# Azerbaijan at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Azerbaijan competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. They won their first gold medal during these games. 31 competitors, 25 men and 6 women, took part in 14 events in 8 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Zemfira Meftahatdinova | Shooting | Women's Skeet | 21 September |
| Gold | Namig Abdullayev | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 54 kg | 30 September |
| Bronze | Vugar Alekperov | Boxing | Middleweight | 30 September |

## Athletics
### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round by position in race or, in field events, by achieving the automatic qualification target
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target

### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Teymur Gasimov | 100 m | 10.97 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Faig Baghirov | 800 m | 1:57.39 | 8 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Sergey Bochkov | Triple jump | 16.01 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Track and road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Teymur Gasimov | Marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Makhach Nuriddinov | Lightweight | Maletin (RUS) L 5–14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ruslan Khairov | Welterweight | Bye | Chater (TUN) W 13–8 | Saitov (RUS) L 10–10* | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Vugar Alekperov | Middleweight | Ngumi (KEN) W 12–3 | Miller (AUS) W 9–8 | Kuloğlu (TUR) W 18–8 | Gutiérrez (CUB) L 9–19 | Did not advance | |
| Ali Ismayilov | Light Heavyweight | Krastev (BUL) W 14–9 | Sergei Mikhailov (UZB) L 18–23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Magomed Aripgadjiev | Heavyweight | — | Sebastian Kober (GER) L 4–9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Diving

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Emil Jabrayilov | Men's 10 m platform | 334.74 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Shooting
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Irada Ashumova | 10 m air pistol | 227 | 45 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Irada Ashumova | 25 m pistol | 569 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zemfira Meftahatdinova | Skeet | 73 | 1 Q | 25 | =1 | 98 | |

## Swimming

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Emin Guliyev | Men's 50 m freestyle | 25.36 | 60 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alisa Khaleyeva | Women's 50 m freestyle | 28.79 | 59 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | Rank |
| Elkhan Suleymanov | Men's 62 kg | 130.0 | 135.5 | 135.5 | 162.5 | 162.5 | 162.5 | 292.5 | 8 |
| Turan Mirzayev | Men's 69 kg | 140.0 | 145.0 | 147.5 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 182.5 | 327.5 | 9 |
| Nizami Pashayev | Men's 85 kg | 155.0 | 166.0 | 166.0 | 197.5 | 203.5 | 203.5 | 357.5 | 12 |
| Tarana Abbasova | Women's 53 kg | 70.0 | 75.0 | 75.0 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 92.5 | 165.0 | 10 |

## Wrestling
### Freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Elimination pool | Elimination pool | Elimination pool | Elimination pool | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Namig Abdullayev | 54 kg | Jin (PRK) W 6–0 | Liddle (NZL) W 10–0 | — | 1 Q | Bye | Kardonov (GRE) W 5–3 | Henson (USA) W 4–3 | |
| Arif Abdullayev | 58 kg | Kuhner (GER) W 8–5 | Buslovych (UKR) L 5–7 | Berberyan (ARM) L 1–11 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Shamil Afandiyev | 63 kg | Fernyák (SVK) W 6–1 | Ilhan (AUS) W 10–0 | Jang (KOR) L 1–6 | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 7 |
| Elshad Allahverdiyev | 76 kg | Khinchagov (UZB) L 2–3 | du Toit (RSA) W 8–5 | — | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 10 |
| Davud Magomedov | 97 kg | Bayramukov (KAZ) L 0–3 | Morales (CUB) W 3–0 | — | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |
| Rajab Ashabaliyev | 130 kg | Valiyev (UKR) W 4–0 | McCoy (USA) L 0–10 | — | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |

### Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Elimination pool | Elimination pool | Elimination pool | Elimination pool | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Natig Eyvazov | 54 kg | Pellew (NZL) W 10–0 | Rivas (CUB) L 1–6 | Yıldız (TUR) W 3–0 | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 7 |
| Islam Dugushiev | 69 kg | Zeidvand (IRI) W 5–0 | Lappalainen (FIN) W 1–0 | — | 1 Q | Nikitin (EST) L 1–4 | — | 5th place match Son (KOR) L WO | 6 |
| Xviça Biçinaşvili | 76 kg | Kim (KOR) L 2–3 | Avluca (TUR) L 0–3 | — | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |