Azerbaijan at the 2020 Summer Olympics


Azerbaijan is expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Athletics

Azerbaijani athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events :
;Field events

Cycling

Road

Azerbaijan entered one rider to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of his top 50 national finish in the UCI World Ranking.
AthleteEventTimeRank
Men's road race

Boxing

Azerbaijan entered one male boxer into the Olympic tournament. Fourth-seeded Tayfur Aliyev scored a round-of-16 victory to secure a spot in the men's featherweight division at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in London, United Kingdom.

Gymnastics

Artistic

Azerbaijan entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Ivan Tikhonov and Marina Nekrasova received a spare berth each from the men's and women's apparatus events, respectively, as one of the highest-ranked gymnasts, neither part of the team nor qualified directly through the all-around, at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
;Men
;Women

Rhythmic

Azerbaijan qualified a squad of rhythmic gymnasts for the individual and group all-around by finishing in the top 16 and top 5, respectively, at the 2019 World Championships in Baku.

Karate

Azerbaijan entered two karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. World champions Rafael Aghayev and Irina Zaretska qualified directly for their respective kumite categories by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings.

Shooting

Azerbaijani shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score by May 31, 2020.

Swimming

Azerbaijani swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events, and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time ):

Taekwondo

Azerbaijan entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Milad Beigi qualified directly for the second time in the men's welterweight category by finishing among the top five taekwondo practitioners at the end of the WT Olympic Rankings.

Wrestling

Azerbaijan qualified two wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition; all of whom finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle 97 kg and women's freestyle 50 kg at the 2019 World Championships.
;Men's freestyle
;Women's freestyle