2016 World Nomad Games

2nd World Nomad Games
Host cityCholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan
Nations40
Events23 sports
Opening3 September 2016
Closing8 September 2016
Opened byAlmazbek Atambaev
President of Kyrgyzstan
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The 2016 World Nomad Games was held in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan from 3–8 September 2016 with 23 sports featured in the games. The program of the second edition included 23 kinds of ethnosport.[1] 40 countries participated in this games.[2][3]

Sports

  • Equestrian Sports (Horse Sports) (6): Horse Racing (At Chabysh / Jorgo salysh / Kunan Chabysh) + Horse Competitions (Kok-boru /Er enish / Cirit)
  • Martial Arts Sports (Traditional Wrestling) (7): Mass-wrestling / Kazakh kuresh / Goresh / Gyulesh / Aba kurosh / Kyrgyz kurosh / Alysh
  • Traditional Sports (8): Traditional Games (Ordo) + Horse Racing (Chong at chabysh) + Traditional Archers Bow (Hiking shooting/Horseback shooting / Mass bow range) + Traditional Hunting (Burkut saluu: "Undok", "Chyrga" / Dalba oynotuu / Taygan jarysh)
  • Traditional Intellectual (2): Togyz Korgool / Mangala

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Kyrgyzstan25252979
2 Turkmenistan153624
3 Kazakhstan12131338
4 Russia1251027
5 Azerbaijan44715
6 Iran251118
7 Georgia2103
8 Uzbekistan14712
9 Bashkortostan13610
10 Tatarstan1225
11 Slovakia1203
12 Mongolia1168
13 Serbia1102
14 Hungary1045
15 Moldova1023
16 Turkey1001
17 Ukraine04711
18 Tajikistan0224
 United States0224
20 Armenia0213
21 Ecuador0112
 Poland0112
23 Lithuania0055
24 China0044
25 Argentina0022
 Belarus0022
 Latvia0022
 South Korea0022
29 Afghanistan0011
 Brazil0011
 India0011
 Norway0011
Totals (32 entries)8181138300

References

  1. ^ "About the Games". worldnomadgames.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-09-03.
  2. ^ "World Nomad Games opening ceremony 2016". EuroNews.
  3. ^ Walker, Shaun (4 September 2016). "Welcome to the World Nomad Games: 'If Genghis Khan was alive, he'd be here'". The Guardian.