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Armenia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

{{infobox country at games

| NOC = ARM

| NOCname = National Olympic Committee of Armenia

| games = Summer Olympics

| year = 2020

| start_date = {{start date|2021|7|23}}

| end_date = {{end date|2021|8|8}}

| flagcaption = Flag of Armenia

| oldcode =

| website = {{URL|www.armnoc.am }} {{in lang|hy}}

| location = Tokyo, Japan

| competitors = 17 (14 men and 3 women)

| sports = 8

| flagbearer_open = Hovhannes Bachkov
Varsenik Manucharyan

| flagbearer_close = Hovhannes Bachkov

| rank = 69

| gold = 0

| silver = 2

| bronze = 2

| officials =

| appearances = auto

| app_begin_year =

| app_end_year =

| summerappearances =

| winterappearances =

| seealso =

}}

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.{{cite news|title=Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee|url=https://www.olympic.org/news/joint-statement-from-the-international-olympic-committee-and-the-tokyo-2020-organising-committee|access-date=28 March 2020|publisher=Olympics|date=24 March 2020}} It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.

Medalists

{{further|2020 Summer Olympics medal table|List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners}}

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! Medal

! Name

! Sport

! Event

! Date

{{silver medal}}{{sortname|Artur|Aleksanyan}}WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 97 kg{{dts|3 August}}
{{silver medal}}{{sortname|Simon|Martirosyan}}WeightliftingMen's 109 kg{{dts|3 August}}
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Artur|Davtyan}}GymnasticsMen's vault{{dts|2 August}}
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Hovhannes|Bachkov}}BoxingMen's lightweight{{dts|6 August}}

Competitors

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

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
width=180|Sport

! width=55|Men

! width=55|Women

! width=55|Total

align=left|Athletics

| 1

01
align=left|Boxing

| 3

03
align=left|Gymnastics

| 1

01
align=left|Judo

| 1

01
align=left|Shooting

| 0

11
align=left|Swimming

| 1

12
align=left|Weightlifting

| 1

12
align=left|Wrestling

| 6

06
Total || 14 || 3 || 17

Athletics

{{main|Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}

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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

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualification

!colspan="2"|Final

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!Distance

!Position

!Distance

!Position

align=center

|align=left|Levon Aghasyan

|align=left|Men's triple jump

|16.42

|21

|colspan=2|Did not advance

Boxing

{{main|Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}

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.{{cite news|author=Lewis, Ron|title=Boxing Olympic Qualification – London: Day 3 Live Blog as It Happened|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/live/detail/boxing-olympic-qualification-london-day-3-live-blog/|publisher=Olympic Channel|date=17 March 2020|access-date=18 March 2020}}{{cite news|title=Fourth Armenian qualifies for Tokyo Olympics|url=https://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/279131/|publisher=PanARMENIAN.Net|date=17 March 2020|access-date=18 March 2020}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Koryun Soghomonyan

|align=left|Men's flyweight

|{{flagIOCathlete|Yafai|GBR|2020 Summer}}
L {{abbr|RSC|Referee stops contest}}

| colspan="5" |Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Hovhannes Bachkov

|align=left|Men's lightweight

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ryan|ANT|2020 Summer}}
W 5–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Chalabiyev|AZE|2020 Summer}}
W 4–1

|{{flagIOCathlete|Abduraimov|UZB|2020 Summer}}
W 5–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Davis|USA|2020 Summer}}
L 0–5

|Did not advance

|{{bronze03}}

align=center

|align=left|Arman Darchinyan

|align=left|Men's middleweight

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Csemez|SVK|2020 Summer}}
W 5–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Marcial|PHI|2020 Summer}}
L {{abbr|KO|Knockout}}

| colspan="3" |Did not advance

Gymnastics

{{main|Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}

=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.{{cite news|title=Armenian gymnast Artur Davtyan qualified for Tokyo 2020|url=https://www.panorama.am/en/news/2019/10/08/Artur-Davtyan-Tokyo-2020/2178189|date=7 October 2019|access-date=10 October 2019|publisher=Panorama.am}}{{cite news|title=Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2019: Day 4 - as it happened|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/live/detail/artistic-gymnastics-world-championships-2019-live-7-october/|publisher=Olympic Channel|date=7 October 2019|access-date=12 October 2019}}

;Men

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=3|Athlete

!rowspan=3|Event

!colspan =8|Qualification

!colspan =8|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!colspan=6|Apparatus

!rowspan=2|Total

!rowspan=2|Rank

!colspan=6|Apparatus

!rowspan=2|Total

!rowspan=2|Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!{{Tooltip| F | Floor}}

!{{Tooltip| PH | Pommel horse }}

!{{Tooltip| R | Rings}}

!{{Tooltip| V | Vault}}

!{{Tooltip| PB | Parallel bars}}

!{{Tooltip| HB | Horizontal bar}}

!{{Tooltip| F | Floor}}

!{{Tooltip| PH | Pommel horse }}

!{{Tooltip| R | Rings}}

!{{Tooltip| V | Vault}}

!{{Tooltip| PB | Parallel bars}}

!{{Tooltip| HB | Horizontal bar}}

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Artur Davtyan

|align=left|Vault

|colspan=3 {{n/a}}

|14.866

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|14.866

|2 Q

|colspan=3 {{n/a}}

|14.733

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|14.733

|{{Bronze3}}

align=center

|align=left|Pommel horse

|colspan= {{n/a}}

|14.566

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|14.566

|13

|colspan=8|Did not advance

Judo

{{main|Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics}}

Armenia entered one male judoka into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.[https://www.ijf.org/wrl_olympic International Judo Federation Olympics Ranking]

