Jordan at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Jordan at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Flag of Jordan (3-2).svg
IOC code JOR
NOC Jordan Olympic Committee
Website www.joc.jo  (in English and Arabic)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors8 in 6 sports
Flag bearer Hussein Ishaish [1]
Medals
Ranked 54th
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Taekwondo fighter Ahmad Abu-Ghaush won Jordan's first ever Olympic gold medal. Ahmad Abughaush Rio2016.jpg
Taekwondo fighter Ahmad Abu-Ghaush won Jordan's first ever Olympic gold medal.

Jordan competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

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The Jordan Olympic Committee selected a team of eight athletes, seven men and one woman, to compete in six sports at the Games. The nation's roster in Rio de Janeiro was also a replication to those sent to Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004, respectively, but had the highest percentage of men in its Olympic history since 1984. Among the sports represented by the athletes, Jordan made its Olympic debut in triathlon. [2]

The Jordanian team featured two returning athletes from London 2012: Methkal Abu Drais in men's marathon, and Talita Baqlah, who became the first swimmer to attend two Olympic Games, along with her younger brother Khader. [2] Meanwhile, super heavyweight boxer Hussein Ishaish was chosen by the committee to carry the Jordanian flag in the opening ceremony. [1] [3]

Jordan left Rio de Janeiro with its first ever Olympic gold medal, which was also its first medal of any color. It was won by taekwondo fighter Ahmad Abu-Ghaush in the men's featherweight category. [4] [5]

Medallists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ahmad Abu-Ghaush Taekwondo Men's 68 kg 18 August

Athletics

Jordanian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [6] [7]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventFinal
ResultRank
Methkal Abu Drais Men's marathon 2:46:18140

Boxing

Jordan has entered two boxers to compete in each of the following classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Super heavyweight boxer Hussein Ishaish claimed his Olympic spot with a box-off victory at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Qian'an, China. [8] Meanwhile, Obada Al-Kasbeh received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to compete in the men's light welterweight division. [9]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Obada Al-Kasbeh Men's light welterweight Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Biyarslanov  (CAN)
L 0–3		Did not advance
Hussein Ishaish Men's super heavyweight ByeFlag of Romania.svg  Nistor  (ROU)
W 2–1		Flag of France.svg  Yoka  (FRA)
L 0–3		Did not advance

Judo

Jordan has qualified one judoka for the men's middleweight category (90 kg) at the Games, signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport. Ibrahim Khalaf earned a continental quota spot from the Asian region, as the highest-ranked Jordanian judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016. [10]

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Ibrahim Khalaf Men's −90 kg Flag of Chile.svg  Briceño  (CHI)
L 000–011		Did not advance

Swimming

Jordan has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics. [11] [12] [13]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Khader Baqlah Men's 200 m freestyle 1:48.4231Did not advance
Talita Baqlah Women's 50 m freestyle 26.4851Did not advance

Taekwondo

Jordan entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Ahmad Abu-Ghaush secured a spot in the men's lightweight category (68 kg) by virtue of his top two finish at the 2016 Asian Qualification Tournament in Manila, Philippines. [14]

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Ahmad Abu-Ghaush Men's −68 kg Flag of Egypt.svg  Zaki  (EGY)
W 9–1		Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee D-h  (KOR)
W 11–8		Flag of Spain.svg  González  (ESP)
W 12–7		ByeFlag of Russia.svg  Denisenko  (RUS)
W 10–6		Gold medal icon.svg

Triathlon

Jordan has entered one triathlete to compete at the Games, signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport. Lawrence Fanous was awarded a tripartite commission invitation for the men's event. [15]

AthleteEventSwim (1.5 km)Trans 1Bike (40 km)Trans 2Run (10 km)Total TimeRank
Lawrence Fanous Men's 18:160:4859:340:4035:471:55.0546

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