Armenia competed in the

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in Beijing,

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. 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

Athletics

;Men ;Women

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.

Judo

Shooting

;Men

Swimming

;Men

Weightlifting

;Men ;Women

Wrestling

;Men's freestyle ;Men's Greco-Roman

References

External links

National Olympics Committee of Armenia website25 ARMENIAN SPORTSMEN IN “BEIJING 2008”
{{DEFAULTSORT:Armenia At The 2008 Summer Olympics 2008 in Armenian sport Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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