Armenia at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics explained

Noc:ARM
Nocname:Armenian Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Youth Olympics
Year:2014
Location:Nanjing
Competitors:14
Sports:7
Flagbearer:Vahan Mkhitaryan
Rank:29
Gold:2
Silver:2
Bronze:3
Appearances:auto

Armenia competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Armenia qualified two boxers based on its performance at the 2014 AIBA Youth World Championships[1]

Boys
Girls

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Armenia qualified one diver based on its performance at the Nanjing 2014 Diving Qualifying Event.[2]

AthleteEventPreliminaryFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Lev Sargsyanalign=left Boys' 10 m platform490.252467.657

align=left Mixed team348.604

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Artistic Gymnastics

Armenia qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2014 European MAG Championships.[3] Vigen Khachatryan had problems with his back and consequently did not perform on parallel bars and horizontal bar. With the performance on all apparatus being a requirement for gymnasts at the YOG, Vigen was not eligible to advance to the finals.[4]

Boys

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Armenia qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2013 Cadet World Judo Championships.[5]

Individual
Team

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Armenia qualified two shooters based on its performance at the 2014 European Shooting Championships.[6]

Individual
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Hrachik BabayanBoys' 10m Air Rifle624.82 Q204.3
Zaven IgityanBoys' 10m Air Pistol5705 Q137.45
Team
AthletesEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / Rank
PointsRankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result

Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle814.810 Q

W 10-7


L 4-10
Did not advance5

Mixed Team 10m Air PistolQ

W


W 10 - 0


L 8 - 10


L 8 - 10
4

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Armenia qualified one swimmer.[7]

Boys
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
align=left rowspan=3Vahan Mkhitaryan50 m freestyle23.62 18Did not advance
100 m freestyle53.20 32Did not advance
50 m butterfly26.4036Did not advance

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Armenia qualified 2 quotas in the boys' events based on the team ranking after the 2013 Weightlifting Youth World Championships.[8] Later Armenia qualified 1 quota in the girls' events based on the team ranking after the 2014 Weightlifting Youth European Championships.[9]

Boys
AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Hakob Mkrtchyan−77 kg14211771319
Simon Martirosyan+85 kg17012211391
Girls

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Armenia qualified three athletes based on its performance at the 2014 European Cadet Championships.[10]

Boys
AthleteEventGroup stageFinal / Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Vaghinak MatevosyanFreestyle -54kg


W 3-1

L
2
W 4-0
Sargis HovsepyanFreestyle -76kg
L

W 4-0

W
2
W 4-1
Zaven MikaelyanGreco-Roman -58kg
W 4-0

W 4-0

W 4-0
1
L 1-4

Notes and References

  1. News: Meet the Qualified Athletes for Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. AIBA. 23 May 2014. 23 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140717223659/http://aiba.org/en-US/news/ozqsp/newsId/5907/news.aspx. 17 July 2014. dead.
  2. News: Nanjing 2014 - Diving Qualifying Event Info & Results . . 5 March 2014 . 5 March 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140305165744/http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4281&Itemid=1594 . 5 March 2014 .
  3. News: 2nd Youth Olympic Games Qualifiers - Gymnastics . . 8 July 2014 . 8 July 2014.
  4. News: Giarnni Regini-Moran leads men's qualifications at Youth Olympic Games . . 8 August 2014 . 14 September 2018.
  5. News: 2014 YOG IJF Athlete List. International Judo Federation. 18 July 2014. 4 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140812015412/http://www.intjudo.eu/upload/2014_07/28/140653382518565615/2014_nanjing_final_list_of_entries_by_noc.pdf. 12 August 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  6. News: Quota Places by Name and Nation . . 31 January 2013 . 27 February 2014.
  7. News: Number of Entries by NOC: Swimming . nanjing2014.org . 6 August 2014 . 9 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140808210533/http://result.nanjing2014.qq.com/IRS/ENG/ZZ/ZZS103A_YO2014SW%40%40%40%40%40%40%40ENG.htm . 8 August 2014 .
  8. News: Boys Team Classification from World Youth Championships . . 25 September 2013 . 14 December 2013.
  9. News: Girls Team Classification from European Youth Championships . . 3 May 2014 . 3 May 2014.
  10. News: Wrestling Qualifiers Named for Youth Olympic Games . . 28 July 2014 . 30 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140810041126/http://www.fila-official.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1287:wrestling-qualifiers-named-for-youth-olympic-games&catid=60:actualite&Itemid=100235&lang=en . 10 August 2014 . dead . dmy-all .