Azerbaijan at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Azerbaijan at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeAZE
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Websitewww.olympic.az (in Azerbaijani and English)
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors48 (28 men and 20 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Mahammad Abdullayev
Gultaj Mammadaliyeva
Flag bearers (closing)Gashim Magomedov
Zeynab Hummatova
Medals
Ranked 30th
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
3
Total
7
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)
 Unified Team (1992)

Azerbaijan competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France, that took place from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era. Azerbaijani athletes won two gold (in judo), two silver (in taekwondo and boxing) and three bronze medals (in wrestling) during the competition.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 0 1 1
Athletics 0 1 1
Badminton 1 1 2
Basketball 0 4 4
Boxing 5 0 5
Fencing 0 1 1
Gymnastics 0 7 7
Judo 7 2 9
Rowing 0 1 1
Shooting 1 0 1
Swimming 1 1 2
Taekwondo 1 0 1
Triathlon 1 0 1
Wrestling 11 1 12
Total 28 20 48

Medalists

Further information: 2024 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2024 Summer Olympics medal winners

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

For the first time since 2016, one Azerbaijani archer qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics women's individual recurve competitions by virtue of her result at the 2024 Final Qualification Tournament in Antalya, Turkey.

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Yaylagul Ramazanova Women's individual 647 39  An (CHN)
W 6–5 		 Kroppen (GER)
L 2–6 		Did not advance 17

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Azerbaijani track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[1]

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
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Hanna Skydan Women's hammer throw 72.55 6 q 73.66 7

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Azerbaijan entered two badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

Athlete Event Group stage Round of 16 Quarter-final Semi-final Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Ade Resky Dwicahyo Men's singles  Filimon (AUT)
W 2–0 (21–18; 21–11) 		 Antonsen (DEN)
L 0–2 (10–21; 14–21) 		2 Did not advance 14
Keisha Fatimah Azzahra Women's singles  He BJ (CHN)
L 0–2 (8–21; 7–21) 		 Gilmour (GBR)
L 0–2 (13–21; 11–21) 		3 Did not advance 27

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics

3×3 basketball

Summary

Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Azerbaijan women's Women's tournament  Spain
L 16–18 		 United States
W 20–17 		 France
L 10–15 		 Germany
L 8–12 		 Australia
L 12–21 		 China
W 21–19 		 Canada
L 19–21 		7 Did not advance 7

Women's tournament

Main articles: Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 3×3 tournament and Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 3×3 qualification

The Azerbaijan women's 3x3 team by winning the FIBA Universality-driven Olympic Qualifying Tournament 1 in Hong Kong. Making the nation's debut at 3x3 basketball. [2]

Team roster

The roster was revealed on 3 July 2024.[3]

Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1  Germany 7 6 1 117 100 +17 Semifinals
2  Spain 7 4[a] 3 115 114 +1
3  United States 7 4[a] 3 108 109 −1 Play-ins
4  Canada 7 4[a] 3 129 112 +17
5  Australia 7 4[a] 3 127 122 +5
6  China 7 2[b] 5 107 123 −16
7  Azerbaijan 7 2[b] 5 106 123 −17
8  France (H) 7 2[b] 5 99 105 −6
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c d Spain 2–1; United States 2–1; Canada 1–2; Australia 1–2. Sorted by points scored after first tie broken.
  2. ^ a b c China 1–1; France 1–1; Azerbaijan 1–1. Sorted by points scored.
30 July 2024
21:00
Spain  18–16  Azerbaijan
Pts: Gimeno, Alonso de Armiño 5 Pts: Hayes 10
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Dorothy Okatch (BOT)
31 July 2024
21:30
United States  17–20  Azerbaijan
Pts: Hamby 7 Pts: Hayes 11
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Kim Ga-in (KOR)
1 August 2024
12:30
Azerbaijan  10–15  France
Pts: Hayes 5 Pts: Limouzin 5
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Dorothy Okatch (BOT), Markos Michaelides (SUI)
1 August 2024
18:30
Germany  12–8  Azerbaijan
Pts: Brunckhorst, Reichert 4 Pts: Mollenhauer 4
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Kim Ga-in (KOR), Edmond Ho (HKG)
2 August 2024
09:30
Australia  21–12  Azerbaijan
Pts: Whittle 8 Pts: Hayes 6
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Deanna Jackson (USA), Dorothy Okatch (BOT)
2 August 2024
17:30
Azerbaijan  21–19 (OT)  China
Pts: Hayes 11 Pts: Chen 8
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Kim Ga-in (KOR)
3 August 2024
17:30
Azerbaijan  19–21  Canada
Pts: Hayes 9 Pts: M. Plouffe 8
Place de la Concorde, Paris
Referees: Dorothy Okatch (BOT), Edmond Ho (HKG)

