Armenia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Armenia competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Armenian athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Armenia at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeARM
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Armenia
Websitewww.armnoc.am (in Armenian)
in Atlanta
Competitors32 in 11 sports
Flag bearer Aghvan Grigoryan
Medals
Ranked 45th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)
 Unified Team (1992)

Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 GoldArmen NazaryanWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 52 kg20 July
 SilverArmen MkrtchyanWrestlingMen's freestyle 105 kg30 July

Athletics
Further information: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Robert Emmiyan Long jump 7.76 28 Did not advance
Armen Martirosyan Triple jump 16.74 5 Q 16.97 5

Boxing
Further information: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Nshan Munchyan light flyweight Bye  Petrov (BUL)
L 5–11		 Did not advance
Lernik Papyan flyweight  Tsujimoto (JPN)
W 10–5		  Romero (CUB)
L 6–22		 Did not advance
Artur Gevorgyan featherweight  Konamegui (CMR)
W 10–3		  Mayweather Jr. (USA)
L 3–16		 Did not advance
Mekhak Ghazaryan lightweight Bye  Strange (CAN)
L 7–16		 Did not advance

Cycling
Further information: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Road
Athlete Event Time Rank
Arsen Ghazaryan Men's road race Did not finish

Diving
Further information: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Hovhannes Avtandilyan 10 m platform 275.64 32 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Arus Gyulbudaghyan 3 m springboard 228.72 20 Did not advance

Gymnastics
Further information: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Total points Position Total points Position
Norayr Sargsyan Individual all-round 110.211 50 Did not advance

Judo
Further information: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Arsen Gevorgyan Men's −78 kg Bye  Yuan (CHN)
L		 Did not advance

Shooting
Further information: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Position Score Position
Hrachya Petikyan Men's 50 m rifle three positions 1164 13 Did not advance

Swimming
Further information: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Position Time Position
Anush Manukyan 100 m breaststroke 1:20.70 45 Did not advance

Tennis
Further information: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Sargis Sargsian Men's singles  Nestor (CAN)
W 6–4, 6–4		  Enqvist (SWE)
L 6–4, 6–7, 4–6		 Did not advance

Weightlifting
Further information: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Lift Lift
Eduard Darbinyan Men's −64 kg 132.5 160 292.5 12
Israel Militosyan Men's −70 kg 152.5 182.5 335 6
Hayk Yeghiazaryan 145 180 325 12
Hovhannes Barseghyan Men's 76 kg 155 190 345 8
Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan 165 Did not finish
Sergo Chakhoyan Men's −83 kg 170 195 365 6
Aleksander Karapetyan Men's −91 kg 167.5 200 367.5 13
Aghvan Grigoryan Men's −99 kg 175 205 380 8
Ara Vardanyan Men's −108 kg 180 215 395 7
Ashot Danielyan Men's +108 kg 177.5 217.5 395 13

Wrestling
Further information: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Greco–Roman
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Armen Nazaryan −52 kg  Kalashnykov (UKR)
W 10-0		  Tae-yeon (KOR)
W 12-2		  Danielyan (RUS)
W 3-0		  Rivas (CUB)
W 7-1		 n/a  Paulson (USA)
W 5-1
Aghasi Manukyan −57 kg  Salhi (TUN)
W 4-0		  Khakymov (UKR)
L 0-11		  Aghayev (AZE)
L 2-7		 Did not advance 13
Mkhitar Manukyan −62 kg  Guohong (CHN)
W 11-0		  Komyshenko (UKR)
L 2-3		  Aziz (SWE)
W 4-0		  Sang-sun (KOR)
W 5-0 Fall		  Pirim (TUR)
L 4-9		  Martynov (RUS)
W WO		 7
Samvel Manukyan −68 kg  Karapinar (TUR)
L 0-3		  Escobar (COL)
W 12-0		  Daynes (CAN)
W 9-3		  Tretyakov (RUS)
L 0-4		 Did not advance 10
Levon Geghamyan −82 kg  Lidberg (SWE)
L 0-2		  Farkas (HUN)
W 4-0		  Frinta (CZE)
W 3-2		  Jovančević (YUG)
W 2-0		  Turlykhanov (KAZ)
L 1-3		  Sanatbayev (KGZ)
W WO		 7
Tsolak Yeghishyan −90 kg  Gelénesi (HUN)
W 5-1		  Konstantinidis (GRE)
L 0-12		  Rejepov (TKM)
W 5-2		  Sidorenko (BLR)
L 1-3		 Did not advance 9
Freestyle
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Armen Mkrtchyan −48 kg  Restrepo (COL)
W 10-0		  Eiter (USA)
W 9-2		  Vila (CUB)
W 4-2		  Railean (MDA)
W 7-2		 n/a  Il  (KOR)
L 4-5
Arayik Gevorgyan −68 kg  Al-Osta (SYR)
W 9-1		  Gogol (BLR)
W 3-2		 Bye  Saunders (USA)
L 0-4		  Sánchez (CUB)
L 4-8		  Sang-ho (KOR)
W 0-0		 5
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See also
  • Sports in Armenia

Notes
  • (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2012.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

References
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