2018 World Nomad Games

3rd World Nomad Games
Host city	Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan
Motto	United Force, United in Spirit
Nations participating	82
Athletes participating	Over 2000
Events	37 sports
Opening ceremony	2 September 2018
Closing ceremony	8 September 2018
Officially opened by	President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov
	← 2016 →

The 2018 World Nomad Games (Kyrgyz: Дүйнөлүк көчмөндөр оюндары 2018, Russian: Всемирные игры кочевников 2018) 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.^{[citation needed]} It was announced during the festival that Kyrgyzstan would not be hosting the games in 2020, saying that Turkey will be hosting the games that year.^[2]

37 sports^[3]^[4]^[5] events were held, with 27 countries gaining medals.^[6]

Medals[]

Spurce:^[7]


Rank	yes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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
19	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
25	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 yess)		118	113	176	407