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!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!Repechage

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Ferdinand Karapetian

|align=left|Men's −73 kg

|{{bye}}

|{{FlagIOCathlete|Smagulov|KAZ|2020 Summer}}
L 00–01

|colspan=6|Did not advance

Shooting

{{main|Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}

Armenia entered one shooter at the games, after getting the allocation quotas.{{cite web|url=https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/ogqualification/quota_places/quota_places_by_nation_and_name.ashx|title=Quota Places by Nation and Number|date=15 June 2021|website=www.issf-sports.org/|publisher=ISSF|access-date=15 June 2021|archive-date=28 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628174326/https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/ogqualification/quota_places/quota_places_by_nation_and_name.ashx|url-status=dead}}

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!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Elmira Karapetyan

|align=left|Women's 10 m air pistol

|573

|18

|colspan=2|Did not advance

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

Swimming

{{main|Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics}}

Armenia entered two universality swimmers.

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Artur Barseghyan

|align=left|Men's 50 m freestyle

|23.14

|43

|colspan="4"|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Men's 100 m freestyle

|49.78

|38

|colspan="4"|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Varsenik Manucharyan

|align=left|Women's 100 m freestyle

|59.18

|45

|colspan="4"|Did not advance

Weightlifting

{{main|Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}

Armenian weightlifters qualified for two quota places at the games, based on the Tokyo 2020 Rankings Qualification List of 11 June 2021.[https://www.iwf.net/qualif2/menu/ Tokyo 2020 Qualification (Weightlifting)]

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Snatch

!colspan="2"|Clean & jerk

!rowspan="2"|Total

!rowspan="2"|Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Simon Martirosyan

|align=left|Men's –109 kg

|195

|1

|228

|2

|423

|{{silver2}}

align=center

|align=left|Izabella Yaylyan

|align=left|Women's –59 kg

|95

|4

|110

|8

|205

|7

Wrestling

{{main|Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}

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.{{cite news|first=Ken|last=Marantz|title=Olympic Champ Borrero Survives 'Bracket of Death' to Make 67kg Semis, Secure Tokyo 2020 Spot|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/article/olympic-champ-borrero-survives-bracket-death-make-67kg-semis-secure-tokyo-2020-spot|date=15 September 2019|access-date=15 September 2019|publisher=United World Wrestling}}{{cite news|last=Olanowski|first=Eric|title=Armenia Earns Olympic Berths Through Rising Stars Tevanyan and Harutyunyan|url=https://uww.org/article/armenia-earns-olympic-berths-through-rising-stars-tevanyan-and-harutyunyan|publisher=United World Wrestling|date=18 March 2021|access-date=19 March 2021}} 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.{{cite news|first=Ken|last=Marantz|title=Datunashvili Denies Rio champ Chakvetadze Ticket to Tokyo; Armenia Grabs 2 Greco spots|url=https://uww.org/article/datunashvili-denies-rio-champ-chakvetadze-ticket-tokyo-armenia-grabs-2-greco-spots|date=8 May 2021|access-date=8 May 2021|publisher=United World Wrestling}}

{{smalldiv|1=

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

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!Repechage

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size: 95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Arsen Harutyunyan

|align=left|Men's −57 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Erdenebat|MGL|2020 Summer}}
L 1–3 PP

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|13

align=center

|align=left|Vazgen Tevanyan

|align=left|Men's −65 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Rashidov|ROC|2020 Summer}}
L 0–3 PO

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|15

;Greco-Roman

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!Repechage

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size: 95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Armen Melikyan

|align=left|Men's −60 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Nejati|IRI|2020 Summer}}
W 5–5 PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Temirov|UKR|2020 Summer}}
L 4–8 PP

| colspan=3 |Did not advance

|8

align=center

|align=left|Karen Aslanyan

|align=left|Men's −67 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Korpási|HUN|2020 Summer}}
W 3–1 PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|El-Sayed|EGY|2020 Summer}}
L 1–3 PP

| colspan=3 |Did not advance

|9

align=center

|align=left|Karapet Chalyan

|align=left|Men's −77 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Berdimuratov|UZB|2020 Summer}}
W 3–0 PO

|{{flagIOCathlete|Chekhirkin|ROC|2020 Summer}}
W 3–1 PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Makhmudov|KGZ|2020 Summer}}
L 1–3 PP

|{{Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Huseynov|AZE|2020 Summer}}
L 1–3 PP

|5

align=center

|align=left|Artur Aleksanyan

|align=left|Men's −97 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Dzhuzupbekov|KGZ|2020 Summer}}
W 3–1 PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Savolainen|FIN|2020 Summer}}
W 3–1 PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Saravi|IRI|2020 Summer}}
W 3–1 PP

|{{bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Evloev|ROC|2020 Summer}}
L 1–3 PP

|{{silver02}}

See also

References

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{{Nations at the 2020 Summer Olympics}}

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