Azerbaijan at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Azerbaijan at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeAZE
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Websitewww.noc-aze.org (in Azerbaijani and English)
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors44 in 13 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Rustam Orujov[2]
Farida Azizova[3]
Flag bearer (closing)Haji Aliyev[1]
Medals
Ranked 67th
Gold
0
Silver
3
Bronze
4
Total
7
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)
 Unified Team (1992)

Azerbaijan competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

  1. ^ "The flagbearers for the Tokyo 2020 Closing Ceremony". Olympics.com. 8 August 2021. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Rustam Orujov to bear Azerbaijani flag in Tokyo". Azernews. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Tokyo 2020: Farida Azizova will also be flagbearer together with Rustam Orujov". Apa.az. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.