Olympic history of Armenia
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The NOK of Armenia , the National Olympic Committee of Armenia , was founded in 1990 and recognized by the IOC in 1993 . Armenia has participated in all Olympic Games, winter and summer games, since 1994. It is one of the few countries that made its Olympic debut at the Winter Games. Athletes from Armenia competed for the Soviet Olympic team from 1952 to 1988 during the Soviet Union . In 1992, Armenian athletes were integrated into the CIS team . Young athletes have taken part in all the Youth Olympic Games that have been held so far in summer and winter.
At the Olympic Games in Stockholm, Vahram Papazyan and Mığır Mığıryan, two ethnic Armenians competed for the Ottoman Empire.
Overview
Summer games
Armenia first competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics as an independent state. The athletes participated in the sports of track and field, boxing, weight lifting, wrestling, judo, shooting, swimming, diving, cycling, gymnastics and tennis. At the following summer games, Armenian participants competed in canoeing (from 2000) and taekwondo (from 2012).
The first summer Olympians were on July 19, 1996 the wrestlers Armen Nazarjan, Agasi Manukjan, Samwel Manukjan and Levon Gegamjan. Two days later, the first woman in Armenia, Anusch Manukjan, competed in the Olympic Games.
The wrestlers provided the first ever Armenian Olympic medals. Armen Nazarjan won the Greco-Roman style flyweight, becoming Armenia's first Olympic champion. In freestyle, Armen Mkrtchjan won silver in the light flyweight division. In athletics, Armen Martirosjan reached the final in the triple jump and was fifth.
Arsen Melikjan won bronze middleweight lifting in Sydney in 2000. In 2004 in Athens, Armenia remained without medals. The weightlifter Armen Gasarjan was fourth in the featherweight division. The marksman Norair Bakhtamjan took 4th place with the free pistol and 7th place with the air pistol.
One silver and four bronze medals came together in Beijing in 2008. Silver was won by weightlifter Tigran Vardan Martirosjan in the light heavyweight division, after the second, Belarusian Andrej Rybakou , was subsequently disqualified for doping in October 2016. The bronze medals were won by the weightlifter Geworg Dawtjan in the middleweight division, the boxer Hratschik Jawachjan in the lightweight as well as the Greco-Roman wrestlers Roman Amojan in the featherweight and Yuri Patrikejew in the super heavyweight division. Tigran Geworgi Martirosjan , originally a bronze medalist in the lightweight, was convicted of doping in August 2016 and subsequently disqualified.
The Greco-Roman style wrestlers won a silver and a bronze medal in London in 2012. Arsen Dschulfalakjan won his silver medal in the middleweight division, Artur Aleksanjan his bronze medal in the heavyweight division. In the super heavyweight women's weightlifting category, Hripsime Tschurschudjan initially took third place, making it the first woman in Armenia to win an Olympic medal. In November 2016 she was convicted of doping and subsequently disqualified.
In Rio de Janeiro 2016, wrestler Artur Aleksanjan achieved the second Olympic victory in the history of Armenia in the heavyweight division of the Greco-Roman style. His teammate Mihran Harutunjan won silver in the welterweight division. Two more silver medals were won by weightlifters Simon Martirosjan in the heavyweight division and Gor Minasjan in the super heavyweight division. In this weight class, Ruben Aleksanjan took fourth place. The gymnast Harutjun Merdinjan reached the apparatus finals on the pommel horse and came in seventh.
Armen Nazarjan, Armenia's first Olympic champion, on a 2012 postage stamp
The doping offender Hripsime Tschurschudjan lost the bronze medal she won in 2012
Award ceremony 2016 in weightlifting: far left Gor Manasjan with silver
The gymnast Harutjun Merdinjan
Freestyle wrestler Garnik Mnatsakanjan (left) lost his featherweight round of 16 match against Iranian Hassan Rahimi in 2016
Winter games
Armenia's Olympic debut took place in Lillehammer in 1994 with the two bobsledders Joseph Almasjan and Kenneth Topaljan, two native Americans who became the first Armenian Olympic athletes on February 19, 1994. The first woman in Armenia at the Winter Games on February 8, 1998, was figure skater Maria Krasilzewa. In addition to bobsleigh and figure skating, Armenian winter sports enthusiasts were represented in cross-country skiing, alpine skiing and freestyle skiing from 1998.
Youth games
Youth Summer Games
In the first Youth Summer Games in Singapore in 2010 , 14 young athletes, twelve boys and two girls, took part. They competed in the sports of track and field, boxing, archery, shooting, canoeing, judo, swimming, diving, gymnastics, weight lifting and wrestling. Four medals were won, one silver and three bronze medals. The silver medal went to the weightlifter Gor Minasjan in the super heavyweight division. Smbat Margarjan won bronze in the flyweight division. The freestyle wrestler Artak Howhannisjan won bronze in the flyweight, the judoka Dawit Gasarjan in the lightweight.
