Azerbaijan at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Azerbaijan at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Azerbaijan at the; 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AZE
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Website	www.noc-aze.org (in Azerbaijani and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors	23 (20 men, 3 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Nazim Hüseynov
Medals; Ranked 61st	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Russian Empire (1900–1912); Soviet Union (1952–1988); Unified Team (1992)

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.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Namik Abdullayev	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg	August 1

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying _target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Arif Akhundov	100 m	11.11	7	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Vasif Asadov	Triple jump	16.21	27	did not advance
Aleksey Fatyanov	Triple jump	16.14	31	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Elvira Cabbarova	100 m	11.96	8	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ilkham Kerimov	Light heavyweight	Ismael Kone (SWE) L 3–22	did not advance				17
Adalat Mammadov	Super heavyweight	Horáček (CZE) W RSC2	Blocus (FRA) W RSC1	Dokiwari (NGR) L RSC3	did not advance		8

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semi-finals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Emin Zhabrayilov	10 m platform	294.93	27	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Elxan Məmmədov	Individual sabre	Kaliuzhniy (UKR) W 5–15	did not advance				40

Men's Light-Heavyweight

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Namig Abdullayev	−52 kg	Rosselli (USA) W 3–0 ^PO	Sasayama (JPN) W 4–0 ^ST	1 Q	Achilov (UZB) W 4–0 ^ST	Mohammadi (IRI) W 4–0 ^ST	Yordanov (BUL) L 1–3 ^PP