# Azerbaijan at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Azerbaijan competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifth consecutive appearance at the Olympics in the post-Soviet era. The National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games. A total of 53 athletes, 39 men and 14 women, competed in 15 sports. There was only a single competitor in road cycling, equestrian show jumping, fencing, and shooting. The Azerbaijani athletes also included their only defending champion, judoka Elnur Mammadli, who became the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
Azerbaijan left London with a total of 10 medals (2 gold, 2 silver, and 6 bronze), which doubled the nation's overall medal count at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This was also the nation's most successful Olympics, winning the largest number of medals received at a single games. More than half of these medals were awarded in wrestling, including gold medals won by Toghrul Asgarov and Sharif Sharifov from the men's freestyle events.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Toghrul Asgarov | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 60 kg | 11 August |
| Gold | Sharif Sharifov | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 84 kg | 11 August |
| Silver | Rovshan Bayramov | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg | 5 August |
| Silver | Mariya Stadnik | Wrestling | Women's freestyle 48 kg | 8 August |
| Bronze | Emin Ahmadov | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg | 5 August |
| Bronze | Yuliya Ratkevich | Wrestling | Women's freestyle 55 kg | 9 August |
| Bronze | Teymur Mammadov | Boxing | Men's heavyweight | 10 August |
| Bronze | Magomedrasul Majidov | Boxing | Men's super heavyweight | 10 August |
| Bronze | Khetag Gazyumov | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 96 kg | 12 August |
| Bronze | Valentin Hristov | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg | 29 July |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Wrestling | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Boxing | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |

## Competitors

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Boxing | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Canoeing | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Cycling | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Equestrian | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Fencing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Judo | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Rowing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Wrestling | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| Total | 39 | 14 | 53 |
Medals by date :
| Day | Date | | | | Total |
| Day 1 | 28 July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 2 | 29 July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 3 | 30 July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 4 | 31 July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 5 | 1 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 6 | 2 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 7 | 3 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 8 | 4 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 9 | 5 August | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Day 10 | 6 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 11 | 7 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 12 | 8 August | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 13 | 9 August | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Day 14 | 10 August | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Day 15 | 11 August | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Day 16 | 12 August | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |

## Athletics
### 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

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Hayle Ibrahimov | 5000 m | 13:25.23 | 1 Q | 13:45.37 | 9 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Dmitriy Marshin | Hammer throw | 72.85 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Layes Abdullayeva | 5000 m | 15:45.69 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Boxing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Elvin Mamishzadeh | Flyweight | Tögstsogt (MGL) L 11–18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Magomed Abdulhamidov | Bantamweight | Bye | Shimizu (JPN) L RSC* | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Heybatulla Hajialiyev | Light welterweight | Houya (TUN) L 16–19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Soltan Migitinov | Middleweight | Hikal (EGY) W 20–12 | Falcão (BRA) L 11–24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vatan Huseynli | Light heavyweight | Góngora (ECU) L 8–9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Teymur Mammadov | Heavyweight | — | Opetaia (AUS) W 12–11 | Karneyeu (BLR) W 19–19 | Russo (ITA) L 13–15 | Did not advance | |
| Magomedrasul Majidov | Super heavyweight | — | Mwamba (COD) W RSC | Omarov (RUS) W 17–14 | Cammarelle (ITA) L 12–13 | Did not advance | |
* Initially the judges awarded the victory to Abdulhamidov who beat Shimizu 22:17. The Japanese team appealed the decision claiming the referee had overlooked three of Abdulhamidov's six falls during the fixture. Upon further review, the judges decided to annul the initial result and declared Shimizu the winner.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Elena Vystropova | Middleweight | Ogoke (NGR) L 12–14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Valentin Demyanenko | Men's C-1 200 m | 44.194 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sergey Bezugliy Maksim Prokopenko | Men's C-2 1000 m | 3:38.042 | 1 FA | Bye | Bye | 3:37.219 | 4 |
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal);

## Cycling
### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Elena Tchalykh | Women's road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Elena Tchalykh | Women's time trial | 41:47.06 | 20 |

## Equestrian
### Show jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round A | Round A | Round B | Round B | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Jamal Rahimov | Warrior | Individual | 5 | 53 | 13 | 18 | 60 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Fencing
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Sabina Mikina | Individual sabre | Bujdoso (GER) W 15–13 | Kharlan (UKR) L 10–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Shakir Shikhaliyev | All-around | 14.600 | 12.866 | 13.166 | 15.433 | 13.666 | 10.633 | 80.364 | 40 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Rhythmic
#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank | Hoop | Ball | Clubs | Ribbon | Total | Rank |
| Aliya Garayeva | Individual | 27.450 | 28.350 | 27.850 | 28.200 | 111.850 | 3 Q | 27.925 | 27.825 | 27.575 | 28.250 | 111.575 | 4 |

