History

Azerbaijan made its first Summer Olympic Games appearance in 1996, after gaining independence from the Soviet Union and has competed ever since. The nation typically sends a mid-sized team of athletes in a variety of sports though more commonly in combat sports, particularly in wrestling.

Azerbaijan has won medals at every Summer Olympics it has participated in. In total the nation has won 43 medals in 7 sports with 22 of them being won in wrestling. Boxing has also provided 8 medalists. The most successful athletes were wrestlers Khetag Gazyumov and Mariya Stadnik whom both won medals from 2008-2016. Gazyumov won one silver and two bronzes while Stadnik won two silvers and one bronze. In 2016 Azerbaijan had their best performance, winning 18 medals.

Qualified Quotas

Athletics

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Triple Jump	Nazim Babayev
	Alexis Copello	Declined

Women’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Hammer Throw	Hanna Skydan

Badminton

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Singles	Ade Resky Dwicahyo	Ade Resky Dwicahyo

Boxing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Featherweight	Tayfur Aliyev	Tayfur Aliyev
Men’s Lightweight	Javid Chalabiyev	Javid Chalabiyev
Men’s Welterweight	Lorenzo Sotomayor	Lorenzo Sotomayor
Men’s Light Heavyweight	Loren Alfonso	Loren Alfonso
Men’s Super Heavyweight	Mahammad Abdullayev	Mahammad Abdullayev

Cycling

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Road Race	Qualified Via Rankings	Elchin Asadov

Fencing

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Women’s Individual Sabre	Anna Bashta	Anna Bashta

Gymnastics

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Artistic Individual Events	Ivan Tikhonov	Ivan Tikhonov
Women’s Artistic Individual Events	Marina Nekrasova	Marina Nekrasova
Women’s Rhythmic Individual All-Around	Zohra Aghamirova	Zohra Aghamirova
Women’s Rhythmic Group All-Around	Diana Ahmadbayli Ayshan Bayramova Zeynab Hummatova Aliya Pashayeva Darya Sorokina	Laman Alimuradova Zeynab Hummatova Yelyzaveta Luzan Narmina Samadova Darya Sorokina

Judo

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s -60kg	Karamat Huseynov	Karamat Huseynov
Men’s -66kg	Over 1 Eligible Athlete	Orkhan Safarov
Men’s -73kg	Over 1 Eligible Athlete	Rustam Orujov
Men’s -81kg	Murad Fatiyev	Murad Fatiyev
Men’s -90kg	Mammadali Mehdiyev	Mammadali Mehdiyev
Men’s -100kg	Over 1 Eligible Athlete	Zelym Mehdiyev
Men’s +100kg	Ushangi Kokauri	Ushangi Kokauri
Women’s -48kg	Aisha Gurbanli	Aisha Gurbanli
Women’s +78kg	Iryna Kindzerska	Iryna Kindzerska

Karate

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s -67kg	Firdovsi Farzaliyev	Firdovsi Farzaliyev
Men’s -75kg	Rafael Aghayev	Rafael Aghayev
Women’s +61kg	Irina Zaretska	Irina Zaretska

Shooting

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol	Ruslan Lunev	Ruslan Lunev
Men’s 10m Air Pistol	Double Starter	Ruslan Lunev
Men’s Skeet	Emin Jafarov	Emin Jafarov

Swimming

Men’s Events

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s 400m Individual Medley	Maksym Shemberev

Taekwondo

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s -80kg	Milad Beigi	Milad Beigi
Women’s -67kg	Farida Azizova	Farida Azizova

Triathlon

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Individual	Rostislav Pevtsov	Rostislav Pevtsov

Wrestling

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Freestyle -65kg	Haji Aliyev	Haji Aliyev
Men’s Freestyle -74kg	Khadzhimurad Gadzhiyev	Khadzhimurad Gadzhiyev
Men’s Freestyle -97kg	Sharif Sharifov	Sharif Sharifov
Men’s Greco-Roman -77kg	Rafig Huseynov	Rafig Huseynov
Men’s Greco-Roman -87kg	Islam Abbasov	Islam Abbasov
Women’s Freestyle -50kg	Mariya Stadnik	Mariya Stadnik
Women’s Freestyle -68kg	Elis Manolova	Elis Manolova