Azerbaijan at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Azerbaijan at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg
IOC code AZE
NOC National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Website www.noc-aze.org  (in Azerbaijani and English)
in London
Competitors53 in 14 sports
Flag bearers Elnur Mammadli (opening)
Toghrul Asgarov (closing)
Medals
Ranked 30th
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
5
Total
9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire (1900–1912)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (1952–1988)
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team (1992)

Azerbaijan competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's fifth consecutive appearance at the Olympics in the post-Soviet era. The National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games. A total of 53 athletes, 39 men and 14 women, competed in 15 sports. There was only a single competitor in road cycling, equestrian show jumping, fencing, and shooting. The Azerbaijani athletes also included their only defending champion, judoka Elnur Mammadli, who became the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

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Azerbaijan left London with a total of 10 medals (2 gold, 2 silver, and 6 bronze), which doubled the nation's overall medal count at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. This was also the nation's most successful Olympics, winning the largest number of medals received at a single games. More than half of these medals were awarded in wrestling, including gold medals won by Toghrul Asgarov and Sharif Sharifov from the men's freestyle events.

Medalists

Competitors

Athletics

Hayle Ibrahimov finished ninth in the men's 5000 metres. Hayle Ibrahimov at London 2012.JPG
Hayle Ibrahimov finished ninth in the men's 5000 metres.
Key
Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Hayle Ibrahimov 5000 m 13:25.231 Q13:45.379
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Dmitriy Marshin Hammer throw 72.8519did not advance
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Layes Abdullayeva 5000 m 15:45.6917did not advance

Boxing

Soltan Migitinov at the 2012 Summer Olympics Soltan Migitinov.jpg
Soltan Migitinov at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Elvin Mamishzadeh Flyweight Flag of Mongolia.svg  Tögstsogt  (MGL)
L 11–18
did not advance
Magomed Abdulhamidov Bantamweight ByeFlag of Japan.svg  Shimizu  (JPN)
LRSC*
Did not advance
Heybatulla Hajialiyev Light welterweight Flag of Tunisia.svg  Houya  (TUN)
L 16–19
Did not advance
Soltan Migitinov Middleweight Flag of Egypt.svg  Hikal  (EGY)
W 20–12
Flag of Brazil.svg  Falcão  (BRA)
L 11–24
Did not advance
Vatan Huseynli Light heavyweight Flag of Ecuador.svg  Góngora  (ECU)
L 8–9
Did not advance
Teymur Mammadov Heavyweight Flag of Australia.svg  Opetaia  (AUS)
W 12–11
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Karneyeu  (BLR)
W 19–19
Flag of Italy.svg  Russo  (ITA)
L 13–15
Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg
Magomedrasul Majidov Super heavyweight Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Mwamba  (COD)
WRSC
Flag of Russia.svg  Omarov  (RUS)
W 17–14
Flag of Italy.svg  Cammarelle  (ITA)
L 12–13
Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Elena Vystropova Middleweight Flag of Nigeria.svg  Ogoke  (NGR)
L 12–14
Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Valentin Demyanenko Men's C-1 200 m 44.1947Did not advance
Sergey Bezugliy
Maksim Prokopenko
Men's C-2 1000 m 3:38.0421 FABye3:37.2194

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal);

Cycling

Elena Tchalykh competing in time trial Elena Tchalykh, London 2012 Time Trial - Aug 2012.jpg
Elena Tchalykh competing in time trial

Road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Elena Tchalykh Women's road race Did not finish
Women's time trial 41:47.0620

Equestrian

Show jumping

AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinal
Round 1Round 2Round 3Round ARound BTotal
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesRank
Jamal Rahimov Warrior Individual 553131860Did not advance

Fencing

Women
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Sabina Mikina Individual sabre Flag of Germany.svg  Bujdoso  (GER)
W 15–13
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Kharlan  (UKR)
L 10–15
Did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Shakir Shikhaliyev All-around 14.60012.86613.16615.43313.66610.63380.36440did not advance

Rhythmic

Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
HoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRankHoopBallClubsRibbonTotalRank
Aliya Garayeva Individual 27.45028.35027.85028.200111.8503 Q27.92527.82527.57528.250111.5754

Judo

Men
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ilgar Mushkiyev −60 kg ByeFlag of Armenia.svg  Davtyan  (ARM)
L 0000–0101
Did not advance
Tarlan Karimov −66 kg ByeFlag of Russia.svg  Mogushkov  (RUS)
W 0021–0011
Flag of Egypt.svg  Awad  (EGY)
W 0000–0002
Flag of Spain.svg  Uriarte  (ESP)
L 0001–0021
Did not advanceFlag of Poland.svg  Zagrodnik  (POL)
L 0000–0010
Did not advance7
Rustam Orujov −73 kg ByeFlag of South Africa.svg  van Zyl  (RSA)
W 0100–0101
Flag of Russia.svg  Isaev  (RUS)
L 0000–1001
Did not advance
Elnur Mammadli −81 kg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Valois-Fortier  (CAN)
L 0001–0001
did not advance
Elkhan Mammadov −90 kg Flag of Germany.svg  Lambert  (GER)
W 0111–0001
Flag of South Korea.svg  Song D-N  (KOR)
L 0011–0000
did not advance
Elmar Gasimov −100 kg Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Rakov  (KAZ)
W 0000–0011
Flag of Georgia.svg  Zhorzholiani  (GEO)
W 0011–0002
Flag of South Korea.svg  Hwang H-T  (KOR)
L 0002–0021
Did not advanceFlag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Sayidov  (UZB)
L 0000–1000
Did not advance7
Women
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Kifayat Gasimova −57 kg ByeFlag of Japan.svg  Matsumoto  (JPN)
L 0000–0010
did not advance
Ramila Yusubova −63 kg Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Hayytbaeva  (TKM)
W 0111–0000
Flag of South Korea.svg  Joung D-W  (KOR)
L 1000–0000
did not advance

