Azerbaijan first participated at the Olympic Games as an independent nation in 1996, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then. Previously, Azerbaijani athletes competed as part of the Soviet Union from 1952 to 1988, and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan was part of the Unified Team in 1992. Azerbaijani athletes have won a total of 56 medals at the Summer Olympic Games. The nation has not won any medals at the Winter Olympic Games. The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan was created in 1992 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1993.
In 2016, Azerbaijan became one of only two nations (the other being Great Britain, also between 2000 and 2016) ever to increase the number of medals achieved in five consecutive Games. Azerbaijan is particularly strong in combative sports, with 40 of their 45 medals being awarded in Wrestling, Boxing, Judo and Taekwondo.
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1900–1912 as part of the 1920–1948 did not participate 1952–1988 as part of the as part of the 23 0 1 0 1 61 31 2 0 1 3 34 36 1 0 4 5 50 44 1 1 4 6 40 53 2 2 5 9 32 56 1 7 10 18 39 44 0 3 4 7 67 48 2 2 3 7 30 future event Total 9 16 31 56 61
Medals by Winter Games Games AthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 1952–1988 as part of the did not participate 4 0 0 0 0 – 4 0 0 0 0 – 2 0 0 0 0 – 2 0 0 0 0 – 4 0 0 0 0 – 1 0 0 0 0 – 2 0 0 0 0 – 2 0 0 0 0 – future event Total 0 0 0 0 –
Medals by summer sport
Medalists Medal Name GamesSportEvent Wrestling Men's freestyle flyweight Shooting Women's skeet Wrestling Men's freestyle flyweight Boxing Men's middleweight Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman lightweight Boxing Men's flyweight Boxing Men's bantamweight Shooting Women's 25 m pistol Shooting Women's skeet Judo Men's 73 kg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg Shahin Imranov Boxing Men's featherweight Judo Men's 100 kg Wrestling Women's freestyle 48 kg Khetag Gazyumov Wrestling Men's freestyle 96 kg Toghrul Asgarov Wrestling Men's freestyle 60 kg Sharif Sharifov Wrestling Men's freestyle 84 kg Rovshan Bayramov Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg Wrestling Women's freestyle 48 kg Boxing Men's heavyweight Boxing Men's super heavyweight Khetag Gazyumov Wrestling Men's freestyle 96 kg Emin Ahmadov Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg Wrestling Women's freestyle 55 kg Radik Isayev Taekwondo Men's +80 kg Lorenzo Sotomayor Boxing Men's light welterweight Valentin Demyanenko Canoeing Men's C-1 200 metres Rustam Orujov Judo Men's 73 kg Elmar Gasimov Judo Men's 100 kg Toghrul Asgarov Wrestling Men's freestyle 65 kg Khetag Gazyumov Wrestling Men's freestyle 97 kg Mariya Stadnik Wrestling Women's freestyle 48 kg Kamran Shakhsuvarly Boxing Men's middleweight Inna Osypenko-Radomska Canoeing Women's K-1 200 metres Milad Beigi Taekwondo Men's 80 kg Patimat Abakarova Taekwondo Women's 49 kg Haji Aliyev Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg Jabrayil Hasanov Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg Sharif Sharifov Wrestling Men's freestyle 86 kg Rasul Chunayev Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Sabah Shariati Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg Nataliya Synyshyn Wrestling Women's freestyle 53 kg Rafael Aghayev Karate Men's 75 kg Haji Aliyev Wrestling Men's freestyle 65 kg Irina Zaretska Karate Women's +61 kg Iryna Kindzerska Judo Women's +78 kg Loren Alfonso Boxing Men's light heavyweight Rafig Huseynov Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 77 kg Mariya Stadnik Wrestling Women's freestyle 50 kg Judo Men's 73 kg Judo Men's 100 kg Taekwondo Men's 58 kg Loren Alfonso Boxing Men's heavyweight Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle 97 kg
Disqualified medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Vitaliy Rahimov Wrestling Men's 60 kg Valentin Hristov Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
Participants by sport Summer Games Sport19962000200420082012Total Field events 2 3 3 2 2 18Track events 2 1 2 0 1 2 5 9 2 8 26 Sprint 0 0 0 0 3 3 Road 0 0 0 0 1 1 Platform 1 1 0 0 0 2 Show jumping 0 0 0 1 1 2 Individual sabre 1 0 1 0 1 3 Artistic 0 0 0 0 1 11Individual rhythmic 0 0 1 2 1Team rhythmic 0 0 0 0 6 2 4 3 6 8 23 Single sculls 0 0 0 0 2 2 Air & Sporting Pistol 1 1 1 0 1 8Skeet 1 1 1 1 0 Breaststroke 0 0 1 1 1 9Butterfly 0 0 0 0 1Freestyle 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 5 2 2 5 5 6 20 Græco-Roman 2 2 3 6 5 53Freestyle 6 7 4 10 8Total 23 31 36 44 53 187
Winter Games Sport1998200220062010Total Slalom 0 1 0 2 3 Singles 2 1 0 0 9Pairs 2 2 2 0Total 4 4 2 2 12
Flagbearers
+ Summer Olympics Games Athlete Sport Nazim Hüseynov Judo Namig Abdullayev Freestyle wrestling Nizami Pashayev Weightlifting Farid Mansurov Greco-Roman wrestling Elnur Mammadli Judo Teymur Mammadov Boxing Rustam Orujov & Farida Azizova Judo (Orujov) & taekwando (Azizova)
+ Winter Olympics Games Athlete Sport Julia Vorobieva Figure skating Sergey Rylov Figure skating Mikhail RakimovOfficial Fuad Guliyev Official Rahman Khalilov Patrick Brachner Alpine skiing
See also National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan Olympic competitors for Azerbaijan Azerbaijan at the Paralympics List of Azerbaijani Olympic medalists List of flag bearers for Azerbaijan at the Olympics
References
External links
"Azerbaijani Wrestler Namig Abdullayev Wins Olympic Gold," in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 8:4 (Winter 2000), p. 76. "Zemfira Meftahatdinova: Right on Target, Olympic Gold, Skeet Shooter," in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 8:4 (Winter 2000), p. 79. "Vugar Alakbarov, Olympic Bronze in Boxing," in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 8:4 (Winter 2000), p. 78.