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Chultem Naidam

Did you know- In 1964, Mongolian athlete Chultem Naidam was the standard bearer for the nation’s first Olympic delegation at the XVIII Olympiad in Tokyo, Japan.

Moscow 1980

Did you know- At the XXII Olympiad of the USSR, between July 19 and August 13, 1980, Mongolia, a former communist nation in Asia, collected a total of four medals (two silver and two bronze) and ranked 27 in the team classification. With the support of the Soviet Union, Mongolia, the most sparsely populated nation on Earth, sent many athletes to the 1980 Olympics. At previous Summer Games in Montreal, Canada, between July 17 and 19 In August, the national team finished 34th in the medal table, ahead of Brazil, Argentina, Greece, Austria and Thailand.

Evegin Oidov

Did you know- Wrestling is one of the most popular sports in the country. Her greatest triumph came at the 1974 World Championship in Katowice (Poland), where the country’s fighter Eveguine Oidov, a national idol, won a gold medal; the first world title in the history of Mongolian sport.

Los Angeles 1984

Did you know- Under pressure from the USSR, the Mongolian Olympic team did not participate in the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles, California (USA). Four years later, unlike Cuba, Ethiopia and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the National Olympic Committee sent athletes to the 1988 Summer Olympics in South Korea, an anti-communist country in Asia. In South Korea, Mongolia finished 51st on the medal table.

Barcelona 1992

Did you know- A 33-member team from Mongolia participated in the Games of the XXV Olympiad in the Spanish city of Barcelona, ​​between July 25 and August 9, 1992. The Asian country competed in seven sports: archery, athletics , boxing, cycling, judo. , weightlifting and wrestling. In Spain, the Asian team won two bronze medals and ranked 52nd in unofficial team championships, out of 173 nations and agencies.

Atlanta 1996

Did you know- At the 26th Olympiad in the United States, between July 19 and August 4, 1996, the nation’s judoka Dorjpalam Narmandakh won a bronze medal and Mongolia finished in 71st place on the medal table.

Athens 2004

Did you know- At the 2004 Olympics in Greece, the country’s judoka Khashbaatar Tsagaanbaatar won a bronze medal. The nation had not won an Olympic medal since 1996.

Asian games

Did you know- During the 2006 Asian Games, the Mongolian team finished 21st in the unofficial team rankings.

Beijing 2008

Did you know- At the 2008 Summer Games in the People’s Republic of China, Naidan Tuvshinbayer became the first Mongolian athlete to win an Olympic gold medal when he ranked first in the men’s 100 kg judo.

Volleyball

Did you know- In the early 1970s, the men’s volleyball team qualified for the FIVB World Cup for the first time.

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