Alibay Shukurov ( az, Əlibəy Şükürov; born 2 May 1977 in Baku, Azerbaijan, is a retired Azerbaijani middle-distance runner, who specialised in both the

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

and the

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. He was selected to compete for the Azerbaijan Olympic squad in the 800 metres at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, after posting his own personal best in 1:46.64 from the national athletics meet in

Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world a ...

. Shukurov qualified for the Azerbaijani squad in the men's 800 metres at the

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, by attaining a personal record and an Olympic B-standard entry time of 1:46.64 from the national athletics meet in

. He surpassed Bolivia's

Fadrique Iglesias Fadrique Ignacio Iglesias Mendizábal (born October 12, 1980 in Cochabamba) is a Bolivian middle distance runner, who specialized in the 800 metres. He set both a national record and a personal best time of 1:48.16 by winning the silver medal f ...

to cross the finish line in heat one of the prelims by seventy-six hundredths of a second (0.76), failing to advance further into the semifinals with a seventh-place time in 1:51.11. Shukurov currently resides in

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, where he works as an international relations officer for Fenerbahçe Sports Club ( tr, Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü).

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* 1977 births Living people Azerbaijani male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Azerbaijan Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Makhachkala Russian emigrants to Azerbaijan Sportspeople from Baku {{Azerbaijan-athletics-bio-stub