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Azerbaijan entered five boxers into the Olympic tournament. Murad Allahverdiyev and Mahammad Abdullayev scored an outright quarterfinal and semifinal victory to secure their spot in middleweight and super heavyweight division at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland.[4] Meanwhile, Nijat Huseynov, qualified for the games in the flyweight division at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy,[5]Malik Hasanov (men's lightweight) and Loren Alfonso (men's heavyweight) qualified for the games at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Nijat Huseynov Men's 51 kg Bye  Alcántara (DOM)
L 0–5 		Did not advance 9
Malik Hasanov Men's 63.5 kg Bye  Guruli (GEO)
L 0–5 		Did not advance 9
Murad Allahverdiyev Men's 80 kg Bye  Abdelgawwad (EGY)
W 5–0 		 Nurbek Oralbay (KAZ)
L 0–5 		Did not advance 5
Loren Alfonso Men's 92 kg —  La Cruz (CUB)
W 3–2 		 Aibek Oralbay (KAZ)
W 3–2 		 Reyes (ESP)
W 4–1 		 Mullojonov (UZB)
L 0–5 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mahammad Abdullayev Men's +92 kg —  Tiafack (GER)
L 0–5 		Did not advance 9

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Azerbaijan entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Anna Bashta qualified for the games after receiving the re-allocation of unused quota places.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Anna Bashta Women's sabre Bye  Yang (CHN)
W 15–9 		 Kharlan (UKR)
L 6–15 		Did not advance 15

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Rhythmic

Azerbaijan entered a full-squad rhythmic gymnast into Paris 2024. One gymnast qualified for the games through the individual all-around tournament, by virtue of top fifteen eligible nation's results at the 2023 World Championships in Valencia, Spain;[6] meanwhile five other gymnast qualified for the group all-around through the 2024 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank
Zohra Aghamirova Individual 32.500 30.200 26.750 28.400 117.850 19 Did not advance
Athletes Event Qualification Final
5 apps 3+2 apps Total Rank 5 apps. 3+2 apps Total Rank
Gullu Aghalarzade
Laman Alimuradova
Zeynab Hummatova
Yelyzaveta Luzan
Darya Sorokina 		Group 33.850 28.150 62.000 8 Q 34.850 31.600 66.450 5

Trampoline

Azerbaijan entered one gymnast into the women's trampoline events through the final ranking of 2023–2024 Trampoline World Cup series.

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Seljan Mahsudova Women's 53.750 10 Did not advance

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Azerbaijan has qualified nine judokas via the IJF World Ranking List and continental quotas in Europe.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Balabay Aghayev Men's −60 kg — Bye  Kim Won-jin (KOR)
L 00–10 		Did not advance 9
Yashar Najafov Men's −66 kg —  Bunčić (SRB)
L 00–01 		Did not advance 17
Hidayat Heydarov Men's −73 kg — Bye  Butbul (ISR)
W 10–00 		 Margelidon (CAN)
W 10–00 		 Gjakova (KOS)
W 01–00 		Bye  Gaba (FRA)
W 10–00 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Zelim Tckaev Men's −81 kg Bye  Oumar Djalo (FRA)
L 00–10 		Did not advance 17
Eljan Hajiyev Men's −90 kg —  Žgank (TUR)
W 01–00 		 Hambou (FRA)
L 00–10 		Did not advance 9
Zelym Kotsoiev Men's −100 kg — Bye  Kuczera (POL)
W 10–00 		 Paltchik (ISR)
W 01–00 		 Turoboyev (UZB)
W 01–00 		Bye  Sulamanidze (GEO)
W 10–01 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ushangi Kokauri Men's +100 kg —  Silva (BRA)
W 10–00 		 Puumalainen (FIN)
W 10–00 		 Kim Min-jong (KOR)
L 00–10 		Did not advance  Granda (CUB)
L 00–10 		Did not advance 7
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Leyla Aliyeva Women's −48 kg —  Kurbonova (UZB)
L 00–01 		Did not advance 17
Gultaj Mammadaliyeva Women's −52 kg —  Delgado (USA)
L 00–01 		Did not advance 17

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

For the first time since 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro, Azerbaijani rower qualified one boats for the women's single sculls event, through the 2024 European Qualification Regatta in Szeged, Hungary.

