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. 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
Rebecca Adlington Personality of the Year award. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours. One of the Southeastern Class 395 high-speed trains, which are used domestically to provide a 140-mph London-to-Kent link and provided the "Javelin" shuttle service for visitors to the 2012 London Olympic Games, was named after Adlington. Several other British Olympians also received this honour. On 25 March, 17 April and 22 May 2014, Rebecca was a guest panellist on the ITV lunchtime chat show "Loose Women". She was one of the contestants in Series 3 of "The