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Azerbaijan at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Azerbaijan at the; 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AZE
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Website	www.noc-aze.org (in Azerbaijani and English)
in London
Competitors	53 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)
	1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Russian Empire (1900–1912); Soviet Union (1952–1988); 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.

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Toghrul Asgarov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 60 kg	11 August
Gold	Sharif Sharifov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 84 kg	11 August
Silver	Rovshan Bayramov	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg	5 August
Silver	Mariya Stadnik	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 48 kg	8 August
Bronze	Emin Ahmadov	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg	5 August
Bronze	Yuliya Ratkevich	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 55 kg	9 August
Bronze	Teymur Mammadov	Boxing	Men's heavyweight	10 August
Bronze	Magomedrasul Majidov	Boxing	Men's super heavyweight	10 August
Bronze	Khetag Gazyumov	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 96 kg	12 August
Bronze	Valentin Hristov	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	29 July

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Wrestling	2	2	3	7
Boxing	0	0	2	2
Total	2	2	5	9

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	2	1	3
Boxing	7	1	8
Canoeing	3	0	3
Cycling	0	1	1
Equestrian	1	0	1
Fencing	0	1	1
Gymnastics	1	1	2
Judo	6	2	8
Rowing	1	1	2
Shooting	0	1	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Taekwondo	1	1	2
Weightlifting	5	1	6
Wrestling	11	2	13
Total	39	14	53

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
Day 1	28 July	0	0	0	0
Day 2	29 July	0	0	0	0
Day 3	30 July	0	0	0	0
Day 4	31 July	0	0	0	0
Day 5	1 August	0	0	0	0
Day 6	2 August	0	0	0	0
Day 7	3 August	0	0	0	0
Day 8	4 August	0	0	0	0
Day 9	5 August	0	1	1	2
Day 10	6 August	0	0	0	0
Day 11	7 August	0	0	0	0
Day 12	8 August	0	1	0	1
Day 13	9 August	0	0	1	1
Day 14	10 August	0	0	2	2
Day 15	11 August	2	0	0	2
Day 16	12 August	0	0	1	1
Total		2	2	5	9

Athletics

Key

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

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hayle Ibrahimov	5000 m	13:25.23	1 Q	13:45.37	9

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Dmitriy Marshin	Hammer throw	72.85	19	did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Layes Abdullayeva	5000 m	15:45.69	17	did not advance

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Elvin Mamishzadeh	Flyweight	Tögstsogt (MGL) L 11–18	did not advance
Magomed Abdulhamidov	Bantamweight	Bye	Shimizu (JPN) L RSC*	Did not advance
Heybatulla Hajialiyev	Light welterweight	Houya (TUN) L 16–19	Did not advance
Soltan Migitinov	Middleweight	Hikal (EGY) W 20–12	Falcão (BRA) L 11–24	Did not advance
Vatan Huseynli	Light heavyweight	Góngora (ECU) L 8–9	Did not advance
Teymur Mammadov	Heavyweight	—	Opetaia (AUS) W 12–11	Karneyeu (BLR) W 19–19	Russo (ITA) L 13–15	Did not advance
Magomedrasul Majidov	Super heavyweight	—	Mwamba (COD) W RSC	Omarov (RUS) W 17–14	Cammarelle (ITA) L 12–13	Did not advance

Initially the judges awarded the victory to Abdulhamidov who beat Shimizu 22:17. The Japanese team appealed the decision claiming the referee had overlooked three of Abdulhamidov's six falls during the fixture. Upon further review, the judges decided to annul the initial result and declared Shimizu the winner.^[1]

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Elena Vystropova	Middleweight	Ogoke (NGR) L 12–14	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Valentin Demyanenko	Men's C-1 200 m	44.194	7	Did not advance
Sergey Bezugliy Maksim Prokopenko	Men's C-2 1000 m	3:38.042	1 FA	Bye		3:37.219	4

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

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Elena Tchalykh	Women's road race	Did not finish
Elena Tchalykh	Women's time trial	41:47.06	20

Equestrian

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B		Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Jamal Rahimov	Warrior	Individual	5	53	13	18	60	Did not advance

Fencing

Women

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
Sabina Mikina	Individual sabre	Bujdoso (GER) W 15–13	Kharlan (UKR) L 10–15	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Shakir Shikhaliyev	All-around	14.600	12.866	13.166	15.433	13.666	10.633	80.364	40	did not advance

Rhythmic

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Aliya Garayeva	Individual	27.450	28.350	27.850	28.200	111.850	3 Q	27.925	27.825	27.575	28.250	111.575	4

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ilgar Mushkiyev	−60 kg	Bye	Davtyan (ARM) L 0000–0101	Did not advance
Tarlan Karimov	−66 kg	Bye	Mogushkov (RUS) W 0021–0011	Awad (EGY) W 0000–0002	Uriarte (ESP) L 0001–0021	Did not advance	Zagrodnik (POL) L 0000–0010	Did not advance	7
Rustam Orujov	−73 kg	Bye	van Zyl (RSA) W 0100–0101	Isaev (RUS) L 0000–1001	Did not advance
Elnur Mammadli	−81 kg	Valois-Fortier (CAN) L 0001–0001	did not advance
Elkhan Mammadov	−90 kg	—	Lambert (GER) W 0111–0001	Song D-N (KOR) L 0011–0000	did not advance
Elmar Gasimov	−100 kg	—	Rakov (KAZ) W 0000–0011	Zhorzholiani (GEO) W 0011–0002	Hwang H-T (KOR) L 0002–0021	Did not advance	Sayidov (UZB) L 0000–1000	Did not advance	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kifayat Gasimova	−57 kg	Bye	Matsumoto (JPN) L 0000–0010	did not advance
Ramila Yusubova	−63 kg	Hayytbaeva (TKM) W 0111–0000	Joung D-W (KOR) L 1000–0000	did not advance