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Diana Dymchenko Women's single sculls 7:52.53 3 QF Bye 7:53.76 4 SC/D 7:59.23 3 FC 7:35.19 17

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

Main articles: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Azerbaijani shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[7]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Ruslan Lunev Men's 10 m air pistol 571 24 Did not advance
Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol 580-22x 18 Did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Azerbaijan sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ramil Valizada Men's 200 m butterfly 1:59.77 25 Did not advance
Mariam Sheikhalizadeh Women's 50 m freestyle 26.76 35 Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Azerbaijan qualified one athlete to compete at the games. Gashim Magomedov qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of finishing first within the Grand Slam Series Rankings in his division.[8]

Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Gashim Magomedov Men's −58 kg Bye  Woolley (IRL)
W 2–0 		 Vicente (ESP)
W 2–0 		 Dell'Aquila (ITA)
W 2–0 		Bye  Park Tae-joon (KOR)
L 0–1 WDR 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Triathlon

Main articles: Triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Azerbaijan entered one male triathlete in the triathlon events for Paris, following the release of final individual olympics qualification ranking.

Individual
Athlete Event Time Rank
Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total
Rostyslav Pevtsov Men's 21:33 0:49 56:01 0:31 31:42 1:50:36 43

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Azerbaijan qualified twelve wrestlers for the following classes into the Olympic competition. Three of them qualified for the games by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia;[9][10] five of them qualified through the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan; and four of them qualified through the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.

Key:

  • VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
  • VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
  • PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
Freestyle
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Aliabbas Rzazade Men's 57 kg  Abdullaev (UZB)
L 4–11 PP 		Did not advance 13
Haji Aliyev Men's 65 kg  Gomez (MEX)
W 7–0 PO 		 Muszukajev (HUN)
L 3–10 PP 		Did not advance 8
Turan Bayramov Men's 74 kg  Valiev (ALB)
L 3–4 PP 		Did not advance 13
Osman Nurmagomedov Men's 86 kg  Byambasuren (MGL)
W 11–2 PP 		 Amine (SMR)
L 14–16 PP 		Did not advance 8
Magomedkhan Magomedov Men's 97 kg  Pérez (DOM)
W 9–0 PO 		 Baranowski (POL)
W 7–2 PP 		 Matcharashvili (GEO)
L 0–5 PO 		Bye  Mchedlidze (UKR)
W 10–0 ST 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Giorgi Meshvildishvili Men's 125 kg  Kamal (EGY)
W 4–0 PO 		 Munkhtur (MGL)
W 12–2 SP 		 Petriashvili (GEO)
L 0–7 PO 		Bye  Baran (POL)
W 9–3 PP 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mariya Stadnik Women's 50 kg  Blayvas (GER)
W 6–2 PP 		 Dolgorjav (MGL)
L 4–4 PP 		Did not advance 8
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Murad Mammadov Men's 60 kg  Rodríguez (VEN)
L 5–6 PP 		Did not advance 13
Hasrat Jafarov Men's 67 kg  El-Sayed (EGY)
W 9–0 ST 		 Petic (MDA)
W 3–1 PP 		 Nasibov (UKR)
L 3–3 PP 		Bye  Ismailov (KGZ)
W 8–0 ST 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sanan Suleymanov Men's 77 kg  Mnatsakanian (BUL)
W 2–0 PO 		 Lévai (HUN)
W 1–1 PP 		 Zhadrayev (KAZ)
L 1–6 PP 		Bye  Makhmudov (KGZ)
L 5–6 PP 		5
Rafig Huseynov Men's 87 kg  Losonczi (HUN)
L 2–5 PP 		Did not advance 13
Sabah Shariati Men's 130 kg  Nabi (EST)
W 1–1 PP 		 Syzdykov (KAZ)
W 4–0 PO 		 López (CUB)
L 1–4 PP 		Bye  Mirzazadeh (IRI)
L 0–4 PO 		5

See also

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