Qatar at the Olympics

Qatar has competed in 9 Summer Olympic Games. They have never competed in the Winter Olympic Games. They have so far won one silver and four bronze medals.

Qatar at the
Olympics
IOC codeQAT
NOCQatar Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.qa/en (in English and Arabic)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
4
Total
5
Summer appearances

Following the 2008 Summer Olympics, Qatar was, along with Saudi Arabia and Brunei, one of only three countries never to have sent a female athlete to the Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee in 2010 announced it would "press" these countries to allow and facilitate women's participation, and shortly thereafter the Qatar Olympic Committee announced that it "hoped to send up to four female athletes in shooting and fencing" to the 2012 London Summer Olympics.[1][2] The country ultimately included four female athletes in its delegation.[3]

The Qatar Olympic Committee was formed in 1979 and recognized by the IOC in 1980.

Medal tables

Medals by Games
GameGoldSilverBronzeTotal
2016 Rio de Janeiro0101
2012 London0022
1992 Barcelona0011
2000 Sydney0011
1984 Los Angeles0000
1988 Seoul0000
1996 Atlanta0000
2004 Athens0000
2008 Beijing0000
Totals (9 games)0145

Medals by sport
SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Athletics0123
Shooting0011
Weightlifting0011
Totals (3 sports)0145

List of medalists
Medal Name Games Sport Event
 BronzeMohammed Suleiman 1992 Barcelona AthleticsMen's 1500 metres
 BronzeSaid Saif Asaad 2000 Sydney WeightliftingMen's 105 kg
 BronzeNasser Al-Attiyah 2012 London ShootingMen's skeet
 BronzeMutaz Essa Barshim 2012 London AthleticsMen's high jump
 SilverMutaz Essa Barshim 2016 Rio de Janeiro AthleticsMen's high jump

See also

References
  1. "Qatar decision to send female athletes to London 2012 increases pressure on Saudi Arabia", Inside the Games, July 1, 2010
  2. "Inside Lines: Protests at 2012 if Saudis say 'no girls allowed'", The Independent, July 4, 2010
  3. "London 2012 Olympics: Saudi Arabian women to compete", BBC, 12 July 2012
  • "Qatar". International Olympic Committee.
  • "Qatar". Olympedia.com.
  • "Olympic Analytics/QAT". olympanalyt.com.
  • "Qatar using black gold to tap into top performers", The Guardian, December 13, 2005 (on Olympic competitors from various countries switching to Qatari citizenship)


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