Azerbaijan at the Olympics
Azerbaijan first participated at the Olympic Games as an independent nation in 1996, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then.
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| IOC code | AZE |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic |
| Website | www |
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Previously, Azerbaijani athletes competed as part of the Soviet Union at the Olympics from 1952 to 1988, and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan was part of the Unified Team in 1992.
Azerbaijani athletes have won a total of 42 medals at the Summer Olympic Games. The nation has not won any medals at the Winter Olympic Games.
The National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic was created in 1992 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1993.
In 2016, Azerbaijan became one of only two nations (the other being Great Britain, also between 2000 and 2016) ever to increase the number of medals achieved in five consecutive Games.[1] Azerbaijan's success at the 2016 Games was driven by primarily by naturalized citizens; 12 out of the 16 medalists for Azerbaijan were born outside of the country (primarily immigrants from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Iran).[2]
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
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Medals by Winter Games
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Medals by sport
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 |
 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals (7 sports) | 7 | 11 | 24 | 42 |
List of medalists
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Participants by sport
Summer Games
| Sport | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | Total | |
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Field events | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| Track events | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
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2 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 26 | |
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Sprint | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Road | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Platform | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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Show jumping | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Individual sabre | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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Artistic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Individual rhythmic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Team rhythmic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
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2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 23 | |
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Single sculls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Air & Sporting Pistol | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Skeet | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
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Breaststroke | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Butterfly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Freestyle | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
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0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
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2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | |
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Græco-Roman | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 53 |
| Freestyle | 6 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 8 | ||
| Total | 23 | 31 | 36 | 44 | 53 | 187 | |
Winter Games
| Sport | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | Total | |
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Slalom | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
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Singles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Pairs | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
Flagbearers
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See also
- National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan
- Olympic competitors for Azerbaijan
- Azerbaijan at the Paralympics
- List of Azerbaijani Olympic medalists
- List of flag bearers for Azerbaijan at the Olympics
References
- "Great Britain on brink of historic record at Rio 2016 as lottery funding pays dividends in Olympic medals". 2016-08-20. Archived from the original on 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
- Sports Reference
External links
- "Azerbaijan". International Olympic Committee.
- "Results and Medalists—Azerbaijan". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
- "Azerbaijan". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
- "Azerbaijani Wrestler Namig Abdullayev Wins Olympic Gold," in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 8:4 (Winter 2000), p. 76.
- "Zemfira Meftahatdinova: Right on Target, Olympic Gold, Skeet Shooter," in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 8:4 (Winter 2000), p. 79.
- "Vugar Alakbarov, Olympic Bronze in Boxing," in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 8:4 (Winter 2000), p. 78.