Lebanon at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Lebanon at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Flag of Lebanon.svg
IOC code LBN
NOC Lebanese Olympic Committee
Website www.lebolymp.org
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors10 (6 men and 4 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearers Simon Doueihy
Laetitia Aoun [1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Lebanon competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It signified the nation's nineteenth participation at the Summer Olympics.

Contents

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 101
Fencing 101
Judo 101
Shooting 011
Swimming 112
Table tennis 011
Taekwondo 011
Tennis 202
Total6410

Athletics

Lebanon had been due to send one sprinter to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [2] However, Noureddine Hadid was arrested at Beirut Airport on 4 July 2024 as he was considered a deserter from the Lebanese Army. Despite appeals from the Lebanese Athletics Federation the army insisted that Hadid would not be allowed to compete, meaning that Lebanon had no competitors in Olympic athletics events for the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics. [3]

Fencing

For the first time since 2016, Lebanon entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Philippe Wakim secured his spot after receiving the tripartite invitation quotas for men's individual foil event.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
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Score
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Score
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Score
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Score
Rank
Philippe Wakim Men's foil Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chen Y-t  (TPE)
L 13–15
Did not advance

Judo

Lebanon qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Caramnob Sagaipov (men's middleweight, 90 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Caramnob Sagaipov Men's −90 kg Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Ivanov  (BUL)
L 00–01
Did not advance

Shooting

Lebanese trap shooter Ray Bassil achieved a quota place for the following event by virtue of her best finish at the 2023 Asian Shooting Championships. [4] [5] [6]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Ray Bassil Women's trap 11421Did not advance

Swimming

Lebanon received a universality invitation from World Aquatics 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 23, 2024.

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Simon Doueihy Men's 100 m freestyle 50.1042Did not advance
Lynn El Hajj Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:10.2731Did not advance

Table tennis

For the first time since 2016, Lebanon entered one athlete into the games. Mariana Sahakian secured her spot at the Games via winning the gold medal for women's single event, through the 2024 Western Asia Qualification Tournament in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.

AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
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Result
Rank
Mariana Sahakian Women's singles Flag of Chile.svg  Zeng  (CHI)
W 4–1
Flag of the United States.svg  Zhang  (USA)
L 0–4
Did not advance

Taekwondo

For the first time since 2012, Lebanon qualified one athlete to compete at the games. Laetitia Aoun qualified for the games, following the triumph of her victory in the semifinal rounds in her class, at the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China. [7]

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Laetitia Aoun Women's −57 kg Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chia-ling  (TPE)
W 2–0 (4–2, 3–2)
Flag of North Macedonia (3-2).svg  Reljiḱ  (MKD)
W 2–0 (9–8, 6–6)
Flag of Iran.svg  Kiani  (IRI)
L 0–2 (3–10, 0–9)
ByeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Park  (CAN)
L 0–2 (3–0, 2–4)
5

Tennis

Lebanon entered two tennis players into the games. Benjamin Hassan will represent the nations at the games by virtue of the universality spots allocations results; marking the nations debut at these sports.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
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Score
Opposition
Score
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Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Benjamin Hassan Singles Flag of the United States.svg  Eubanks  (USA)
W 6–4, 6–2
Flag of Argentina.svg  Báez  (ARG)
L 2–6, 6–3, 6–7(3–7)
Did not advance
Hady Habib Flag of Spain.svg  Alcaraz  (ESP)
L 3–6, 1–6
Did not advance
Benjamin Hassan
Hady Habib
Doubles Flag of Australia.svg  Ebden /
Peers  (AUS)
L 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Did not advance

References

  1. "Paris 2024: Opening ceremony flagbearers information" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC . Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  2. "Athletics Paris 2024 Final Entries". World Athletics . Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  3. Blondel, Gabriel (2 August 2024). "Lebanese athletics says goodbye to Paris 2024, without even having set foot there". L'Orient-Le Jour. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  4. "Ray Bassil Clinches gold". www.lbcgrouo.tv/. LBCI. 30 October 2023.
  5. "JO-2024: Ray Bassil qualifiée pour les Jeux de Paris". www.icibeyrouth.com/. IciBeirut. 30 October 2023.
  6. "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  7. "China wins sixth Olympic licence for taekwondo". Inside The Games. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.