Azerbaijan at the 2000 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	AZE
Nocname:	National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2000
Website:
Location:	Sydney
Competitors:	31
Sports:	8
Flagbearer:	Namik Abdullayev
Rank:	34
Gold:	2
Silver:	0
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1996
See also:	(1900–1912) (1952–1988) (1992)

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.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				21 September
				30 September
				30 September

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Teymur Gasimov	100 m	10.97	7	colspan=6
Faig Baghirov	800 m	1:57.39	8

Field events

Women

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Makhach Nuriddinov	Lightweight	L 5–14	colspan=5
Ruslan Khairov	Welterweight		W 13–8	L 10–10*	colspan=3
Vugar Alekperov	Middleweight	W 12–3	W 9–8	W 18–8	L 9–19
Ali Ismayilov	Light Heavyweight	W 14–9	L 18–23	colspan=4
Magomed Aripgadjiev	Heavyweight		L 4–9

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Irada Ashumova	10 m air pistol	227	45	colspan=4
25 m pistol	569	31	colspan=4
Zemfira Meftahatdinova	Skeet	73	1 Q	25	=1	98

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Emin Guliyev	Men's 50 m freestyle	25.36	60	colspan=4
Alisa Khaleyeva	Women's 50 m freestyle	28.79	59

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Snatch			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

See main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination pool				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Namig Abdullayev	54 kg	W 6–0	W 10–0		1 Q		W 5–3	W 4–3
Arif Abdullayev	58 kg	W 8–5	L 5–7	L 1–11	3	9
Shamil Afandiyev	63 kg	W 6–1	W 10–0	L 1–6	2	7
Elshad Allahverdiyev	76 kg	L 2–3	W 8–5		2	10
Davud Magomedov	97 kg	L 0–3	W 3–0		2	13
Rajab Ashabaliyev	130 kg	W 4–0	L 0–10		2	9

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination pool				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Natig Eyvazov	54 kg	W 10–0	L 1–6	W 3–0	2	7
Islam Dugushiev	69 kg	W 5–0	W 1–0		1 Q	L 1–4		5th place match L WO	6
Xviça Biçinaşvili	76 kg	L 2–3	L 0–3		3	16

References

Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. .
International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site

Notes and References

Web site: Azerbaijan at the 2000 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042455/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/AZE/summer/2000/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2012-05-23 . sports-reference.com.