Armenia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Armenia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Armenia – Flag bearers IOC code  ARM NOC National Olympic Committee of Armenia
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors	32 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Aghvan Grigoryan
Medals Rank: 45	Gold 1	Silver 1	Bronze 0	Total 2
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012
Winter Games
1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010
Other related appearances
Soviet Union (1952–1988) 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.

Medalists

Gold

• Armen Nazaryan — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight (52 kg)

Silver

• Armen Mkertchian — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Paperweight (48 kg)

Results by event

Athletics

Men's Long Jump

• Robert Emmiyan

• Qualification — 7.76m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

For more details on this topic, see Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Nshan Munchyan
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Lost to Daniel Petrov (Bulgaria), 5-11

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Lernik Papyan
  1. First Round — Defeated Kazumasa Tsujimoto (Japan), 10-5
  2. Second Round — Lost to Maikro Romero (Cuba), 6-22

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Artur Gevorgyan
  1. First Round — Defeated Elvis Konamegui (Cameroon), 10-3
  2. Second Round — Lost to Floyd Mayweather Jr. (United States), 3-16

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Mekhak Ghazaryan
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Lost to Michael Strange (Canada), 7-16

Diving

Women's 3m Springnboard

• Arus Gyulbudakian

• Preliminary Heat — 228.72 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Tennis

For more details on this topic, see Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men's Singles Competition

• Sargis Sargsian
  1. First Round - Defeated Daniel Nestor of Canada in two sets: 6-4, 6-4
  2. Second Round - Lost to Thomas Enqvist of Sweden in three sets: 6-4, 6-7 (2-7), 4-6

Weightlifting

For more details on this topic, see Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men's 70 kg

• Israel Militosian — 6th place, 335 kg (738 lb)

Men's 76 kg

• Hovhannes Barsegian — 7th place, 345 kg (760 lb)

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 83 kg)

• Sergo Chakhoian

• Final — 170.0 + 195.0 = 365.0 (→ 6th place)

Men's 99 kg

• Aghvan Grigorian — 8th, 380 kg (837 lb)

Men's Heavyweight (— 108 kg)

• Ara Vardanian

• Snatch — 180.0 kg
• Clean & Jerk — 215.0 kg
• Total — 395.0 kg (870 lb)(→ 7th place)

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

See also

• Sports in Armenia