Armenia_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics
Armenia at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
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.
| Armenia at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | ARM |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of Armenia |
| Website | www |
| in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08) | |
| 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 |
|
| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Russian Empire (1900–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992) | |
| 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 |
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 |
- 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Levon Aghasyan | Men's triple jump | 16.42 | 21 | Did not advance | |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
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 | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
| Artur Davtyan | Vault | — | 14.866 | — | 14.866 | 2 Q | — | 14.733 | — | 14.733 | | ||||||
| Pommel horse | — | 14.566 | — | 14.566 | 13 | Did not advance | |||||||||||
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
Armenia entered one shooter at the games, after getting the allocation quotas.[7]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
Armenia entered two universality swimmers.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Artur Barseghyan | Men's 50 m freestyle | 23.14 | 43 | Did not advance | |||
| Men's 100 m freestyle | 49.78 | 38 | Did not advance | ||||
| Varsenik Manucharyan | Women's 100 m freestyle | 59.18 | 45 | Did not advance | |||
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Simon Martirosyan | Men's –109 kg | 195 | 1 | 228 | 2 | 423 | |
| Izabella Yaylyan | Women's –59 kg | 95 | 5 | 110 | 8 | 205 | 7 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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