# Azerbaijan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Azerbaijan competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country's delegation consisted of eighteen competitors in four sports: judo, athletics, powerlifting, and shooting.
Before the games, President Ilham Aliyev announced cash prizes for Azerbaijanis who won a Paralympic medal. Gold medalists received 200,000 manat, silver medalists 100,000, and bronze medalists 50,000. The athletes' trainers also received a reward: 100,000, 50,000, and 25,000 manat for gold, silver, and bronze medals, respectively.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Ilham Zakiyev | Judo | Men +100 kg | 9 September |
| Gold | Olokhan Musayev | Athletics | Men's Shot Put - F55/56 | 15 September |
| Silver | Tofig Mammadov | Judo | Men -90 kg | 9 September |
| Silver | Karim Sardarov | Judo | Men -100 kg | 9 September |
| Silver | Zeynidin Bilalov | Athletics | Men's triple jump - F11 | 12 September |
| Bronze | Ramin Ibrahimov | Judo | Men -60 kg | 7 September |
| Bronze | Vladimir Zayets | Athletics | Men's triple jump - F12 | 8 September |
| Bronze | Oleg Panyutin | Athletics | Men's long jump - F12 | 13 September |
| Bronze | Rza Osmanov | Athletics | Men's 400m - T12 | 13 September |
| Bronze | Vugar Mehdiyev | Athletics | Men's 200m - T13 | 16 September |

## Sports
### Athletics
#### Men's track

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Vugar Mehdiyev | T13 | 100m | 11.14 | 4 Q | — | — | 11.01 | 4 |
| Vugar Mehdiyev | T13 | 200m | 22.19 | 5 Q | — | — | 22.00 | |
| Elchin Muradov | T12 | 100m | 11.35 | 9 Q | 11.22 | 8 B | 11.19 | 6 |
| Elchin Muradov | T12 | 200m | 23.38 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Reza Osmanov | T12 | 400m | 51.03 | 6 Q | 50.87 | 3 q | 50.20 | |
| Zynidin Bilalov Vugar Mehdiyev Elchin Muradov Reza Osmanov | T11-13 | 4x100m relay | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |

#### Men's field

| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Points | Rank |
| Zeynidin Bilalov | F11 | Triple jump | 12.80 | - | |
| Olokhan Musayev | F55-56 | Shot put | 13.49 WR | 1162 | |
| Oleg Panyutin | F12 | Long jump | 7.06 | - | |
| Vladimir Zayets | F12 | Long jump | 6.81 | - | 4 |
| Vladimir Zayets | F12 | Triple jump | 15.00 | - | |

### Judo
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ramin Ibrahimov | −60 kg | Zasyadkovych (UKR) W 1000-0000 | Shakhmanov (RUS) W 1000-0000 | Noura (ALG) L 0001–1000s1 | Bye | Bye | Quilter (GBR) W 1000–0000 | |
| Ilkin Alishov | −66 kg | Amaral (BRA) W 0001-0000s1 | Lamri (ALG) L 0001s2-0010s1 | did not advance | did not advance | Karpeniuk (UKR) L 0000s1-0101 | did not advance | 7 |
| Ramin Aliyev | −73 kg | Kimura (JPN) W 1001-0000 | Xu Z (CHN) L 0000s1-1001 | did not advance | did not advance | Krieger (GER) L 0011s2-0110s1 | did not advance | 7 |
| Natig Novruzzade | −81 kg | Gonzalez (ESP) W 1000-0000 | Lencina (ARG) L 0000-1000 | did not advance | did not advance | Oga (JPN) L refuse to race | did not advance | 7 |
| Tofig Mammadov | −90 kg | Stoskus (LTU) W 0211-0000s1 | Junk (GER) W 0003s1-0001s1 | Sevricourt (FRA) W 1100s1-0001 | Bye | Bye | Kretsul (RUS) L 0010s3–0100s2 | |
| Karim Sardarov | −100 kg | Bye | Hirose (JPN) W 1001s1–0001s1 | Cortada (CUB) W 1000–0000 | Bye | Bye | Tenorio Silva (BRA) L 0000s3–1101 | |
| Ilham Zakiyev | +100 kg | Bye | Taurines (FRA) W 1000–0000 | Park (KOR) W 1000–0001 | Bye | Bye | Wang S (CHN) W 1000–0000 | |

### Powerlifting

| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Maharram Aliyev | +100kg | 205.0 | 7 |
| Elshan Huseynov | 90kg | 190.0 | 5 |
| Mehman Ramazanzade | 100kg | 190.0 | 8 |

### Shooting

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank |
| Yelena Taranova | Mixed 25m pistol SH1 | 527 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yelena Taranova | Mixed 50m pistol SH1 | 517 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yelena Taranova | Women's 10m air pistol SH1 | 364 | 8 Q | 96.1 | 460.1 | 6 |