Following the disqualification of 100 metres champion Churandy Martina (for running out of his lane
on the bend) Ramil, now representing Turkey and not his native Azerbaijan, was awarded the silver medal
in the men's 200 metres.
On 8th. September 2015 he ran the 200 metres in 19.88 seconds, which at the time that ranked him tied for
the 34th best performer of all time and number 6 for 2015.
2016 Men's European 200 metres final. Amsterdam.
| 1. |
Bruno Hortelano |
(ESP)
|
20.45 |
secs |
| 2. |
Ramil Guliyev |
(TUR)
|
20.51 |
secs |
| 3. |
Danny Talbot
|
(GBR)
|
20.56 |
secs
|
| 4. |
Solomon Bockarie |
(NED)
|
20.56 |
secs |
| 5. |
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake
|
(GBR) |
20.60 |
secs |
| 6. |
Davide Manenti
|
(ITA)
|
20.66 |
secs |
His form continued the following month, in Rio de Janeiro, at the Olympic Games and he reached the
men's 200 metres final. He ran a 20.23 seconds in his heat for a then season best.
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro.
200 metres men's final. 18th August 2016
| 1. |
Usain Bolt |
Jamaica
|
19.78 |
| 2. |
Andre De Grasse |
Canada |
20.02 |
| 3. |
Christophe Lemaitre |
France |
20.12 |
| 4. |
Adam Gemili |
Great Britain |
20.12 |
| 5. |
Churandy Martina |
Netherlands |
20.13 |
| 6. |
LaShawn Merritt |
United States |
20.19 |
| 7. |
Alonso Edward |
Panama |
20.23 |
| 8. |
Ramil Guliyev |
Turkey |
20.49 |