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Azerbaijan at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Azerbaijan competed in the Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Azerbaijani athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 23 competitors, 20 men and 3 women, took part in 23 events in 9 sports.[1]

Azerbaijan at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeAZE
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Websitewww.noc-aze.org (in Azerbaijani and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors23 (20 men, 3 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer Nazim Hüseynov
Medals
Ranked 61st
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)
 Unified Team (1992)

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Silver Namik Abdullayev Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg August 1

Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Arif Akhundov 100 m 11.11 7 did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Vasif Asadov Triple jump 16.21 27 did not advance
Aleksey Fatyanov 16.14 31 did not advance
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Elvira Cabbarova 100 m 11.96 8 did not advance

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Ilkham Kerimov Light heavyweight   Ismael Kone (SWE)
L 3–22 		did not advance 17
Adalat Mammadov Super heavyweight   Horáček (CZE)
W RSC2 		  Blocus (FRA)
W RSC1 		  Dokiwari (NGR)
L RSC3 		did not advance 8

Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semi-finals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Emin Zhabrayilov 10 m platform 294.93 27 did not advance

Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Elxan Məmmədov Individual sabre   Kaliuzhniy (UKR)
W 5–15 		did not advance 40

Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men

Nazim Guseynov

Women

Zulfiya Guseynova

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Light-Heavyweight

Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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 Elimination Pool Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Namig Abdullayev −52 kg   Rosselli (USA)
W 3–0 PO 		  Sasayama (JPN)
W 4–0 ST 		1 Q   Achilov (UZB)
W 4–0 ST 		  Mohammadi (IRI)
W 4–0 ST 		  Yordanov (BUL)
L 1–3 PP 		 
    

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References

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  1. ^ "Azerbaijan at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
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