Azerbaijan at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	AZE
Nocname:	National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2008
Website:
Location:	Beijing
Competitors:	44
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	Farid Mansurov (opening) Shahin Imranov (closing)
Rank:	40
Gold:	1
Silver:	1
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1996
See also:	(1900–1912) (1952–1988) (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

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				August 11
				August 12
				August 22
				August 14
				August 16
				August 21
				August 12

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Medals by sport
Sport				Total
	0	0	1	1
	1	0	1	2
	0	1	2	3
Total	1	1	4	6

Competitors

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	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

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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

See main article: article and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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	W 19–4	L 2–10	did not advance
Shahin Imranov	Featherweight	W 9–5	W 18–9	W 16–14	L	Did not advance

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Show jumping

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Rope	Hoop	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Aliya Garayeva	align=left rowspan=2	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

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	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	Opposition Result	Rank
Ramil Gasimov	−66 kg		L 0101–0120	did not advance
Elnur Mammadli	−73 kg		W 1000–0000	W 1001–0001	W 0200–0000	W 1000–0000	W 1000–0000
Mehman Azizov	−81 kg		L 0011–0020	did not advance			L 0001–0200	did not advance
Elkhan Mammadov	−90 kg		W 0011–0000	W 0110–0010	L 0000–1000	Did not advance		L 0010–0011	did not advance
Movlud Miraliyev	−100 kg		W 1000–0001	W 1010–0000	W 0110–0000	L 0010–0120	W 0110–0001

Women

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Women

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sardar Hasanov	Men's −62 kg	128	=12	152		128
Afgan Bayramov	align=left rowspan=2	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

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2008 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	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	−55 kg		W 3–1	W 3–1	L 1–3	L 1–3	5
	−60 kg	L 0–3	did not advance			W 3–1	W 3–1	L 1–3	5
Emin Azizov	−66 kg	W 3–0	L 0–3	did not advance					12
Chamsulvara Chamsulvarayev	−74 kg		L 1–3	did not advance					15
Novruz Temrezov	−84 kg	W 3–1	W 5–0	L 1–3	did not advance				7
Khetag Gazyumov	−96 kg	W 3–0	W 3–0	W 3–0	L 1–3	W 3–0
Ali Isayev	−120 kg		L 1–3	did not advance			L 0–5	Did not advance	14

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rovshan Bayramov	−55 kg		W 3–0	W 3–1	W 3–1	L 1–3
Vitaliy Rahimov	−60 kg	W 3–1	W 3–1	W 3–1	W 3–0	L 0–3
Farid Mansurov	−66 kg		L 0–3	did not advance					19
Ilgar Abdulov	−74 kg	W 3–1	L 0–5	did not advance					12
Shalva Gadabadze	−84 kg		W 3–0	L 1–3	Did not advance		L 1–3	Did not advance	8
Anton Botev	−120 kg	W 3–1	L 0–3	did not advance					9

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mariya Stadnik	−48 kg		L 1–3	did not advance			W 3–1	W 3–1
Yelena Komarova	−55 kg		L 0–3	did not advance					15
Olesya Zamula	−63 kg		L 0–3	did not advance			L 0–5	Did not advance	16

See also

• Azerbaijan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics