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Azerbaijan first participated at the Olympic Games as an independent nation in 1996, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then. Previously, Azerbaijani athletes competed as part of the Soviet Union at the Olympics from 1952 to 1988, and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union , Azerbaijan was part of the Unified Team in 1992. Azerbaijani athletes have won a total of 42 medals at the Summer Olympic Games . The nation has not won any medals at the Winter Olympic Games . The National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic was created in 1992 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1993.
In 2016, Azerbaijan became one of only two nations (the other being Great Britain , also between 2000 and 2016) ever to increase the number of medals achieved in five consecutive Games.[ 1]
Medals by Summer Games [ edit ] Medals by Winter Games [ edit ]
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Disqualified Medalists [ edit ] Participants by sport [ edit ] Sport 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 Total Athletics Field events 2 3 3 2 2 18 Track events 2 1 2 0 1 Boxing 2 5 9 2 8 26 Canoeing Sprint 0 0 0 0 3 3 Cycling Road 0 0 0 0 1 1 Diving Platform 1 1 0 0 0 2 Equestrian Show jumping 0 0 0 1 1 2 Fencing Individual sabre 1 0 1 0 1 3 Gymnastics Artistic 0 0 0 0 1 11 Individual rhythmic 0 0 1 2 1 Team rhythmic 0 0 0 0 6 Judo 2 4 3 6 8 23 Rowing Single sculls 0 0 0 0 2 2 Shooting Air & Sporting Pistol 1 1 1 0 1 8 Skeet 1 1 1 1 0 Swimming Breaststroke 0 0 1 1 1 9 Butterfly 0 0 0 0 1 Freestyle 1 2 1 1 0 Taekwondo 0 0 2 1 2 5 Weightlifting 2 2 5 5 6 20 Wrestling Græco-Roman 2 2 3 6 5 53 Freestyle 6 7 4 10 8 Total 23 31 36 44 53 187
"Azerbaijan" . International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021."Azerbaijan" . Olympedia.com."Olympic Analytics/AZE" . olympanalyt.com."Azerbaijani Wrestler Namig Abdullayev Wins Olympic Gold ," in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 8:4 (Winter 2000), p. 76. "Zemfira Meftahatdinova: Right on Target, Olympic Gold, Skeet Shooter ," in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 8:4 (Winter 2000), p. 79. "Vugar Alakbarov, Olympic Bronze in Boxing ," in Azerbaijan International, Vol. 8:4 (Winter 2000), p. 78.
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