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Azerbaijan’s team won six medals at the fourth Summer Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, Senegal, finishing 13th in the overall standings. The country improved its position by 22 places compared with its result in 2018. Azerbaijan won the same number of medals as at the previous Games, but one more gold.
Judoka Ibrahim Talibov (55 kg) and beach wrestlers Tunar Guliyev (70 kg) and Elgun Karimli (90 kg) won gold. Wrestler Nihad Suleymanli (80 kg), taekwondo athlete Adil Kazimli (73 kg) and boxer Gular Huseynova (51 kg) took silver.
Azerbaijan finished 11th at the 2010 Games in Singapore with five gold and three silver medals, and 10th at Nanjing 2014 with five gold, six silver and one bronze. At Buenos Aires 2018, the country placed 35th with two gold, one silver and three bronze medals. Across four editions of the Games, Azerbaijan has won 15 gold, 13 silver and four bronze medals.
China and Russia have each finished among the top three four times in the history of the Games. China topped the medal table in 2010, 2014 and 2026, while Russia led in 2018. Japan has finished in the top three twice, and South Korea and the United States once each.
Top 20 in the Dakar 2026 standings:
- China — 18 gold, 8 silver, 7 bronze (33 medals).
- Japan — 11 gold, 8 silver, 9 bronze (28).
- Russia — 8 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze (14).
- Egypt — 6 gold, 1 silver, 5 bronze (12).
- Ethiopia — 5 gold, 3 silver (8).
- Senegal — 5 gold, 7 bronze (12).
- France — 4 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze (13).
- Kenya — 4 gold, 2 silver (6).
- South Africa — 3 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze (11).
- Croatia — 3 gold, 4 silver (7).
- Ukraine — 3 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze (9).
- Brazil — 3 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze (7).
- Azerbaijan — 3 gold, 3 silver (6).
- Germany — 3 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze (8).
- Türkiye — 3 gold, 1 silver, 5 bronze (9).
- Jordan — 3 gold, 1 silver (4).
- Nigeria — 3 gold (3).
- Spain — 2 gold, 5 silver, 5 bronze (12).
- Chinese Taipei — 2 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze (9).
- Uzbekistan — 2 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze (8).
