| Armenia at the 2015 European Games | |
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| IOC code | ARM |
| NOC | Armenian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Baku, Azerbaijan 12 – 28 June 2015 | |
| Competitors | 25 in 7 sports |
| Flag bearer | Hrachya Rostomyan |
| Medals Ranked 36th |
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| European Games appearances (overview) | |
Armenia competed at the 2015 European Games , in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 28 June 2015. [1]
An exception to the restrictions on entry into Azerbaijan was made for these games, see Armenian ethnicity.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Silver | Mihran Harutyunyan | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg | 14 June |
| Medals by sport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport |  | |  | Total |
| Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boxing | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Judo | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Sambo | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Total | 23 | 2 | 25 |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Artyom Aleksayan | Men's 49kg | Bye |  Alaverdian (ISR)L 0–3 | Did not advance | |||
| Narek Abgaryan | Men's 52kg | Bye |  Csóka (HUN)W 2–1 |  Tankó (SVK)L 1–2 | Did not advance | ||
| Aram Avagyan | Men's 56kg | Bye |  Ivanov (BUL)L 1–2 | Did not advance | |||
| Samvel Barseghyan | Men's 60kg | Bye | Dimitrov (BUL) L 0–3 | Did not advance | |||
| Hovhannes Bachkov | Men's 64kg | Bye |  Petrov (UKR)L 0–3 | Did not advance | |||
| Nikol Arutyunov | Men's 81kg |  Kuliński (POL)L 0–3 | Did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Hovhannes Davtyan | Men's 60kg | Bye |  Trbovc (SLO)W 010–000 |  Garrigós (ESP)L 000–000 | — |  Chammartin (SUI)L 000–011 | Did not advance | |
| Davit Nikoghosyan | Men's 73kg | Bye | Muki (ISR) L 000–100 | Did not advance | ||||
| Zhanna Stankevich | Women's 52kg |  Edwards (GBR)L 000–001 | Did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Tigran Kirakosyan | Men's 57kg |  Atkunov (RUS)L 0–4 | — |  Burdz (BLR)L 1–3 | Did not advance | |
| Ashot Danielyan | Men's 90kg |  Meleaschevici (MDA)W 4–2 | Kazusionak (BLR) L 1–3 |  Matukas (LTU)L 0–2 | Did not advance | |
| Sose Balasanyan | Women's 52kg | Kharitonova (RUS) L 0-4 | — | Varbanova (BUL) L 0–2 | Did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Arman Yeremyan | Men's 80kg |  Sarı (TUR)W 4–2 | Gaun (RUS) L 2–5 | — |  Ordemann (NOR)L 4–8 | Did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Garik Barseghyan | Men's 57kg | Bye | Dubov (BUL) W 4–0 |  Y Aliyev (AZE)L 6–10 | Did not advance | |||
| Valodya Frangulyan | Men's 61kg | Bye | Haj Aliyev (AZE) L 0–7 | Did not advance | ||||
| David Safaryan | Men's 65kg |  Mitrov (MKD)W 2–2 | Novachkov (BUL) L 6–8 | Did not advance | ||||
| Grigor Grigoryan | Men's 74kg | Bye | Terziev (BUL) L 8–11 | Did not advance | ||||
| Musa Murtazaliev | Men's 86kg | Bilici (TUR) W 5–4 | Friev (ESP) W 3–2 |  Aminashvili (GEO)L 1–4 | Did not advance | |||
| Levan Berianidze | Men's 125kg | Bye | Gatsalov (RUS) W 7–2 | Shemarov (BLR) L 0–5 | — |  Matuhin (GER)W 3–3 | Petriashvili (GEO) L 0–5 | =5 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Roman Amoyan | Men's 59kg | Bye |  Carvalho (POR)W 6–0 | Maryanyan (RUS) L 0–9 | — |  Fonnesbek (DEN)W 2–0 | Mukhtarov (AZE) L 1–9 | =5 |
| Mihran Harutyunyan | Men's 66kg | Navarro (ESP) W 6–0 | Stas (BUL) W 8–0 |  Maksimović (SRB)W 9–1 | Has Aliyev (AZE) W 8–5 | — | Surkov (RUS) L 0–2 | |
| Karapet Chalyan | Men's 75kg | Madsen (DEN) L 0–8 | Did not advance | |||||
| Maksim Manukyan | Men's 85kg |  Omarov (CZE)W 8–1 | Tahmasebi (AZE) W 9–0 | Kazakevič (LTU) W 5–5 | Beleniuk (UKR) L 4–12 | — | Başar (TUR) L 0–3 | =5 |
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