Rowing

Men
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Aleksandar Aleksandrov Single sculls 6:49.812 QBye6:56.363 SA/B7:20.803 FA7:09.425
Women
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Natalya Mustafayeva Single sculls 7:46.012 QBye8:00.263 SA/B8:06.836 FB8:23.6412

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; Q=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Irada Ashumova 25 m pistol 57823Did not advance
10 m air pistol 37239Did not advance

Swimming

Azerbaijan sent two swimmers to the London games, by Universality places. Butterfly swimmer Yevgeniy Lazuka previously competed under Belarus in Beijing.

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Yevgeniy Lazuka 100 m butterfly 53.8638Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Oksana Hatamkhanova 100 m breaststroke 1:25.5244did not advance

Taekwondo

AthleteEventPreliminaryQuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageBronze medalFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ramin Azizov Men's −80 kg Flag of the United States.svg  Lopez  (USA)
W 3–2
Flag of Italy.svg  Sarmiento  (ITA)
L 1–2
Did not advance
Farida Azizova Women's −67 kg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Sergerie  (CAN)
L 0–1
Did not advance

Weightlifting

Men
AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Valentin Hristov −56 kg 12721592286DSQ*1
Afgan Bayramov −69 kg 142DNFDNF
Sardar Hasanov*2145517683218
Intigam Zairov −94 kg 182321573976
Velichko Cholakov +105 kg Withdrew

Velichko Cholakov did not compete in the event due to an injury. [4]

Women
AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Boyanka Kostova −58 kg 105312832335

Wrestling

Key
Men's freestyle
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Toghrul Asgarov −60 kg ByeFlag of Germany.svg  Schleicher  (GER)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Japan.svg  Yumoto  (JPN)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of the United States.svg  Scott  (USA)
W 3–0 PO
ByeFlag of Russia.svg  Kudukhov  (RUS)
W 3–0 PO
Gold medal icon.svg
Jabrayil Hasanov −66 kg ByeFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bazan  (BUL)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Shabanau  (BLR)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Japan.svg  Yonemitsu  (JPN)
L 0–3 PO
ByeFlag of Cuba (3-2).svg  López  (CUB)
L 1–3 PP
5
Ashraf Aliyev −74 kg Flag of Japan.svg  Takatani  (JPN)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of Russia.svg  Tsargush  (RUS)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance9
Sharif Sharifov −84 kg ByeFlag of Turkey.svg  Bölükbaşı  (TUR)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of the United States.svg  Herbert  (USA)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Iran.svg  Lashgari  (IRI)
W 3–1 PP
ByeFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Espinal  (PUR)
W 3–1 PP
Gold medal icon.svg
Khetag Gazyumov −96 kg ByeFlag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Sheikhau  (BLR)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Andriitsev  (UKR)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advanceByeFlag of Tajikistan.svg  Iskandari  (TJK)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Iran.svg  Yazdani  (IRI)
W 5–0 VB
Bronze medal icon.svg
Jamaladdin Magomedov −120 kg Flag of Russia.svg  Makhov  (RUS)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advance16
Men's Greco-Roman
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Rovshan Bayramov −55 kg Flag of Russia.svg  Semenov  (RUS)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of the United States.svg  Mango  (USA)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Sj  (CHN)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of South Korea.svg  Choi G-J  (KOR)
W 3–0 PO
ByeFlag of Iran.svg  Sourian  (IRI)
L 0–3 PO
Silver medal icon.svg
Hasan Aliyev −60 kg ByeFlag of Norway.svg  Berge  (NOR)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of South Korea.svg  Jung J-H  (KOR)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of Georgia.svg  Lashkhi  (GEO)
L 1–3 PP
ByeFlag of Russia.svg  Kuramagomedov  (RUS)
L 0–3 PO
5
Emin Ahmadov −74 kg ByeCivil ensign of Croatia.svg  Žugaj  (CRO)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of Georgia.svg  Datunashvili  (GEO)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Armenia.svg  Julfalakyan  (ARM)
L 0–3 PO
ByeFlag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Kikiniou  (BLR)
W 3–1 PP
Bronze medal icon.svg
Saman Tahmasebi −84 kg ByeFlag of Georgia.svg  Gegeshidze  (GEO)
L 1–3 PP
did not advance11
Shalva Gadabadze −96 kg ByeFlag of Russia.svg  Totrov  (RUS)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advanceByeFlag of Sweden.svg  Lidberg  (SWE)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance10
Women's freestyle
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mariya Stadnik −48 kg ByeFlag of the United States.svg  Chun  (USA)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of Poland.svg  Matkowska  (POL)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Merleni  (UKR)
W 3–0 PO
ByeFlag of Japan.svg  Obara  (JPN)
L 1–3 PP
Silver medal icon.svg
Yuliya Ratkevich −55 kg ByeFlag of Greece.svg  Prevolaraki  (GRE)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of Japan.svg  Yoshida  (JPN)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advanceByeFlag of the United States.svg  Campbell  (USA)
W 0–3 PO
Flag of Russia.svg  Zholobova  (RUS)
W 3–1 PP
Bronze medal icon.svg

References