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 43 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 the Azerbaijani Republic was created in 1992 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1993.
In 2016, Azerbaijan became one of only two nations (the other being Great Britain, also between 2000 and 2016) ever to increase the number of medals achieved in five consecutive Games.[1]
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
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Medals by Winter Games
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Medals by sport
 Wrestling |
4 | 7 | 11 | 22 |
 Shooting |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
 Judo |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
 Taekwondo |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
 Boxing |
0 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
 Canoeing |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Weightlifting |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 7 | 11 | 25 | 43 |
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List of medalists
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Participants by sport
Summer Games
| Sport | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | Total | |
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 Athletics
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Field events | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| Track events | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Boxing
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2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 26 | |
| Canoeing
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Sprint | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Cycling
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Road | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Diving
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Platform | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
 Equestrian
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Show jumping | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Fencing
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Individual sabre | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
 Gymnastics
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Artistic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Individual rhythmic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Team rhythmic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Judo
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2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 23 | |
 Rowing
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Single sculls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Shooting
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Air & Sporting Pistol | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Skeet | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
 Swimming
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Breaststroke | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Butterfly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Freestyle | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Taekwondo
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0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Weightlifting
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2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | |
| Wrestling
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Græco-Roman | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 53 |
| Freestyle | 6 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 8 | ||
| Total | 23 | 31 | 36 | 44 | 53 | 187 | |
Winter Games
| Sport | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | Total | |
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 Alpine skiing
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Slalom | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
 Figure skating
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Singles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Pairs | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
Flagbearers
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See also
- National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan
- Olympic competitors for Azerbaijan
- Azerbaijan at the Paralympics
- List of Azerbaijani Olympic medalists
- List of flag bearers for Azerbaijan at the Olympics
External links
- "Azerbaijan". International Olympic Committee.
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- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
- "Azerbaijan". Sports-Reference.com.
- "Azerbaijani Wrestler Namig Abdullayev Wins Olympic Gold," in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 8:4 (Winter 2000), p. 76.
- "Zemfira Meftahatdinova: 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.
References
- ^ "Great Britain on brink of historic record at Rio 2016 as lottery funding pays dividends in Olympic medals". 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
