Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	AZE
NPC
Website	www.paralympic.az
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	25 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Ilham Zakiyev
Medals Ranked 48th	Gold 1 Silver 8 Bronze 2 Total 11
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1988)  Unified Team (1992)

Azerbaijan competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Ramil Gasimov	Judo	Men's 73 kg	9 September
Silver	Bayram Mustafayev	Judo	Men's 66 kg	8 September
Silver	Elena Chebanu	Athletics	Women's 100 metres	9 September
Silver	Kamil Aliyev	Athletics		10 September
Silver	Elena Chebanu	Athletics		13 September
Silver	Dzmitry Salei	Swimming		13 September
Silver	Raman Salei	Swimming		15 September
Silver	Dzmitry Salei	Swimming		17 September
Silver	Irada Aliyeva	Athletics		17 September
Bronze	Elena Chebanu	Athletics		12 September
Bronze	Rovshan Safarov	Judo	Men's 81 kg	9 September

Delegation[]

The country sent a team of 25 athletes, 20 men and 5 women, along with 2 officials to the 2016 Summer Paralympics.^[1]

Competitors[]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	0	1	1
Athletics	10	2	12
Judo	6	1	7
Powerlifting	2	0	2
Shooting	0	1	1
Swimming	2	0	2
Total	20	5	25

Archery[]

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Zinyat Valiyeva	Individual recurve open	472	31	Nemati (IRI) L 0-6	Did not advance				17

Athletics (track and field)[]

Men's Track

Athlete	Guide	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
			Disqualified
	-		11.27	2 Q	N/A	11.5	4
	-		Did not start
			49.74	3 Q	50.17	3	Did not advance
Oleg Panyutin Kamil Aliyev		4 × 100 m Relay T11-13	Did not start

Men's Field

Athlete	Event	Mark(metr)	Rank
		13.67	7
		13.72	4
		6.09	5
Kamil Aliyev		7.05
Oleg Panyutin		6.88	7
Huseyn Hasanov		Did not start
Olokhan Musayev	Discus Throw - F54/55/56	40.93	4

Women's

Javelin Throw

Athlete	Event	Mark(metr)	Rank
Irada Aliyeva		42.58

Track events

Athlete	Guide	Events	Heat		Semi-final		Final
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elena Chebanu			12.24	1 Q	11.81	1 Q	11.71
Elena Chebanu			24.16	1 Q	N/A		23.80
Elena Chebanu			56.53	2	Did not advance
Elena Chebanu	-		N/A				5.56

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• DSQ = Disqualified
• DNS = Did not start
• DNF = Did not finish
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser
• WR = World record
• PR = Paralympic record
• RR = Regional record
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Judo[]

With one pathway for qualification being having a top finish at the 2014 IBSA Judo World Championships, Azerbaijan earned a qualifying spot in Rio base on the performance of Bayram Mustafayev in the men's -66 kg event. The B3 Judoka finished first in his class. Ramil Gasimov gave his country a second spot after the B2 judoka won the men's -73kg class.^[2][3]

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	Gauto (ARG) W 112-000	Sariyev (KAZ) W 100–002	Namozov (UZB) L 000–100	Bye		(MGL) L 000–100	5
Bayram Mustafayev	−66 kg	Bye	(BRA) W 010–000	Fujimoto (JPN) W 100–000	Bye		Nigmatov (UZB) L 000–110
Ramil Gasimov	−73 kg	Bye	(CUB) W 000–000 S	Kornhass (GER) W 100–000	Bye		Solovey (UKR) W 110–000
Rovshan Safarov	−81 kg	(BLR) W 110–000	Kosinov (UKR) L 000–110	Did not advance		Effron (ARG) W 100–000	Drane (GBR) W 102–000
	−100 kg	(UKR) W 101–000	(KOR) L 000–101	Did not advance		(IRI) W 000–000 S	Sharipov (UZB) L 000–001	5
Ilham Zakiyev	+100 kg	Bye	(UZB) L 000–100	Did not advance	(USA) W 102–000	(GBR) W 001–000	Jimenez (CUB) L 000–001	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sabina Abdullayeva		Hirose (JPN) L 000–100	Did not advance	Wang (CHN) L 000–100	Did not advance	7

Powerlifting[]

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
	Men's –65 kg	No marks recorded
Elshan Huseynov	Men's –107 kg	No marks recorded

Shooting[]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Yelena Taranova	Women's P2-10m Air Pistol - SH1	370-4x	5 Q	148.8	4
	Mixed P3-25m Pistol - SH1	560-11x	13	Did not advance
	Mixed P3-25m Pistol - SH1	503-2x	27	Did not advance

Swimming[]

Men[]

Athletes	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dzmitry Salei		24.40	1 Q	24.29
Raman Salei		24.43	2 Q	24.45	4
Dzmitry Salei		53.82	3 Q	54.73	8
Raman Salei		54.32	2	Did not advance
Raman Salei		4:13.83	3 Q	4:19.34	7
Dzmitry Salei		58.83	2 Q	58.16	5
Raman Salei		58.40	2 Q	58.11	4
Dzmitry Salei		1:08.68	1 Q	1:08.80
Dzmitry Salei		1:02.63	3 Q	1:02.70	6
Raman Salei		1:01.58	1 Q	1:00.91
Dzmitry Salei		2:16.31	1 Q	2:13.83	4
Raman Salei		2:19.37	3	Did not advance

See also[]

• Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References[]