Qatar at the Olympics
| Qatar at the Olympics | |
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| IOC code | QAT |
| NOC | Qatar Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| Medals Ranked 94th |
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| Summer appearances | |
Qatar has competed in 11 Summer Olympic Games. The nation has never competed in the Winter Olympic Games. Their first ever Olympic gold medal was won by Fares El-Bakh in weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics, followed by a gold medal for Mutaz Essa Barshim in men's high jump. They have also won two silver and four bronze medals.
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
[edit]Medals by Summer Games
[edit]| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 Los Angeles | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1988 Seoul | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1992 Barcelona | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 54 |
| 1996 Atlanta | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2000 Sydney | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 71 |
| 2004 Athens | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2008 Beijing | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2012 London | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 75 |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 69 |
| 2020 Tokyo | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 41 |
| 2024 Paris | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 84 |
| 2028 Los Angeles | future event | |||||
| 2032 Brisbane | ||||||
| Total | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 94 | |
Medals by sport
[edit]| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Athletics | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
 Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Beach volleyball | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Shooting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
Athletes with most medals
[edit]Only one Qatari athlete has won multiple medals in the history of the Olympic Games: he is track and field in the high jump Mutaz Essa Barshim.
| Athlete | Sport | Games |  |
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Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutaz Essa Barshim | Athletics |
2012–2024 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity.
List of medalists
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Qatar decision to send female athletes to London 2012 increases pressure on Saudi Arabia" Archived 2014-12-28 at the Wayback Machine, Inside the Games, July 1, 2010
- ↑ "Inside Lines: Protests at 2012 if Saudis say 'no girls allowed'", The Independent, July 4, 2010
- ↑ "London 2012 Olympics: Saudi Arabian women to compete", BBC, 12 July 2012
External links
[edit]- "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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