1996 Summer Olympics / Participant (Armenia)

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Armenia took part in the 1996 Summer Olympics in the US metropolis of Atlanta with 32 athletes, two women and thirty men, in 36 competitions in eleven sports.

It was Armenia's first participation in the Summer Olympics .

Flag bearer

Weightlifter Aghwan Grigoryan carried the flag of Armenia during the opening ceremony on July 19 at the Centennial Olympic Stadium .

Medalist

Each with a recovered gold and silver medal Armenian team finished 45th in the medals table .

gold

• Armen Nazarjan : wrestling , flyweight Greco-Roman

silver

• Poor Mkrtchyan : Wrestling, Light Flyweight Freestyle

Attendees

The youngest participant in Armenia was the water diver Arusjak Gjulbudaghjan at 17 years and 197 days, the oldest participant was the shooter Hrachya Petikyan at 36 years and 187 days.

Surname	Age	gender	sport	Result (s)
Hovhannes Avtandilyan	18th	male	Diving	32nd place from the tower
Hovhannes Barseghyan	26th	male	Weightlifting	8th place in the middleweight division
Sergo Chakhoyan	26th	male	Weightlifting	6th place in the light heavyweight division
Ashot Danieljan	22nd	male	Weightlifting	13th place in the super heavyweight division
Eduard Darbinyan	25th	male	Weightlifting	12th place in featherweight
Robert Emmijan	31	male	athletics	28th place in the long jump qualification
Levon Geghamyan	18th	male	Wrestling	7th place in the Greco-Roman middleweight division
Arajik Geworgjan	23	male	Wrestling	5th place in the lightweight freestyle
Arsen Geworgjan	21st	male	Judo	21st place in the light middleweight division
Artur Geworgjan	21st	male	Boxing	9th place in featherweight
Arsen Ghazaryan	21st	male	Cycling	Road racing
Mekhak Ghazaryan	29	male	Boxing	9th place in the lightweight category
Aghwan Grigoryan	27	male	Weightlifting	8th place in the heavyweight division
Arusjak Gjulbudaghjan	17th	Female	Diving	20th place off the board
Alexander Karapetyan	25th	male	Weightlifting	13th place in the light heavyweight division
Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan	28	male	Weightlifting	medium weight
Aghassi Manukjan	29	male	Wrestling	13th place in the bantamweight Greco-Roman
Anush Manukjan	26th	Female	swim	45th place over 100-meter chest
Mkhitar Manukyan	23	male	Wrestling	7th place in the Greco-Roman featherweight
Samvel Manukyan	21st	male	Wrestling	10th place in the lightweight Greco-Roman
Poor Martirosjan	26th	male	athletics	5th place in the triple jump
Israil Militosyan	27	male	Weightlifting	6th place in the lightweight category
Poor mkrtchyan	22nd	male	Wrestling	Silver in the light flyweight freestyle
Nshan Munchyan	33	male	Boxing	9th place in the lightweight flyweight category
Poor Nazarjan	22nd	male	Wrestling	Flyweight gold Greco-Roman
Lernik Papyan	29	male	Boxing	9th place in flyweight
Hrachya Petikyan	36	male	shoot	13th place in the small bore three-position battle
Norayr Sargsyan	21st	male	do gymnastics	50th place in the all-around qualification; 49th place in the floor qualification; 34th place in the horse jumping qualification; 86th place in bars qualification; 61st place in the horizontal bar qualification; 71st place in the rings qualification; 76th place in the pommel horse qualification
Sargis Sargsyan	23	male	tennis	17th place in the individual
Ara Vardanyan	21st	male	Weightlifting	7th place in the heavyweight division
Hayk Yeghiazaryan	24	male	Weightlifting	12th place in the lightweight category
Tsolak Yeghishyan	25th	male	Wrestling	9th place in the light heavyweight Greco-Roman

literature

• Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 .
• Official report on the 1996 Summer Olympics. Part three. ( PDF file; 26.90 MB )

Web links

• Armenia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )