Azerbaijan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Azerbaijan at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeAZE
NPCNational Paralympic Committee of Azerbaijan
Websitewww.paralympic.az
in Beijing
Competitors18 in 4 sports
Flag bearer Ilham Zakiyev
Medals
Ranked 38th
Gold
2
Silver
3
Bronze
5
Total
10
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Soviet Union (1988)
 Unified Team (1992)

Azerbaijan competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country's delegation consisted of eighteen competitors in four sports: judo, athletics, powerlifting, and shooting.[1]

Before the games, President Ilham Aliyev announced cash prizes for Azerbaijanis who won a Paralympic medal. Gold medalists received 200,000 manat, silver medalists 100,000, and bronze medalists 50,000. The athletes' trainers also received a reward: 100,000, 50,000, and 25,000 manat for gold, silver, and bronze medals, respectively.[2]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Ilham Zakiyev Judo Men +100 kg 9 September
 Gold Olokhan Musayev Athletics Men's Shot Put - F55/56 15 September
 Silver Tofig Mammadov Judo Men -90 kg 9 September
 Silver Karim Sardarov Judo Men -100 kg 9 September
 Silver Zeynidin Bilalov Athletics Men's triple jump - F11 12 September
 Bronze Ramin Ibrahimov Judo Men -60 kg 7 September
 Bronze Vladimir Zayets Athletics Men's triple jump - F12 8 September
 Bronze Oleg Panyutin Athletics Men's long jump - F12 13 September
 Bronze Rza Osmanov Athletics Men's 400m - T12 13 September
 Bronze Vugar Mehdiyev Athletics Men's 200m - T13 16 September

Sports

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men's track

Athlete Class Event Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Vugar Mehdiyev T13 100m 11.14 4 Q — 11.01 4
200m 22.19 5 Q — 22.00 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Elchin Muradov T12 100m 11.35 9 Q 11.22 8 B 11.19 6
200m 23.38 14 did not advance
Reza Osmanov T12 400m 51.03 6 Q 50.87 3 q 50.20 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Zynidin Bilalov
Vugar Mehdiyev
Elchin Muradov
Reza Osmanov 		T11-13 4x100m relay — DNF

Men's field

Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Zeynidin Bilalov F11 Triple jump 12.80 - 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Olokhan Musayev F55-56 Shot put 13.49 WR 1162 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Oleg Panyutin F12 Long jump 7.06 - 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Vladimir Zayets F12 Long jump 6.81 - 4
Triple jump 15.00 - 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Ramin Ibrahimov −60 kg  Zasyadkovych (UKR)
W 1000-0000 		 Shakhmanov (RUS)
W 1000-0000 		 Noura (ALG)
L 0001–1000s1 		Bye  Quilter (GBR)
W 1000–0000 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ilkin Alishov −66 kg  Amaral (BRA)
W 0001-0000s1 		 Lamri (ALG)
L 0001s2-0010s1 		did not advance  Karpeniuk (UKR)
L 0000s1-0101 		did not advance 7
Ramin Aliyev −73 kg  Kimura (JPN)
W 1001-0000 		 Xu Z (CHN)
L 0000s1-1001 		did not advance  Krieger (GER)
L 0011s2-0110s1 		did not advance 7
Natig Novruzzade −81 kg  Gonzalez (ESP)
W 1000-0000 		 Lencina (ARG)
L 0000-1000 		did not advance  Oga (JPN)
L refuse to race 		did not advance 7
Tofig Mammadov −90 kg  Stoskus (LTU)
W 0211-0000s1 		 Junk (GER)
W 0003s1-0001s1 		 Sevricourt (FRA)
W 1100s1-0001 		Bye  Kretsul (RUS)
L 0010s3–0100s2 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Karim Sardarov −100 kg Bye  Hirose (JPN)
W 1001s1–0001s1 		 Cortada (CUB)
W 1000–0000 		Bye  Tenorio Silva (BRA)
L 0000s3–1101 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ilham Zakiyev +100 kg Bye  Taurines (FRA)
W 1000–0000 		 Park (KOR)
W 1000–0001 		Bye  Wang S (CHN)
W 1000–0000 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Result Rank
Maharram Aliyev +100kg 205.0 7
Elshan Huseynov 90kg 190.0 5
Mehman Ramazanzade 100kg 190.0 8

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Yelena Taranova Mixed 25m pistol SH1 527 25 did not advance
Mixed 50m pistol SH1 517 16 did not advance
Women's 10m air pistol SH1 364 8 Q 96.1 460.1 6

See also

References

  1. ^ "Azerbaijan to leave for Beijing Paralympics on August 28". APA. 2008-08-25. Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
  2. ^ "The winner of XIII Paralympic Games from Azerbaijan to get $200,000". Azerbaijan Business Center. 2008-08-29. Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2008-09-02.