Oman at the 2018 Asian Games

Oman at the 2018 Asian Games
IOC code	OMA
NOC	Oman Olympic Committee
Website	ooc.om/ar  (in Arabic)
in Jakarta & Palembang, Indonesia 18 August – 2 September
Competitors	46 in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Mahmood Al Hassani [1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Oman competed in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018 ^[2] This event marks the 10th Asian Games appearance for Oman since making their debut in 1982. ^[3]

In May 2018, the Oman Olympic Committee (OOC) approved Omani delegation to take part in 9 sporting events including athletics, swimming, shooting, football, field hockey, beach volleyball, tennis, sailing and weightlifting during the multi-sporting competition. ^[4] In August 2018, the OOC released that 46 athletes took part in eight sporting events such as hockey, beach volleyball, swimming, sailing, weightlifting, shooting, tennis and athletics. ^{[5] [6]}

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games

Oman entered six men's athletes to participate in the athletics competition at the Games. ^[7]

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2018 Asian Games

The Oman national field hockey team qualified to compete at the 2018 Asian Games after progressing through the Asian Games qualification round defeating Bangladesh in the Qualifiers final which was held in Oman during March 2018. ^{[8] [9]}

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Oman men's	Men's tournament	Bangladesh L 1–2	Pakistan L 0–10	Thailand W 2–0	Kazakhstan W 4–0	Malaysia L 0–7	4	Did not advance	Sri Lanka W 5–2	7

Men's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Oman roster in the men's field hockey tournament of the 2018 Asian Games. ^[10]

Head coach: Tahir Zaman

1. Muhanna Al-Hasani
3. Ammaar Al-Shaaibi
5. Younis Al-Nofli
7. Qosim Al-Shibli
8. Mahmood Al-Hasni (C)
9. Asaad Mubarak Al-Qasmi
10. Marwan Al-Raiisi
11. Basim Khatar Rajab
12. Khalid Al-Shaaibi
15. Faisal Ambork Alloun
16. Salah Al-Saadi
21. Imad Al-Hasani
22. Fahad Al-Noufali (GK)
23. Rashad Al-Fazari
25. Ali Salim Al-Zadjali
26. Ibrahim Al-Farsi (GK)
27. Sami Al-Laun
30. Mahmood Bait Shamaiaa

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	5	5	0	0	45	1	+44	15	Semi-finals
2	Malaysia	5	4	0	1	41	6	+35	12
3	Bangladesh	5	3	0	2	11	15	−4	9	Fifth place game
4	Oman	5	2	0	3	7	19	−12	6	Seventh place game
5	Thailand	5	1	0	4	4	27	−23	3	Ninth place game
6	Kazakhstan	5	0	0	5	5	45	−40	0	Eleventh place game

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result. ^[11]

20 August 2018 16:00 Bangladesh   2–1   Oman Hossain  14' Ashraful Islam  28' Report Al-Shaaibi   23' Umpires: Federico Garcia (URU) Javed Shaikh (IND)

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22 August 2018 20:00 Pakistan   10–0   Oman Bhutta  2' Ahmad  15' Irfan  34', 59' Shan  37', 44', 55' Dilber  40', 49' Atiq  41' Report Umpires: Javed Shaikh (IND) Gareth Greenfield (NZL)

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24 August 2018 10:00 Oman   2–0   Thailand Al-Shaaibi  6' Al-Qasmi  55' Report Umpires: Kim Hong-lae (KOR) You Suolong (CHN)

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26 August 2018 14:00 Oman   4–0   Kazakhstan Al-Qasmi  14' Al-Shibli  30' Al-Shaaibi  49' Al-Hasani  52' Report Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Kim Hong-lae (KOR)

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28 August 2018 14:00 Malaysia   7-0   Oman Rahim  28' Tajuddin  32', 45' Fa. Saari  34', 48' Ashari  37' Rozemi  42' Report Umpires: Raghu Prasad (IND) Michihiko Watanabe (JPN)

