Armenia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Armenia at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Flag of Armenia.svg
IOC code ARM
NOC National Olympic Committee of Armenia
Website www.armnoc.am  (in Armenian)
in Beijing
Competitors25 [1] in 7 sports
Flag bearers Albert Azaryan [2] (opening)
Harutyun Yenokyan (closing)
Medals
Ranked 62nd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
4
Total
5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire (1900–1912)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (1952–1988)
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team (1992)

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. [3]

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Tigran Vardan Martirosyan Weightlifting Men's 85 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Roman Amoyan Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Gevorg Davtyan Weightlifting Men's 77 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yury Patrikeyev Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hrachik Javakhyan Boxing Lightweight

Athletics

Key
Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Melik Janoyan Javelin throw 64.4737Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Ani Khachikyan 100 m 12.766Did not advance

Boxing

Armenia had four boxers qualify for the Olympics. Javakhyan and Hambardzumyan qualified in their weight classes at the World Boxing Championships. [4] Hakobyan qualified in the middleweight at the first European qualifying tournament. [5]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Hovhannes Danielyan Light flyweight Flag of Cameroon.svg  Essomba  (CMR)
W 9–3		Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Zhakypov  (KAZ)
L 7–13		Did not advance
Hrachik Javakhyan Lightweight ByeFlag of Nigeria.svg  Lawal  (NGR)
W 12–0		Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Baik J-S  (KOR)
WWO		Flag of Russia.svg  Tishchenko  (RUS)
L 5–10		Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg
Eduard Hambardzumyan Light welterweight Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Díaz  (DOM)
L 4–11		Did not advance
Andranik Hakobyan Middleweight Flag of Ghana.svg  Saraku  (GHA)
W 14–8		Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Rasulov  (UZB)
L 3–7		Did not advance

Judo

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / BM
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 ByeFlag of Cuba.svg  Piker  (CUB)
W 0100–0010		Flag of North Korea.svg  Kim K-J  (PRK)
L 0000–0022		Did not advance
Armen Nazaryan Men's −66 kg ByeFlag of Egypt.svg  El Hady  (EGY)
L 0000–0001		Did not advance

Shooting

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Norayr Bakhtamyan 10 m air pistol 58012Did not advance
50 m pistol 55515Did not advance

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Mikael Koloyan 100 m freestyle 51.8956Did not advance

Weightlifting

Men
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan −69 kg 15331853338DSQ
Gevorg Davtyan −77 kg 16521955360Bronze medal icon.svg
Ara Khachatryan 1624191103537
Edgar Gevorgyan −85 kg 1765196DNF176DNF
Tigran Vardan Martirosyan 17742033380Silver medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Hripsime Khurshudyan −75 kg 10571301023511

Wrestling

Key:

Men's freestyle
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Martin Berberyan −60 kg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Azarbayjani  (CAN)
L 0–3 PO		Did not advance17
Suren Markosyan −66 kg Flag of Russia.svg  Farniev  (RUS)
L 1–3 PP		Did not advance18
Harutyun Yenokyan −84 kg ByeFlag of Tunisia.svg  Rhimi  (TUN)
W 3–1 PP		Flag of Georgia.svg  Mindorashvili  (GEO)
L 0–3 PO		Did not advanceByeFlag of Germany.svg  Bichinashvili  (GER)
L 1–3 PP		Did not advance8
Men's Greco-Roman
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Roman Amoyan −55 kg ByeFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Imanbayev  (KAZ)
W 3–1 PP		Flag of Georgia.svg  Gogitadze  (GEO)
W 3–1 PP		Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Bayramov  (AZE)
L 1–3 PP		ByeFlag of Cuba.svg  Hernández  (CUB)
W 3–1 PP		Bronze medal icon.svg
Karen Mnatsakanyan −60 kg Flag of Japan.svg  Sasamoto  (JPN)
L 1–3 PP		Did not advance17
Arman Adikyan −66 kg Flag of Hungary.svg  Lőrincz  (HUN)
L 1–3 PP		Did not advance14
Arsen Julfalakyan −74 kg Flag of Ukraine.svg  Shatskykh  (UKR)
W 3–1 PP		Flag of Hungary.svg  Bácsi  (HUN)
L 1–3 PP		Did not advance10
Denis Forov −84 kg Flag of Japan.svg  Matsumoto  (JPN)
W 3–1 PP		Flag of the United States.svg  Vering  (USA)
W 3–1 PP		Flag of Sweden.svg  Abrahamian  (SWE)
L 1–3 PP		Did not advance7
Yury Patrikeyev −120 kg ByeFlag of Egypt.svg  Sakr  (EGY)
W 3–1 PP		Flag of Cuba.svg  López  (CUB)
L 1–3 PP		Did not advanceByeFlag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Artsiukhin  (BLR)
W 3–1 PP		Flag of Sweden.svg  Sjöberg  (SWE)
W 3–1 PP		Bronze medal icon.svg

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References

  1. ↑ (in French) 25 sportifs seront engagés sous les couleurs de l’Arménie aux Jeux Olympiques de Pékin Archived 2008-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Albert Azaryan – Armenian flag bearer in Olympics
  3. ↑ Results of Armenian athletes in Olympic Games. Archived September 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ World Boxing Championships Chicago 2007 Archived 2008-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "1st AIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament". Archived from the original on 2008-02-17. Retrieved 2008-05-14.
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