Mongolia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
| Mongolia at the 2008 Summer Olympics |
|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
|||||||||
| IOC code | MGL | ||||||||
| NOC | Mongolian National Olympic Committee | ||||||||
| Website |
www |
||||||||
| in Beijing | |||||||||
| Competitors | 29 in 7 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer |
Makhgalyn Bayarjavkhlan (opening) Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan (closing) |
||||||||
|
Medals Ranked 31st |
|
||||||||
| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
Mongolia competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, 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. 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.
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.
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.
Mongolia received 10 qualifications for Judo at the Asian Championships, and qualified them by test matches.
Mongolia selected two athletes by granting wild card entries.
Key:
...
Wikipedia