Armenia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Armenia at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeARM
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Armenia
Websitewww.armnoc.am (in Armenian)
in Atlanta
Competitors32 (30 men, 2 women) 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)

Armenia was represented at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States by the National Olympic Committee of Armenia.

It was the first time Armenia had competed at the summer Olympics following independence from the Soviet Union.

In total, 32 athletes including 30 men and two woman represented Armenia in 11 different sports including athletics, boxing, cycling, diving, gymnastics, judo, shooting, swimming, tennis, weightlifting and wrestling.

Armenia won two medals at the games, both in wrestling, after Armen Nazaryan claimed gold in the men's Greco-Roman 52 kg and Armen Mkrtchyan claimed silver in the men's freestyle 48 kg.

Competitors

In total, 32 athletes represented Armenia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States across 11 different sports.[1]

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 2 0 2
Boxing 4 – 4
Cycling 1 0 1
Diving 1 1 2
Gymnastics 1 0 1
Judo 1 0 1
Shooting 1 0 1
Swimming 0 1 1
Tennis 1 0 1
Weightlifting 10 – 10
Wrestling 8 – 8
Total 30 2 32

Medalists

Armenia won two medals at the games, both in wrestling, after Armen Nazaryan claimed gold in the men's Greco-Roman 52 kg and Armen Mkrtchyan claimed silver in the men's freestyle 48 kg.[1]

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Armen Nazaryan Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg 20 July
 Silver Armen Mkrtchyan Wrestling Men's freestyle 48 kg 30 July

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

In total, two Armenian athletes participated in the athletics events – Robert Emmiyan in the men's long jump and Armen Martirosyan in the men's triple jump.[1]

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

Source:[2]

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

In total,four Armenian athletes participated in the boxing events – Artur Gevorgyan in the featherweight category, Mekhak Ghazaryan in the lightweight category, Nshan Munchyan in the light flyweight category and Lernik Papyan in the flyweight category.[1]

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

Source:[2]

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

In total, one Armenian athlete participated in the cycling events – Arsen Ghazaryan in the men's road race.[1]

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

Source:[2]

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

In total, two Armenian athletes participated in the diving events – Hovhannes Avtandilyan in the men's 10 m platform and Arus Gyulbudaghyan in the women's 3 m springboard.[1]

Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Hovhannes Avtandilyan Men's 10 m platform 275.64 32 Did not advance
Arus Gyulbudaghyan Women's 3 m springboard 228.72 20 Did not advance

Source:[2]

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

In total, one Armenian athlete participated in the gymnastic events – Norayr Sargsyan in the men's artistic individual all-round.[1]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Total points Position Total points Position
Norayr Sargsyan Individual all-round 110.211 50 Did not advance

Source:[2]

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

In total, one Armenian athlete participated in the judo events – Arsen Gevorgyan in the men's −78 kg category.[1]

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

Source:[2]

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

In total, one Armenian athlete participated in the shooting events – Hrachya Petikyan in the men's 50 m rifle three positions.[1]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Position Score Position
Hrachya Petikyan Men's 50 m rifle three positions 1164 13 Did not advance

Source:[2]

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

In total, one Armenian athlete participated in the swimming events – Anush Manukyan in the women's 100 m breaststroke.[1]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Position Time Position
Anush Manukyan 100 m breaststroke 1:20.70 45 Did not advance

Source:[2]

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

In total, one Armenian athlete participated in the tennis events – Sargis Sargsian in the men's singles.[1]

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

Source:[2]

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

In total, 10 Armenian athletes participated in the weightlifting events – Hovhannes Barseghyan and Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan in the –76 kg category, Sergo Chakhoyan in the −83 kg category, Ashot Danielyan in the +108 kg category, Eduard Darbinyan in the −64 kg category, Aghvan Grigoryan in the −99 kg category, Aleksander Karapetyan in the −91 kg category, Israel Militosyan and Hayk Yeghiazaryan in the −70 kg category and Ara Vardanyan in the −108 kg category.[1]

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

Source:[2]

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

In total, eight Armenian athletes participated in the wrestling events – Levon Geghamyan in the Greco-Roman −82 kg category, Arayik Gevorgyan in the −68 kg category, Aghasi Manukyan in the Greco-Roman −57 kg category, Mkhitar Manukyan in the Greco-Roman −62 kg category, Samvel Manukyan in the Greco-Roman −68 kg category, Armen Mkrtchyan in the freestyle −48 kg category, Armen Nazaryan in the Greco-Roman −52 kg category and Tsolak Yeghishyan in the Greco-Roman −90 kg category.[1]

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

Source:[2]

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

Source:[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Armenia at the 1996 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Watkins, Ginger T., ed. (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 June 2025.
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