Armenia's representative Yervand Mkrtchyan has won gold and silver medals at the 72nd Balkan Athletics Championship in Bulgaria.

In the 1500m race event the athlete from Gyumri came second with a 3:46.0 result while in the 3000m event he showed the second result (8:18.0).

The other representatives of the Armenia team consisting of 10 members didn't won medals. Thanks to Yervand Mkrtchyan's medals Armenia has placed 9th among men and women. The tournament had brought together  representatives of 19 countries.