Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	AZE
Npcname:	National Paralympic Committee of Azerbaijan Republic
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	2016
Location:	Rio de Janeiro
Competitors:	25
Sports:	6
Flagbearer:	Ilham Zakiyev
Rank:	48
Gold:	1
Silver:	8
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1996
See also:	(1960–1988) (1992)

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

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

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
	0	1	1
	10	2	12
	6	1	7
	2	0	2
	0	1	1
	2	0	2
Total	20	5	25

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Women|-|align=left|Zinyat Valiyeva|align=left rowspan=2|Individual recurve open|472|31|align="center"|
L 0-6|colspan=4|Did not advance|17|}

Athletics (track and field)

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Men's Track

Athlete	Guide	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elchin Muradov	Hakim Ibrahimov	100m - T11	Disqualified
Elmir Jabrayilov	align=left	-	100m - T12	11.27	2 Q	11.5	4
Elmir Jabrayilov	align=left	-	200m - T12	Did not start
Elmir Jabrayilov	Hakim Ibrahimov	400m - T12	49.74	3 Q	50.17	3	Did not advance
Oleg Panyutin Kamil Aliyev Elmir Jabrayilov Elchin Muradov	Hakim Ibrahimov	4 × 100 m Relay T11-13	Did not start

Men's Field

Athlete	Event	Mark(metr)	Rank
Samir Nabiyev	Shot Put - F56/57	13.67	7
Rufat Rafiyev	Shot Put - F36	13.72	4
Elchin Muradov	Long Jump - T11	6.09	5
Kamil Aliyev	align=left rowspan=2	Long Jump - T12	7.05
Oleg Panyutin	6.88	7
Huseyn Hasanov	Long Jump - T45/46/47	Did not start
Olokhan Musayev	Discus Throw - F54/55/56	40.93	4

Women's

Javelin Throw

Track events

Athlete	Guide	Events	Heat		Semi-final		Final
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elena Chebanu	Hakim Ibrahimov	100m - T12	12.24	1 Q	11.81	1 Q	11.71
Elena Chebanu	Hakim Ibrahimov	200m - T12	24.16	1 Q	23.80
Elena Chebanu	Hakim Ibrahimov	400m - T12	56.53	2	Did not advance
Elena Chebanu	align=left	-	Long Jump - T12	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

See main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. 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 /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ramin Ibrahimov	−60 kg	W 112-000	W 100–002	L 000–100	L 000–100	5
Bayram Mustafayev	−66 kg	W 010–000	W 100–000	L 000–110
Ramil Gasimov	−73 kg	W 000–000	W 100–000	W 110–000
Rovshan Safarov	−81 kg	W 110–000	L 000–110	Did not advance		W 100–000	W 102–000
Kanan Abdullakhanli	−100 kg	W 101–000	L 000–101	Did not advance		W 000–000	L 000–001	5
Ilham Zakiyev	+100 kg	L 000–100	Did not advance	W 102–000	W 001–000	L 000–001	5

Women

Powerlifting

See main article: article and Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

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

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

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

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athletes	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dzmitry Salei	align=left rowspan=2	50 m freestyle S12	24.40	1 Q	24.29
Raman Salei	24.43	2 Q	24.45	4
Dzmitry Salei	align=left rowspan=2	100 m freestyle S13	53.82	3 Q	54.73	8
Raman Salei	54.32	2	Did not advance
Raman Salei	align=left rowspan=1	400 m freestyle S13	4:13.83	3 Q	4:19.34	7
Dzmitry Salei	align=left rowspan=2	100 m butterfly S13	58.83	2 Q	58.16	5
Raman Salei	58.40	2 Q	58.11	4
Dzmitry Salei	align=left rowspan=1	100 m breaststroke SB12	1:08.68	1 Q	1:08.80
Dzmitry Salei	align=left rowspan=2	100 m backstroke S12	1:02.63	3 Q	1:02.70	6
Raman Salei	1:01.58	1 Q	1:00.91
Dzmitry Salei	align=left rowspan=2	200 m individual medley SM13	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

Notes and References

1. Web site: OVERALL NUMBER OF ENTRIES BY NPC. myInfo+Plus. Atos. 17 September 2016. registration. 23 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160923002404/https://myinfo.rio2016.com/portal/OIS/ENT?menu=ENT&url=%2FOIS%2Fgenerated%2FENT%2Flive%2FENG%2FEN%2FEN0000000%2FRES08.html#selectedNOC=CMR. dead.
2. Web site: JUDO QUALIFICATION . International Paralympic Committee . 24 December 2015 . 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151225180228/http://www.rio2016.com/sites/all/iframe/infograficos/paralimpicos/judo/pdf/Judo-paralympics.pdf . 25 December 2015 .
3. Web site: Download - pdf - 2014 IBSA Judo World Championships - results and final standings. International Blind Sports Association. 22 December 2015. 6 September 2014. 25 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151225211817/http://www.ibsasport.org/sports/files/357-Results-IBSA-Judo-World-Championships-Sept-2014-USA---results.pdf. dead.