Azerbaijan at the 2004 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	AZE
Nocname:	National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2004
Website:
Location:	Athens
Competitors:	36
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	Nizami Pashayev
Rank:	50
Gold:	1
Silver:	0
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1996
See also:	(1900–1912) (1952–1988) (1992)

Azerbaijan competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece from 13 to 29 August 2004. 36 competitors, 30 men and 6 women, took part in 36 events in 10 sports.

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Azerbaijani athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^{[1] [2]}

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

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Teymur Gasimov	100 m	11.17	8	Did not advance
Dadash Ibrahimov	200 m	21.60	7	Did not advance
Alibay Shukurov	800 m	1:51.11	7	Did not advance

Field events

Women

Field events

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Azerbaijan sent 9 boxers to the Olympics. They won 2 bronze medals, with 3 other boxers falling in the quarterfinals. The combined record of the Azeri boxers was 15-9, with each boxer winning at least one match. Azerbaijan was in a four-way tie for 12th place in the boxing medals scoreboard.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jeyhun Abiyev	Flyweight	W 23–8	L 20–23	Did not advance
Fuad Aslanov	Flyweight	W	W 27–21	W 24–23	L 18–23	Did not advance
Aghasi Mammadov	Bantamweight	W	W 35–16	W 32–12	L 19–27	Did not advance
Shahin Imranov	Featherweight	W	L	Did not advance
Rovshan Huseynov	Lightweight	W 22–14	W 36–18	L 11–23	Did not advance
Ruslan Khairov	Welterweight	W	W 26–16	L 14–16	Did not advance
Javid Taghiyev	Middleweight	W 32–31	L 19–19^+	Did not advance
Ali Ismayilov	Light heavyweight	W 27–22	L 16–31	Did not advance
Vugar Alakbarov	Heavyweight		W 18–14	L	Did not advance

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Women

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Rhythmic

Dinara Gimatova, who qualified for the 2004 Olympics, could not compete due to a practice injury. She was replaced by Anna Gurbanova.

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Elchin Ismayilov	−66 kg	L 0012–1010	Did not advance
Mehman Azizov	−81 kg	W 1010–0001	W 0010–0001	L 0000–1001	Did not advance		W 1000–0000	W 1000–0000	L 0020–0100	5
Movlud Miraliyev	−100 kg	L 0001–1011	Did not advance			W 1010–0000	W 1011–0000	W 0021–0001	L 0001–1030	5

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Irada Ashumova	10 m air pistol	386	2 Q	481.4	8
25 m pistol	588	1 Q	687.3
Zemfira Meftahatdinova	Skeet	71	2 Q	93

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Niyamaddin Pashayev	Men's −68 kg	L 13–15	Did not advance
Rashad Ahmadov	Men's −80 kg	W 10–3	W 24–17	L 6–6		W 9–9	L 8–9	4

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Asif Malikov	Men's −62 kg	115	=14	150	=11	265	12
Turan Mirzayev	Men's −69 kg	147.5	=4	185	4	332.5	4
Nizami Pashayev	align=left rowspan=2	Men's −94 kg	180		—	—	—
Alibay Samadov	165	=16	195	15	360	15
Alan Naniyev	Men's −105 kg	190	4	220	4	410	6

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Key

• - Victory by Fall.
• - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Namig Abdullayev	−55 kg	L 1–3	W 3–1	2	Did not advance			14
Elman Asgarov	−66 kg	W 3–1	L 1–3	2	Did not advance			12
Elnur Aslanov	−74 kg	L 1–3	L 1–3	3	Did not advance			15
Rustam Aghayev	−96 kg	W 3–1	W 5–0	1 Q	L 0–3	Did not advance	W 5–0	5

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vitaliy Rahimov	−60 kg	W 3–1	L 0–3		2	Did not advance			14
Farid Mansurov	−66 kg	W 3–0	W 3–1		1 Q	W 3–1	W 3–1	W 3–1
Vüqar Aslanov	−74 kg	L 1–3	L 0–5	L 0–3	4	Did not advance			17

See also

• Azerbaijan at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• NOC Azerbaijan

Notes and References

1. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. June 4, 2011.
2. Web site: IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards. IAAF. 4 June 2011.