Azerbaijan at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Azerbaijan participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics for the first time participate in the Olympics. The team consisted of 23 athletes, 20 of them men and three were women. They appeared in 23 competitions in nine sports and won a silver medal. The youngest participant was the wrestler Tahir Zahidov 17 years and 160 days, the oldest was the shooter İradə Aşumova with 38 years and 152 days. The Azerbaijani flag was worn during the opening ceremony on 19 July 1996 by judoka Nazim Huseynov in the Olympic Stadium.

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