Mongolia

Mongolia

Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...

competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

, held in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

 from August 8 to August 24, 2008. 29 athletes competed in 7 events. The Beijing Olympics has been Mongolia's most successful games ever, winning two gold and two silver medals, exceeding the 1980 Moscow Olympics where Mongolia won two silver and two bronze medals. When the 87 nations that won medals at the Beijing Olympics are ranked by medals per population, Mongolia ranks 16th, with one medal for every 749,000 people.

Medalists

Judoka Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar became the first Mongolian ever to win an Olympic gold medal. Otryadin Gündegmaa won Mongolia's first silver since the 1980 Moscow Games

1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...

. Pürevdorjiin Serdamba won Mongolia's first silver medal in boxing. He was followed by Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan, who won Mongolia's first gold medal in boxing, and second gold medal overall.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
	Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar is a Mongolian judoka.At the 2006 Asian Games he finished in joint fifth place in both the heavyweight division and the open weight class division....	Judo Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judo competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 15 at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium....	Men's 100 kg
	Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan is an amateur boxer from Mongolia who won silver in the Bantamweight division at the 2007 world championships...	Boxing Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics The boxing program of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China was held at the Workers Indoor Arena.Medals were awarded in eleven events, with each event corresponding to a recognized weight division of male boxers...	Bantamweight
	Otryadyn Gündegmaa Otryadyn Gündegmaa Otryadyn Gündegmaa , is an Olympic athlete who competes in sports shooting. She was born in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Gündegmaa competed in the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympics, with her best finish being fifth place in the 1996 Games in 25m sporting pistol. In 2008 she won a silver medal for Mongolia...	Shooting Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics Shooting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 17, at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall and Beijing Shooting Range Clay Target Field...	Women's 25 m pistol
	Pürevdorjiin Serdamba Pürevdorjiin Serdamba Pürevdorjiin Serdamba is a Mongolian amateur boxer. He won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics in the junior flyweight category. He became the first Mongolian to win a gold medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 2009.-Career:...	Boxing Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics The boxing program of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China was held at the Workers Indoor Arena.Medals were awarded in eleven events, with each event corresponding to a recognized weight division of male boxers...	Light flyweight Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Light flyweight The Light Flyweight class in the boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics competition is the lightest class. Light flyweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 48 kilograms ....

Athletics

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Batgereliin Möngöntuyaa	Women's 400 m	58.14	47			Did not advance
Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od	Men's marathon Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's marathon The following new Olympic record was set during this competition.-Results:Key: = Olympic record, SB = Season Best, PB = Personal Best, DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS = Did Not Start-Intermediates:s.t. - same time.- External links :...							2:24:19	52