14 young people also took part in the second Summer Youth Games , which were held in Nanjing in 2014 , again twelve boys and two girls. They competed in boxing, wrestling, weight lifting, judo, gymnastics, swimming, diving, and shooting. The first youth Olympic champions were celebrated in Nanjing. Gold won the weightlifters Hakob Mkrtschjan in the middleweight division and Simon Martirosjan in the super heavyweight division. The sport shooter Hratschik Babajan won silver with the air rifle and the wrestler Sawen Mikaeljan in the lightweight Greco-Roman style. In freestyle, Waginak Matewosjan won in the bantamweight and Sargis Howsepjan in the middleweight each bronze. Boxer Narek Manasjan won another bronze medal in the light heavyweight division.
Youth Winter Games
At the 2012 Winter Youth Games in Innsbruck , two girls and a boy took part in biathlon and cross-country skiing. A cross-country skier and a figure skater made up Armenia's team at the 2016 Winter Youth Games in Lillehammer . The figure skater Anastasja Galustjan took 10th place in the individual.
Overview of the participants
Summer games
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| 1896-1948 | not participated | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1952-1988 | Participation in the Olympic teams of the former Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Participation in the Olympic team of the United Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | 32 | 30th | 2 | Agwan Grigoryan | 2 | 4th | 10 | 8th | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 45 | |||
| 2000 | 25th | 23 | 2 | Haikas Galstjan | 3 | 3 | 4th | 8th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 71 | |||||
| 2004 | 18th | 16 | 2 | Albert Azarianan | 2 | 1 | 4th | 7th | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 2008 | 25th | 23 | 2 | Albert Azarianan | 2 | 4th | 6th | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4th | 5 | 62 | |||||||
| 2012 | 24 | 20th | 4th | Arman Jeremjan | 4th | 1 | 5 | 7th | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 64 | |||||
| 2016 | 31 | 24 | 7th | Wahan Mchitarjan | 5 | 5 | 7th | 8th | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4th | 42 | |||||||
| total | 2 | 6th | 6th | 14th | 86 | |||||||||||||||||
Winter games
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| 1924-1948 | not participated | |||||||||||||
| 1952-1988 | Participation in the Olympic teams of the former Soviet Union | |||||||||||||
| 1992 | Participation in the Olympic team of the United Team | |||||||||||||
| 1994 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Arsen Harutjunjan | 2 | |||||||||
| 1998 | 7th | 4th | 3 | Alla Mikaeljan | 4th | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 2002 | 9 | 5 | 4th | Arsen Harutjunjan | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 2006 | 5 | 4th | 1 | Wasgen Asrojan | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 2010 | 4th | 2 | 2 | Arsen Nersisjan | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2014 | 4th | 3 | 1 | Sergei Mikayelyan | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Mikayel Mikayeljan | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |||||||||
List of medal winners
Gold medals
| Surname | Games | sport | discipline | annotation |
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| Poor Nazarjan | 1996 Atlanta | Wrestling | Flyweight Greco-Roman | |
| Artur Aleksanyan | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Wrestling | Heavyweight Greco-Roman |
Silver medals
| Surname | Games | sport | discipline | annotation |
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| Poor Mkrtchyan | 1996 Atlanta | Wrestling | Light flyweight freestyle | |
| Tigran Vardan Martirosyan | 2008 Beijing | Weightlifting | Light heavyweight | |
| Arsen Julfalakyan | 2012 London | Wrestling | Middleweight Greco-Roman | |
| Mihran Harutjunjan | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Wrestling | Greterweight Greco-Roman | |
| Simon Martirosjan | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Weightlifting | Heavyweight | |
| Gor Minasjan | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Weightlifting | Super heavyweight |
Bronze medals
| Surname | Games | sport | discipline | annotation |
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| Arsen Melikjan | 2004 Athens | Weightlifting | medium weight | |
| Roman Amojan | 2008 Beijing | Wrestling | Greco-Roman featherweight | |
| Yuri Patrikeev | 2008 Beijing | Wrestling | Greco-Roman super heavyweight | |
| Hratschik Jawachjan | 2008 Beijing | Boxing | lightweight | |
| Geworg Dawtjan | 2008 Beijing | Weightlifting | medium weight | |
| Artur Aleksanyan | 2012 London | Wrestling | Heavyweight Greco-Roman |
Medals by sport
| sport | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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| Wrestling | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8th |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Boxing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| total | 2 | 6th | 6th | 14th |
Web links
- Armenia in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Armenia on Olympic.org - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
- ARMNOC website (poor.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Announcement on CBC of October 26, 2016
- ^ IOC announcement of August 29, 2016
- ^ IOC announcement of November 21, 2016
