Azerbaijan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Azerbaijan at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
Azerbaijan at the; 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	AZE
NPC	National Paralympic Committee of Azerbaijan
Website	www.paralympic.az
in Beijing
Competitors	18 in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Ilham Zakiyev
Medals; Ranked 38th	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 5 Total 10
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
	1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Soviet Union (1988); Unified Team (1992)

IPC codeAZE

NPCNational Paralympic Committee of Azerbaijan

Websitewww.paralympic.az

Competitors18 in 4 sports

Azerbaijan competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country's delegation consisted of eighteen competitors in four sports: judo, athletics, powerlifting, and shooting.^[1]

Before the games, President Ilham Aliyev announced cash prizes for Azerbaijanis who won a Paralympic medal. Gold medalists received 200,000 manat, silver medalists 100,000, and bronze medalists 50,000. The athletes' trainers also received a reward: 100,000, 50,000, and 25,000 manat for gold, silver, and bronze medals, respectively.^[2]

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Ilham Zakiyev	Judo	Men +100 kg	9 September
Gold	Olokhan Musayev	Athletics	Men's Shot Put - F55/56	15 September
Silver	Tofig Mammadov	Judo	Men -90 kg	9 September
Silver	Karim Sardarov	Judo	Men -100 kg	9 September
Silver	Zeynidin Bilalov	Athletics	Men's triple jump - F11	12 September
Bronze	Ramin Ibrahimov	Judo	Men -60 kg	7 September
Bronze	Vladimir Zayets	Athletics	Men's triple jump - F12	8 September
Bronze	Oleg Panyutin	Athletics	Men's long jump - F12	13 September
Bronze	Rza Osmanov	Athletics	Men's 400m - T12	13 September
Bronze	Vugar Mehdiyev	Athletics	Men's 200m - T13	16 September

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Vugar Mehdiyev	T13	100m	11.14	4 Q	—		11.01	4
Vugar Mehdiyev	T13	200m	22.19	5 Q	—		22.00
Elchin Muradov	T12	100m	11.35	9 Q	11.22	8 B	11.19	6
Elchin Muradov	T12	200m	23.38	14	did not advance
Reza Osmanov	T12	400m	51.03	6 Q	50.87	3 q	50.20
Zynidin Bilalov Vugar Mehdiyev Elchin Muradov Reza Osmanov	T11-13	4x100m relay	—				DNF

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
Athlete	Class	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Zeynidin Bilalov	F11	Triple jump	12.80	-
Olokhan Musayev	F55-56	Shot put	13.49 WR	1162
Oleg Panyutin	F12	Long jump	7.06	-
Vladimir Zayets	F12	Long jump	6.81	-	4
Vladimir Zayets	F12	Triple jump	15.00	-

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ramin Ibrahimov	−60 kg	Zasyadkovych (UKR) W 1000-0000	Shakhmanov (RUS) W 1000-0000	Noura (ALG) L 0001–1000s1	Bye		Quilter (GBR) W 1000–0000
Ilkin Alishov	−66 kg	Amaral (BRA) W 0001-0000s1	Lamri (ALG) L 0001s2-0010s1	did not advance		Karpeniuk (UKR) L 0000s1-0101	did not advance	7
Ramin Aliyev	−73 kg	Kimura (JPN) W 1001-0000	Xu Z (CHN) L 0000s1-1001	did not advance		Krieger (GER) L 0011s2-0110s1	did not advance	7
Natig Novruzzade	−81 kg	Gonzalez (ESP) W 1000-0000	Lencina (ARG) L 0000-1000	did not advance		Oga (JPN) L refuse to race	did not advance	7
Tofig Mammadov	−90 kg	Stoskus (LTU) W 0211-0000s1	Junk (GER) W 0003s1-0001s1	Sevricourt (FRA) W 1100s1-0001	Bye		Kretsul (RUS) L 0010s3–0100s2
Karim Sardarov	−100 kg	Bye	Hirose (JPN) W 1001s1–0001s1	Cortada (CUB) W 1000–0000	Bye		Tenorio Silva (BRA) L 0000s3–1101
Ilham Zakiyev	+100 kg	Bye	Taurines (FRA) W 1000–0000	Park (KOR) W 1000–0001	Bye		Wang S (CHN) W 1000–0000

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Maharram Aliyev	+100kg	205.0	7
Elshan Huseynov	90kg	190.0	5
Mehman Ramazanzade	100kg	190.0	8

Azerbaijan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sports

Athletics

Men's track

Men's field

Judo

Men

Powerlifting

Shooting

See also

References

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