Azerbaijan at the Olympics

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Azerbaijan first took part in the Olympic Games as an independent nation in 1996. They have taken part in all summer and winter Olympics since then. Before Azerbaijani athletes were part of the Soviet Union at the Olympics from 1952 to 1988. In 1992 they were part of the Unified Team.

Azerbaijani athletes have won a total of twenty-six medals at the Summer Olympic Games. The nation has not won any medals at the Winter Olympic Games.

The National Olympic Committee for Azerbaijan was formed in 1992 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1993.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
2 Silver	Abdullayev, NamigNamig Abdullayev	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's freestyle flyweight
1 Gold	Meftakhetdinova, ZemfiraZemfira Meftakhetdinova	2000 Sydney	Shooting	Women's skeet
1 Gold	Abdullayev, NamigNamig Abdullayev	2000 Sydney	Wrestling	Men's freestyle flyweight
3 Bronze	Alakbarov, VugarVugar Alakbarov	2000 Sydney	Boxing	Men's middleweight
1 Gold	Mansurov, FaridFarid Mansurov	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman lightweight
3 Bronze	Aslanov, FuadFuad Aslanov	2004 Athens	Boxing	Men's flyweight
3 Bronze	Mammadov, AghasiAghasi Mammadov	2004 Athens	Boxing	Men's bantamweight
3 Bronze	Ashumova, IradaIrada Ashumova	2004 Athens	Shooting	Women's 25 m pistol
3 Bronze	Meftakhetdinova, ZemfiraZemfira Meftakhetdinova	2004 Athens	Shooting	Women's skeet
1 Gold	Mammadli, ElnurElnur Mammadli	2008 Beijing	Judo	Men's 73 kg
2 Silver	Bayramov, RovshanRovshan Bayramov	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg
2 Silver	Rahimov, VitaliyVitaliy Rahimov	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg
3 Bronze	Stadnik, MariyaMariya Stadnik	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Women's Freestyle 48 kg
3 Bronze	Miraliyev, MovludMovlud Miraliyev	2008 Beijing	Judo	Men's 100 kg
3 Bronze	Khetag Gazyumov	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 96 kg
3 Bronze	Shahin Imranov	2008 Beijing	Boxing	Men's featherweight
3 Bronze	Valentin Hristov	2012 London	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg
2 Silver	Rovshan Bayramov	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg
3 Bronze	Emin Ahmadov	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
2 Silver	Stadnik, MariyaMariya Stadnik	2012 London	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 48 kg
3 Bronze	Ratkevich, YuliyaYuliya Ratkevich	2012 London	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 55 kg
3 Bronze	Mammadov, TeymurTeymur Mammadov	2012 London	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
3 Bronze	Majidov, MagomedrasulMagomedrasul Majidov	2012 London	Boxing	Men's super heavyweight
1 Gold	Toghrul Asgarov	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 60 kg
1 Gold	Sharif Sharifov	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 84 kg
3 Bronze	Khetag Gazyumov	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 96 kg

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1996 Atlanta	0	1	0	1
2000 Sydney	2	0	1	3
2004 Athens	1	0	4	5
2008 Beijing	1	2	4	7
2012 London	2	2	6	10
Total	6	5	15	26

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1998 Nagano	0	0	0	0
2002 Salt Lake City	0	0	0	0
2006 Turin	0	0	0	0
2010 Vancouver	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

Related pages

• List of IOC country codes

Other websites

• Media related to Azerbaijan at the Olympic Games at Wikimedia Commons
• "National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/Azerbaijan. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
• "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.
• Azerbaijan profile at London2012.com