Mongolia
Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...
competed in the
2008 Summer Olympics, held in
Beijing
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, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. 29 athletes represented the country and competed in seven 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 the nation won two silver and two bronze medals.
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. 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.
Athletics
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Boxing
Mongolia qualified four boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Badar-Uugan was the first to qualify, doing so at the 2007 World Championships.
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/ref> All three of the others qualified at the second Asian continental qualifying tournament.[2nd AIBA Asian Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament]
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Judo
Mongolia received 10 qualifications for Judo at the Asian Championships, and qualified them by test matches.Mongolia's Olympic Judo Team
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Shooting
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Swimming
Mongolia selected two athletes by granting wild card entries.
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Weightlifting
Wrestling
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See also
*Mongolia at the Olympics
Mongolia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1964, and has sent athletes to compete in all but one Summer Olympic Games since then, being part of the 1984 Summer Olympics boycott, boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics led by the Soviet Union.< ...
References
External links
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Mongolian National Olympic Committee
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Mongolian Olympic Team
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Olympic Timetable for Mongolian athletes
{{Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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Summer Olympics