Qatar at the Olympics

Qatar has competed in 10 Summer Olympic Games. They have 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 one silver and four bronze medals.

Qatar at the
Olympics
IOC codeQAT
NOCQatar Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.qa/en (in English and Arabic)
Medals
Ranked 94th
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
4
Total
8
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.

Medals
See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

Medals by Summer Games
Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1984 Los Angeles240000–
1988 Seoul100000-
1992 Barcelona28001154
1996 Atlanta120000-
2000 Sydney17001171
2004 Athens150000–
2008 Beijing220000–
2012 London12011275
2016 Rio de Janeiro38010169
2020 Tokyo16201341
2024 Parisfuture event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total224892

Medals by sport
SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Athletics1214
Weightlifting1012
Beach volleyball0011
Shooting0011
Totals (4 sports)2248

Athletes with most medals

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 Total
Mutaz Essa Barshim Athletics 2012–2020 1 2 0 3

Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity.

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
 SilverMutaz Essa Barshim 2012 London AthleticsMen's high jump
 SilverMutaz Essa Barshim 2016 Rio de Janeiro AthleticsMen's high jump
 GoldMutaz Essa Barshim 2020 Tokyo AthleticsMen's high jump
 GoldFares Ibrahim 2020 Tokyo WeightliftingMen's 96 kg
 BronzeAhmed Tijan and Cherif Younousse 2020 Tokyo Beach volleyballMen's tournament

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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