# 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.

## Medalists

| 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
### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Men

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

### Women

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

## Boxing

Armenia had four boxers qualify for the Olympics. Javakhyan and Hambardzumyan qualified in their weight classes at the World Boxing Championships. Hakobyan qualified in the middleweight at the first European qualifying tournament.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Andranik Hakobyan | Middleweight | Saraku (GHA) W 14–8 | Rasulov (UZB) L 3–7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Armen Nazaryan | Men's −66 kg | Bye | El Hady (EGY) L 0000–0001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Shooting
### Men

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

## Swimming
### Men

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

## Weightlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | 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 | |

### Women

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

## Wrestling

Key:
* VT - Victory by Fall.
* PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
* PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |
| Suren Markosyan | −66 kg | Farniev (RUS) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | 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 | Bye | Hernández (CUB) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | |
| Karen Mnatsakanyan | −60 kg | Sasamoto (JPN) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |
| Arman Adikyan | −66 kg | Lőrincz (HUN) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 |
| Arsen Julfalakyan | −74 kg | Shatskykh (UKR) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Bácsi (HUN) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 $^{PP}$ | |