# Armenia at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Armenia competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. Previously, Armenian athletes competed for the Unified Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Armen Nazaryan | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg | 20 July |
| Silver | Armen Mkrtchyan | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 48 kg | 30 July |

## Athletics
### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Robert Emmiyan | Long jump | 7.76 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Armen Martirosyan | Triple jump | 16.74 | 5 Q | 16.97 | 5 |

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Nshan Munchyan | light flyweight | Bye | Petrov (BUL) L 5–11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lernik Papyan | flyweight | Tsujimoto (JPN) W 10–5 | Romero (CUB) L 6–22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Artur Gevorgyan | featherweight | Konamegui (CMR) W 10–3 | Mayweather Jr. (USA) L 3–16 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mekhak Ghazaryan | lightweight | Bye | Strange (CAN) L 7–16 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling
### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Arsen Ghazaryan | Men's road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |

## Diving
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Hovhannes Avtandilyan | 10 m platform | 275.64 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Arus Gyulbudaghyan | 3 m springboard | 228.72 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Gymnastics

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Total points | Position | Total points | Position |
| Norayr Sargsyan | Individual all-round | 110.211 | 50 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Arsen Gevorgyan | Men's −78 kg | Bye | Yuan (CHN) L | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Shooting

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Position | Score | Position |
| Hrachya Petikyan | Men's 50 m rifle three positions | 1164 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Position | Time | Position |
| Anush Manukyan | 100 m breaststroke | 1:20.70 | 45 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Sargis Sargsian | Men's singles | Nestor (CAN) W 6–4, 6–4 | Enqvist (SWE) L 6–4, 6–7, 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Lift | Lift | Total | Rank |
| Eduard Darbinyan | Men's −64 kg | 132.5 | 160 | 292.5 | 12 |
| Israel Militosyan | Men's −70 kg | 152.5 | 182.5 | 335 | 6 |
| Hayk Yeghiazaryan | Men's −70 kg | 145 | 180 | 325 | 12 |
| Hovhannes Barseghyan | Men's 76 kg | 155 | 190 | 345 | 8 |
| Khachatur Kyapanaktsyan | Men's 76 kg | 165 | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Sergo Chakhoyan | Men's −83 kg | 170 | 195 | 365 | 6 |
| Aleksander Karapetyan | Men's −91 kg | 167.5 | 200 | 367.5 | 13 |
| Aghvan Grigoryan | Men's −99 kg | 175 | 205 | 380 | 8 |
| Ara Vardanyan | Men's −108 kg | 180 | 215 | 395 | 7 |
| Ashot Danielyan | Men's +108 kg | 177.5 | 217.5 | 395 | 13 |

## Wrestling
### Greco–Roman

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Armen Nazaryan | −52 kg | Kalashnykov (UKR) W 10–0 | Tae-yeon (KOR) W 12–2 | Danielyan (RUS) W 3–0 | Rivas (CUB) W 7–1 | n/a | Paulson (USA) W 5–1 | |
| Aghasi Manukyan | −57 kg | Salhi (TUN) W 4–0 | Khakymov (UKR) L 0–11 | Aghayev (AZE) L 2–7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |
| Mkhitar Manukyan | −62 kg | Guohong (CHN) W 11–0 | Komyshenko (UKR) L 2–3 | Aziz (SWE) W 4–0 | Sang-sun (KOR) W 5–0 Fall | Pirim (TUR) L 4–9 | Martynov (RUS) W WO | 7 |
| Samvel Manukyan | −68 kg | Karapinar (TUR) L 0–3 | Escobar (COL) W 12–0 | Daynes (CAN) W 9–3 | Tretyakov (RUS) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 10 |
| Levon Geghamyan | −82 kg | Lidberg (SWE) L 0–2 | Farkas (HUN) W 4–0 | Frinta (CZE) W 3–2 | Jovančević (YUG) W 2–0 | Turlykhanov (KAZ) L 1–3 | Sanatbayev (KGZ) W WO | 7 |
| Tsolak Yeghishyan | −90 kg | Gelénesi (HUN) W 5–1 | Konstantinidis (GRE) L 0–12 | Rejepov (TKM) W 5–2 | Sidorenko (BLR) L 1–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |

### Freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Armen Mkrtchyan | −48 kg | Restrepo (COL) W 10–0 | Eiter (USA) W 9–2 | Vila (CUB) W 4–2 | Railean (MDA) W 7–2 | n/a | Il (KOR) L 4–5 | |
| Arayik Gevorgyan | −68 kg | Al-Osta (SYR) W 9–1 | Gogol (BLR) W 3–2 | Bye | Saunders (USA) L 0–4 | Sánchez (CUB) L 4–8 | Sang-ho (KOR) W 0–0 | 5 |