Azerbaijan at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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| At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 31 in 8 sports | |||||||||||
| Flag bearer | Namik Abdullayev | |||||||||||
| Medals Rank: 34 |
Gold 2 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 1 |
Total 3 |
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 Russian Empire (1900–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992) |
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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.[1]
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Zemfira Meftahatdinova | Shooting | Women's Skeet | 21 September |
| Gold | Namig Abdullayev | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 54 kg | 30 September |
 Bronze | Vugar Alekperov | Boxing | Middleweight | 30 September |
Results by event
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 Ysmajlov
- 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
Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Turan Mirzoyev | – 69 kg | 140.0 | 145.0 | 147.5 | 175.0 | 180.0 | 327.5 | 9 | |
| Nizami Pashayev | – 85 kg | 155.0 | 197.5 | 203.5 | 357.5 | 12 | |||
References
- ↑ "Azerbaijan at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-05-23.
- Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
- International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
- International Olympic Committee Web Site
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