Azerbaijan competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France, that took place from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era. Azerbaijani athletes won two gold (in judo), two silver (in taekwondo and boxing) and three bronze medals (in wrestling) during the competition.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
Medalists
Archery
For the first time since 2016, one Azerbaijani archer qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics women's individual recurve competitions by virtue of her result at the 2024 Final Qualification Tournament in Antalya, Turkey.
Athletics
Azerbaijani track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):
- Field events
Badminton
Azerbaijan entered two badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.
Basketball
3×3 basketball
Summary
Women's tournament
The Azerbaijan women's 3x3 team by winning the FIBA Universality-driven Olympic Qualifying Tournament 1 in Hong Kong. Making the nation's debut at 3x3 basketball.
- Team roster
The roster was revealed on 3 July 2024.
- Marcedes Walker
- Alexandra Mollenhauer
- Dina Ulyanova
- Tiffany Hayes
- Group play
Boxing
Azerbaijan entered five boxers into the Olympic tournament. Murad Allahverdiyev and Mahammad Abdullayev scored an outright quarterfinal and semifinal victory to secure their spot in middleweight and super heavyweight division at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland. Meanwhile, Nijat Huseynov, qualified for the games in the flyweight division at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy,Malik Hasanov (men's lightweight) and Loren Alfonso (men's heavyweight) qualified for the games at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Fencing
Azerbaijan entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Anna Bashta qualified for the games after receiving the re-allocation of unused quota places.
Gymnastics
Rhythmic
Azerbaijan entered a full-squad rhythmic gymnast into Paris 2024. One gymnast qualified for the games through the individual all-around tournament, by virtue of top fifteen eligible nation's results at the 2023 World Championships in Valencia, Spain; meanwhile five other gymnast qualified for the group all-around through the 2024 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
Trampoline
Azerbaijan entered one gymnast into the women's trampoline events through the final ranking of 2023–2024 Trampoline World Cup series.
Judo
Azerbaijan has qualified nine judokas via the IJF World Ranking List and continental quotas in Europe.
- Men
- Women
Rowing
For the first time since 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro, Azerbaijani rower qualified one boats for the women's single sculls event, through the 2024 European Qualification Regatta in Szeged, Hungary.
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; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Shooting
Azerbaijani shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.
Swimming
Azerbaijan sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Taekwondo
Azerbaijan qualified one athlete to compete at the games. Gashim Magomedov qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of finishing first within the Grand Slam Series Rankings in his division.
Triathlon
Azerbaijan entered one male triathlete in the triathlon events for Paris, following the release of final individual olympics qualification ranking.
- Individual
Wrestling
Azerbaijan qualified twelve wrestlers for the following classes into the Olympic competition. Three of them qualified for the games by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia; five of them qualified through the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan; and four of them qualified through the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.
- Freestyle
- Men's Greco-Roman
See also
- Azerbaijan at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
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