| Mongolia at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics | |
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| IOC code | MGL |
| NOC | Mongolian National Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Lausanne | |
| Competitors | 6 in 2 sports |
| Medals |
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| Winter Youth Olympics appearances | |
Mongolia competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland from 9 to 22 January 2020.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enkhbatyn Enkhsaikhan | Boys' sprint | 22:27.3 | 5 (3+2) | 49 |
| Boys' individual | 36:50.9 | 4 (1+1+1+1) | 12 | |
| Chuluunbatyn Byambasüren | Girls' sprint | 24:01.9 | 4 (3+1) | 83 |
| Girls' individual | 46:48.2 | 11 (3+2+4+2) | 87 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Batsükhiin Khongor | 10 km classic | — | |||||||
| Free sprint | |||||||||
| Cross-country cross | 5:14.85 | 72 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Otgonlkhagvyn Zolbayar | 10 km classic | — | |||||||
| Free sprint | |||||||||
| Cross-country cross | 4:58.58 | 60 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Barsnyamyn Nomin-Erdene | 5 km classic | — | |||||||
| Free sprint | |||||||||
| Cross-country cross | 5:59.79 | 57 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Dulamsürengiin Urangoo | 5 km classic | — | |||||||
| Free sprint | |||||||||
| Cross-country cross | 6:26.51 | 69 | Did not advance | ||||||
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of 1,564,116 square kilometres, with a population of just 3.3 million, making it the world's most sparsely populated sovereign nation. Mongolia is the world's largest landlocked country that does not border a closed sea, and much of its area is covered by grassy steppe, with mountains to the north and west and the Gobi Desert to the south. Ulaanbaatar, the capital and largest city, is home to roughly half of the country's population.
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