Jordan at the Olympics

Jordan first participated at the Olympic Games in 1980, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. The nation has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games, however at the 1992 Albertville Olympics 43-year-old Mohamed Hadid competed for Jordan in the demonstration sport of speed skiing.[1]

Jordan at the
Olympics
IOC codeJOR
NOCJordan Olympic Committee
Websitewww.joc.jo (in English and Arabic)
Medals
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer appearances

Jordan won its first official ever medal at the Olympic Games at Rio de Janeiro in 2016, when Ahmad Abughaush won gold in the Men's 68 kg tournament in Taekwondo.

Samer Kamal and Ihsan Abu Sheikha have won two bronze medals in Seoul 1988 Olympic Games in Taekwondo when Taekwondo was just introduced into the Olympics

The National Olympic Committee for Jordan was created in 1957 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1963.

The Jordan Olympic Committee is now headed by Prince Faisal Bin Al Hussein.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games
Games Athletes by sport Medals Total
1980 Moscow-4------- 0000
1984 Los Angeles5-------- 0000
1988 Seoul--1-2---- 0022
1992 Barcelona2---3---- 0011
1996 Atlanta1--3----- 0000
2000 Sydney2--21-1-- 0000
2004 Athens1--21-1-- 0000
2008 Beijing22--1-1-- 0000
2012 London2--2311-- 0000
2016 Rio de Janeiro1--212-11 1001
Total1034

Medals by sport
SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Taekwondo1034
Totals (1 sports)1034

List of medalists
Medal Name Games Sport Event
 GoldAhmad Abu-Ghaush 2016 Rio de Janeiro TaekwondoMen's 68 kg

See also

References
  1. Janofsky, Michael (December 20, 1991). "Olympics; Construction Was Slow, So . . ". The New York Times. Retrieved January 10, 2016. While it would have been ideal to ski for the United States, his adoptive country, he knew that making its Olympic team would be virtually impossible. Instead, taking advantage of his dual citizenship, he petitioned the Jordan Olympic Committee, and Jordanian officials approved.
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