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. It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg Weightlifting Men's 109 kg Gymnastics Men's vault Boxing Men's lightweight
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 1 0 1Boxing 3 0 3Gymnastics 1 0 1Judo 1 0 1Shooting 0 1 1Swimming 1 1 2Weightlifting 1 1 2Wrestling 6 0 6 Total 14 3 17
Athletics
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionLevon AghasyanMen's triple jump16.4221Did 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.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankKoryun SoghomonyanMen's flyweightL Did not advanceHovhannes BachkovMen's lightweightW 5–0W 4–1W 5–0L 0–5Did not advanceArman DarchinyanMen's middleweightW 5–0L 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.
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankArtur DavtyanVaultcolspan=3 14.866colspan=2 14.8662 Qcolspan=3 14.733colspan=2 14.733Pommel horsecolspan= 14.566colspan=4 14.56613Did not advance
Judo
Armenia entered one male judoka into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking.International Judo Federation Olympics Ranking
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankFerdinand KarapetianMen's −73 kgL 00–01Did not advance
Shooting
Armenia entered one shooter at the games, after getting the allocation quotas.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankElmira Karapetyan Women's 10 m air pistol57318Did not advance Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)
Swimming
Armenia entered two universality swimmers.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankArtur BarseghyanMen's 50 m freestyle23.1443Did not advanceMen's 100 m freestyle49.7838Did not advanceVarsenik ManucharyanWomen's 100 m freestyle59.1845Did 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.Tokyo 2020 Qualification (Weightlifting)
AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankSimon MartirosyanMen's –109 kg19512282423Izabella YaylyanWomen's –59 kg95411082057
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. 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.
Freestyle AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankArsen HarutyunyanMen's −57 kgL 1–3 PPDid not advance13Vazgen TevanyanMen's −65 kgL 0–3 PODid not advance15
Greco-Roman AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankArmen MelikyanMen's −60 kgW 5–5 PPL 4–8 PPDid not advance8Karen AslanyanMen's −67 kgW 3–1 PPL 1–3 PPDid not advance9Karapet ChalyanMen's −77 kgW 3–0 POW 3–1 PPL 1–3 PPL 1–3 PP5Artur AleksanyanMen's −97 kgW 3–1 PPW 3–1 PPW 3–1 PPL 1–3 PP
See also Armenia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
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