Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan at the Olympic Games
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IOC code	AZE
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic
Website	www.noc-aze.org (Azerbaijani) (English)
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	53 in 14 sports
	Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
	1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016;
Winter Games
	1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014;
	Other related appearances
	Russian Empire (1900–1912); Soviet Union (1952–1988); Unified Team (1992)

Azerbaijan is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This will be the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Archery

One Azerbaijani archer has qualified for the women's individual recurve at the Olympics by securing one of three available Olympic spots at the 2016 European Championships in Nottingham, Great Britain, signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Olga Senyuk	Women's individual

Athletics

Azerbaijani athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[2]^[3]

Men's 1500 m – 1 quota place (Hayle Ibrahimov)
Men's triple jump – 1 quota place (Nazim Babayev)
Women's hammer throw – 1 quota place (Hanna Skydan)^[4]

Boxing

Azerbaijan has entered eight boxers to compete in the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Parviz Baghirov was the only Azerbaijani boxer to be selected to the Olympic team with a top two finish of his respective division in the World Series of Boxing, while 2012 Olympian Elvin Mamishzada and Russian import Albert Selimov had secured their places at the 2015 World Championships.^[5]

Five further boxers (Chalabiyev, Sotomayor, Abdullayev, Majidov, and Alekseevna) had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Samsun, Turkey.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Elvin Mamishzada	Flyweight
Javid Chalabiyev	Bantamweight
Albert Selimov	Lightweight
Lorenzo Sotomayor	Light welterweight
Parviz Baghirov	Welterweight
Abdulkadir Abdullayev	Heavyweight
Magomedrasul Majidov	Super heavyweight

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yana Alekseevna	Lightweight

Canoeing

Slalom

Azerbaijani canoeists have qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jure Meglič	Men's K-1

Sprint

Azerbaijani canoeists has qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Valentin Demyanenko	Men's C-1 200 m
Inna Osypenko-Radomska	Women's K-1 200 m
Inna Osypenko-Radomska	Women's K-1 500 m

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Azerbaijan has qualified one rider in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of his top 200 individual ranking in the 2015 UCI Europe Tour.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Azerbaijan has entered one rider to compete only in both women's sprint and keirin at the Olympics, by virtue of her final individual UCI Olympic rankings in those events.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Olga Panarina	Women's sprint

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Olga Panarina	Women's keirin

Fencing

Azerbaijan has entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. 2012 Olympian Sabina Mikina had claimed the sole Olympic spot as the winner of the women's sabre at the European Zonal Qualifier in Prague, Czech Republic.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sabina Mikina	Women's sabre

Gymnastics

Artistic

Azerbaijan has entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. 2012 Olympian Oleg Stepko had claimed an Olympic spot in the men's apparatus and all-around events at the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow, while Petro Pakhnyuk did so at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[10]

Men

Athlete	Qualification								Final
	Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Petro Pakhnyuk
Oleg Stepko

Rhythmic

Azerbaijan has qualified one rhythmic gymnast for the individual all-around by finishing in the top 15 at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Marina Durunda	Individual

Judo

Azerbaijan has qualified a total of six judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games by virtue of their top 22 national finish for men in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Orkhan Safarov	−60 kg
Nijat Shikhalizade	−66 kg
Rustam Orujov	−73 kg
Mammadali Mehdiyev	−90 kg
Elmar Gasimov	−100 kg
Ushangi Kokauri	+100 kg

Rowing

Azerbaijan has qualified one boat in the men's double sculls for the Olympics at the 2015 FISA World Championships.^[12]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aleksandar Aleksandrov Boris Yotov	Men's double sculls

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

Azerbaijan has received a wildcard invitation from ISSF to send Ruslan Lunev in both the men's air and rapid fire pistol to the Olympics, as long as the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was met by March 31, 2016.^[13]^[14]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ruslan Lunev	10 m air pistol
Ruslan Lunev	25 m rapid fire pistol

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Taekwondo

Azerbaijan entered a full squad of four athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Radik Isayev qualified automatically for the men's heavyweight category (+80 kg) by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings.^[15] European Games medalists Milad Beigi, Patimat Abakarova, and 2012 Olympian Farida Azizova secured the remaining spots on the Azerbaijani team by virtue of their top two finish respectively in the men's welterweight (80 kg), women's flyweight (49 kg) and women's welterweight category (67 kg) at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.^[16]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Milad Beigi	Men's −80 kg
Radik Isayev	Men's +80 kg
Patimat Abakarova	Women's −49 kg
Farida Azizova	Women's −67 kg

Triathlon

Azerbaijan has entered one triathlete to compete at the Games, signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport. Russian-born Rostyslav Pevtsov was ranked among the top 40 eligible triathletes in the men's event based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of May 15, 2016.^[17]^[18]

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Rostyslav Pevtsov	Men's

Weightlifting

Azerbaijani weightlifters have qualified four men's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
	Men's
	Men's
	Men's
	Men's

Wrestling

Azerbaijan has qualified a total of fourteen wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. Majority of Olympic berths were awarded to Azerbaijani wrestlers by virtue of their top six finish at the 2015 World Championships, while one of them had claimed an Olympic spot in men's freestyle 74 kg with a semifinal triumph at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament.^[19]^[20]

Two further wrestlers had claimed the remaining Olympic slots to round out the Azerbaijani roster in separate World Qualification Tournaments; one of them in men's freestyle 57 kg at the initial meet in Ulaanbaatar, while the other in men's Greco-Roman 66 kg at the final meet in Istanbul.

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mirjalal Hasanzada	−57 kg
Toghrul Asgarov	−65 kg
Jabrayil Hasanov	−74 kg
Magomedgadzhi Khatiyev	−86 kg
Khetag Gazyumov	−97 kg
Jamaladdin Magomedov	−125 kg

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rovshan Bayramov	−59 kg
Rasul Chunayev	−66 kg
Elvin Mursaliyev	−75 kg
Saman Tahmasebi	−85 kg
Sabah Shariati	−130 kg

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mariya Stadnik	−48 kg
Anzhela Dorogan	−53 kg
Yuliya Ratkevich	−58 kg

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Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Contents

Archery

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Slalom

Sprint

Cycling

Road

Track

Fencing

Gymnastics

Artistic

Rhythmic

Judo

Rowing

Shooting

Taekwondo

Triathlon

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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References

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