Armenia at the Olympics

Armenia at the Olympic Games
Flag of Armenia IOC code  ARM NOC National Olympic Committee of Armenia Website www.armnoc.am (Armenian)
Olympic history
Summer Games
1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter Games
1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Other related appearances
Russian Empire (1900–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992)

Armenia first participated at the Olympic Games as an independent nation in 1994, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games since then.

Previously, Armenian athletes competed as part of the Soviet Union from 1952 to 1988, and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Armenia was part of the Unified Team in 1992.

Armenian athletes have won a total of thirteen medals, in wrestling, weightlifting and boxing.

The National Olympic Committee of Armenia was created in 1990 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1993.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1952–1988 as part of the  Soviet Union (URS) 1992 Barcelona as part of the  Unified Team (EUN) 1996 Atlanta 32 1 1 0 2 45 2000 Sydney 25 0 0 1 1 71 2004 Athens 18 0 0 0 0 – 2008 Beijing 25 0 0 6 6 78 2012 London 25 0 1 2 3 60 2016 Rio de Janeiro 2020 Tokyo Total 1 2 9 12 86

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1952–1988 as part of the  Soviet Union (URS) 1992 Albertville as part of the  Unified Team (EUN) 1994 Lillehammer 2 0 0 0 0 – 1998 Nagano 7 0 0 0 0 – 2002 Salt Lake City 9 0 0 0 0 – 2006 Turin 5 0 0 0 0 – 2010 Vancouver 4 0 0 0 0 – 2014 Sochi 4 0 0 0 0 – 2018 Pyeongchang Total 0 0 0 0 –

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Wrestling	1	2	3	6
Weightlifting	0	0	5	5
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Total	1	2	9	12

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Gold	Armen Nazaryan	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman flyweight
Silver	Armen Mkrtchyan	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's freestyle light flyweight
Bronze	Arsen Melikyan	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's middleweight
Bronze	Javakhyan, HrachikHrachik Javakhyan	2008 Beijing	Boxing	Men's Lightweight
Bronze	Tigran G. Martirosyan	2008 Beijing	Weightlifting	Men's middleweight (69 kg)
Bronze	Gevorg Davtyan	2008 Beijing	Weightlifting	Men's middleweight (77 kg)
Bronze	Tigran V. Martirosyan	2008 Beijing	Weightlifting	Men's middleweight (85 kg)
Bronze	Roman Amoyan	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman featherweight (55 kg)
Bronze	Yuri Patrikeyev	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman featherweight (120 kg)
Silver	Julfalakyan, ArsenArsen Julfalakyan	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman -74 kg
Bronze	Khurshudyan, HripsimeHripsime Khurshudyan	2012 London	Weightlifting	Women's Super Heavyweight (+75 kg)
Bronze	Artur Aleksanyan	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman (96 kg)

Flagbearers

Summer Olympics Games Athlete Sport 1996 Atlanta Aghvan Grigoryan Weightlifting 2000 Sydney Haykaz Galstyan Wrestling 2004 Athens Albert Azaryan Artistic gymnastics 2008 Beijing Albert Azaryan Artistic gymnastics 2012 London Arman Yeremyan Taekwondo

Winter Olympics Games Athlete Sport 1994 Lillehammer Arsen Harutyunyan Alpine skiing 1998 Nagano Alla Mikayelyan Cross-country skiing 2002 Salt Lake City Arsen Harutyunyan Alpine skiing 2006 Turin Vazgen Azrojan Figure skating 2010 Vancouver Arsen Nersisyan Alpine skiing 2014 Sochi Sergey Mikayelyan Cross-country skiing

See also

• Olympic competitors for Armenia
• Armenia at the Paralympics
• List of Armenian Olympic medalists

External links

• "Armenia". International Olympic Committee.
• "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
• "Armenia". Sports-Reference.com.
• "Armenia Leads Beijing 2008 Olympic Medals Per Capita".