Mongolia at the 2008 Summer Olympics
# Mongolia at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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.

## 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.

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar | Judo | Men's 100 kg |
| Gold | Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan | Boxing | Bantamweight |
| Silver | Otryadyn Gündegmaa | Shooting | Women's 25 m pistol |
| Silver | Pürevdorjiin Serdamba | Boxing | Light flyweight |

## Athletics

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Bat-Ochir Ser-Od | Marathon | 2:24:19 | 52 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Batgereliin Möngöntuyaa | 400 m | 58.14 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## 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 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Pürevdorjiin Serdamba | Light flyweight | Serugo (UGA) W 9–5 | Yáñez (USA) W 8–7 | Ruenroeng (THA) W 5–2 | Hernández (CUB) W $8^+–8$ | Zou (CHN) L RET | |
| Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan | Bantamweight | Valdez (MEX) W 15–4 | Nevin (IRL) W 9–2 | Ikgopoleng (BOT) W 15–2 | Gojan (MDA) W 15–2 | León (CUB) W 16–5 | |
| Zorigtbaataryn Enkhzorig | Featherweight | Ouatine (MAR) W 10–1 | Torriente (CUB) L 9–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene | Light welterweight | Bwalya (ZAM) W 12–8 | Georgiev (BUL) W 10–3 | Vastine (FRA) L 4–12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar | −60 kg | Bye | Yekutiel (ISR) L 0000–0001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gantömöriin Dashdavaa | −73 kg | — | Reser (USA) W 0111–0100 | Wilkomirski (POL) W 0012–0010 | Maloumat (IRI) L 0010–1100 | Did not advance | Bye | Kanamaru (JPN) L 0000–0100 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Damdinsürengiin Nyamkhüü | −81 kg | Bye | Elmont (NED) L 0000–0001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Maddaloni (ITA) W 1000–0000 | Mrvaljević (MNE) W 1002–0000 | Krawczyk (POL) W 1010–0001 | Gontiuk (UKR) L 0100–0110 | 5 |
| Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar | −100 kg | — | Suzuki (JPN) W 1000–0000 | Behrla (GER) W 0021–0001 | Jang (KOR) W 0011–0010 | Miraliyev (AZE) W 0010–0000 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Zhitkeyev (KAZ) W 0120–0010 | |
| Makhgalyn Bayarjavkhlan | +100 kg | Bye | Wojnarowicz (POL) L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mönkhbaataryn Bundmaa | −52 kg | Carrascosa (ESP) L 0000–0100 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Khishigbatyn Erdenet-Od | −57 kg | Bye | Quintavalle (ITA) L 0001–1010 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Bönisch (GER) L 0001–0110 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Tümen-Odyn Battögs | −63 kg | Bye | von Harnier (GER) L 0000–1001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pürevjargalyn Lkhamdegd | −78 kg | Bye | Yang Xl (CHN) L 0000–1021 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Proskurakova (KGZ) W 0230–0000 | Levesque (CAN) W 0110–0101 | Silva (BRA) L 0010–1131 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand | +78 kg | Bye | Ulienhoed (NED) W 0010–0001 | Polavder (SLO) L 0000–1100 | Did not advance | Bye | Issanova (KAZ) W 1000–0000 | Mondière (FRA) W 1000–0000 | Ortiz (CUB) L 0000–1000 | 5 |

## Shooting

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Zorigtyn Batkhuyag | 10 m air rifle | 394 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zorigtyn Batkhuyag | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 570 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Otryadyn Gündegmaa | 10 m air pistol | 382 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Otryadyn Gündegmaa | 25 m pistol | 590 | 1 Q | 792.2 | |
| Tsogbadrakhyn Mönkhzul | 10 m air pistol | 387 | 3 Q | 479.6 | 8 |
| Tsogbadrakhyn Mönkhzul | 25 m pistol | 581 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Mongolia selected two athletes by granting wild card entries.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Boldbaataryn Bütekh-Üils | 100 m breaststroke | 1:10.80 | 60 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Dashtserengiin Saintsetseg | 50 m freestyle | 29.63 | 67 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Namkhaidorjiin Bayarmaa | Women's −63 kg | 90 | 12 | 123 | 7 | 213 | 10 |

## Wrestling

Key:

* VT - Victory by Fall.
* PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
* PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Bayaraagiin Naranbaatar | −55 kg | Bye | Kudukhov (RUS) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |
| Buyanjavyn Batzorig | −66 kg | Barnes (RSA) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Farniev (RUS) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 8 |
| Chagnaadorjiin Ganzorig | −84 kg | Temrezov (AZE) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |

### Women's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal | −48 kg | Bye | Merleni (UKR) L 0–5 $^{VT}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |
| Naidangiin Otgonjargal | −55 kg | — | Verbeek (CAN) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |
| Badrakhyn Odonchimeg | −63 kg | Bye | Xu Hy (CHN) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 10 |
