Jordan at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Jordan at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Jordan.svg
IOC code JOR
NOC Jordan Olympic Committee
Website www.joc.jo  (in English and Arabic)
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors14 in 8 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Julyana Al-Sadeq
Zeyad Ishaish
Flag bearer (closing) Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa
Medals
Ranked 74th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Jordan competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place during the summer of 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] It was the nation's 11th consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Saleh El-Sharabaty Taekwondo Men's 80 kg 26 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa Karate Men's 67 kg 5 August

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of Jordanian competitors in the Games.

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Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa
SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 011
Boxing 505
Equestrian 101
Judo 101
Karate 101
Shooting 011
Taekwondo 112
Swimming 112
Total10414

Athletics

Jordan received a universality slot from the World Athletics to send a female track and field athlete to the Olympics. [2]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Aliya Boshnak Women's 400 m DSQDid not advance

Boxing

Jordan entered five male boxers into the Olympic tournament. Rio 2016 Olympians Obada Al-Kasbeh (men's lightweight), Hussein Ishaish (men's super heavyweight) and his brother Zeyad (men's welterweight), along with two other rookies (Al-Wadi and Al-Hindawi), secured the spots on the Jordanian squad by advancing to the semifinal match of their respective weight divisions at the 2020 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Amman. [3] [4]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mohammad Al-Wadi Men's featherweight Flag of Colombia.svg  Ávila  (COL)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Obada Al-Kasbeh Men's lightweight Flag of Belarus.svg  Asanau  (BLR)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Zeyad Ishaish Men's welterweight ByeFlag of Mauritius.svg  Clair  (MRI)
L 2–3
Did not advance
Odai Al-Hindawi Men's light heavyweight Flag of Croatia.svg  Plantić  (CRO)
L 2–3
Did not advance
Hussein Ishaish Men's heavyweight ByeFlag of Ecuador.svg  Castillo  (ECU)
W 4–0
Flag of Brazil.svg  Teixeira  (BRA)
L 1–4
Did not advance

Equestrian

Jordan entered one jumping rider into the Olympic competition by finishing in the top two, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group F (Africa and Middle East), marking the country's recurrence to the sport after an eight-year absence. [5]

Jumping

AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinal
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTimeRank
Ibrahim Bisharat Blushing Individual RetiredDid not advance

Judo

Jordan entered one male judoka into the Olympic tournament based on the International Judo Federation Olympics Individual Ranking. [6]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Younis Eyal Slman Men's −73 kg Flag of Turkey.svg  Çiloğlu  (TUR)
L 00–10
Did not advance

Karate

Jordan entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa qualified directly for the men's kumite 67 kg category by finishing second in the final pool round at the 2021 World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France. [7]

AthleteEventGroup stageSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa Men's −67 kg Flag of Latvia.svg  Kalniņš  (LAT)
W 8–3
Flag of France.svg  Da Costa  (FRA)
W 7–4
Olympic flag.svg  Derafshipour  (EOR)
W 3–0
Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Madera  (VEN)
W 4–1
1 QFlag of Turkey.svg  Şamdan  (TUR)
L 0–2
Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg

Shooting

Jordan granted an invitation from ISSF to send Asma Abu Rabee in the women's 10 m air pistol to the Olympics, based on her minimum qualifying score (MQS) attained on or before June 6, 2021, marking the country's return to the sport for the first time since Sydney 2000. [8]

Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Asma Abu Rabee 10 m air pistol 55944Did not advance

Swimming

Jordan received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021. [9]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Amro Al-Wir Men's 100 m breaststroke 1:02.1741Did not advance
Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:12.6126Did not advance
Talita Baqlah Women's 50 m freestyle 26.49=45Did not advance

Taekwondo

Jordan entered two athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Saleh El-Sharabaty (men's 80 kg) and reigning Asian Games champion Julyana Al-Sadeq (women's 67 kg) secured the spots on the Jordanian taekwondo squad with a top two finish each in their respective weight classes at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Amman. [10]

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Saleh El-Sharabaty Men's −80 kg Flag of Norway.svg  Ordemann  (NOR)
W 5–4
Flag of Morocco.svg  Mahboubi  (MAR)
W 17–15
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Rafalovich  (UZB)
W 13–11
ByeOlympic flag.svg  Khramtsov  (ROC)
L 9–20
Silver medal icon.svg
Julyana Al-Sadeq Women's −67 kg Flag of Brazil.svg  Titoneli  (BRA)
L 9–9 SUP
Did not advance

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