Azerbaijan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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Azerbaijan at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg
IPC codeAZE
NPC
Websitewww.paralympic.az
in Beijing
Competitors18 in 4 sports
Flag bearer Ilham Zakiyev
Medals
Ranked 38th
Gold
2
Silver
3
Bronze
5
Total
10
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Soviet Union (1988)
 Unified Team (1992)

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.[1]

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.[2]

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 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 Athletics Men's 400m - T12 13 September
 Bronze Vugar Mehdiyev Athletics Men's 200m - T13 16 September

Sports[]

Athletics[]

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's track[]

Athlete Class Event Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Vugar Mehdiyev T13 100m 11.14 4 Q N/A 11.01 4
200m 22.19 5 Q N/A 22.00 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
T12 100m 11.35 9 Q 11.22 8 B 11.19 6
200m 23.38 14 Did not advance
T12 400m 51.03 6 Q 50.87 3 q 50.20 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Vugar Mehdiyev

 T11-13 4x100m relay N/A DNF

Men's field[]

Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Zeynidin Bilalov F11 Triple jump 12.80 - 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Olokhan Musayev F55-56 Shot put 13.49 WR 1162 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Oleg Panyutin F12 Long jump 7.06 - 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Vladimir Zayets F12 Long jump 6.81 - 4
Triple jump 15.00 - 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Judo[]

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men[]

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Ramin Ibrahimov −60 kg   (UKR)
W 1000-0000 		  (RUS)
W 1000-0000 		 Noura (ALG)
L 0001–1000s1 		Bye  Quilter (GBR)
W 1000–0000 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
−66 kg  Amaral (BRA)
W 0001-0000s1 		  (ALG)
L 0001s2-0010s1 		Did not advance   (UKR)
L 0000s1-0101 		Did not advance 7
−73 kg   (JPN)
W 1001-0000 		  (CHN)
L 0000s1-1001 		Did not advance  Krieger (GER)
L 0011s2-0110s1 		Did not advance 7
−81 kg   (ESP)
W 1000-0000 		 Lencina (ARG)
L 0000-1000 		Did not advance   (JPN)
L refuse to race 		Did not advance 7
Tofig Mammadov −90 kg   (LTU)
W 0211-0000s1 		 Junk (GER)
W 0003s1-0001s1 		  (FRA)
W 1100s1-0001 		Bye  Kretsul (RUS)
L 0010s3–0100s2 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
−100 kg Bye   (JPN)
W 1001s1–0001s1 		  (CUB)
W 1000–0000 		Bye  Tenorio Silva (BRA)
L 0000s3–1101 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ilham Zakiyev +100 kg Bye   (FRA)
W 1000–0000 		  (KOR)
W 1000–0001 		Bye   (CHN)
W 1000–0000 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Powerlifting[]

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Result Rank
+100kg 205.0 7
Elshan Huseynov 90kg 190.0 5
100kg 190.0 8

Shooting[]

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Yelena Taranova Mixed 25m pistol SH1 527 25 Did not advance
Mixed 50m pistol SH1 517 16 Did not advance
Women's 10m air pistol SH1 364 8 Q 96.1 460.1 6

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Azerbaijan to leave for Beijing Paralympics on August 28". APA. 2008-08-25. Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
  2. ^ "The winner of XIII Paralympic Games from Azerbaijan to get $200,000". Azerbaijan Business Center. 2008-08-29. Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
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