Azerbaijan at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

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Azerbaijan at the
2004 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg
IPC code AZE
NPC National Paralympic Committee of Azerbaijan
Website www.paralympic.az
in Athens
Competitors9 in 4 sports
Medals
Ranked 45th
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
4
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (1988)
Paralympic flag (1988-1994).svg  Unified Team (1992)

Azerbaijan competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. Two powerlifters failed drug tests for steroids in initial drug tests on 18 September 2004 and were banned for life from the Paralympics having both failed tests in previous championships. Sara Abbasova competed in the women's -82.5 kg category and had her first violation at the 2001 powerlifting championships in Hungary. [1] Gunduz Ismayilov who had set a world record and won a gold medal in Men's -90 kg competition at the 2000 Summer Paralympics was stripped of it and had his record nullified after testing positive for nandrolone. [2]

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ilham Zakiyev Judo Men +100 kg20 September
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Oleg Panyutin Athletics Long jump - F1219 September
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Zeynidin Bilalov Athletics Triple jump - F1127 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yelena Taranova Shooting Women's P2 - 10m19 September

Sports

Athletics

Men's track

AthleteClassEventHeatsSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Zeynidin Bilalov T11 100m DNSdid not advance
Yuriy Gornak T13 100m 11.5910did not advance
200m 23.056 Q23.535
400m 51.014
Oleg Panyutin T12 100m DNFdid not advance
200m DNFdid not advance
Aleksandr Polishuk T46 100m 11.506 QDNS
200m 23.229did not advance
400m 51.381 Q50.995
800m DNFdid not advance

Men's field

AthleteClassEventFinal
ResultPointsRank
Bahruz Bashirov F42 Javelin 33.29-11
Shot put 10.06-10
Zeynidin Bilalov F11 Long jump 5.50-12
Triple jump 12.88-Silver medal icon.svg
Alibala Huseynov F57 Shot put 10.06-9
Oleg Panyutin F12 Long jump 7.25 WR-Gold medal icon.svg

Judo

Men
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ilham Zakiyev +100 kg ByeFlag of Cuba.svg  Torres Pompa  (CUB)
W 1001–0001
Flag of Spain.svg  Campos Ariza  (ESP)
W 1010–0000
ByeFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Rose  (GBR)
W 1000–0000
Gold medal icon.svg

Powerlifting

Men

AthleteEventResultRank
Fouad Tarverdiyev 82.5kg 145.014

Shooting

Women

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreTotalRank
Yelena Taranova Mixed 50m pistol SH1 51713did not advance
Women's 10m air pistol SH1 3635 Q94.3457.3Bronze medal icon.svg

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References

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