Azerbaijan at the Olympics

Template:Infobox Olympics Azerbaijan Azerbaijan first participated at the Olympic Games as an independent nation in 1996, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then.

Previously, Azerbaijani athletes competed as part of the Soviet Union at the Olympics from 1952 to 1988, and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan was part of the Unified Team in 1992.

Azerbaijani athletes have won a total of twenty-six medals at the Summer Olympic Games, in wrestling, shooting, boxing, judo, and weightlifting. The nation has not won any medals at the Winter Olympic Games.

The National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan was created in 1992 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1993. They have most recently competed in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1952–1988	as part of the  Soviet Union (URS)
1992 Barcelona	as part of the  Unified Team (EUN)
1996 Atlanta	23	0	1	0	1	61
2000 Sydney	31	2	0	1	3	34
2004 Athens	36	1	0	4	5	50
2008 Beijing	44	1	2	4	7	39
2012 London	53	2	2	6	10	30
Total		6	5	15	26	58

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1952–1988	as part of the  Soviet Union (URS)
1992 Albertville	did not participate
1994 Lillehammer
1998 Nagano	4	0	0	0	0	–
2002 Salt Lake City	4	0	0	0	0	–
2006 Turin	2	0	0	0	0	–
2010 Vancouver	2	0	0	0	0	–
2014 Sochi	5	0	0	0	0	–
Total		0	0	0	0	–

Medals by sport

Wrestling	4	5	5	14
Shooting	1	0	2	3
Judo	1	0	1	2
Boxing	0	0	6	6
Weightlifting	0	0	1	1
Total	6	5	15	26

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Namig Abdullayev	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's freestyle flyweight
Gold	Zemfira Meftakhetdinova	2000 Sydney	Shooting	Women's skeet
Gold	Namig Abdullayev	2000 Sydney	Wrestling	Men's freestyle flyweight
Bronze	Vugar Alakbarov	2000 Sydney	Boxing	Men's middleweight
Gold	Farid Mansurov	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
Bronze	Fuad Aslanov	2004 Athens	Boxing	Men's flyweight
Bronze	Aghasi Mammadov	2004 Athens	Boxing	Men's bantamweight
Bronze	Irada Ashumova	2004 Athens	Shooting	Women's 25 m pistol
Bronze	Zemfira Meftakhetdinova	2004 Athens	Shooting	Women's skeet
Gold	Elnur Mammadli	2008 Beijing	Judo	Men's 73 kg
Silver	Rovshan Bayramov	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg
Silver	Vitaliy Rahimov	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg
Bronze	Mariya Stadnik	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 48 kg
Bronze	Movlud Miraliyev	2008 Beijing	Judo	Men's 100 kg
Bronze	Khetag Gazyumov	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 96 kg
Bronze	Shahin Imranov	2008 Beijing	Boxing	Men's featherweight
Bronze	Valentin Hristov	2012 London	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg
Silver	Rovshan Bayramov	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg
Bronze	Emin Ahmadov	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
Silver	Mariya Stadnik	2012 London	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 48 kg
Bronze	Yuliya Ratkevich	2012 London	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 55 kg
Bronze	Teymur Mammadov	2012 London	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
Bronze	Magomedrasul Majidov	2012 London	Boxing	Men's super heavyweight
Gold	Toghrul Asgarov	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 60 kg
Gold	Sharif Sharifov	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 84 kg
Bronze	Khetag Gazyumov	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 96 kg

Participants by sport (Summer Games)

Sport		1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	Total
		Athletics	Field events	2	3	3	2	2	18
Track events	2		1	2	0	1
Boxing		2	5	9	2	8	26
Canoeing	Sprint	0	0	0	0	3	3
Cycling	Road	0	0	0	0	1	1
Diving	Platform	1	1	0	0	0	2
Equestrian	Show jumping	0	0	0	1	1	2
Fencing	Individual sabre	1	0	1	0	1	3
Gymnastics	Artistic	0	0	0	0	1	11
	Individual rhythmic	0	0	1	2	1
	Team rhythmic	0	0	0	0	6
Judo		2	4	3	6	8	23
Rowing	Single sculls	0	0	0	0	2	2
Shooting	Air & Sporting Pistol	1	1	1	0	1	8
	Skeet	1	1	1	1	0
Swimming	Breaststroke	0	0	1	1	1	9
	Butterfly	0	0	0	0	1
	Freestyle	1	2	1	1	0
Taekwondo		0	0	2	1	2	5
Weightlifting		2	2	5	5	6	20
Wrestling	Græco-Roman	2	2	3	6	5	53
	Freestyle	6	7	4	10	8
Total		23	31	36	44	53	187

Participants by sport (Winter Games)

Sport		1998	2002	2006	2010	Total
		Alpine skiing	Slalom	0	1	0	2	3
Figure skating	Singles	2	1	0	0	9
	Pairs	2	2	2	0
Total		4	4	2	2	12

Flag Bearers

Summer Olympics

Games	Athlete	Sport
1996 Atlanta	Nazim Hüseynov	Judo
2000 Sydney	Namig Abdullayev	Freestyle wrestling
2004 Athens	Nizami Pashayev	Weightlifting
2008 Beijing	Farid Mansurov	Greco-Roman wrestling
2012 London	Elnur Mammadli	Judo

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Winter Olympics

Games	Athlete	Sport
1998 Nagano	Julia Vorobieva	Figure skating
2002 Salt Lake City	Sergey Rylov	Figure skating
2006 Turin	Igor Lukanin	Ice dancing
2010 Vancouver	Fuad Guliyev
2014 Sochi	Rahman Halilov

See also

• National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan
• Olympic competitors for Azerbaijan
• Azerbaijan at the Paralympics
• List of Azerbaijani Olympic medalists

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 18 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
• "National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 1 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-18. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
• "Azerbaijani Wrestler Namig Abdullayev Wins Olympic Gold," in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 8:4 (Winter 2000), p. 76.
• "Zemfira Meftakhetdinova: Right on Target, Olympic Gold, Skeet Shooter," in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 8:4 (Winter 2000), p. 79.
• "Vugar Alakbarov, Olympic Bronze in Boxing," in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 8:4 (Winter 2000), p. 78.