Saudi Arabia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Saudi Arabia at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Saudi Arabia at the; 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	KSA
NOC	Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee
Website	olympic.sa (in Arabic and English)
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	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Tareg Hamedi	Karate	Men's +75 kg	August 7

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in football are not counted:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
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

Athletics

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]

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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

Football

Summary

Key:

A.E.T – After extra time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	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

Men's tournament

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]

Team roster

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
1	1GK	Amin Bukhari	(1997-05-02)2 May 1997 (aged 24)	Al-Ain
2	2DF	Saud Abdulhamid	(1999-07-18)18 July 1999 (aged 22)	Al-Ittihad
3	2DF	Hamad Al-Yami	(1999-05-17)17 May 1999 (aged 22)	Al-Qadsiah
4	2DF	Abdulbasit Hindi	(1997-02-02)2 February 1997 (aged 24)	Al-Ahli
5	2DF	Abdulelah Al-Amri	(1997-01-15)15 January 1997 (aged 24)	Al-Nassr
6	3MF	Sami Al-Najei	(1997-02-07)7 February 1997 (aged 24)	Al-Nassr
7	3MF	Salman Al-Faraj* (captain)	(1989-08-01)1 August 1989 (aged 31)	Al-Hilal
8	3MF	Nasser Al-Omran	(1997-07-13)13 July 1997 (aged 24)	Al-Shabab
9	4FW	Abdullah Al-Hamdan	(1999-09-13)13 September 1999 (aged 21)	Al-Hilal
10	3MF	Salem Al-Dawsari*	(1991-08-19)19 August 1991 (aged 29)	Al-Hilal
11	3MF	Khalid Al-Ghannam	(2000-11-07)7 November 2000 (aged 20)	Al-Nassr
12	1GK	Mohammed Al Rubaie	(1997-08-14)14 August 1997 (aged 23)	Al-Ahli
13	2DF	Yasser Al-Shahrani*	(1992-05-25)25 May 1992 (aged 29)	Al-Hilal
14	3MF	Ali Al-Hassan	(1997-03-04)4 March 1997 (aged 24)	Al-Nassr
15	3MF	Ayman Yahya	(2001-05-14)14 May 2001 (aged 20)	Al-Nassr
16	2DF	Khalifah Al-Dawsari	(1999-01-02)2 January 1999 (aged 22)	Al-Qadsiah
17	3MF	Ayman Al-Khulaif	(1997-05-22)22 May 1997 (aged 24)	Al-Wehda
18	3MF	Abdulrahman Ghareeb	(1997-03-31)31 March 1997 (aged 24)	Al-Ahli
19	4FW	Firas Al-Buraikan	(2000-05-14)14 May 2000 (aged 21)	Al-Nassr
20	3MF	Mukhtar Ali	(1997-10-30)30 October 1997 (aged 23)	Al-Nassr
21	2DF	Abdullah Hassoun	(1997-03-19)19 March 1997 (aged 24)	Al-Ahli
22	1GK	Zaid Al-Bawardi	(1997-01-26)26 January 1997 (aged 24)	Al-Shabab

* Overage player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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	Advance to knockout stage
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4	0

Source: TOCOG and FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

22 July 2021

17:30

Ivory Coast	2–1	Saudi Arabia
Al-Amri 39' (o.g.) Kessié 66'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Al-Dawsari 44'

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

25 July 2021

20:30

Saudi Arabia	2–3	Germany
Al-Najei 30', 50'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Amiri 11' Ache 43' Uduokhai 75'

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

28 July 2021

17:00

Saudi Arabia	1–3	Brazil
Al-Amri 27'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Matheus Cunha 14' Richarlison 76', 90+3'

Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Judo

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
Athlete	Event	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

Karate

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
Athlete	Event	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) L RSC

Rowing

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
Athlete	Event	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

Shooting

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
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Saeed Al-Mutairi	Men's skeet	119	22	Did not advance

Swimming

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
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yousif Bu Arish	Men's 100 m butterfly	56.29	55	Did not advance

Table tennis

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
Athlete	Event	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

Weightlifting

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
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	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

References

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^ "Ali Alkhadrawi and Hend Zaza book Olympic Games places". ITTF. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.

[1] "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

[2] "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 8 April 2019.

[3] "IAAF Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.

[4] "New champions to be crowned as Korea Republic, Saudi Arabia make final". Asian Football Confederation. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.

[5] "Korea Republic and Saudi Arabia secure Tokyo 2020 qualification". FIFA. 22 January 2020. Archived from the original on January 22, 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.

[6] "الشهري يستدعي 24 لاعباً لمعسكر الأخضر الأولمبي للإعداد للأولمبياد".

[7] "الشهري يعلن قائمة الأخضر المشاركة في دورة الألعاب الأولمبية طوكيو 2020".

[8] "قرر المدير الفني سعد الشهري استبدال لاعب خط الوسط تركي العمار بعد تعرضه للإصابة باللاعب فراس البريكان".

[9] Messner, Nicolas (22 June 2021). "Tokyo 2020: Official Olympic Qualification List". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

[KSA-Tokyo-2020-10] "Saudi Arabia makes history by sending largest ever delegation to Tokyo Olympics". Saudi Gazette. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 7 July 2021.

[11] "Karatekas from 21 countries win Olympic tickets at ParisKarate2021". World Karate Federation. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.

[12] "Finals racing decides Asia & Oceania Olympic & Paralympic quota spots". International Rowing Federation. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.

[13] "Quota Places by Nation and Number". www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

[14] "Ali Alkhadrawi and Hend Zaza book Olympic Games places". ITTF. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 29 February 2020.

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