Armenia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Armenia took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China. The country sent a team of 25 athletes to compete in many different sports. These athletes included wrestlers, weightlifters, boxers, track and field athletes, judokas, a sport shooter, and a swimmer.

Armenia did very well in these games. The team won six bronze medals, which was more than all the medals they had won in every Olympic Games before. This showed how hard the athletes worked and how much they achieved together.

Medalists

Armenia sent 25 athletes to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The team included wrestlers, weightlifters, boxers, track and field athletes, judokas, a sport shooter, and a swimmer. Armenia won six bronze medals, which was more than all their medals from every Olympic Games before.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Tigran Vardan Martirosyan	Weightlifting	Men's 85 kg
Bronze	Roman Amoyan	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg
Bronze	Gevorg Davtyan	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg
Bronze	Yury Patrikeyev	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg
Bronze	Hrachik Javakhyan	Boxing	Lightweight

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The men and women from Armenia both took part in the athletics events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Melik Janoyan	Javelin throw	64.47	37	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ani Khachikyan	100 m	12.76	6	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Armenia had four boxers in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Two of them, Javakhyan and Hambardzumyan, got their spots by doing well at the World Boxing Championships. Another boxer, Hakobyan, earned his place in the middleweight group at a European qualifying tournament.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hovhannes Danielyan	Light flyweight	Essomba (CMR) W 9–3	Zhakypov (KAZ) L 7–13	Did not advance
Hrachik Javakhyan	Lightweight	Bye	Lawal (NGR) W 12–0	Baik J-S (KOR) W WO	Tishchenko (RUS) L 5–10	Did not advance
Eduard Hambardzumyan	Light welterweight	Díaz (DOM) L 4–11	Did not advance
Andranik Hakobyan	Middleweight	Saraku (GHA) W 14–8	Rasulov (UZB) L 3–7	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hovhannes Davtyan	Men's −60 kg	Bye	Piker (CUB) W 0100–0010	Kim K-J (PRK) L 0000–0022	Did not advance
Armen Nazaryan	Men's −66 kg	Bye	El Hady (EGY) L 0000–0001	Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Norayr Bakhtamyan	10 m air pistol	580	12	Did not advance
Norayr Bakhtamyan	50 m pistol	555	15	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mikael Koloyan	100 m freestyle	51.89	56	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Armenia had six weightlifters compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. They were part of a team of 25 athletes from the country.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan	−69 kg	153	3	185	3	338	DSQ
Gevorg Davtyan	−77 kg	165	2	195	5	360
Ara Khachatryan	−77 kg	162	4	191	10	353	7
Edgar Gevorgyan	−85 kg	176	5	196	DNF	176	DNF
Tigran Vardan Martirosyan	−85 kg	177	4	203	3	380

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Hripsime Khurshudyan	−75 kg	105	7	130	10	235	11

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Armenia had wrestlers compete in two styles at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The styles were men's freestyle and men's Greco-Roman.

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Martin Berberyan	−60 kg	Azarbayjani (CAN) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance						17
Suren Markosyan	−66 kg	Farniev (RUS) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance						18
Harutyun Yenokyan	−84 kg	Bye	Rhimi (TUN) W 3–1 ^PP	Mindorashvili (GEO) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance	Bye	Bichinashvili (GER) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	8

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Roman Amoyan	−55 kg	Bye	Imanbayev (KAZ) W 3–1 ^PP	Gogitadze (GEO) W 3–1 ^PP	Bayramov (AZE) L 1–3 ^PP	Bye		Hernández (CUB) W 3–1 ^PP
Karen Mnatsakanyan	−60 kg	Sasamoto (JPN) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance						17
Arman Adikyan	−66 kg	Lőrincz (HUN) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance						14
Arsen Julfalakyan	−74 kg	Shatskykh (UKR) W 3–1 ^PP	Bácsi (HUN) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					10
Denis Forov	−84 kg	Matsumoto (JPN) W 3–1 ^PP	Vering (USA) W 3–1 ^PP	Abrahamian (SWE) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance				7
Yury Patrikeyev	−120 kg	Bye	Sakr (EGY) W 3–1 ^PP	López (CUB) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	Bye	Artsiukhin (BLR) W 3–1 ^PP	Sjöberg (SWE) W 3–1 ^PP