Boxing

Mongolia qualified four boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Badar-Uugan was the first to qualify, doing so at the 2007 World Championships. All three of the others qualified at the second Asian continental qualifying tournament.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Pürevdorjiin Serdamba Pürevdorjiin Serdamba Pürevdorjiin Serdamba is a Mongolian amateur boxer. He won a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics in the junior flyweight category. He became the first Mongolian to win a gold medal at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in 2009.-Career:...	Light flyweight Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Light flyweight The Light Flyweight class in the boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics competition is the lightest class. Light flyweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 48 kilograms ....	Serugo Ronald Serugo Ronald Serugo is an Ugandan amateur boxer who qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in the junior flyweight division. He defeated Tresford Kaziwa, then lost to Redouane Bouchtouk 0:11 before winning the third spot by defeating South African Lobogang Pilane. At the Olympics he lost 5:9 to...  (UGA Uganda at the 2008 Summer Olympics Uganda competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. Uganda sent a delegation of eleven competitors, who took part in four sports.-Men:... ) W 9-5	Yáñez Luis Yáñez Luis Yáñez is a US-American amateur boxer. He is recognized for winning the Pan American title 2007 at junior flyweight...  (USA United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics The United States competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. American athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since the 1896 Summer Olympics except the 1980 Summer Olympics, which the U.S. boycotted. The United States entered the Games as the most successful nation in... ) W 8-7	Ruenroeng (THA Thailand at the 2008 Summer Olympics Thailand competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008.-Medalists:- Athletics:MenWomen- Badminton:MenWomenMixed- Boxing:... ) W 5-2	Hernández Yampier Hernandez Yampier Hernández Gonzales is a Cuban boxer who has qualified for the 2008 Olympics at junior flyweight.-Boxing career:...  (CUB Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cuba competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. As of 8 August 2008, 165 Cuban athletes had qualified to compete in 16 sports. The country's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was wrestler Mijaín López.-Medalists:... ) W +8-8	Zou Shiming Zou Shiming Zou Shiming is the most successful amateur boxer from the People's Republic of China. He has won three world titles in 2005, 2007 and 2011 and the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Light flyweight division.-Career:...  (CHN China at the 2008 Summer Olympics China was the host nation of the 2008 Summer Olympics.China was represented by the Chinese Olympic Committee , and the team of selected athletes were officially known as Team China.... ) L RET
Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan is an amateur boxer from Mongolia who won silver in the Bantamweight division at the 2007 world championships...	Bantamweight	Valdez Oscar Valdez Óscar Rafael Valdez Fierro is a Mexican amateur boxer who qualified for the 2008 Olympics at the age of 17 and became the first Mexican Youth World Champion.-Career:...  (MEX Mexico at the 2008 Summer Olympics Mexico competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The country sent 85 competitors and participated in 23 sports. Mexico's flag-bearer at the opening ceremony was diver Paola Espinosa... ) W 15-4	Nevin John Joe Nevin John Joseph Nevin , more commonly known as John Joe Nevin, is an Irish amateur boxer who won the Irish national boxing title and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics at the age of 18....  (IRL Ireland at the 2008 Summer Olympics Ireland competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China. It was the 19th Summer Games that Ireland has contested as a nation under the Olympic Council of Ireland.-Medalists:- Athletics:... ) W 9-2	Ikgopoleng Khumiso Ikgopoleng Khumiso Stephen Ikgopoleng is a boxer from Botswana, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he was eliminated in the second round of the men's featherweight division by Nigeria's Muideen Ganiyu.Ikgopoleng carried the flag of Botswana at the opening ceremony of the...  (BOT Botswana at the 2008 Summer Olympics Botswana competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics which were held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.-Men:-Women:- Boxing:... ) W 15-2	Gojan Veaceslav Gojan Veaceslav Gojan is an Moldovan amateur boxer who won Bantamweight bronze at the 2008 Olympics. He comes from the village of Grimăncăuţi, district of Briceni and is a member of the Central Sport Club Dinamo in Chişinău...  (MDA Moldova at the 2008 Summer Olympics Moldova competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Moldova won one medal at the games, a bronze for boxer bantamweight Veaceslav Gojan.-Medalists:- Boxing:... ) W 15-2	Yankiel León Yankiel Leon Yankiel León Alarcón is a Cuban amateur boxer best known to win Silver at the 2008 Olympics at bantamweight.-Career:Leon won gold at the World Junior Championships in Budapest, Hungary in 2000 as a light flyweight....  (CUB Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cuba competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. As of 8 August 2008, 165 Cuban athletes had qualified to compete in 16 sports. The country's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was wrestler Mijaín López.-Medalists:... ) W 16-5
Zorigtbaataryn Enkhzorig Zorigtbaataryn Enkhzorig Zorigtbaataryn Enkhzorig is an amateur boxer from Mongolia who competed at the 2006 Asian Games in the Featherweight division, beat Galib Jafarov and won the silver medal in a lost match against Uzbekistan's Bahodirjon Sultonov 15-37....	Featherweight	Ouatine Mahdi Ouatine Mahdi/Mehdi Ouatine is a Moroccan amateur boxer who qualified for the 2008 Olympics by winning the 1st AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament‎ in the featherweight division. He lost his Olympic debut 1:10 to Mongolian Zorigtbaataryn Enkhzorig.-External links:*...  (MOR Morocco at the 2008 Summer Olympics Morocco competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008.-Medalists:-Archery:Morocco will send an archer to the Olympics for the first time... ) W 10-1	Torriente Idel Torriente Idel Torriente Leal is a Cuban amateur boxer who won the Pan American featherweight title 2007 and qualified for the Olympics.-Career:...  (CUB Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cuba competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. As of 8 August 2008, 165 Cuban athletes had qualified to compete in 16 sports. The country's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was wrestler Mijaín López.-Medalists:... ) L 10-9	Did not advance
Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene is an amateur boxer from Mongolia who competed 2006 Asian Games in the Lightweight division and won the silver medal in lost bout against China's Hu Qing 22-38...	Light welterweight	Bwalya Hastings Bwalya Hastings Bwalya is a Zambian boxer who won the 2007 All-Africa Games at junior welter, and then competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Career:...  (ZAM Zambia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Zambia competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the People's Republic of China, sending eight athletes to the competition. The use of Simplified Chinese stroke count placed it last before the host nation in the Parade of Nations as it takes sixteen strokes to write the first character and... ) W 12-8	Georgiev Boris Georgiev Boris Georgiev is an amateur boxer from Bulgaria who won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Light Welterweight class.- Career :...  (BUL Bulgaria at the 2008 Summer Olympics Bulgaria was represented by 72 athletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, People's Republic of China.-Medalists:- Swimming:- Archery:The country has allocated one spot in the men's individual event and none in the women's... ) W 10-3	Vastine Alexis Vastine Alexis Vastine is a French boxer who qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Career:Vastine who comes from a boxing family is a lanky boxer-puncher who fights for the club BC Fourmetot....  (FRA France at the 2008 Summer Olympics -Medalists:- Diving:MenNo CompetitorsWomen- Swimming:France will be represented by 35 swimmers, including Alain Bernard and Laure Manaudou.MenWomen- Synchronised Swimming:... ) L 12-4	Did not advance

