Armenia at the Olympics

Armenia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Armenia – Flag bearers IOC code  ARM NOC National Olympic Committee of Armenia
Olympic history
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 first participated at the Olympic Games as an independent nation in 1994, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games since then.

Previously, Armenian athletes competed as part of the Soviet Union at the Olympics from 1952 to 1988, and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Armenia was part of the Unified Team in 1992.

Armenian athletes have won a total of nine medals, in wrestling, weightlifting and boxing.

The National Olympic Committee of Armenia was created in 1990 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1993.

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Armen Nazarian	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman flyweight
2 Silver	Armen Mkertchian	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's freestyle light flyweight
3 Bronze	Arsen Melikyan	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's middleweight
3 Bronze	Roman Amoyan	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman featherweight (55 kg)
3 Bronze	Tigran G. Martirosyan	2008 Beijing	Weightlifting	Men's middleweight (69 kg)
3 Bronze	Gevorg Davtyan	2008 Beijing	Weightlifting	Men's middleweight (77 kg)
3 Bronze	Tigran V. Martirosyan	2008 Beijing	Weightlifting	Men's middleweight (85 kg)
3 Bronze	Yuri Patrikeyev	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman featherweight (120 kg)
3 Bronze	Javakhyan, HrachikHrachik Javakhyan	2008 Beijing	Boxing	Men's Lightweight

Medals by games

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1994 Lillehammer	0	0	0	0
1996 Atlanta	1	1	0	2
1998 Nagano	0	0	0	0
2000 Sydney	0	0	1	1
2002 Salt Lake City	0	0	0	0
2004 Athens	0	0	0	0
2006 Turin	0	0	0	0
2008 Beijing	0	0	6	6
2010 Vancouver	0	0	0	0
Total	1	1	7	9

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Wrestling	1	1	2	4
Weightlifting	0	0	4	4
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Total	1	1	7	9

See also

• Olympic competitors for Armenia
• Armenia at the Paralympics

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2007-12-19. 
• "National Olympic Committee of Armenia". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=ARM. Retrieved 2007-12-19. 

• "Armenia Leads Beijing 2008 Olympic Medals Per Capita". http://www.huliq.com/66327/armenia-leads-beijing-2008-olympic-medals-capita.