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
Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Keirin at the late 2007 World Cup event in Sydney, affording another position to qualifiers based on Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) rankings. REL=Relegated, DNF=Did not finish, DNS=Did not start Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4 Heat 1 Heat 2 Classification race Medals race Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Keirin The men's Keirin at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on August 16 at the Laoshan Velodrome. This track cycling event consisted of multiple rounds. In each race, the four to seven cyclists in the heat covered 8 laps