Seventh place game

30 August 2018 15:00 Sri Lanka   2–5   Oman Sudusinghe  14' Rathnayake  55' Report M. Al-Hasani  5' Al-Fazari  23', 40' Al-Shibli  29' Shamaiaa  44' Umpires: Gus Soteriades (USA) Narongtuch Subboonsung (THA)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2018 Asian Games

Oman took part in the sailing competition at the Games with three sailors. ^[12]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race															Total	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Waleed Al-Kendi Musab Al-Hadi	49er	5	2	4	3	5	2	8	2	1	3	(10) DSQ	2	1	1	4	43	4

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Race												Total	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Abdulmalik Al-Hinai	Laser 4.7	7	17	8	3	3	2	7	(24) UFD	12	12	9	9	89	9

Shooting

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games

Oman entered their athletes to compete in the shooting competition at the Games. ^[13]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ismail Al-Abri	10 m air pistol	566	27	Did not advance
Said Al-Hashmi	25 m rapid fire pistol	561	16	Did not advance
Issam Al-Balushi	10 m air rifle	611.1	32	Did not advance
Issam Al-Balushi	50 m rifle three positions	1132	26	Did not advance
Hamed Al-Khatri		1151	16	Did not advance
Yousuf Al-Abri	300 m standard rifle	—N/a		526	12
Salyem Al-Malki		—N/a		517	13
Hussein Al-Shuhoumi	Double trap	134	10	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Wadha Al-Balushi	10 m air pistol	546	34	Did not advance
Wadha Al-Balushi	25 m pistol	506	32	Did not advance
Siham Al-Hasani	10 m air rifle	610.0	33	Did not advance
Amina Al-Tarshi		610.5	30	Did not advance
Siham Al-Hasani	50 m rifle three positions	1128	27	Did not advance
Amina Al-Tarshi		1113	30	Did not advance

Mixed team

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ismail Al-Abri Wadha Al-Balushi	10 m air pistol	751	14	Did not advance
Issam Al-Balushi Amina Al-Tarshi	10 m air rifle	811.2	16	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games

Oman sent two men's swimmer to compete at the Games. ^[13]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Issa Samir Hamed Al-Adawi	50 m freestyle	24.68	38	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	53.06	32	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:58.19	27	Did not advance
Abdul Rahman Al-Kulaibi	200 m butterfly	2:16.06	17	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:13.95	16	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:54.22	16	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2018 Asian Games

Oman participated in the tennis competition at the Games with two athletes. ^[14]

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Fatma Al-Nabhani	Singles	Bye	G Pakbaten (IRI) W 6–0, 6–4	Zhang SA  (CHN) L 6–7(5–7), 1–6	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Fatma Al-Nabhani Mohammed Al-Nabhani	Doubles	A Seneviratne / Y de Silva (SRI) W 6–4, 6–3	Xu YF / Zhang Z  (CHN) L 2–6, 2–6	Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2018 Asian Games

Oman participated at the beach volleyball competition with four men's athletes. ^{[13] [14]}

Beach volleyball

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Oppositions Scores	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ahmed Al-Housni Haitham Al Shereiqi	Men's tournament	Hsieh – Wang (TPE): W 2–1  Rachmawan – Ashfiya (INA): L 0–2  Asifi – Ahmadi (AFG): W 2–0	2 Q	Gao – Li (CHN) L 1–2	Did not advance
Nouh Al-Jalbubi Mazin Al-Hashmi		Chui – Yeung (HKG): W 2–0  Inkiew – Padsawud (THA): W 2–0  Ahmed – Adam (MDV): W 2–0	1 Q	Alarqan – Al-Qishawi (PLE) W 2–0	Ramadhan – Pribadi (INA) L 0–2	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Asian Games

Oman prepared one athlete to compete at the Games. Asad Sultan Obaid Al Battashi eliminated from the competition because he did not show himself up at the weigh-in. ^[15]

See also

• Oman at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
• Oman at the 2018 Asian Para Games

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