Armenia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Armenia competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. A team of 25 athletes, consisting of 9 wrestlers, 6 weightlifters, 4 boxers, 2 athletes, 2 judokas, 1 sport shooter and 1 swimmer was selected. With a total of six bronze medals, Armenia won more medals than in all previous Olympic Games combined.Results of Armenian athletes in Olympic Games.

Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Weightlifting Men's 85 kg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg Weightlifting Men's 77 kg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg Boxing Lightweight

Athletics

Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionMelik Janoyan Javelin throw64.4737Did not advance

Women AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankAni Khachikyan100 m12.766Did not advance

Boxing

Armenia had four boxers qualify for the Olympics. Javakhyan and Hambardzumyan qualified in their weight classes at the World Boxing Championships.World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007 Hakobyan qualified in the middleweight at the first European qualifying tournament.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankHovhannes DanielyanLight flyweightW 9–3 L 7–13Did not advanceHrachik JavakhyanLightweightW 12–0W L 5–10Did not advanceEduard HambardzumyanLight welterweightL 4–11Did not advanceAndranik HakobyanMiddleweightW 14–8L 3–7Did not advance

Judo

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankHovhannes DavtyanMen's −60 kgW 0100–0010L 0000–0022Did not advanceArmen NazaryanMen's −66 kgL 0000–0001Did not advance

Shooting

Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankNorayr Bakhtamyan10 m air pistol58012Did not advance50 m pistol55515Did not advance

Swimming

Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMikael Koloyan100 m freestyle51.89 56Did not advance

Weightlifting

Men AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankTigran Gevorg Martirosyan−69 kg15331853338Gevorg Davtyan−77 kg16521955360Ara Khachatryan1624191103537Edgar Gevorgyan −85 kg1765196176Tigran Vardan Martirosyan17742033380

Women AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankHripsime Khurshudyan−75 kg10571301023511

Wrestling

Men's freestyle AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMartin Berberyan −60 kg L 0–3 Did not advance17Suren Markosyan−66 kg L 1–3 Did not advance18Harutyun Yenokyan −84 kg W 3–1 L 0–3 Did not advance L 1–3 Did not advance8

Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankRoman Amoyan−55 kgW 3–1 W 3–1 L 1–3 colspan=2 W 3–1 Karen Mnatsakanyan−60 kg L 1–3 Did not advance17Arman Adikyan−66 kg L 1–3 Did not advance14Arsen Julfalakyan−74 kgW 3–1 L 1–3 Did not advance10Denis Forov−84 kgW 3–1 W 3–1 L 1–3 Did not advance7Yury Patrikeyev−120 kgW 3–1 L 1–3 Did not advanceW 3–1 W 3–1

References

External links National Olympics Committee of Armenia website 25 ARMENIAN SPORTSMEN IN "BEIJING 2008"