Azerbaijan at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Azerbaijan competed in the Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Azerbaijani athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics. 23 competitors, 20 men and 3 women, took part in 23 events in 9 sports.

Athletics

 * 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
 * NR = National record
 * N/A = Round not applicable for the event
 * Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round


 * Men
 * Track & road events


 * Field events


 * Women
 * Track & road events

Diving

 * Men

Judo
Nazim Guseynov Zulfiya Guseynova
 * Men
 * Women

Weightlifting
Men's Light-Heavyweight
 * Tofig Heydarov
 * Final &mdash; 150.0 + 180.0 = 330.0 (→ 11th place)

Wrestling

 * Key
 * VT - Victory by Fall.
 * PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
 * PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
 * Men's freestyle