Azerbaijan competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. Two powerlifters failed drug tests for steroids in initial drug tests on 18 September 2004 and were banned for life from the Paralympics having both failed tests in previous championships. Sara Abbasova competed in the women's -82.5 kg category and had her first violation at the 2001 powerlifting championships in Hungary.Two powerlifters test positive for banned substances. USA Today. 22 September 2004. Retrieved 16 September 2008 Gunduz Ismayilov who had set a world record and won a gold medal in Men's -90 kg competition at the 2000 Summer Paralympics was stripped of it and had his record nullified after testing positive for nandrolone.Paralympic drug cheats beat Olympic record . SABC News. Retrieved 16 September 2008
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Ilham Zakiyev Judo Men +100 kg 20 September Oleg Panyutin Athletics Long jump - F12 19 September Zeynidin Bilalov Athletics Triple jump - F11 27 September Yelena Taranova Shooting Women's P2 - 10m 19 September
Sports Athletics Men's track AthleteClassEventHeatsSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankZeynidin BilalovT11100mDNSdid not advanceYuriy GornakT13100m11.5910did not advance200m23.056 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 23.535400m style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 51.014Oleg PanyutinT12100mDNFdid not advance200mDNFdid not advanceAleksandr PolishukT46100m11.506 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" DNS200m23.229did not advance400m51.381 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 50.995800mDNFdid not advance
Men's field AthleteClassEventFinalResultPointsRankBahruz BashirovF42Javelin33.29-11Shot put10.06-10Zeynidin BilalovF11Long jump5.50-12Triple jump12.88-Alibala HuseynovF57Shot put10.06-9Oleg PanyutinF12Long jump7.25 WR-
Judo
Men AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankIlham Zakiyev+100 kgcolspan=1 W 1001–0001 W 1010–0000colspan=2 W 1000–0000
Powerlifting Men AthleteEventResultRankFouad Tarverdiyev82.5kg145.014
Shooting Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreTotalRankYelena TaranovaMixed 50m pistol SH151713did not advanceWomen's 10m air pistol SH13635 Q94.3457.3
See also Azerbaijan at the Paralympics Azerbaijan at the 2004 Summer Olympics
References
External links Paralympics 2004 Athens 2004 Press Release, International Paralympic Committee