## Judo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ilgar Mushkiyev | −60 kg | Bye | Davtyan (ARM) L 0000–0101 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tarlan Karimov | −66 kg | Bye | Mogushkov (RUS) W 0021–0011 | Awad (EGY) W 0000–0002 | Uriarte (ESP) L 0001–0021 | Did not advance | Zagrodnik (POL) L 0000–0010 | Did not advance | 7 |
| Rustam Orujov | −73 kg | Bye | van Zyl (RSA) W 0100–0101 | Isaev (RUS) L 0000–1001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Elnur Mammadli | −81 kg | Valois-Fortier (CAN) L 0001–0001 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Elkhan Mammadov | −90 kg | — | Lambert (GER) W 0111–0001 | Song D-N (KOR) L 0011–0000 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Elmar Gasimov | −100 kg | — | Rakov (KAZ) W 0000–0011 | Zhorzholiani (GEO) W 0011–0002 | Hwang H-T (KOR) L 0002–0021 | Did not advance | Sayidov (UZB) L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | 7 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Kifayat Gasimova | −57 kg | Bye | Matsumoto (JPN) L 0000–0010 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ramila Yusubova | −63 kg | Hayytbaeva (TKM) W 0111–0000 | Joung D-W (KOR) L 1000–0000 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Rowing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Aleksandar Aleksandrov | Single sculls | 6:49.81 | 2 Q | Bye | Bye | 6:56.36 | 3 SA/B | 7:20.80 | 3 FA | 7:09.42 | 5 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Natalya Mustafayeva | Single sculls | 7:46.01 | 2 Q | Bye | Bye | 8:00.26 | 3 SA/B | 8:06.83 | 6 FB | 8:23.64 | 12 |
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; Q=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

## Shooting
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Irada Ashumova | 25 m pistol | 578 | 23 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Irada Ashumova | 10 m air pistol | 372 | 39 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Azerbaijan sent two swimmers to the London games, by Universality places. Butterfly swimmer Yevgeniy Lazuka previously competed under Belarus in Beijing.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Yevgeniy Lazuka | 100 m butterfly | 53.86 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Oksana Hatamkhanova | 100 m breaststroke | 1:25.52 | 44 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Taekwondo

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Bronze medal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ramin Azizov | Men's −80 kg | Lopez (USA) W 3–2 | Sarmiento (ITA) L 1–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Farida Azizova | Women's −67 kg | Sergerie (CAN) L 0–1 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Valentin Hristov | −56 kg | 127 | 2 | 159 | 2 | 286 | DSQ*$^1$ |
| Afgan Bayramov | −69 kg | 142 | DNF | — | — | — | DNF |
| Sardar Hasanov*$^2$ | −69 kg | 145 | 5 | 176 | 8 | 321 | 8 |
| Intigam Zairov | −94 kg | 182 | 3 | 215 | 7 | 397 | 6 |
| Velichko Cholakov$^†$ | +105 kg | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
* $^1$ On 29 March 2019, the IOC stripped Valentin Hristov of his bronze medal.
* $^2$ Sardar Hasanov replaced Ivan Stoitsov on the team on 21 July 2012, due to Stoitsov's injury.
$^†$ Velichko Cholakov did not compete in the event due to an injury.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & jerk | Clean & jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Boyanka Kostova | −58 kg | 105 | 3 | 128 | 3 | 233 | 5 |

## Wrestling
### Key

* VT - Victory by Fall.
* PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
* PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Toghrul Asgarov | −60 kg | Bye | Schleicher (GER) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Yumoto (JPN) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Scott (USA) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Bye | Bye | Kudukhov (RUS) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | |
| Jabrayil Hasanov | −66 kg | Bye | Bazan (BUL) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Shabanau (BLR) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Yonemitsu (JPN) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Bye | Bye | López (CUB) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | 5 |
| Ashraf Aliyev | −74 kg | Takatani (JPN) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Tsargush (RUS) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Sharif Sharifov | −84 kg | Bye | Bölükbaşı (TUR) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Herbert (USA) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Lashgari (IRI) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Bye | Bye | Espinal (PUR) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | |
| Khetag Gazyumov | −96 kg | Bye | Sheikhau (BLR) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Andriitsev (UKR) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Bye | Iskandari (TJK) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Yazdani (IRI) W 5–0 $^{VB}$ | |
| Jamaladdin Magomedov | −120 kg | Makhov (RUS) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Rovshan Bayramov | −55 kg | Semenov (RUS) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Mango (USA) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Li Sj (CHN) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Choi G-J (KOR) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Bye | Bye | Sourian (IRI) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | |
| Hasan Aliyev | −60 kg | Bye | Berge (NOR) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Jung J-H (KOR) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Lashkhi (GEO) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Bye | Bye | Kuramagomedov (RUS) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | 5 |
| Emin Ahmadov | −74 kg | Bye | Žugaj (CRO) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Datunashvili (GEO) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Julfalakyan (ARM) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Bye | Bye | Kikiniou (BLR) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | |
| Saman Tahmasebi | −84 kg | Bye | Gegeshidze (GEO) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 11 |
| Shalva Gadabadze | −96 kg | Bye | Totrov (RUS) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Bye | Lidberg (SWE) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | 10 |

### Women's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mariya Stadnik | −48 kg | Bye | Chun (USA) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Matkowska (POL) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Merleni (UKR) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Bye | Bye | Obara (JPN) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | |
| Yuliya Ratkevich | −55 kg | Bye | Prevolaraki (GRE) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Yoshida (JPN) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | Bye | Campbell (USA) W 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Zholobova (RUS) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | |