Armenia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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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
.
Athletics
Men's Long Jump
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
Diving
Women's 3m Springnboard
Men's 76 kg
Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 83 kg)
Men's 99 kg
Men's Heavyweight (— 108 kg)
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
competed in the Summer Olympic Games
Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...
for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....
in Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Previously, Armenian athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, was a joint team consisting of twelve of the fifteen former Soviet republics. Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania competed separately. The team has been informally called the Commonwealth of Independent States team, though Georgia was...
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Gold
- Armen Nazaryan — WrestlingWrestling at the 1996 Summer OlympicsAt the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2 different wrestling disciplines were contested: freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling. The freestyle category was notable as it featured the gold medal performance of Kurt Angle, who later became a notable professional wrestler.-Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal...
, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight (52 kg)
Silver
- Armen MkertchianArmen MkertchianArmen Mkertchian is an Armenian wrestler. At the 1996 Summer Olympics he won the silver medal in the men's Freestyle Light Flyweight category.-External links:**...
— WrestlingWrestling at the 1996 Summer OlympicsAt the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2 different wrestling disciplines were contested: freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling. The freestyle category was notable as it featured the gold medal performance of Kurt Angle, who later became a notable professional wrestler.-Freestyle:-Greco-Roman:-Medal...
, Men's Freestyle Paperweight (48 kg)
AthleticsAthletics at the 1996 Summer OlympicsAt the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...
Men's Long Jump
- Robert EmmiyanRobert EmmiyanRobert Emmiyan is a retired long jumper who represented USSR and later Armenia. His personal best jump of 8.86 metres, which he achieved in Tsakhkadzor in May 1987, is the current European record and also the fourth best result of all time .His achievements include a silver medal at the 1987 World...
- Qualification — 7.76m (→ did not advance)
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)- Nshan MunchyanNshan MunchyanNshan Munchyan is a retired boxer from Armenia who competed at the 1996 in the Men's Light-Flyweight division.-External links:*...
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Daniel PetrovDaniel PetrovDaniel Bozhilov Petrov is a Bulgarian boxer. He won a silver medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and a gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 in the category Light Flyweight....
(Bulgaria), 5-11
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
- Lernik PapyanLernik PapyanLernik Papyan is a retired boxer from Armenia. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he lost in the second round of the men's flyweight division to Cuba's eventual gold medalist Maikro Romero.-References:*...
- First Round — Defeated Kazumasa TsujimotoKazumasa Tsujimotois a retired male boxer from Japan. He represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics: in 1996 and 2000. After having competed in the men's flyweight division in Atlanta, Georgia he changed weights, and fought in the bantamweight class in Sydney, Australia...
(Japan), 10-5 - Second Round — Lost to Maikro RomeroMaikro RomeroMaikro Romero is a Cuban boxer, who won the gold medal in the Men's Flyweight category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....
(Cuba), 6-22
- First Round — Defeated Kazumasa Tsujimoto
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
- Artur GevorgyanArtur GevorgyanArtur Gevorgyan is an Armenian boxer, now based in Los Angeles, California. He was a member of the 1996 and the 2000 Armenian Olympic Team as a lightweight. His result at the 2000 Summer Olympics was a loss to Kazakhstan's Nurzhan Karimzhanov ....
- First Round — Defeated Elvis Konamegui (Cameroon), 10-3
- Second Round — Lost to Floyd Mayweather Jr.Floyd Mayweather Jr.Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr. is an American professional boxer. He is a five-division world champion, where he has won seven world titles, as well as the lineal championship in three different weight classes...
(United States), 3-16
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
- Mekhak GhazaryanMekhak GhazaryanMekhak Ghazaryan is a retired boxer from Armenia. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he lost in the second round of the men's lightweight division to Canada's Michael Strange....
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Michael StrangeMichael Strange (boxer)Michael V. Strange is a retired boxer from Canada, competing in the light welterweight Michael ("Mike") V. Strange (born August 6, 1970 in Niagara Falls, Ontario) is a retired boxer from Canada, competing in the light welterweight Michael ("Mike") V. Strange (born August 6, 1970 in Niagara Falls,...
(Canada), 7-16
DivingDiving at the 1996 Summer OlympicsAt the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, from 26 July to 2 August, comprising a total of 121 divers from 40 nations.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:...
Women's 3m Springnboard
- Arus Gyulbudakian
- Preliminary Heat — 228.72 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Tennis
Men's Singles Competition- Sargis SargsianSargis SargsianSargis Sargsian is a former professional tennis player from Armenia.Sargsian turned pro in 1995, and has won one singles and two doubles titles during his career on the ATP Tour...
- First Round - Defeated Daniel NestorDaniel NestorDaniel Mark Nestor, CM , born Danijel Nestorović September 4, 1972, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is a Serbian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada....
of Canada in two sets: 6-4, 6-4 - Second Round - Lost to Thomas EnqvistThomas EnqvistThomas Karl Johan Enqvist is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.He was quickly touted as the only Swede who could follow in the footsteps of Stefan Edberg and Björn Borg, and was ranked as high as No. 4 on the ATP Rankings.Enqvist was a force on the Swedish Davis Cup team...
of Sweden in three sets: 6-4, 6-7 (2-7), 4-6
- First Round - Defeated Daniel Nestor
Weightlifting
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)