Azerbaijan at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	AZE
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic
Website	www.noc-aze.org (in Azerbaijani and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors	23 (20 men, 3 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Nazim Hüseynov
Medals Ranked 61st	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
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 in the Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Azerbaijani athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 23 competitors, 20 men and 3 women, took part in 23 events in 9 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Namik Abdullayev	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg	August 1

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

Field events

Women

Track & road events

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ilkham Kerimov	Light heavyweight	Ismael Kone (SWE) L 3–22	did not advance				17
Adalat Mammadov	Super heavyweight	Horáček (CZE) W RSC2	Blocus (FRA) W RSC1	Dokiwari (NGR) L RSC3	did not advance		8

Diving

Men

Fencing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Elxan Məmmədov	Individual sabre	Kaliuzhniy (UKR) W 5–15	did not advance				40

Judo

Men

Nazim Guseynov

Women

Zulfiya Guseynova

Shooting

Swimming

Weightlifting

Men's Light-Heavyweight

• Tofig Heydarov
  • Final — 150.0 + 180.0 = 330.0 (→ 11th place)

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	Elimination Pool			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Namig Abdullayev	−52 kg	Rosselli (USA) W 3–0 PO	Sasayama (JPN) W 4–0 ST	1 Q	Achilov (UZB) W 4–0 ST	Mohammadi (IRI) W 4–0 ST	Yordanov (BUL) L 1–3 PP