Azerbaijan at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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IOC code AZE Flag bearer Namik Abdullayev		Competitors 31 in 8 sports

NOC National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic Website www.noc-aze.org (Azerbaijani) (English) Medals Ranked 34th Gold Silver Bronze Total 2 0 1 3

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.

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 Aripgadjiyev

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

References

Azerbaijan at the 2000 Summer Olympics Wikipedia

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