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aleksandar Aleksandrov	Single sculls	6:49.81	2 Q	Bye		6:56.36	3 SA/B	7:20.80	3 FA	7:09.42	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Natalya Mustafayeva	Single sculls	7:46.01	2 Q	Bye		8:00.26	3 SA/B	8:06.83	6 FB	8:23.64	12

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

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Irada Ashumova	25 m pistol	578	23	Did not advance
Irada Ashumova	10 m air pistol	372	39	Did 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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yevgeniy Lazuka	100 m butterfly	53.86	38	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Oksana Hatamkhanova	100 m breaststroke	1:25.52	44	did not advance

Taekwondo

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Bronze medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ramin Azizov	Men's −80 kg	Lopez (USA) W 3–2	Sarmiento (ITA) L 1–2	Did not advance
Farida Azizova	Women's −67 kg	Sergerie (CAN) L 0–1	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Valentin Hristov	−56 kg	127	2	159	2	286	DSQ*¹
Afgan Bayramov	−69 kg	~~142~~	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
Sardar Hasanov*²	−69 kg	145	5	176	8	321	8
Intigam Zairov	−94 kg	182	3	215	7	397	6
Velichko Cholakov^†	+105 kg	Withdrew

¹ On 29 March 2019, the IOC stripped Valentin Hristov of his bronze medal.^[2]
² Sardar Hasanov replaced Ivan Stoitsov on the team on 21 July 2012, due to Stoitsov's injury.^[3]

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Boyanka Kostova	−58 kg	105	3	128	3	233	5

Wrestling

Key

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Toghrul Asgarov	−60 kg	Bye	Schleicher (GER) W 3–1 ^PP	Yumoto (JPN) W 3–1 ^PP	Scott (USA) W 3–0 ^PO	Bye		Kudukhov (RUS) W 3–0 ^PO
Jabrayil Hasanov	−66 kg	Bye	Bazan (BUL) W 3–1 ^PP	Shabanau (BLR) W 3–1 ^PP	Yonemitsu (JPN) L 0–3 ^PO	Bye		López (CUB) L 1–3 ^PP	5
Ashraf Aliyev	−74 kg	Takatani (JPN) W 3–0 ^PO	Tsargush (RUS) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					9
Sharif Sharifov	−84 kg	Bye	Bölükbaşı (TUR) W 3–1 ^PP	Herbert (USA) W 3–1 ^PP	Lashgari (IRI) W 3–1 ^PP	Bye		Espinal (PUR) W 3–1 ^PP
Khetag Gazyumov	−96 kg	Bye	Sheikhau (BLR) W 3–0 ^PO	Andriitsev (UKR) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	Bye	Iskandari (TJK) W 3–1 ^PP	Yazdani (IRI) W 5–0 ^VB
Jamaladdin Magomedov	−120 kg	Makhov (RUS) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance						16

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rovshan Bayramov	−55 kg	Semenov (RUS) W 3–0 ^PO	Mango (USA) W 3–0 ^PO	Li Sj (CHN) W 3–0 ^PO	Choi G-J (KOR) W 3–0 ^PO	Bye		Sourian (IRI) L 0–3 ^PO
Hasan Aliyev	−60 kg	Bye	Berge (NOR) W 3–1 ^PP	Jung J-H (KOR) W 3–0 ^PO	Lashkhi (GEO) L 1–3 ^PP	Bye		Kuramagomedov (RUS) L 0–3 ^PO	5
Emin Ahmadov	−74 kg	Bye	Žugaj (CRO) W 3–0 ^PO	Datunashvili (GEO) W 3–1 ^PP	Julfalakyan (ARM) L 0–3 ^PO	Bye		Kikiniou (BLR) W 3–1 ^PP
Saman Tahmasebi	−84 kg	Bye	Gegeshidze (GEO) L 1–3 ^PP	did not advance					11
Shalva Gadabadze	−96 kg	Bye	Totrov (RUS) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance		Bye	Lidberg (SWE) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	10

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mariya Stadnik	−48 kg	Bye	Chun (USA) W 3–0 ^PO	Matkowska (POL) W 3–1 ^PP	Merleni (UKR) W 3–0 ^PO	Bye		Obara (JPN) L 1–3 ^PP
Yuliya Ratkevich	−55 kg	Bye	Prevolaraki (GRE) W 3–0 ^PO	Yoshida (JPN) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance	Bye	Campbell (USA) W 0–3 ^PO	Zholobova (RUS) W 3–1 ^PP

References

^ Japanese Managed to Get Abdulhamidov Disqualified. Azerisport. 2 August 2012.
^ https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-three-athletes-for-failing-anti-doping-tests-at-london-2012 IOC sanctions three athletes for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012
^ Change on Azerbaijani Olympic Team. Zerkalo. 20 July 2012.
^ 30 Athletes Finished Competing at the Olympics. Azerisport. 4 August 2012.

[1] Japanese Managed to Get Abdulhamidov Disqualified. Azerisport. 2 August 2012.

[2] ttps://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-three-athletes-for-failing-anti-doping-tests-at-london-2012 IOC sanctions three athletes for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012

[3] Change on Azerbaijani Olympic Team. Zerkalo. 20 July 2012.

[4] 30 Athletes Finished Competing at the Olympics. Azerisport. 4 August 2012.

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National Olympic Committees at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom
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Others	Independent Olympic Athletes