2018 World Nomad Games
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| Host city | Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan |
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| Motto | United Force, United in Spirit |
| Nations | 82 |
| Athletes | Over 2000 |
| Events | 37 sports |
| Opening | 2 September 2018 |
| Closing | 8 September 2018 |
| Opened by | President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov |
The 2018 World Nomad Games (Kyrgyz: Дүйнөлүк көчмөндөр оюндары 2018, Russian: Всемирные игры кочевников 2018) is the 3rd international sports competition organized in ethnic sports. It was held in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan from 2–8 September 2018 with 37 sports being featured in the games. Featured sports included eagle hunting, bone throwing and kok-boru.[1] The opening ceremony was attended by President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev.[2] It was announced during the festival that Kyrgyzstan would not be hosting the games in 2020, saying that Turkey would be hosting the games that year.[3]
37 sports[4][5][6] events were held, with 27 countries gaining medals.[7]
Sports
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- Kyrgyz Kurosh
- Kazakh Kuresi
- Goresh
- Kyrgyz Kurosh
- Kazakh Kuresi
- Kurash
- Gushtini Milli Kamarbandi
- Mongol Bokh
- Mass-wrestling
- Pahlavani
- Gyulesh
- Ashyrtmaly Aba Gureshi (Aba kurosh)
- Ssireum
- Sumo
- Alysh
- Great Nomad Wrestling
- Sambo
- Armwrestling
- Tug of War
- Traditional Archery (Korea)
- Traditional Archery (Kyrgyzstan)
- Traditional Archery (Turkey)
- Traditional Horseback Archery (Mounted Archery) (Turkey and Kyrgyzstan)
- Traditional Distance Shooting Archery (Hungary)
- Kok Boru
- Er Enish
- Endurance
- Flat Racing
- At Chabysh
- Kunan Chabysh
- Zhorgo Salysh
- Byshty Zhorgo
- BURKUT SALUU
- TAIGAN ZHARYSH
- DALBA
- Mangala
- Oware
- Togyz Korgool
- Ordo
- Cirit (Cancelled)
Medals
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| Rank | yes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 40 | 32 | 31 | 103 |
| 2 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 18 | 24 | 30 | 72 |
| 3 |  Russia (RUS) | 17 | 12 | 27 | 56 |
| 4 |  Turkmenistan (TKM) | 10 | 5 | 12 | 27 |
| 5 |  Uzbekistan (UZB) | 7 | 8 | 18 | 33 |
| 6 |  Hungary (HUN) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 7 |  Iran (IRI) | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 |  Mongolia (MGL) | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 |
| 10 |  Turkey (TUR) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 |  Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 |  Azerbaijan (AZE) | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
| 13 |  Tajikistan (TJK) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 |  China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 15 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
 Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
 United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 19 |  Latvia (LAT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 |  Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 22 |  Ghana (GHA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 |  United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 |  Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 |  Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 |  Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 28 |  Armenia (ARM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (32 entries) | 118 | 113 | 176 | 407 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "2018 World Nomad Games kick off in Kyrgyzstan". Tass.com. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "В Кыргызстане стартовали третьи Всемирные игры кочевников - Новости Кыргызстана. КТРК". ktrk.kg (in Russian). Retrieved 15 June 2023.
- ^ "Kyrgyzstan kicks off third World Nomad Games". Dailysabah.com. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "World Nomad Games Program". Archived from the original on 28 November 2019.
- ^ "Flat Racing". Archived from the original on 28 November 2019.
- ^ "All Sports". Archived from the original on 28 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Medal standings". worldnomadgames.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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