Azerbaijan at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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.

Azerbaijan at the 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AZE
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Website	www.olympic.az (in Azerbaijani and English)
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	48 (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)
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912)  Soviet Union (1952–1988)  Unified Team (1992)

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

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Hidayat Heydarov Judo Men's −73 kg 29 July  Gold Zelym Kotsoiev Judo Men's −100 kg 1 August  Silver Gashim Magomedov Taekwondo Men's 58 kg 7 August  Silver Loren Alfonso Boxing Men's heavyweight 9 August  Bronze Hasrat Jafarov Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg 8 August  Bronze Giorgi Meshvildishvili Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg 10 August  Bronze Magomedkhan Magomedov Wrestling Men's freestyle 97 kg 11 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Judo 2 0 0 2 Boxing 0 1 0 1 Taekwondo 0 1 0 1 Wrestling 0 0 3 3 Total 2 2 3 7

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]

• Marcedes Walker
• Alexandra Mollenhauer
• Dina Ulyanova
• Tiffany Hayes

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	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. Spain 2–1; United States 2–1; Canada 1–2; Australia 1–2. Sorted by points scored after first tie broken.
2. China 1–1; France 1–1; Azerbaijan 1–1. Sorted by points scored.

30 July 2024 21:00

Boxscore

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)

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31 July 2024 21:30

Boxscore

United States	17–20	Azerbaijan
Pts: Hamby 7		Pts: Hayes 11

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Kim Ga-in (KOR)

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1 August 2024 12:30

Boxscore

Azerbaijan	10–15	France
Pts: Hayes 5		Pts: Limouzin 5

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Dorothy Okatch (BOT), Markos Michaelides (SUI)

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1 August 2024 18:30

Boxscore

Germany	12–8	Azerbaijan
Pts: Brunckhorst, Reichert 4		Pts: Mollenhauer 4

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Kim Ga-in (KOR), Edmond Ho (HKG)

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2 August 2024 09:30

Boxscore

Australia	21–12	Azerbaijan
Pts: Whittle 8		Pts: Hayes 6

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Deanna Jackson (USA), Dorothy Okatch (BOT)

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2 August 2024 17:30

Boxscore

Azerbaijan	21–19 (OT)	China
Pts: Hayes 11		Pts: Chen 8

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Kim Ga-in (KOR)

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3 August 2024 17:30

Boxscore

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
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
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
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

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
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
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
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

• Azerbaijan at the 2024 Summer Paralympics