Mongolia at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Mongolia at the Olympic Games
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At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	24 in 6 sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Mongolia is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016.

Archery

One Mongolian archer qualified for the men's individual recurve by obtaining one of the three Olympic places available from the 2015 Asian Archery Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's individual

Athletics

Mongolian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[2][3]

• Men's marathon – 3 quota places
• Women's marathon – 2 quota places

Boxing

Mongolia has entered four boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Gankhuyagiin Gan-Erdene, Baatarsükhiin Chinzorig, 2012 Olympian Byambyn Tüvshinbat, and Asian Games champion Dorjnyambuugiin Otgondalai had claimed their Olympic spots at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Qian'an, China.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gankhuyagiin Gan-Erdene	Light flyweight
Dorjnyambuugiin Otgondalai	Lightweight
Baatarsükhiin Chinzorig	Light welterweight
Byambyn Tüvshinbat	Welterweight

Shooting

Mongolian shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.^[5]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Gankhuyagiin Nandinzayaa	10 m air rifle			N/A
	50 m rifle 3 positions			N/A
Otryadyn Gündegmaa	10 m air pistol			N/A
	25 m pistol
Tsogbadrakhyn Mönkhzul	10 m air pistol			N/A
	25 m pistol

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Taekwondo

Mongolia entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition for the first time at the Olympics. Pürevjavyn Temüüjin secured a spot in the men's lightweight category (68 kg) by virtue of his top two finish at the 2016 Asian Qualification Tournament in Manila, Philippines.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pürevjavyn Temüüjin	Men's −68 kg

Weightlifting

Mongolia has qualified one female weightlifter for the Rio Olympics by virtue of a top six national finish at the 2016 Asian Championships.^[7] The team must allocate this place by June 20, 2016.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	Women's

Wrestling

Mongolia has qualified nine wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic tournament. Five berths had been awarded to the Mongolian wrestlers, who finished among the top six at the 2015 World Championships, while the other half of the wrestling roster had booked Olympic spots by progressing to the top two finals at the 2016 Asian Qualification Tournament.^[8][9]

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
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar	−57 kg
Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran	−65 kg
Pürevjavyn Önörbat	−74 kg
Orgodolyn Üitümen	−86 kg
Jargalsaikhany Chuluunbat	−125 kg

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Erdenechimegiin Sumiyaa	−53 kg
Pürevdorjiin Orkhon	−58 kg
Soronzonboldyn Battsetseg	−63 kg
Ochirbatyn Nasanburmaa	−69 kg

See also

• Mongolia at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

References

1. "First Rio 2016 continental qualifier adds 5 more nations from Asia". World Archery Federation. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
2. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
3. "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
4. "Golden day for Uzbekistan as boxers win four golds in China while Kyrgyzstan claims its first Rio 2016 qualification spot". AIBA. 2 April 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
5. "Quota places by Nation and Name". ISSF. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
6. "Ten Countries Secure Rio 2016 Berths at Asian Qualification Tournament". World Taekwondo Federation. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
7. "Continental Qualification current standing". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
8. "Wrestling for Rio 2016". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
9. ""Рио-2016"-д өрсөлдөх чөлөөт бөхийн тамирчдын нэрс" [Athletes have been named in freestyle wrestling for Rio 2016] (in Mongolian). MNB. 10 September 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2015.