Saudi Arabia at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Saudi Arabia at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg
IOC code KSA
NOC Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee
Website olympic.sa  (in Arabic and English)
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors8 (6 men and 2 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearer (opening) Ramzy Al-Duhami & Dunya Abutaleb
Flag bearer (closing) Mohammed Tolo & Dunya Abutaleb
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Saudi Arabia competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics except for Moscow 1980 as part of the United States-led boycott.

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Competitors

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

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 202
Equestrian 303
Swimming 112
Taekwondo 011
Total628

Athletics

Saudi Arabian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each): [1] [2]

Key
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Mohammed Tolo Men's shot put 20.6515Did not advance
Hussain Al-Hizam Men's pole vault NM

Equestrian

For the first time since 2012, Saudi Arabia entered a squad of four jumping riders into the Olympic equestrian competition by securing the first of two available team spots at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI)-designated Olympic qualifier for Group F (Africa and Middle East) in Doha, Qatar. [3] As of October 2023, the kingdom was reportedly willing to offer large sums of money to acquire the world's best horses for the competition. [4]

Jumping

AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinal
PenaltiesTimeRankPenaltiesTimeRank
Ramzy Al-Duhami Untouchable 32 Individual 077.4819482.7311
Khaled Almobty Jaguar King Wd.875.8746Did not advance
Abdulrahman Alrajhi Ventago075.3510685.6813
Abdulrahman Alrajhi
Khaled Almobty
Ramzy Al-Duhami
Ventago
Jaguar King Wd.
Untouchable 32
Team 28167.6519Did not advance

The reserve, Khaled Almobty on Jaguar King Wd. replaced Abdullah Al-Sharbatly on Alamo. Since Saudi Arabia were already eliminated and unable to qualify before the third rider, Ramzy Al-Duhami on Untouchable 32 was up, he withdrew leaving the team in second to last place.

Swimming

Saudi Arabia sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Zaid Al-Sarraj Men's 100 m freestyle 51.2153Did not advance
Mashael Meshari A Alayed Women's 200 m freestyle 2:19.6129

Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

Taekwondo

For the first time since the year 2000, Saudi Arabia qualified an athlete to compete at the taekwondo event. Dunya Abutaleb, became the nation's first female to compete at the taekwondo event in the Olympics, [5] by winning the semifinal rounds in her class, at the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China. [6]

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Dunya Abutaleb Women's 49 kg Flag of Israel.svg  Semberg  (ISR)
W 2–1
Flag of Thailand.svg  Wongpattanakit  (THA)
L 0–2
Did not advanceFlag of Morocco.svg  El-Bouchti  (MAR)
W 2–0
Flag of Iran.svg  Nematzadeh  (IRI)
L 0–2
5

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