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)

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]

Medalists

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

Sports

Athletics

Men's track

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

Men's field

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	-

Judo

Men

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

Powerlifting

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

Shooting

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Yelena Taranova	Mixed 25m pistol SH1	527	25	did not advance
	Mixed 50m pistol SH1	517	16	did not advance
	Women's 10m air pistol SH1	364	8 Q	96.1	460.1	6

References

^ "Azerbaijan to leave for Beijing Paralympics on August 28". APA. 2008-08-25. Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
^ "The winner of XIII Paralympic Games from Azerbaijan to get $200,000". Azerbaijan Business Center. 2008-08-29. Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2008-09-02.

[1] "Azerbaijan to leave for Beijing Paralympics on August 28". APA. 2008-08-25. Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2008-09-02.

[2] "The winner of XIII Paralympic Games from Azerbaijan to get $200,000". Azerbaijan Business Center. 2008-08-29. Archived from the original on 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2008-09-02.

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