Whittle 8		Pts: Hayes 6

Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Deanna Jackson (USA), Dorothy Okatch (BOT)

2 August 2024
17:30

Boxscore

Azerbaijan	21–19 (OT)	China
Pts: Hayes 11		Pts: Chen 8

Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Kim Ga-in (KOR)

3 August 2024
17:30

Boxscore

Azerbaijan	19–21	Canada
Pts: Hayes 9		Pts: M. Plouffe 8

Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Dorothy Okatch (BOT), Edmond Ho (HKG)

Boxing

Azerbaijan entered five boxers into the Olympic tournament. Murad Allahverdiyev and Mahammad Abdullayev scored an outright quarterfinal and semifinal victory to secure their spot in middleweight and super heavyweight division at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland.^[4] Meanwhile, Nijat Huseynov, qualified for the games, following the triumph of his victory in quota bouts round, in the flyweight division at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy,^[5]Malik Hasanov (men's lightweight) and Loren Alfonso (men's heavyweight) qualified for the games, following the triumph of their victories in quota bouts round, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nijat Huseynov	Men's flyweight	—	–	–	–	–
Malik Hasanov	Men's lightweight	—	–	–	–	–
Murad Allahverdiyev	Men's middleweight	–	–	–	–	–
Loren Alfonso	Men's heavyweight	—	–	–	–	–
Mahammad Abdullayev	Men's super heavyweight	—	–	–	–	–

Fencing

Azerbaijan entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Anna Bashta qualified for the games after receiving the re-allocation of unused quota places.

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
Anna Bashta	Women's sabre

Gymnastics

Rhythmic

Azerbaijan entered a full-squad rhythmic gymnast into Paris 2024. One gymnats qualified for the games through the individual all-around tournament, by virtue of top fifteen eligible nation's results at the 2023 World Championships in Valencia, Spain;^[6] meanwhile five other gymnast qualified for the group all-around through the 2024 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Zohra Aghamirova	Individual

Athletes	Event	Qualification				Final
Athletes	Event	5 apps	3+2 apps	Total	Rank	5 apps.	3+2 apps	Total	Rank
	Group

Trampoline

Azerbaijan entered one gymnast into the women's trampoline events through the final ranking of 2023–2024 Trampoline World Cup series.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Seljan Mahsudova	Women's

Judo

Azerbaijan has qualified nine judokas via the IJF World Ranking List and continental quotas in Europe.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Balabay Aghayev	Men's −60 kg
Yashar Najafov	Men's −66 kg
Hidayat Heydarov	Men's −73 kg
Zelim Tckaev	Men's −81 kg
Murad Fatiyev	Men's −90 kg
Zelym Kotsoiev	Men's −100 kg
Ushangi Kokauri	Men's +100 kg
Leyla Aliyeva	Women's −48 kg
Gultaj Mammadaliyeva	Women's −52 kg

Rowing

For the first time since 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro, Azerbaijani rower qualified one boats for the women's single sculls event, through the 2024 European Qualification Regatta in Szeged, Hungary.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Diana Dymchenko	Women's single sculls

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

Azerbaijani shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ruslan Lunev	Men's 10 m air pistol

Swimming

Azerbaijan sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ramil Valizada	Men's 200 m butterfly
Mariam Sheikhalizadeh	Women's 100 m butterfly

Taekwondo

Azerbaijan qualified one athlete to compete at the games. Gashim Magomedov qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of finishing first within the Grand Slam Series Rankings in his division.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gashim Magomedov	Men's −58 kg

Triathlon

Azerbaijan entered one male triathlete in the triathlon events for Paris, following the release of final individual olympics qualification ranking.

Individual

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total	Rank
Rostyslav Pevtsov	Men's

Wrestling

Azerbaijan qualified twelve wrestlers for the following classes into the Olympic competition. Three of them qualified for the games by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia;^[9]^[10] five of them qualified through the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan; and four of them qualified through the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Aliabbas Rzazade	Men's 57 kg
Haji Aliyev	Men's 65 kg
Turan Bayramov	Men's 74 kg
Osman Nurmagomedov	Men's 86 kg
Magomedkhan Magomedov	Men's 97 kg
Giorgi Meshvildishvili	Men's 125 kg
Mariya Stadnik	Women's 50 kg

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Murad Mammadov	Men's 60 kg
Hasrat Jafarov	Men's 67 kg
Sanan Suleymanov	Men's 77 kg
Rafig Huseynov	Men's 87 kg
Sabah Shariati	Men's 130 kg

References

^ "Road to Paris 24". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^ "Latvia and Azerbaijan win FIBA 3x3 Universality Olympic Qualifying Tournament 1, qualify to Paris Olympics". fiba.basketball. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
^ "Azerbaijan basketball 3x3 Women's National Team for Paris 2024 Olympics Announced". fiba.basketball. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
^ "European Games 2023: Ireland's Kellie Harrington and France's Sofiane Oumiha among stars to secure European boxing quotas for Paris 2024". Olympics. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
^ "Boxing 1st World Qualification Tournament - Busto Arsizio: Which boxers have obtained quotas for Paris 2024?". Olympics. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
^ "Varfolomeev dominates individual apparatus titles as Paris 2024 quotas confirmed". Inside the Games. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^ "Five more athletes qualified for Paris 2024 Taekwondo tournament". Inside the Games. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^ "Freestyle Wrestling: 2024 Paris Olympic Games Qualified Nations". United World Wrestling. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
^ "1st Phase - 2023 Senior World Championships - Belgrade (SRB)" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 11 October 2023.

[table_hth_ESP0.72166769938621-4] Spain 2–1; United States 2–1; Canada 1–2; Australia 1–2. Sorted by points scored after first tie broken.

[table_hth_CHN0.72166769938621-5] China 1–1; France 1–1; Azerbaijan 1–1. Sorted by points scored.

[1] "Road to Paris 24". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 December 2023.

[2] "Latvia and Azerbaijan win FIBA 3x3 Universality Olympic Qualifying Tournament 1, qualify to Paris Olympics". fiba.basketball. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

[3] "Azerbaijan basketball 3x3 Women's National Team for Paris 2024 Olympics Announced". fiba.basketball. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.

[6] "European Games 2023: Ireland's Kellie Harrington and France's Sofiane Oumiha among stars to secure European boxing quotas for Paris 2024". Olympics. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

[7] "Boxing 1st World Qualification Tournament - Busto Arsizio: Which boxers have obtained quotas for Paris 2024?". Olympics. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

[8] "Varfolomeev dominates individual apparatus titles as Paris 2024 quotas confirmed". Inside the Games. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

[9] "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[10] "Five more athletes qualified for Paris 2024 Taekwondo tournament". Inside the Games. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.

[11] "Freestyle Wrestling: 2024 Paris Olympic Games Qualified Nations". United World Wrestling. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.

[12] "1st Phase - 2023 Senior World Championships - Belgrade (SRB)" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 11 October 2023.

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Competitors

Archery

Athletics

Badminton

Basketball

3×3 basketball

Women's tournament

Boxing

Fencing

Gymnastics

Rhythmic

Trampoline

Judo

Rowing

Shooting

Swimming

Taekwondo

Triathlon

Wrestling

See also

References