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Azerbaijan at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
AZE

Flag bearer
  
Nazim Hüseynov

Azerbaijan at the 1996 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic

Website
  
www.noc-aze.org (Azerbaijani) (English)

Competitors
  
23 (20 men, 3 women) in 9 sports

Medals Ranked 61st
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 1 0 1

Azerbaijan competed in the Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Azerbaijani athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 23 competitors, 20 men and 3 women, took part in 23 events in 9 sports.

Contents

Boxing

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

  • Ilham Karimov
  • First Round — Lost to Ismael Kone (Sweden), 3-22

    • Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)

  • Adalat Mammadov
  • First Round — Defeated Petr Horacek (Czech Republic), referee stopped contest in second round
  • Second Round — Defeated Josué Blocus (France), referee stopped contest in first round
  • Quarter Finals — Lost to Duncan Dokiwari (Nigeria), referee stopped contest in third round

    • Fencing

    One male fencer represented Azerbaijan in 1996.

    Men's sabre
  • Elxan Məmmədov

    • Weightlifting

    Men's Light-Heavyweight

  • Tofig Heydarov
  • Final — 150.0 + 180.0 = 330.0 (→ 11th place)

    • References

    Azerbaijan at the 1996 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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