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Azerbaijan ranks first in Baku 2017 medal standings

22 May 2017 15:30 (UTC +04:00)

The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games came to an end in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku on May 22.

Athletes from 40 countries vied for 268 sets of medals within 11 days. They grabbed a total of 886 medals, including 269 gold, 267 silver and 350 bronze medals. The teams of 14 countries participating in the Games will return home empty-handed, APASport reported.

Azerbaijani athletes took the lead in medal standings with 162 medals, setting a record with 75 gold medals in the history of the Islamic Solidarity Games. The Azerbaijani team lagged behind Turkey for the total number of medals, but it became the winner of the Baku 2017 for the number of gold medals. Azerbaijan triumphed in such a multisport event for the first time as its best achievement was the second place at the first European Games in 2015.

Moreover, the Azerbaijan team continued the tradition of the Islamic Solidarity Games. Thus, the winners of the Games were host countries – Saudi Arabia in 2005, and Indonesia in 2013.

Azerbaijan was followed by Turkey (195 medals) and Iran (98 medals). The Turkish team also set a record with 195 medals in the history of the Games.

N	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Azerbaijan	75	50	37	162
2	Turkey	71	67	57	195
3	Iran	39	26	33	98
4	Uzbekistan	15	17	31	63
5	Bahrain	12	5	4	21
6	Algeria	7	12	21	40
7	Morocco	7	5	15	27
8	Indonesia	6	29	23	58
9	Egypt	6	5	7	18
10	Kyrgyzstan	4	5	8	17
11	Saudi Arabia	4	1	6	11
12	Jordan	3	1	11	15
13	Iraq	2	7	5	14
14	Kazakhstan	2	5	12	19
15	Turkmenistan	2	4	7	13
16	Qatar	2	3	7	12
17	Nigeria	2	3	1	6
18	Syrian Arab Republic	2	2	6	10
19	Tunisia	1	3	8	12
20	Cameroon	1	2	6	9
21-22	Bangladesh	1	1	1	3
	Senegal	1	1	1	3
23	Gambia	1	1	0	2
24-26	Benin	1	0	1	2
	Guinea-Bissau	1	0	1	2
	Mozambique	1	0	1	2
27	Pakistan	0	3	9	12
28	Oman	0	3	4	7
29	United Arab Emirates	0	1	3	4
30-31	Guyana	0	1	2	3
	Suriname	0	1	2	3
32	Djibouti	0	1	1	2
33-34	Mali	0	1	0	1
	Uganda	0	1	0	1
35	Afghanistan	0	0	6	6
36-37	Ivory Coast	0	0	4	4
	Tajikistan	0	0	4	4
38-39	Malaysia	0	0	2	2
	Yemen	0	0	2	2
40	Lebanon	0	0	1	1
Total		269	267	350	886

The Azerbaijani team won most medals in martial arts, including judo (blind judo), wrestling, athletics (para athletics). Besides, athletes won gold medals in taekwondo, boxing and karate.

The Azerbaijani athletes also gained medals in basketball, volleyball and football. The Azerbaijani handball team won only one medal.

The Azerbaijani athletes missed medals only in water polo and tennis.

Type	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Wrestling	12	6	5	23
Judo / Blind judo	11	12	3	26
Athletics / para athletics	10	4	4	18
Shooting	6	3	1	10
Taekwondo	6	2	1	9
Gymnastics: Artistic	5	5	2	11
Karate	5	2	3	10
Gymnastics: Rhythmic	4	2	2	9
Swimming	4	0	2	6
Boxing	3	3	1	7
Diving	2	2	2	6
Basketball	2	0	0	2
Zurkhaneh	1	3	3	7
Volleyball	1	1	0	2
Weightlifting	1	0	3	4
Football	1	0	0	1
Handball	1	0	0	1
Wushu	0	3	3	6
Table tennis	0	2	2	4
Water polo	0	0	0	0
Tennis	0	0	0	0