Azerbaijan at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Azerbaijan at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AZE
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic
Website	www.noc-aze.org (in Azerbaijani and English)
in Beijing
Competitors	44 in 10 sports
Flag bearers	Farid Mansurov (opening) Shahin Imranov (closing)
Medals Ranked 40th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 4 Total 6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912)  Soviet Union (1952–1988)  Unified Team (1992)

Azerbaijan sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. In total 44 Azerbaijani athletes went to Beijing, including 14 women.

Medalists[]

Competitors[]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	2	0	2
Boxing	2	0	2
Equestrian	1	0	1
Gymnastics	0	8	8
Judo	5	1	6
Shooting	0	1	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Weightlifting	5	0	5
Wrestling	13	3	16
Total	30	14	44

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ruslan Abbasov	100 m	10.58	5	Did not advance
Ramil Guliyev	200 m	20.78	2 Q	20.66	5	Did not advance

Boxing[]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Samir Mammadov	Flyweight	Nhaila (MAR) W 19–4	Jongjohor (THA) L 2–10	Did not advance
Shahin Imranov	Featherweight	Jafarov (KAZ) W 9–5	Izoria (GEO) W 18–9	Torriente (CUB) W 16–14	Djelkhir (FRA) L WO	Did not advance

Equestrian[]

Show jumping[]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Jamal Rahimov	Ionesco De Brekka	Individual	1	=14	Eliminated			Did not advance

Gymnastics[]

Rhythmic[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Aliya Garayeva	Individual	17.875	16.850	17.625	16.850	69.200	7 Q	17.750	18.075	17.225	16.625	69.675	6
Dinara Gimatova		16.275	16.775	16.600	16.875	66.525	11	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank	5 ropes	3 hoops 2 clubs	Total	Rank
Anna Bitieva Dina Gorina Vafa Huseynova Anastasiya Prasolova Alina Trepina Valeriya Yegay	Team	15.575	15.875	31.450	8 Q	16.075	15.500	31.575	7

Judo[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ramil Gasimov	−66 kg	Bye	Gadanov (RUS) L 0101–0120	Did not advance
Elnur Mammadli	−73 kg	N/A	van Tichelt (BEL) W 1000–0000	Siamionau (BLR) W 1001–0001	Kim C-S (PRK) W 0200–0000	Maloumat (IRI) W 1000–0000	Bye			Wang K-C (KOR) W 1000–0000
Mehman Azizov	−81 kg	Bye	Bischof (GER) L 0011–0020	Did not advance			Stevens (USA) L 0001–0200	Did not advance
Elkhan Mammadov	−90 kg	N/A	Asranqulov (TJK) W 0011–0000	Nabiev (UZB) W 0110–0010	Tsirekidze (GEO) L 0000–1000	Did not advance	Bye	Mesbah (EGY) L 0010–0011	Did not advance
Movlud Miraliyev	−100 kg	N/A	Azzoun (ALG) W 1000–0001	Zhorzholiani (GEO) W 1010–0000	Brata (ROU) W 0110–0000	Naidangiin (MGL) L 0010–0120	Bye			Matyjaszek (POL) W 0110–0001

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kifayat Gasimova	−57 kg	Bye	Sato (JPN) L 0100–1001	Did not advance

Shooting[]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Zemfira Meftahatdinova	Skeet	63	15	Did not advance

Swimming[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tural Abbasov	50 m freestyle	26.31	78	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Oksana Hatamkhanova	100 m breaststroke	1:20.22	46	Did not advance

Taekwondo[]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rashad Ahmadov	Men's −80 kg	Sarhan (QAT) W 5–0	Michaud (CAN) W 0–0 SUP	Saei (IRI) L 1–4	Bye	S Lopez (USA) L 2–3	Did not advance	5

Weightlifting[]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sardar Hasanov	Men's −62 kg	128	=12	152	DNF	128	DNF
Afgan Bayramov	Men's −69 kg	145	=10	175	7	320	7
Turan Mirzayev		146	=8	181	5	327	5
Intigam Zahirov	Men's −85 kg	166	8	195	9	361	9
Nizami Pashayev	Men's −94 kg	181	2	215	=5	396	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
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Namig Sevdimov	−55 kg	Bye	Yang K-I (PRK) W 3–1 PP	Kim H-S (KOR) W 3–1 PP	Cejudo (USA) L 1–3 PP	Bye		Velikov (BUL) L 1–3 PP	5
Zelimkhan Huseynov	−60 kg	Batirov (RUS) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance			Quintana (CUB) W 3–1 PP	Ramazanov (MKD) W 3–1 PP	Mohammadi (IRI) L 1–3 PP	5
Emin Azizov	−66 kg	Sarrasin (SUI) W 3–0 PO	Spiridonov (KAZ) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance					12
Chamsulvara Chamsulvarayev	−74 kg	Bye	Haidarau (BLR) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					15
Novruz Temrezov	−84 kg	Chagnaadorj (MGL) W 3–1 PP	Yazdani (IRI) W 5–0 VT	Ketoev (RUS) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				7
Khetag Gazyumov	−96 kg	Gucman (POL) W 3–0 PO	Aka-Akesse (FRA) W 3–0 PO	Kurbanov (UZB) W 3–0 PO	Muradov (RUS) L 1–3 PP	Bye		Tibilov (UKR) W 3–0 PO
Ali Isayev	−120 kg	Bye	Taymazov (UZB) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance		Bye	Rodríguez (CUB) L 0–5 VT	Did not advance	14

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rovshan Bayramov	−55 kg	Bye	Mohamed (EGY) W 3–0 PO	Hernández (CUB) W 3–1 PP	Amoyan (ARM) W 3–1 PP	Bye		Mankiev (RUS) L 1–3 PP
Vitaliy Rahimov	−60 kg	Sheng J (CHN) W 3–1 PP	Diaconu (ROU) W 3–1 PP	Nazarian (BUL) W 3–1 PP	Tengizbayev (KAZ) W 3–0 PO	Bye		Albiev (RUS) L 0–3 PO	DSQ
Farid Mansurov	−66 kg	Bye	Vardanyan (UKR) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance					19
Ilgar Abdulov	−74 kg	Tüfenk (TUR) W 3–1 PP	Samurgashev (RUS) L 0–5 VT	Did not advance					12
Shalva Gadabadze	−84 kg	Bye	Achouri (TUN) W 3–0 PO	Fodor (HUN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	Bye	Ma Sy (CHN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	8
Anton Botev	−120 kg	Saldadze (UZB) W 3–1 PP	Sjöberg (SWE) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance					9

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mariya Stadnik	−48 kg	Bye	Huynh (CAN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance		Bye	Kim H-J (KOR) W 3–1 PP	Bakatyuk (KAZ) W 3–1 PP
Yelena Komarova	−55 kg	N/A	Golts (RUS) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance					15
Olesya Zamula	−63 kg	Bye	Icho (JPN) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance		Bye	Miller (USA) L 0–5 VT	Did not advance	16

See also[]

• Azerbaijan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics