2000 Summer Olympics / Participant (Azerbaijan)

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Azerbaijan took part in the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Australian metropolis of Sydney with 31 athletes, 6 women and 25 men, in ten sports.

After 1996 it was the second participation of the European state in the Summer Olympic Games .

Flag bearer

The wrestler Namig Abdullajew carried the flag of Azerbaijan during the opening ceremony at the Australia Stadium .

Medalist

With two won gold and a bronze medal, the Azerbaijani team finished 34th in the medals table .

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Zemfira Meftachatinova	shoot	Skeet
Named Abdullaev	Wrestling	Flyweight

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Wugar Alakparov	Boxing	medium weight

Overview of the participants

Boxing

• Mahatsch Nuriddinow (lightweight)

  Loss to Alexander Ivanovich Maletin (first round, did not qualify for the next round)

• Ruslan Kairow (welterweight)

  Bye (first round); Win against Kamel Chater (second round); Loss to Oleg Elekpaevich Saitov (quarter-finals, did not qualify for the next round)

• Vüqar Ələkbərov (middleweight)

  Win against Peter Kariuki Ngumi (first round); Win against Paul Miller (second round); Win against Akaki Kakauridze (quarter-finals); Loss to Jorge Gutiérrez (semi-finals, )

• Əli İsmayılov (light heavyweight)

  Win against Dankov Emil-Krastev (first round); Loss to Sergei Mikhailov (second round, did not qualify for the next round)

• Magomed Aripgadschiev (heavyweight)

  Bye (first round); Loss to Sebastian Köber (second round, not qualified for the next round)

Weightlifting

Men:

• Turan Mirsojew (lightweight)

  327.5 points, 9th place

• Nizami Paşayev (lightweight)

  357.5 points, 12th place

• Elkan Sülejmanow (featherweight)

  292.5 points, 8th place

Women:

• Tarana Abbasowa (featherweight)

  165 points, 10th place

Judo

Women:

• Sulphija Hüsejnowa (lightweight)

Men:

• Elchin Mehdi Ismailow (super light weight)
• Mehman Assisow ( light middleweight)
• Rasul Salimow (middleweight)

athletics

Men:

Teymur Kasimow (100 m - 1st round: 10.97 s → not qualified for the next round) Faig Bagirow (800 m - 1st round: 1: 57.39 min → not qualified for the next round) Sergej Botschkow (triple jump - qualification: 16.01 m → not qualified for the next round)

Women:

Aidə İsayeva (20 km walking: Did Not Finish)

Wrestling

Greco-Roman

• Natik Eijasow - 55 kg
• Islam Dukuchiev - 74 kg
• Ivica Bitschinashvili - 84 kg

Freestyle

• Namig Abdullaev - 55 kg,
• Arif Abdullayev - 60 kg
• Samil Ofandiev - 66 kg
• Elsad Allahwerdijew - 84 kg
• Davud Mahammmadow - 96 kg
• Raschab Oshabaliev - 120 kg

shoot

Women:

• Irada Ashumova (air pistol 10 m, sport pistol 25 m)
• Zemfira Meftachatinowa (Skeet, )

swim

Men:

• Emil Gulijew (50 meters freestyle)

  25.36 s (did not qualify for the next round)

Women:

• Alisa Xalıyeva (50 meters freestyle)

  28.79 s (did not qualify for the next round)

Diving

Men:

• Emil Tschabrailow ( high diving )

  334.74 points (preliminary round, 26th place, did not qualify for the next round)

Web links

• Azerbaijan at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Complete results of the 2000 Olympic Games at la84foundation.org (PDF file; 2.1 MB)
• Complete results of the 2000 Olympic Games at pandora.nla.gov.au (PDF file; 2.1 MB)