Azerbaijan at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Azerbaijan competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. They won their first gold medal during these games. 31 competitors, 25 men and 6 women, took part in 14 events in 8 sports.[1]

Azerbaijan at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AZE
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic
Website	www.noc-aze.org (in Azerbaijani and English)
in Sydney
Competitors	31 in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Namik Abdullayev
Medals Ranked 34th	Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912)  Soviet Union (1952–1988)  Unified Team (1992)

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Zemfira Meftahatdinova	Shooting	Women's Skeet	21 September
Gold	Namig Abdullayev	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 54 kg	30 September
Bronze	Vugar Alekperov	Boxing	Middleweight	30 September

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Teymur Gasimov
  • Round 1 — 10.97 (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Faig Baghirov
  • Round 1 — 01:57.39 (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Sergey Bochkov
  • Qualifying — 16.01 (→ did not advance)

Women's 20 km Walk

• Aida Isayeva
  • Final — DNF (→ no ranking)

Boxing

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Makhach Nuriddinov
  • Round 1 — Defeated Alexandr Maletin of Russia (→ did not advance)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Ruslan Khairov
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Defeated Kamel Chater of Tunisia
  • Quarterfinal — Lost to Oleg Saitov of Russia (→ did not advance)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Vugar Alekperov
  • Round 1 — Defeated Peter Kariuki Ngumi of Kenya
  • Round 2 — Defeated Paul Miller of Australia
  • Quarterfinal — Defeated Akin Kakauridze of Turkey
  • Semifinal — Lost to Jorge Gutiérrez of Cuba → Bronze Medal

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Ali Ismayilov
  • Round 1 — Defeated Dankov Emil-Krastev of Bulgaria
  • Round 2 — Lost to Sergei Mikhailov of Uzbekistan (→ did not advance)

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

• Magomed Aripgadjiev
  • Round 1 — Bye
  • Round 2 — Lost to Sebastian Kober of Germany (→ did not advance)

Diving

Men's 10 Metre Platform

• Emil Jabrayilov
  • Preliminary Round — 334.74 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Emin Guliyev
  • Preliminary Heat — 25.36 (→ did not advance)

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Alisa Khaleyeva
  • Preliminary Heat — 28.79 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Turan Mirzoyev	– 69 kg	140.0	145.0	147.5	175.0	180.0	182.5	327.5	9
Nizami Pashayev	– 85 kg	155.0	166.0	166.0	197.5	203.5	203.5	357.5	12

References

1. "Azerbaijan at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2012.

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• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
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• International Olympic Committee Web Site