Armenia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Armenia at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Armenia.svg
IOC code ARM
NOC National Olympic Committee of Armenia
Website www.armnoc.am  (in Armenian)
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors17 (14 men and 3 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Hovhannes Bachkov
Varsenik Manucharyan
Flag bearer (closing) Hovhannes Bachkov
Medals
Ranked 69th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire (1900–1912)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (1952–1988)
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team (1992)

Armenia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Artur Aleksanyan Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg 3 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Simon Martirosyan Weightlifting Men's 109 kg 3 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Artur Davtyan Gymnastics Men's vault 2 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hovhannes Bachkov Boxing Men's lightweight 6 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 101
Boxing 303
Gymnastics 101
Judo 101
Shooting 011
Swimming 112
Weightlifting 112
Wrestling 606
Total14317

Athletics

Key
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Levon Aghasyan Men's triple jump 16.4221Did not advance

Boxing

Armenia entered three male boxers into the Olympic tournament. Koryun Soghomonyan scored a round-of-16 victory to secure a spot in the men's flyweight division at the 2020 European Qualification Tournament in London, United Kingdom. [2] [3]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Koryun Soghomonyan Men's flyweight Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Yafai  (GBR)
LRSC
Did not advance
Hovhannes Bachkov Men's lightweight Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Ryan  (ANT)
W 5–0
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Chalabiyev  (AZE)
W 4–1
Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Abduraimov  (UZB)
W 5–0
Flag of the United States.svg  Davis  (USA)
L 0–5
Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg
Arman Darchinyan Men's middleweight ByeFlag of Slovakia.svg  Csemez  (SVK)
W 5–0
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Marcial  (PHI)
LKO
Did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic

Armenia entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition. Set to compete in his third Games, Artur Davtyan booked a spot in the men's individual all-around and apparatus events, by finishing ninth out of the twelve gymnasts eligible for qualification at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. [4] [5]

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Artur Davtyan Vault 14.86614.8662 Q14.73314.733Bronze medal icon.svg
Pommel horse 14.56614.56613Did not advance

Judo

Armenia entered one male judoka into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking. [6]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ferdinand Karapetian Men's −73 kg ByeFlag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Smagulov  (KAZ)
L 00–01
Did not advance

Shooting

Armenia entered one shooter at the games, after getting the allocation quotas. [7]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Elmira Karapetyan Women's 10 m air pistol 57318Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Armenia entered two universality swimmers.

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Artur Barseghyan Men's 50 m freestyle 23.1443Did not advance
Men's 100 m freestyle 49.7838Did not advance
Varsenik Manucharyan Women's 100 m freestyle 59.1845Did not advance

Weightlifting

Armenian weightlifters qualified for two quota places at the games, based on the Tokyo 2020 Rankings Qualification List of 11 June 2021. [8]

AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Simon Martirosyan Men's –109 kg 19512282423Silver medal icon.svg
Izabella Yaylyan Women's –59 kg 95411082057

Wrestling

Armenia qualified six wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Two of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's Greco-Roman wrestling (77 and 97 kg) at the 2019 World Championships, while two additional licenses were awarded to the Armenian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals of the men's freestyle 57 and 65 kg, respectively, at the 2021 European Olympic Qualification Tournament in Budapest, Hungary. [9] [10] Two Armenian wrestlers claimed one of the remaining slots each in the men's Greco-Roman 60 and 67 kg, respectively, to complete the nation's roster at the 2021 World Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. [11]

Key:

Freestyle
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Arsen Harutyunyan Men's −57 kg Flag of Mongolia.svg  Erdenebat  (MGL)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance13
Vazgen Tevanyan Men's −65 kg Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Rashidov  (ROC)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advance15
Greco-Roman
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Armen Melikyan Men's −60 kg Flag of Iran.svg  Nejati  (IRI)
W 5–5 PP
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Temirov  (UKR)
L 4–8 PP
Did not advance8
Karen Aslanyan Men's −67 kg Flag of Hungary.svg  Korpási  (HUN)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Egypt.svg  El-Sayed  (EGY)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advance9
Karapet Chalyan Men's −77 kg Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Berdimuratov  (UZB)
W 3–0 PO
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  Chekhirkin  (ROC)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Makhmudov  (KGZ)
L 1–3 PP
ByeFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Huseynov  (AZE)
L 1–3 PP
5
Artur Aleksanyan Men's −97 kg Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Dzhuzupbekov  (KGZ)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Finland.svg  Savolainen  (FIN)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Iran.svg  Saravi  (IRI)
W 3–1 PP
ByeRussian Olympic Committee flag.png  Evloev  (ROC)
L 1–3 PP
Silver medal icon.svg

See also

References

  1. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. Lewis, Ron (17 March 2020). "Boxing Olympic Qualification – London: Day 3 Live Blog as It Happened". Olympic Channel . Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  3. "Fourth Armenian qualifies for Tokyo Olympics". PanARMENIAN.Net. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  4. "Armenian gymnast Artur Davtyan qualified for Tokyo 2020". Panorama.am. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  5. "Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2019: Day 4 - as it happened". Olympic Channel. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  6. International Judo Federation Olympics Ranking
  7. "Quota Places by Nation and Number". www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  8. Tokyo 2020 Qualification (Weightlifting)
  9. Marantz, Ken (15 September 2019). "Olympic Champ Borrero Survives 'Bracket of Death' to Make 67kg Semis, Secure Tokyo 2020 Spot". United World Wrestling . Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  10. Olanowski, Eric (18 March 2021). "Armenia Earns Olympic Berths Through Rising Stars Tevanyan and Harutyunyan". United World Wrestling . Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  11. Marantz, Ken (8 May 2021). "Datunashvili Denies Rio champ Chakvetadze Ticket to Tokyo; Armenia Grabs 2 Greco spots". United World Wrestling . Retrieved 8 May 2021.