Judo

Mongolia received 10 qualifications for Judo at the Asian Championships, and qualified them by test matches.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar	−60 kg		L 0000-0001	Did not advance
Gantömöriin Dashdavaa	−73 kg		W 0111-0100	W 0012-0010	L 0010-1100	Did not advance	Bye	L 0000-0100	Did not advance
Damdinsürengiin Nyamkhüü Damdinsürengiin Nyamkhüü Damdinsürengiin Nyamkhüü is a Mongolian judoka.Participating at the 2004 Olympics, he was stopped in the round of 32 by Gabriel Arteaga of Cuba....	−81 kg		L 0000-0001	Did not advance			W 1000-0000	W 1002-0000	W 1010-0001	L 0100-0110
Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar is a Mongolian judoka.At the 2006 Asian Games he finished in joint fifth place in both the heavyweight division and the open weight class division....	−100 kg	W 1000-0000	W 1000-0001	W 0021-0001	W 0011-0010	W 0010-0000				W 0120-0001
Makhgalyn Bayarjavkhlan	+100 kg	L 0000-1000	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mönkhbaataryn Bundmaa Mönkhbaataryn Bundmaa Mönkhbaataryn Bundmaa is a Mongolian judoka.She won the silver medal in the half-lightweight category of the 2006 Asian Games, having lost to An Kum-Ae of North Korea in the final match. Recently she won Bronze in Judo senior world Championships 2010 Japan, Tokyo.She currently resides in Ulan...	−52 kg		L 0000-0100	Did not advance
Khishigbatyn Erdenet-Od Khishigbatyn Erdenet-Od Khishigbatyn Erdenet-Od is a Mongolian judoka. She competes in the lightweight category .Participating at the 2004 Olympic Games, she was stopped in the round of 16 by Kie Kusakabe of Japan....	−57 kg		Bye	L 0001-1010	Did not advance
Tümen-Odyn Battögs	−63 kg		Bye	L 0000-1001	Did not advance
Pürevjargalyn Lkhamdegd Purevjargalyn Lkhamdegd Pürevjargalyn Lkhamdegd is a Mongolian judoka. She won a bronze medal at the -78 kg category of the 2006 Asian Games. She also competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, reaching the quarter-finals.-References:...	−78 kg			L 0000-1021	Did not advance		W 0230-0000	W 0110-0101	L 0010-1131	Did not advance
Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand is a Mongolian judoka. She won a silver medal at the +78 kg category of the 2006 Asian Games. She competed at both the 2000 and 2008 Olympics. In 2008 she finished tied for 5th.- References :...	+78 kg			W 0010-0001	L 0000-1100	Did not advance	Bye	W 1000-0000	W 1000-0000	L 0000-1000

Shooting

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Zorigtyn Batkhuyag	10 m air rifle	394	22	Did not advance		22
	50 m rifle three positions	570	33	Did not advance		33
Otryadyn Gündegmaa Otryadyn Gündegmaa Otryadyn Gündegmaa , is an Olympic athlete who competes in sports shooting. She was born in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Gündegmaa competed in the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympics, with her best finish being fifth place in the 1996 Games in 25m sporting pistol. In 2008 she won a silver medal for Mongolia...	10 m air pistol	382	12	Did not advance		12
	25 m pistol	590	1 Q	202.2	792.2
Tsogbadrakhyn Mönkhzul	10 m air pistol	387	3 Q	92.6	479.6	8
	25 m pistol	581	12	Did not advance		12

Swimming

2 athletes will compete by invitation.

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Boldbaataryn Bütekh-Uils	Men's 100 metre breaststroke	1:10.80	60th	Not qualified		Not qualified
Dashtserengiin Saintsetseg	Women's 50 m freestyle	29.63	67th	Not qualified		Not qualified

Weightlifting

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Namkhaidorjiin Bayarmaa	-63 kg Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 63 kg The women's 63 kg weightlifting event was the fourth women's event at the weightlifting competition, with competitors limited to a maximum of 63 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 12, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B...	90	12	123	7	213	10

Wrestling

Men's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar is a male freestyle wrestler from Mongolia.He participated in Men's freestyle 55 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. In 1/8 of final he lost with Russian Besik Kudukhov....	−55 kg		' L 0-1, 0-1	Did not advance
Buyanjavyn Batzorig Buyanjavyn Batzorig Buyanjavyn Batzorig is a male freestyle wrestler from Mongolia.He participated in Men's freestyle 66 kg at 2008 Summer Olympics. In the 1/16 of final he beat Heinrich Barnes, but in the 1/8 of final he was eliminated by Irbek Farniev from Russia.He won a bronze medal on 2006 Asian Games-External...	−66 kg	' W 2-1, 7-1	' L 1-0, 0-2, 2-3	Did not advance
Chagnaadorjiin Ganzorig	−84 kg	' L 0-3, 1-0, 0-3	Did not advance

Women's Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 Final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Round 1	Repechage Round 2	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal	−48 kg		' F	Did not advance
Naidangiin Otgonjargal	−55 kg		' L 0-3, 0-4	Did not advance
Badrakhyn Odonchimeg	−63 kg	' L 3-5, 0-4	Did not advance

External links

• Olympic.mn Mongolian National Olympic Committee
• Olympic.mn Mongolian Olympic Team
• Olympic.mn Olympic Timetable for Mongolian athletes