Azerbaijan competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.
The National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan fielded a team of 56 athletes, 42 men and 14 women, across 14 sports at the Games. Azerbaijan made its Olympic debut in four sports (archery, slalom canoeing, track cycling, and triathlon). It was the nation's largest ever delegation sent to the Olympics in its independent history, beating the record of 53 athletes who represented Azerbaijan at the 2012 London Olympics four years earlier. More than 60 percent of the nation's roster were born outside Azerbaijan; several of them hailed from Eastern Europe, particularly from Russia and Ukraine. For the first time in history, Azerbaijan was not represented in weightlifting, as the International Weightlifting Federation decided to strip of its quota places over "multiple positive cases" of doping.
The Azerbaijani roster featured 36 rookies and 20 returning Olympians. Of the returnees, nine of them had won Olympic medals in London, including defending wrestling champions Toghrul Asgarov and Sharif Sharifov, freestyle wrestlers Mariya Stadnik and Yuliya Ratkevich, four-time kayak sprint medalist Inna Osypenko-Radomska, who had represented her native Ukraine at four previous editions (2000 to 2012) before transferring her allegiance to Azerbaijan in 2014, and boxers Magomedrasul Majidov (super heavyweight) and European Games champion Teymur Mammadov (light heavyweight), who was selected as Azerbaijan's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.
Azerbaijan left Rio de Janeiro with a total of 18 medals (1 gold, 7 silver, and 10 bronze), signifying the nation's most successful Olympic outcome in its independent history. Nine of these medals were medals won in wrestling, three in taekwondo for the first time, and two each in boxing, sprint canoeing, and judo. Among the nation's medalists were Stadnik, who managed to repeat her silver from London; Osypenko-Radomska, who extended her career haul with a bronze medal and fifth overall, and taekwondo athlete Radik Isayev (men's +80 kg), who secured Azerbaijan's only gold-medal triumph at the Games.
Medalists
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Medal Name Sport Event Date Taekwondo Men's +80 kg Judo Men's 73 kg Judo Men's 100 kg Wrestling Women's freestyle 48 kg Canoeing Men's C-1 200 m Wrestling Men's freestyle 65 kg Boxing Men's light welterweight Wrestling Men's freestyle 97 kg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg Canoeing Women's K-1 200 m Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg Taekwondo Women's 49 kg Boxing Men's middleweight Wrestling Women's freestyle 53 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg Taekwondo Men's 80 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle 86 kg
| width=22% align=left valign=top | Medals by sportSport TotalTaekwondo 1 0 23Wrestling 0 3 69Judo 0 2 02Boxing 0 1 12Canoeing 0 1 12 Total 1 7 10 18
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games: SportMenWomenTotalArchery 0 1 1Athletics 3 1 4Boxing 10 1 11Canoeing 2 1 3Cycling 1 2 3Fencing 0 1 1Gymnastics 2 1 3Judo 6 0 6Rowing 2 0 2Shooting 1 0 1Swimming 1 1 2Taekwondo 2 2 4Triathlon 1 0 1Wrestling 11 3 14 Total 42 14 56
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.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOlga SenyukWomen's individual62337L 1–7Did not advance
Athletics
Azerbaijani athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
Track & road events AthleteEventHeat FinalResultRankResultRankHayle IbrahimovMen's 5000 m13:27.1119Did not advanceEvans KiplagatMen's marathoncolspan=2 2:15:3128
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionNazim BabayevMen's triple jump16.3825Did not advanceHanna SkydanWomen's hammer throw70.0913Did not advance
Boxing
Azerbaijan has entered eleven 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.
Five further boxers (Chalabiyev, Sotomayor, Abdullayev, Majidov, and Alekseevna) had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Samsun, Turkey. Meanwhile, Kamran Shakhsuvarly, Youth Olympic light flyweight champion Rufat Huseynov, London 2012 bronze medalist Teymur Mammadov secured additional places on the Azerbaijani roster to complete the Olympic boxing lineup at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku.
