Armenia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Armenia at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Armenia at the; 2020 Summer Olympics
	Flag of Armenia
IOC code	ARM
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Armenia
Website	www.armnoc.am (in Armenian)
in Tokyo, Japan; July 23, 2021 – August 8, 2021
Competitors	17 (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)
	1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	Russian Empire (1900–1912); Soviet Union (1952–1988); 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.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Artur Aleksanyan	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg	3 August
Silver	Simon Martirosyan	Weightlifting	Men's 109 kg	3 August
Bronze	Artur Davtyan	Gymnastics	Men's vault	2 August
Bronze	Hovhannes Bachkov	Boxing	Men's lightweight	6 August

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	0	1
Boxing	3	0	3
Gymnastics	1	0	1
Judo	1	0	1
Shooting	0	1	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Weightlifting	1	1	2
Wrestling	6	0	6
Total	14	3	17

Athletics

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Levon Aghasyan	Men's triple jump	16.42	21	Did 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]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Koryun Soghomonyan	Men's flyweight	Yafai (GBR) L RSC	Did not advance
Hovhannes Bachkov	Men's lightweight	Ryan (ANT) W 5–0	Chalabiyev (AZE) W 4–1	Abduraimov (UZB) W 5–0	Davis (USA) L 0–5	Did not advance
Arman Darchinyan	Men's middleweight	Bye	Csemez (SVK) W 5–0	Marcial (PHI) L KO	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

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Artur Davtyan	Vault	—			14.866	—		14.866	2 Q	—			14.733	—		14.733
Artur Davtyan	Pommel horse	—	14.566	—				14.566	13	Did not advance

Judo

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

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ferdinand Karapetian	Men's −73 kg	Bye	Smagulov (KAZ) L 00–01	Did not advance

Shooting

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

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Elmira Karapetyan	Women's 10 m air pistol	573	18	Did not advance

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

Swimming

Armenia entered two universality swimmers.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Artur Barseghyan	Men's 50 m freestyle	23.14	43	Did not advance
Artur Barseghyan	Men's 100 m freestyle	49.78	38	Did not advance
Varsenik Manucharyan	Women's 100 m freestyle	59.18	45	Did 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]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Simon Martirosyan	Men's –109 kg	195	1	228	2	423
Izabella Yaylyan	Women's –59 kg	95	4	110	8	205	7

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:

VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Arsen Harutyunyan	Men's −57 kg	Erdenebat (MGL) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance				13
Vazgen Tevanyan	Men's −65 kg	Rashidov (ROC) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance				15

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Armen Melikyan	Men's −60 kg	Nejati (IRI) W 5–5 ^PP	Temirov (UKR) L 4–8 ^PP	Did not advance			8
Karen Aslanyan	Men's −67 kg	Korpási (HUN) W 3–1 ^PP	El-Sayed (EGY) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance			9
Karapet Chalyan	Men's −77 kg	Berdimuratov (UZB) W 3–0 ^PO	Chekhirkin (ROC) W 3–1 ^PP	Makhmudov (KGZ) L 1–3 ^PP	Bye	Huseynov (AZE) L 1–3 ^PP	5
Artur Aleksanyan	Men's −97 kg	Dzhuzupbekov (KGZ) W 3–1 ^PP	Savolainen (FIN) W 3–1 ^PP	Saravi (IRI) W 3–1 ^PP	Bye	Evloev (ROC) L 1–3 ^PP

References

^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
^ Lewis, Ron (17 March 2020). "Boxing Olympic Qualification – London: Day 3 Live Blog as It Happened". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
^ "Fourth Armenian qualifies for Tokyo Olympics". PanARMENIAN.Net. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
^ "Armenian gymnast Artur Davtyan qualified for Tokyo 2020". Panorama.am. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
^ "Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2019: Day 4 - as it happened". Olympic Channel. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
^ International Judo Federation Olympics Ranking
^ "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.
^ Tokyo 2020 Qualification (Weightlifting)
^ 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.
^ Olanowski, Eric (18 March 2021). "Armenia Earns Olympic Berths Through Rising Stars Tevanyan and Harutyunyan". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
^ 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.

[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.

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