Armenia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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 codeARM
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Armenia
Websitewww.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
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Soviet Union (1952–1988)
 Unified Team (1992)

Medalists

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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

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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

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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

Boxing

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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

Gymnastics

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Artistic

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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

Judo

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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

Shooting

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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)

Swimming

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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

Weightlifting

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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 4 110 8 205 7

Wrestling

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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
 

See also

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References

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  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.