Azerbaijan at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Azerbaijan at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
Azerbaijan at the; 2024 Summer Paralympics
	Flag of Azerbaijan
IPC code	AZE
NPC	National Paralympic Committee of Azerbaijan
Website	www.paralympic.az
in Paris, France; August 28, 2024 – September 8, 2024
Competitors	18 (13 men and 5 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearers	Imamaddin Khalilov; Lamiya Valiyeva
Medals; Ranked 28th	Gold 4 Silver 2 Bronze 5 Total 11
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 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September 2024.

Medallist

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Imamaddin Khalilov	Taekwondo	Men's 70 kg	30 August
Gold	Said Najafzade	Athletics	Men's long jump T12	2 September
Gold	Lamiya Valiyeva	Athletics	Women's 100 m T13	3 September
Gold	Orkhan Aslanov	Athletics	Men's long jump T13	7 September
Silver	Raman Salei	Swimming	Men's 100 metre backstroke S12	31 August
Silver	Lamiya Valiyeva	Athletics	Women's 400 m T13	7 September
Bronze	Sabir Zeynalov	Taekwondo	Men's 58 kg	29 August
Bronze	Raman Salei	Swimming	Men's 100 metre freestyle S12	4 September
Bronze	Vali Israfilov	Swimming	Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB13	5 September
Bronze	Ilham Zakiyev	Judo	Men's +90 kg J1	7 September
Bronze	Raman Salei	Swimming	Men's 100 metre butterfly S12	7 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	0	1
Athletics	4	1	5
Judo	1	2	3
Powerlifting	1	0	1
Shooting	1	1	2
Swimming	2	1	3
Taekwondo	3	0	3
Total	13	5	18

Archery

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jahan Musayev	Men's individual recurve	568	28	Arab Ameri (IRI) L 4-6	Did not advance

Athletics

Azerbaijan track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).^[1]

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
DQ = Disqualified
PR = Paralympic Record
AR = Area (or continental) Record
NR = National Record
SB = Season's Best
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lamiya Valiyeva	Women's 100 m T13	11.81	1 Q	11.76
Lamiya Valiyeva	Women's 400 m T13	56.51	2 Q	55.09

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
Said Najafzade	Men's long jump T12	7.27
Orkan Aslanov	Men's long jump T13	7.29
Rufat Rafiyev	Men's shot put F36	13.38	6
Olokhan Musayev	Men's shot put F55	11.44	5

Judo

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1st round	Repechage Final	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ilham Zakiyev	+90kg J1	—	Grandry (FRA) L 0-10	—		Knegt (NED) W 10-0	Dashtseren (MGL) W 1-0

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1st round	Repechage Final	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Khatira Ismiyeva	+70kg J1	Aldhanhani (UAE) W 10-1	Gunes (TUR) L 0-10	—		Sanabria Alcala (VEN) W 10-0	Garcia (USA) L 0-10	5
Dursadaf Karimova	+70kg J2	—	Silva (BRA) L 0-10	—		Leze (FRA) W 10-0	Wang (CHN) L 0-10	5

Powerlifting

Athlete	Event	Attempts (kg)				Result (kg)	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	Result (kg)	Rank
Jeyhun Mahmudov	Men's 54 kg	~~158~~	158	~~163~~	—	158	8

Shooting

Azerbaijan entered one para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships, 2023 European Para Championships and 2024 European Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kamran Zeynalov	P1 Men's 10 metre air pistol SH1	559-13x	13	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Aybaniz Babayeva	P2 Women's 10 metre air pistol SH1	542-7x	13	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Aybaniz Babayeva	P4 Mixed 50 metre pistol SH1	507-3x	26	Did not advance
Kamran Zeynalov	P4 Mixed 50 metre pistol SH1	529-10x	14	Did not advance

Swimming

Azerbaijan secured one quotas at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Vali Israfilov	Men's 100 m breaststroke SB13	1:05.82	3 Q	1:05.35
Raman Salei	Men's 50 m freestyle S13	24.39	9	Did not advance
	Men's 100 m freestyle S12	54.21	4	53.65
	Men's 100 m backstroke S12	1:01.29	2 Q	1:00.67
	Men's 100 m butterfly S12	58.16	2 Q	58.13

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Konul Suleymanova	Women's 50 m backstroke S2	1:52.64	11	Did not advance
Konul Suleymanova	Women's 100 m backstroke S2	4:03.04	11	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Azerbaijan entered three athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Sabir Zeynalov, Imammadin Khalilov and Abulfaz Abuzarli, qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in their respective division.

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sabir Zeynalov	Men's –58 kg	Bye	Tanaka (JPN) W 6-5	Özcan (TUR) L 18-23	—	Kaenkham (THA) W12-4
Imamaddin Khalilov	Men's –70 kg	Bye	Suárez (CUB) W 12-2	Alikulov (UZB) W 7-2	—	Çelik (TUR) W 15-2
Abulfaz Abuzarli	Men's –80 kg	Ganapin (PHI) W 12-9	Nájera (MEX) L 3-6	—	Spajić (SRB) L 9-11	Did not advance