Saudi Arabia at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | KSA |
NOC | Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee |
Website | olympic |
in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 – August 8, 2021 | |
Competitors | 33 in 9 sports |
Flag bearers (opening) | Yasmeen Al-Dabbagh Husein Alireza |
Flag bearer (closing) | N/A |
Medals Ranked 77th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Saudi Arabia 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 twelfth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Silver | Tareg Hamedi | Karate | Men's +75 kg | August 7 |
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in football are not counted:
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Football | 22 | 0 | 22 |
Judo | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Karate | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Rowing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Table tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Weightlifting | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 31 | 2 | 33 |
Saudi Arabian athletes further 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): [2] [3]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Mazen Al-Yassin | Men's 400 m | 45.16 PB | 1 Q | — | 45.37 | 4 | Did not advance | ||
Yasmeen Al-Dabbagh | Women's 100 m | 13.34 | 9 | Did not advance |
Key:
Team | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Saudi Arabia men's | Men's tournament | Ivory Coast L 1–2 | Germany L 2–3 | Brazil L 1–3 | 4 | Did not advance |
Saudi Arabia men's football team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match of the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship in Thailand, marking the country's recurrence to the sport for the first time since Atlanta 1996. [4] [5]
Saudi Arabia's 24-man preliminary squad was announced on 16 June 2021. [6] The final squad was announced on 6 July 2021. [7] Turki Al-Ammar withdrew injured and was replaced by Firas Al-Buraikan on 21 July. [8]
Head coach: Saad Al-Shehri
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
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1 | GK | Amin Bukhari | 2 May 1997 (aged 24) | Al-Ain |
2 | DF | Saud Abdulhamid | 18 July 1999 (aged 22) | Al-Ittihad |
3 | DF | Hamad Al-Yami | 17 May 1999 (aged 22) | Al-Qadsiah |
4 | DF | Abdulbasit Hindi | 2 February 1997 (aged 24) | Al-Ahli |
5 | DF | Abdulelah Al-Amri | 15 January 1997 (aged 24) | Al-Nassr |
6 | MF | Sami Al-Najei | 7 February 1997 (aged 24) | Al-Nassr |
7 | MF | Salman Al-Faraj* (captain) | 1 August 1989 (aged 31) | Al-Hilal |
8 | MF | Nasser Al-Omran | 13 July 1997 (aged 24) | Al-Shabab |
9 | FW | Abdullah Al-Hamdan | 13 September 1999 (aged 21) | Al-Hilal |
10 | MF | Salem Al-Dawsari* | 19 August 1991 (aged 29) | Al-Hilal |
11 | MF | Khalid Al-Ghannam | 7 November 2000 (aged 20) | Al-Nassr |
12 | GK | Mohammed Al Rubaie | 14 August 1997 (aged 23) | Al-Ahli |
13 | DF | Yasser Al-Shahrani* | 25 May 1992 (aged 29) | Al-Hilal |
14 | MF | Ali Al-Hassan | 4 March 1997 (aged 24) | Al-Nassr |
15 | MF | Ayman Yahya | 14 May 2001 (aged 20) | Al-Nassr |
16 | DF | Khalifah Al-Dawsari | 2 January 1999 (aged 22) | Al-Qadsiah |
17 | MF | Ayman Al-Khulaif | 22 May 1997 (aged 24) | Al-Wehda |
18 | MF | Abdulrahman Ghareeb | 31 March 1997 (aged 24) | Al-Ahli |
19 | FW | Firas Al-Buraikan | 14 May 2000 (aged 21) | Al-Nassr |
20 | MF | Mukhtar Ali | 30 October 1997 (aged 23) | Al-Nassr |
21 | DF | Abdullah Hassoun | 19 March 1997 (aged 24) | Al-Ahli |
22 | GK | Zaid Al-Bawardi | 26 January 1997 (aged 24) | Al-Shabab |
* Overage player.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | |
4 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 0 |
Saudi Arabia | 1–3 | Brazil |
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Saudi Arabia qualified two judoka for the men's lightweight category (73 kg) at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Sulaiman Hamad 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. [9] [10]
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Sulaiman Hamad | Men's −73 kg | Margelidon (CAN) L 00–10 | Did not advance | |||||
Tahani Alqahtani | Women's +78 kg | Hershko (ISR) L 00–11 | Did not advance |
Saudi Arabia entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. Tareg Hamedi qualified directly for the men's kumite +75 kg category by topping the final pool round at the 2021 World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris, France. [11] [10]
Athlete | Event | Group stage | Semifinals | Final | |||||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Tareg Hamedi | Men's +75 kg | Kvesić (CRO) L 2–3 | Irr (USA) W 4–1 | Ganjzadeh (IRI) D 0–0 | Gaysinsky (CAN) W 10–3 | 2 q | Araga (JPN) W 2–0 | Ganjzadeh (IRI) LRSC |
Saudi Arabia received an invitation from World Rowing to send a rower competing in the men's single sculls to the Games, as the next highest-ranked nation vying for qualification at the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, Japan. [12] [10]
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Husein Alireza | Men's single sculls | 7:54.18 | 5 R | 8:06.78 | 2 QF | 8:35.05 | 6 SC/D | 7:53.99 | 6 FD | 7:52.67 | 24 |
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
Saudi Arabia granted an invitation from ISSF to send four-time Olympian Saeed Al-Mutairi in the men's skeet shooting to the Olympics, as long as the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was fulfilled by June 6, 2021. [13]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Saeed Al-Mutairi | Men's skeet | 119 | 22 | Did not advance |
Saudi Arabia received a universality invitation from FINA to send a top-ranked male swimmer in his respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021. [10]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Yousif Bu Arish | Men's 100 m butterfly | 56.29 | 55 | Did not advance |
Saudi Arabia entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games for the first time in 16 years. Ali Al-Khadrawi secured an outright berth in the men's singles with a gold-medal victory at the 2020 West Asia Olympic Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan. [14]
Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Ali Al-Khadrawi | Men's singles | Bye | Jančařík (CZE) L 0–4 | Did not advance |
Saudi Arabia entered one male weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Mahmoud Al-Humayd accepted a spare berth unused by the Tripartite Commission as the next highest-ranked weightlifter vying for qualification in the men's 73 kg category based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings. [10]
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Seraj Al-Saleem | Men's −61 kg | 129 | 6 | 159 | 4 | 288 | 5 |
Mahmoud Al-Humayd | Men's −73 kg | 141 | 12 | 165 | 13 | 306 | 12 |
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