Qatar at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Qatar at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Qatar.svg
IOC code QAT
NOC Qatar Olympic Committee
Website www.olympic.qa/en  (in English and Arabic)
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors16 in 7 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Tala Abujbara
Mohammed Al-Rumaihi
Flag bearer (closing) N/A
Medals
Ranked 41st
Gold
2
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Qatar competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] It was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

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Fares El-Bakh became the first Qatari Olympic gold medallist. [2]

One of the most memorable events in their second gold medal was Mutaz Essa Barshim who, alongside Italian high jump athlete Gianmarco Tamberi, shared the gold medal respectively, with a memorable quote of Mutaz asking the official "Can we have two golds?". [3]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Fares Ibrahim Weightlifting Men's 96 kg 31 July
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mutaz Essa Barshim Athletics Men's high jump 1 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Cherif Younousse
Ahmed Tijan
Volleyball Men's beach volleyball 7 August

Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 718
Judo 101
Rowing 011
Shooting 101
Swimming 112
Volleyball 202
Weightlifting 101
Total13316

Athletics

Qatari athletes achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [4] [5]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Femi Ogunode Men's 100 m Bye10.022 Q10.178Did not advance
Abubaker Haydar Abdalla Men's 800 m 1:47.456Did not advance
Abdirahman Saeed Hassan Men's 1500 m DNFDid not advance
Adam Ali Musab 3:42.5515Did not advance
Abderrahman Samba Men's 400 m hurdles 48.381 Q47.47 SB2 Q47.12 SB5
Bashair Obaid Al-Manwari Women's 100 m 13.12 PB6Did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Mutaz Essa Barshim Men's high jump 2.28=1 q2.37 SBGold medal icon.svg
Ashraf Amgad El-Seify Men's hammer throw 71.8426Did not advance

Judo

Qatar qualified one judoka for the men's half-lightweight category (66 kg) at the Games. Ayoub El-Idrissi accepted a continental berth from Asia as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021. [6]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ayoub El-Idrissi Men's −66 kg Flag of Belarus.svg  Minkou  (BLR)
L 00–10
did not advance

Rowing

Qatar qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games by finishing third in the B-final and securing the third of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, Japan. [7]

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Tala Abujbara Women's single sculls 8:06.295 R8:16.883 SE/FBye8:24.241 FE8:00.2225

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

Qatari shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020. [8]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Mohammed Al-Rumaihi Men's trap 12113did not advance

Swimming

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

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Abdulaziz Al-Obaidly Men's 200 m breaststroke 2:23.2239did not advance
Nada Arkaji Women's 50 m freestyle DNSdid not advance

Volleyball

Beach

Qatar men's beach volleyball pair qualified directly for the Olympics by virtue of their nation's top 15 placement in the FIVB Olympic Rankings of 13 June 2021. [10]

AthleteEventPreliminary roundRepechageRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Ahmed Tijan
Cherif Younousse
Men's Flag of Switzerland.svg  Gerson /
Heidrich  (SUI)
W (21–17, 21–16)
Flag of Italy.svg  Carambula /
Rossi  (ITA)
W (24–22, 21–13)
Flag of the United States.svg  Crabb /
Gibb  (USA)
W (21–18, 21–17)
1 QByeFlag of the United States.svg  Dalhausser /
Lucena  (USA)
W 2–1 (14–21, 21–19, 15–11)
Flag of Italy.svg  Lupo /
Nicolai  (ITA)
W 2–0 (21–17, 23–21)
Olympic flag.svg  Krasilnikov /
Stoyanovskiy  (ROC)
L 0–2 (19–21, 17–21)
Flag of Latvia.svg  Pļaviņš /
Točs  (LAT)
W 2–0 (21–12, 21–18)
Bronze medal icon.svg

Weightlifting

Qatar entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian Fares Ibrahim topped the field of eight highest-ranked weightlifters in the men's 96 kg category based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings. [9]

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Fares Ibrahim Men's −96 kg 17722251403Gold medal icon.svg

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