Azerbaijan at the Olympics

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 of the Azerbaijani Republic was formed in 1992 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1993.

Medalists
 Medal Name Games Sport Event       25px Wrestling  Men's freestyle flyweight       25px Shooting  Women's skeet       25px Wrestling  Men's freestyle flyweight       25px Boxing  Men's middleweight       25px Wrestling  Men's Greco-Roman lightweight       25px Boxing  Men's flyweight       25px Boxing  Men's bantamweight       25px Shooting  Women's 25 m pistol       25px Shooting  Women's skeet       25px Judo  Men's 73 kg       25px Wrestling  Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg       25px Wrestling  Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg       25px Wrestling  Women's Freestyle 48 kg       25px Judo  Men's 100 kg   Khetag Gazyumov    25px Wrestling  Men's freestyle 96 kg   Shahin Imranov    25px Boxing  Men's featherweight   Valentin Hristov    25px Weightlifting  Men's 56 kg   Rovshan Bayramov    25px Wrestling  Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg   Emin Ahmadov    25px Wrestling  Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg       25px Wrestling  Women's freestyle 48 kg       25px Wrestling  Women's freestyle 55 kg        25px Boxing  Men's heavyweight        25px Boxing  Men's super heavyweight   Toghrul Asgarov    25px Wrestling  Men's freestyle 60 kg   Sharif Sharifov    25px Wrestling  Men's freestyle 84 kg   Khetag Gazyumov    gh25px Wrestling  Men's freestyle 96 kg   Radik Isayev    25px Taekwondo  Men's +80 kg   Lorenzo Sotomayor    25px Boxing Men's light welterweight   Valentin Demyanenko    25px Canoeing  Men's C-1 200 meters    Rustam Orujov    25px Judo  Men's 73 kg   Elmar Gasimov    25px Judo  Men's 100 kg   Toghrul Asgarov    25px Wrestling  Men's freestyle 65 kg   Khetag Gazyumov    25px Wrestling  Men's freestyle 97 kg   Mariya Stadnik    25px Wrestling  Women's freestyle 48 kg   Kamran Shakhsuvarly    25px Boxing  Men's middleweight   Inna Osypenko-Radomska    25px Canoeing  Women's K-1 200 meters   Milad Beigi    25px Taekwondo  Men's 80 kg   Patimat Abakarova    25px Taekwondo  Women's 49 kg   Haji Aliyev    25px Wrestling  Men's freestyle 57 kg   Jabrayil Hasanov    25px Wrestling  Men's freestyle 74 kg   Sharif Sharifov    25px Wrestling  Men's freestyle 86 kg   Rasul Chunayev    25px Wrestling  Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg   Sabah Shariati    25px Wrestling  Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg   Nataliya Synyshyn    25px Wrestling  Women's freestyle 53 kg   Rafael Aghayev    25px Karate  Men's 75 kg   Haji Aliyev    25px Wrestling  Men's freestyle 65 kg   Irina Zaretska    25px Karate  Women's +61 kg   Iryna Kindzerska    25px Judo  Women's +78 kg   Loren Alfonso    25px Boxing  Men's light heavyweight   Rafig Huseynov    25px Wrestling  Men's Greco-Roman 77 kg   Mariya Stadnik    25px Wrestling  Women's freestyle 50 kg

 Medals 

 Medals by Summer Games 
GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1900–1912  As part of the  1920–1948  did not participate 1952–1988  As part of the    As part of the    23  0  1  0  1  61   31  2  0  1  3  34   36  1  0  4  5  50   44  1  1  4  6  40   53  2  2  5  9  30   56  1  7  10  18  39   44  0  3  4  7  67   Future Event    Total  7  14  28  49  63

 Medals by Winter Games 
Games AthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1920–1948  did not participate 1952–1988  As part of the    Did not participate      4  0  0  0  0  –   4  0  0  0  0  –   2  0  0  0  0  –   2  0  0  0  0  –   4  0  0  0  0  –   1  0  0  0  0  –    2  0  0  0  0  –   Future Event Total  0  0  0  0  –

 Medals by Summer Sport 

 Medals by Winter Sport 

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes
 List of flag bearers for Azerbaijan at the Olympics
 Azerbaijan at the Paralympics

Other websites


 "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 

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