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankRufat HuseynovLight flyweightL 0–3Did not advanceElvin MamishzadaFlyweightW 3–0L 0–3Did not advanceJavid ChalabiyevBantamweightL 1–2Did not advanceAlbert SelimovLightweightW 3–0L 0–3Did not advanceLorenzo SotomayorLight welterweightW 3–0W 2–1W 3–0W 3–0L 1–2Parviz BaghirovWelterweightL 0–3Did not advanceKamran ShakhsuvarlyMiddleweightW 3–0W 2–1W 2–1L 0–3Did not advanceTeymur MammadovLight heavyweightW 3–0W 3–0L 0–3Did not advanceAbdulkadir AbdullayevHeavyweightW L 0–3Did not advanceMagomedrasul MajidovSuper heavyweightW 3–0L 0–3Did not advance
Women AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankYana AlekseevnaLightweightL 0–3Did not advance
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.
AthleteEventPreliminarySemi-finalFinalRun 1RankRun 2RankBestRankTimeRankTimeRankJure MegličMen's K-195.121390.70890.7011 Q145.0014Did not advance
Sprint Azerbaijani canoeists has qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.
AthleteEventHeatsSemi-finalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankValentin DemyanenkoMen's C-1 200 m39.7491 Q40.2982 FA39.493Inna Osypenko-RadomskaWomen's K-1 200 m40.7021 Q39.8031 FA40.401Women's K-1 500 m1:51.7501 Q1:57.6272 FA1:56.5738 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. One additional spot was awarded to the Azerbaijani cyclist in the women's road race by virtue of her top 100 individual placement in the 2016 UCI World Rankings.
AthleteEventTimeRankMaksym AverinMen's road raceDid not finishOlena PavlukhinaWomen's road race3:59:0535
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 AthleteEventQualificationRound 1Repechage 1Round 2Repechage 2QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinalTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)OppositionTimeSpeed (km/h)RankOlga IsmayilovaWomen's sprint11.15264.56218 QLLDid not advance
Keirin AthleteEvent1st RoundRepechage2nd RoundFinalRankRankRankRankOlga IsmayilovaWomen's keirin4 R4Did not advance
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.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemi-finalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankSabina MikinaWomen's sabreL 12–15Did not advance
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.
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankPetro PakhnyukAll-around14.13314.23313.60014.30014.16613.78384.21534Did not advanceOleg Stepko13.90014.97514.03314.40015.30013.60086.20820 Q12.26613.10014.53314.91613.80010.46679.08122
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.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalHoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRankHoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRankMarina DurundaIndividual17.46617.46617.68317.73370.3488 Q16.95017.54117.71617.54169.7489
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 30 May 2016.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOrkhan SafarovMen's −60 kgW 001–000W 110–000W 100–000L 000–010L 000–000 5Nijat ShikhalizadeMen's −66 kgW 000–000 L 000–110Did not advanceRustam OrujovMen's −73 kgW 000–000 W 100–000W 010–000W 001–000L 000–110Mammadali MehdiyevMen's −90 kgW 100–000W 011–001L 000–100Did not advanceL 000–001Did not advance7Elmar GasimovMen's −100 kgW 011–000W 010–010 W 100–000W 100–000L 000–100Ushangi KokauriMen's +100 kgW 111–000L 000–100Did not advance
Rowing
Azerbaijan has qualified one boat in the men's double sculls for the Olympics at the 2015 FISA World Championships.
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemi-finalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAleksandar AleksandrovBoris YotovMen's double sculls6:40.522 SA/Bcolspan=2 6:37.496 FB7:24.0312
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 an 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 31 March 2016.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankRuslan LunevMen's 10 m air pistol57715Did not advanceMen's 25 m rapid fire pistol57515Did not advance Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)
Swimming
Azerbaijan has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.
AthleteEventHeatSemi-finalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankBoris KirillovMen's 200 m backstroke2:05.0126Did not advanceFatima AlkaramovaWomen's 100 m freestyle59.4141Did not advance
Taekwondo