Armenia's first Summer Olympics as an independent nation, fielding 32 athletes across 11 sports and winning two wrestling medals.
Key Facts
- Total athletes
- 32 (30 men, 2 women)
- Sports contested
- 11
- Total medals won
- 2
- Gold medal
- Armen Nazaryan, Greco-Roman wrestling 52 kg
- Silver medal
- Armen Mkrtchyan, freestyle wrestling 48 kg
- Olympic debut
- First Summer Olympics as independent Armenia
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Following Armenia's independence from the Soviet Union, the country established its own National Olympic Committee and became eligible to compete under its own flag at the Summer Olympics for the first time, making the 1996 Atlanta Games its inaugural independent appearance.
Armenia sent 32 athletes to the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, competing across 11 sports including athletics, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, judo, shooting, swimming, tennis, weightlifting, and wrestling. The delegation was organized by the National Olympic Committee of Armenia.
Armenia concluded the Games with two medals, both in wrestling: Armen Nazaryan took gold in men's Greco-Roman 52 kg and Armen Mkrtchyan earned silver in men's freestyle 48 kg, establishing wrestling as a strength of the newly independent nation's Olympic program.
Result
at 1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta, Georgia