Armenia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Armenia at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Flag of Armenia.svg
IOC code ARM
NOC National Olympic Committee of Armenia
Website www.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
Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire (1900–1912)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (1952–1988)
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team (1992)

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.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Armen Nazaryan Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg 20 July
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Armen Mkrtchyan Wrestling Men's freestyle 48 kg 30 July

Athletics

Men
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Robert Emmiyan Long jump 7.7628Did not advance
Armen Martirosyan Triple jump 16.745 Q16.975

Boxing

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Nshan Munchyan light flyweight ByeFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Petrov  (BUL)
L 5–11
Did not advance
Lernik Papyan flyweight Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Tsujimoto  (JPN)
W 10–5
Flag of Cuba.svg  Romero  (CUB)
L 6–22
Did not advance
Artur Gevorgyan featherweight Flag of Cameroon.svg  Konamegui  (CMR)
W 10–3
Flag of the United States.svg  Mayweather Jr.  (USA)
L 3–16
Did not advance
Mekhak Ghazaryan lightweight ByeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Strange  (CAN)
L 7–16
Did not advance

Cycling

Road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Arsen Ghazaryan Men's road race Did not finish

Diving

Men
AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Hovhannes Avtandilyan 10 m platform 275.6432Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventPreliminariesSemifinalsFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Arus Gyulbudaghyan 3 m springboard 228.7220Did not advance

Gymnastics

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
Total pointsPositionTotal pointsPosition
Norayr Sargsyan Individual all-round 110.21150Did not advance

Judo

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Arsen Gevorgyan Men's −78 kg ByeFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yuan  (CHN)
L
Did not advance

Shooting

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScorePositionScorePosition
Hrachya Petikyan Men's 50 m rifle three positions 116413Did not advance

Swimming

Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
TimePositionTimePosition
Anush Manukyan 100 m breaststroke 1:20.7045Did not advance

Tennis

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Sargis Sargsian Men's singles Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Nestor  (CAN)
W 6–4, 6–4
Flag of Sweden.svg  Enqvist  (SWE)
L 6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Did not advance

Weightlifting

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
LiftLift
Eduard Darbinyan Men's −64 kg 132.5160292.512
Israel Militosyan Men's −70 kg 152.5182.53356
Hayk Yeghiazaryan 14518032512
Hovhannes Barseghyan Men's 76 kg 1551903458
Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan 165Did not finish
Sergo Chakhoyan Men's −83 kg 1701953656
Aleksander Karapetyan Men's −91 kg 167.5200367.513
Aghvan Grigoryan Men's −99 kg 1752053808
Ara Vardanyan Men's −108 kg 1802153957
Ashot Danielyan Men's +108 kg 177.5217.539513

Wrestling

Greco–Roman
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Armen Nazaryan −52 kg Flag of Ukraine.svg  Kalashnykov  (UKR)
W 10-0
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Tae-yeon  (KOR)
W 12-2
Flag of Russia.svg  Danielyan  (RUS)
W 3-0
Flag of Cuba.svg  Rivas  (CUB)
W 7-1
n/aFlag of the United States.svg  Paulson  (USA)
W 5-1
Gold medal icon.svg
Aghasi Manukyan −57 kg Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg  Salhi  (TUN)
W 4-0
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Khakymov  (UKR)
L 0-11
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Aghayev  (AZE)
L 2-7
Did not advance13
Mkhitar Manukyan −62 kg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Guohong  (CHN)
W 11-0
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Komyshenko  (UKR)
L 2-3
Flag of Sweden.svg  Aziz  (SWE)
W 4-0
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Sang-sun  (KOR)
W 5-0 Fall
Flag of Turkey.svg  Pirim  (TUR)
L 4-9
Flag of Russia.svg  Martynov  (RUS)
W WO
7
Samvel Manukyan −68 kg Flag of Turkey.svg  Karapinar  (TUR)
L 0-3
Flag of Colombia.svg  Escobar  (COL)
W 12-0
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Daynes  (CAN)
W 9-3
Flag of Russia.svg  Tretyakov  (RUS)
L 0-4
Did not advance10
Levon Geghamyan −82 kg Flag of Sweden.svg  Lidberg  (SWE)
L 0-2
Flag of Hungary.svg  Farkas  (HUN)
W 4-0
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Frinta  (CZE)
W 3-2
Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Jovančević  (YUG)
W 2-0
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Turlykhanov  (KAZ)
L 1-3
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Sanatbayev  (KGZ)
W WO
7
Tsolak Yeghishyan −90 kg Flag of Hungary.svg  Gelénesi  (HUN)
W 5-1
Flag of Greece.svg  Konstantinidis  (GRE)
L 0-12
Flag of Turkmenistan (1992-1997).svg  Rejepov  (TKM)
W 5-2
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Sidorenko  (BLR)
L 1-3
Did not advance9
Freestyle
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Armen Mkrtchyan −48 kg Flag of Colombia.svg  Restrepo  (COL)
W 10-0
Flag of the United States.svg  Eiter  (USA)
W 9-2
Flag of Cuba.svg  Vila  (CUB)
W 4-2
Flag of Moldova.svg  Railean  (MDA)
W 7-2
n/aFlag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Il  (KOR)
L 4-5
Silver medal icon.svg
Arayik Gevorgyan −68 kg Flag of Syria.svg  Al-Osta  (SYR)
W 9-1
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Gogol  (BLR)
W 3-2
ByeFlag of the United States.svg  Saunders  (USA)
L 0-4
Flag of Cuba.svg  Sánchez  (CUB)
L 4-8
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Sang-ho  (KOR)
W 0-0
5

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