Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	AZE
NPC	National Paralympic Committee of Azerbaijan
Website	www.paralympic.az
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	25 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Ilham Zakiyev
Medals Ranked 48th	Gold 1 Silver 8 Bronze 2 Total 11
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1988)   Unified Team (1992)

Azerbaijan competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 to 18 September 2016.

Contents

• Medalists
• Delegation
• Competitors
• Archery
• Athletics (track and field)
• Judo
• Powerlifting
• Shooting
• Swimming
• Men
• See also
• References

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Ramil Gasimov	Judo	Men's 73 kg	9 September
Silver	Bayram Mustafayev	Judo	Men's 66 kg	8 September
Silver	Elena Chebanu	Athletics	Women's 100 metres	9 September
Silver	Kamil Aliyev	Athletics	Men's Long jump - T12	10 September
Silver	Elena Chebanu	Athletics	Women's Long Jump - T12	13 September
Silver	Dzmitry Salei	Swimming	Men's 100m Breaststroke - SB12	13 September
Silver	Raman Salei	Swimming	Men's 100m Backstroke - S12	15 September
Silver	Dzmitry Salei	Swimming	Men's 50m Freestyle - S12	17 September
Silver	Irada Aliyeva	Athletics	Women's Javelin Throw - F12/13	17 September
Bronze	Elena Chebanu	Athletics	Women's 200 metres - T12	12 September
Bronze	Rovshan Safarov	Judo	Men's 81 kg	9 September

Delegation

The country sent a team of 25 athletes, 20 men and 5 women, along with 2 officials to the 2016 Summer Paralympics. ^[1]

Competitors

Archery

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Zinyat Valiyeva	Individual recurve open	472	31	Nemati  (IRI) L 0-6	Did not advance				17

Athletics (track and field)

Men's Track

Men's Field

Athlete	Event	Mark(metr)	Rank
Samir Nabiyev	Shot Put - F56/57	13.67	7
Rufat Rafiyev	Shot Put - F36	13.72	4
Elchin Muradov	Long Jump - T11	6.09	5
Kamil Aliyev	Long Jump - T12	7.05
Oleg Panyutin		6.88	7
Huseyn Hasanov	Long Jump - T45/46/47	Did not start
Olokhan Musayev	Discus Throw - F54/55/56	40.93	4

Women's

Javelin Throw

Athlete	Event	Mark(metr)	Rank
Irada Aliyeva	Javelin Throw - F12/13	42.58

Track events

Athlete	Guide	Events	Heat		Semi-final		Final
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Elena Chebanu	Hakim Ibrahimov	100m - T12	12.24	1 Q	11.81	1 Q	11.71
Elena Chebanu	Hakim Ibrahimov	200m - T12	24.16	1 Q	—N/a		23.80
Elena Chebanu	Hakim Ibrahimov	400m - T12	56.53	2	Did not advance
Elena Chebanu	-	Long Jump - T12	—N/a				5.56

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• DSQ = Disqualified
• DNS = Did not start
• DNF = Did not finish
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser
• WR = World record
• PR = Paralympic record
• RR = Regional record
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Judo

With one pathway for qualification being having a top finish at the 2014 IBSA Judo World Championships, Azerbaijan earned a qualifying spot in Rio base on the performance of Bayram Mustafayev in the men's -66 kg event. The B3 Judoka finished first in his class. Ramil Gasimov gave his country a second spot after the B2 judoka won the men's -73kg class. ^{[2] [3]}

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ramin Ibrahimov	−60 kg	Gauto  (ARG) W 112-000	Sariyev  (KAZ) W 100–002	Namozov  (UZB) L 000–100	Bye		Bolormaa  (MGL) L 000–100	5
Bayram Mustafayev	−66 kg	Bye	Oliveira Boto  (BRA) W 010–000	Fujimoto  (JPN) W 100–000	Bye		Nigmatov  (UZB) L 000–110
Ramil Gasimov	−73 kg	Bye	Rodriguez  (CUB) W 000–000 S	Kornhass  (GER) W 100–000	Bye		Solovey  (UKR) W 110–000
Rovshan Safarov	−81 kg	Kazlou  (BLR) W 110–000	Kosinov  (UKR) L 000–110	Did not advance		Effron  (ARG) W 100–000	Drane  (GBR) W 102–000
Kanan Abdullakhanli	−100 kg	Pominov  (UKR) W 101–000	Choi  (KOR) L 000–101	Did not advance		Alizadeh  (IRI) W 000–000 S	Sharipov  (UZB) L 000–001	5
Ilham Zakiyev	+100 kg	Bye	Tuledibaev  (UZB) L 000–100	Did not advance	Goodrich  (USA) W 102–000	Hodgson  (GBR) W 001–000	Jimenez  (CUB) L 000–001	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sabina Abdullayeva	−57 kg	Hirose  (JPN) L 000–100	Did not advance	Wang  (CHN) L 000–100	Did not advance	7

Powerlifting

Shooting

Swimming

Men

Athletes	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dzmitry Salei	50 m freestyle S12	24.40	1 Q	24.29
Raman Salei		24.43	2 Q	24.45	4
Dzmitry Salei	100 m freestyle S13	53.82	3 Q	54.73	8
Raman Salei		54.32	2	Did not advance
Raman Salei	400 m freestyle S13	4:13.83	3 Q	4:19.34	7
Dzmitry Salei	100 m butterfly S13	58.83	2 Q	58.16	5
Raman Salei		58.40	2 Q	58.11	4
Dzmitry Salei	100 m breaststroke SB12	1:08.68	1 Q	1:08.80
Dzmitry Salei	100 m backstroke S12	1:02.63	3 Q	1:02.70	6
Raman Salei		1:01.58	1 Q	1:00.91
Dzmitry Salei	200 m individual medley SM13	2:16.31	1 Q	2:13.83	4
Raman Salei		2:19.37	3	Did not advance

See also

• Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References