Azerbaijan at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics explained

Games:	Summer Youth Olympics
Games Link:	2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Year:	2018
Noc:	AZE
Nocname:	National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic
Website:	http://www.noc-aze.org/
Competitors:	17
Sports:	9
Location:	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Start Date:	6
End Date:	18 October 2018
Gold:	2
Silver:	1
Bronze:	3
Rank:	35
Appearances:	auto

Azerbaijan participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Medalists

Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC (combined) teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.

Competitors

width=180	Sport	width=55	Boys	width=55	Girls	width=55	Total
Athletics	1	1	2
Boxing	2	0	2
Gymnastics	1	1	2
Judo	1	1	2
Swimming	1	0	1
Table tennis	1	1	2
Taekwondo	1	1	2
Weightlifting	1	1	2
Wrestling	1	1	2
Total	9	8	17

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary R1	Preliminary R2	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nurlan Safarov	-60 kg	W 3–2		L 0–5	W 4–0
Nijat Hasanov	-69 kg	W		L 1–4	L 0–5	4

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Artistic

Azerbaijan qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 European Junior Championship.^[1]

Boys' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota

Rhythmic

Azerbaijan qualified one rhythmic gymnast based on its performance at the European qualification event.^[1]

Girls' rhythmic individual all-around - 1 quota

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals				Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Vusala Karimova	Girls' 44 kg	W 10-00	L 00s1-01	did not advance		W 10-00	L 00s2-10s2	Colspan=2	did not advance
Vugar Talibov	Boys' 66 kg	W 10-00	W 01s1-00s2	W 01s2-00s1	Colspan=3	W 10-00

Team

Athletes	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athletes	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Team Nanjing	Mixed Team		L 3–4	did not advance
Team Atlanta	W 4–3	L 3–4	Colspan=3	did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Javad Aghayev	Boys' 63 kg	W DSQ	W 9-8	L 13-15	did not advance
Minaya Akbarova	Girls' 44 kg	L 9-14	did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Azerbaijan qualified one table tennis players based on its performance at the European Continental Qualifier and the “Road to Buenos Aires” qualification tournament.^[2] ^[3]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group Stage	Rank	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Yu Khinhang	align=left rowspan=3	Boys' singles	Group G L 1–4	3	did not advance	17
W 4–1
L 1–4
align=left rowspan=3	Ning Jing	align=left rowspan=3	Girls' singles	Group C L 3–4	2Q	W 4–1	L 3–4	did not advance	5
W 4–0
W 4–2

Team

Athletes	Event	Group Stage	Rank	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Azerbaijan	align=left rowspan=3	Mixed international team	Group FIndia W 3–0	1Q	United States W 2–1	Japan L 0–2	did not advance	5
Intercontinental 5 W 3–0
France W 3–0

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Azerbaijan qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Championships.^[4]

Boy

Girl

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

Key:

– Victory by Fall
– Without any points scored by the opponent
– With point(s) scored by the opponent
– Without any points scored by the opponent
– With point(s) scored by the opponent

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Final /	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank
Turan Bayramov	Boys' freestyle −65kg	W 10 – 0	W 8 – 0	1	W 6 – 1
Shahana Nazarova	Girls' freestyle −43kg	W 11 – 0	W 6 – 0	L 2 – 12	W 1 – 0	2	W 7 – 6

Notes and References

News: 2018 Youth Olympic Games Gymnastics Qualifiers . . 25 June 2018 . 26 June 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180627005247/http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/site/site/download?fileId=6654 . 2018-06-27 . dead .
News: Four more places decided in Split, surprise names bound for Argentine shores . . 5 November 2017 . 10 November 2017.
News: Beach Volleyball and Table Tennis quota places awarded for Buenos Aires 2018. 29 March 2018. buenosaires2018.com. 27 March 2017. 30 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180330082203/https://www.buenosaires2018.com/en/news/beach-volleyball-and-table-tennis-quota-places-awarded-buenos-aires-2018. dead.
News: Boys Team Classification from World Youth Championships . . 29 March 2018 . 29 March 2018 . 29 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180729025746/http://www.iwf.net/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2018/03/MQTEAM_Bangkok2017_Final.pdf . dead .