Armenia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Armenia at the Olympic Games
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At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors	32
Medals Rank: 45	Gold 1	Silver 1	Bronze 0	Total 2
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008
Winter Games
1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006
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.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 2 Results by event 2.1 Athletics 2.2 Boxing 2.3 Tennis 2.4 Weightlifting 3 References 4 See also

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

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

[edit] Silver

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

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's Long Jump

• Robert Emmiyan

• Qualification — 7.76m (→ did not advance)

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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 83 kg

• Sergo Chakhoian — 6th place, 365 kg (804 lb)

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)

[edit] References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

[edit] See also

• Sports in Armenia

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