Ganaagiin Galbadrakh

{{Short description|Mongolian swimmer (born 1974)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|5|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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Ganaagiin Galbadrakh ({{langx|mn|Ганаагийн Галбадрах}}; born May 3, 1974) is a Mongolian former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.{{cite web |title= Ganaagiin Galbadrakh |date=13 June 2013 |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/ganaagiin-galbadrakh-1.html |access-date= 2013-06-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130922101737/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/ganaagiin-galbadrakh-1.html |archive-date= 22 September 2013 }} Galbadrakh represented Mongolia at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and eventually, at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, where he finished only in the prelims.{{cite news |title= Wu and Qi Win Third Gold Apiece, as China Winds Up a Dominant Performance at Asian Games |url= http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/4193.asp |publisher= Swimming World Magazine |date=5 October 2002 |access-date= 15 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131228210352/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/4193.asp |archive-date= 28 December 2013 }}{{cite news |title= Asian Games: Japan, China Win Three Apiece on Day Four |url= http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/4186.asp |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130615173926/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/4186.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date= 15 June 2013 |publisher= Swimming World Magazine |date=3 October 2002 |access-date= 26 April 2013 }}

Galbadrakh competed only in the men's 100 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He received a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 54.94.{{cite web|title=Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000100060003000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|format=PDF|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=Omega Timing|access-date=23 April 2013}} He challenged six other swimmers in heat two, including 15-year-olds Ragi Edde of Lebanon and Dawood Youssef of Bahrain. He pulled himself farther from the top field to a fourth seed in 58.79, nearly four seconds below his entry standard and 5.24 behind leader Gregory Arkhurst of Côte d'Ivoire. Galbadrakh failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed sixty-seventh overall in the prelims.{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 2 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 August 2011 |work=Sydney 2000 |publisher=LA84 Foundation |page=113 |access-date=19 April 2013 }}{{cite news|title=Wide-open race in the men's 100 free|url=http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep19_wid.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615164701/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep19_wid.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 15, 2013|publisher=Canoe.ca|date=18 September 2000|access-date=3 June 2013}}