Azerbaijan at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Azerbaijan at the
2004 Summer Paralympics
Azerbaijan at the; 2004 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	AZE
NPC	National Paralympic Committee of Azerbaijan
Website	www.paralympic.az
in Athens
Competitors	9 in 4 sports
Medals; Ranked 45th	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 4
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
	1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Soviet Union (1988); Unified Team (1992)

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Ilham Zakiyev	Judo	Men +100 kg	20 September
Gold	Oleg Panyutin	Athletics	Long jump - F12	19 September
Silver	Zeynidin Bilalov	Athletics	Triple jump - F11	27 September
Bronze	Yelena Taranova	Shooting	Women's P2 - 10m	19 September

Sports

Athletics

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Zeynidin Bilalov	T11	100m	DNS		did not advance
Yuriy Gornak	T13	100m	11.59	10	did not advance
		200m	23.05	6 Q	—		23.53	5
		400m	—				51.01	4
Oleg Panyutin	T12	100m	DNF		did not advance
Oleg Panyutin	T12	200m	DNF		did not advance
Aleksandr Polishuk	T46	100m	11.50	6 Q	—		DNS
		200m	23.22	9	did not advance
		400m	51.38	1 Q	—		50.99	5
		800m	DNF		did not advance

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Bahruz Bashirov	F42	Javelin	33.29	-	11
Bahruz Bashirov	F42	Shot put	10.06	-	10
Zeynidin Bilalov	F11	Long jump	5.50	-	12
Zeynidin Bilalov	F11	Triple jump	12.88	-
Alibala Huseynov	F57	Shot put	10.06	-	9
Oleg Panyutin	F12	Long jump	7.25 WR	-

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ilham Zakiyev	+100 kg	Bye	Torres Pompa (CUB) W 1001–0001	Campos Ariza (ESP) W 1010–0000	Bye		Rose (GBR) W 1000–0000

Powerlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Fouad Tarverdiyev	82.5kg	145.0	14

Shooting

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Yelena Taranova	Mixed 50m pistol SH1	517	13	did not advance
Yelena Taranova	Women's 10m air pistol SH1	363	5 Q	94.3	457.3

References

^ Two powerlifters test positive for banned substances. USA Today. 22 September 2004. Retrieved 16 September 2008
^ Paralympic drug cheats beat Olympic record Archived 2008-10-17 at the Wayback Machine. SABC News. Retrieved 16 September 2008

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[1] Two powerlifters test positive for banned substances. USA Today. 22 September 2004. Retrieved 16 September 2008

[2] Paralympic drug cheats beat Olympic record Archived 2008-10-17 at the Wayback Machine. SABC News. Retrieved 16 September 2008

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