2018 World Nomad Games

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 include 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]

3rd World Nomad Games
Host cityCholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan
MottoUnited Force, United in Spirit
Nations82
AthletesOver 2000
Events37 sports
Opening2 September 2018
Closing8 September 2018
Opened byPresident of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov

37 sports[4][5][6] events were held, with 27 countries gaining medals.[7]

Sports
  1. Kyrgyz Kurosh
  2. Kazakh Kuresi
  3. Goresh
  4. Kyrgyz Kurosh
  5. Kazakh Kuresi
  6. Kurash
  7. Gushtini Milli Kamarbandi
  8. Mongol Bokh
  9. Mass-wrestling
  10. Pahlavani
  11. Gyulesh
  12. Ashyrtmaly Aba Gureshi (Aba kurosh)
  13. Ssireum
  14. Sumo
  15. Alysh
  16. Great Nomad Wrestling
  17. Sambo
  18. Armwrestling
  19. Tug of War
  20. Traditional Archery (Korea)
  21. Traditional Archery (Kyrgyzstan)
  22. Traditional Archery (Turkey)
  23. Traditional Horseback Archery (Mounted Archery) (Turkey and Kyrgyzstan)
  24. Traditional Distance Shooting Archery (Hungary)
  25. Kok Boru
  26. Er Enish
  27. Endurance
  28. Flat Racing
  29. At Chabysh
  30. Kunan Chabysh
  31. Zhorgo Salysh
  32. Byshty Zhorgo
  33. BURKUT SALUU
  34. TAIGAN ZHARYSH
  35. DALBA
  36. Mangala
  37. Oware
  38. Togyz Korgool
  39. Ordo
  40. Cirit (Cancelled)

Medals

Source:[8]

RankyesGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)403231103
2 Kazakhstan (KAZ)18243072
3 Russia (RUS)17122756
4 Turkmenistan (TKM)1051227
5 Uzbekistan (UZB)781833
6 Hungary (HUN)44412
7 Iran (IRI)43512
8 Ukraine (UKR)3339
9 Mongolia (MGL)241117
10 Turkey (TUR)2136
11 Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)2013
12 Azerbaijan (AZE)16815
13 Tajikistan (TJK)1225
14 China (CHN)1146
15 Bulgaria (BUL)1012
 Germany (GER)1012
 Serbia (SRB)1012
 United Arab Emirates (UAE)1012
19 Latvia (LAT)1001
 Lithuania (LTU)1001
21 Georgia (GEO)0235
22 Ghana (GHA)0202
23 United States (USA)0123
24 Estonia (EST)0112
25 Argentina (ARG)0101
 Poland (POL)0101
27 Moldova (MDA)0022
28 Armenia (ARM)0011
 India (IND)0011
 Japan (JPN)0011
 Netherlands (NED)0011
 Singapore (SIN)0011
Totals (32 entries)118113176407

References
  1. "2018 World Nomad Games kick off in Kyrgyzstan". Tass.com. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  2. "В Кыргызстане стартовали третьи Всемирные игры кочевников - Новости Кыргызстана. КТРК". ktrk.kg (in Russian). Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  3. "Kyrgyzstan kicks off third World Nomad Games". Dailysabah.com. 3 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  4. "World Nomad Games Program". Archived from the original on 28 November 2019.
  5. "Flat Racing". Archived from the original on 28 November 2019.
  6. "All Sports". Archived from the original on 28 November 2019.
  7. "Archived copy". worldnomadgames.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. "Medal standings". Worldnomadgames.com. Retrieved 7 March 2023.


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