| Noc: | BRN |
| Nocname: | Bahrain Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Location: | Tokyo, Japan |
| Competitors: | 32 |
| Sports: | 5 |
| Flagbearer Close: | Husain Mahfoodh |
| Rank: | 77 |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 1 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1984 |
Bahrain competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place in the summer of 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] It was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in handball are not counted:
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 9 | 5 | 14 | ||||
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Handball | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 25 | 7 | 32 |
See main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Bahraini 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]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Sadik Mikhou | 1500 m | 3:42.87 | 8 | Did not advance | |||
| Birhanu Balew | align=left rowspan=2 | 5000 m | 13:39.42 | 5 Q | 13:03.20 | 6 | |
| Dawit Fikadu | 13:44.03 | 14 qR | 13:20.24 SB | 15 | |||
| John Kibet Koech | 3000 m steeplechase | Did not advance | |||||
| Alemu Bekele | align=left rowspan=3 | Marathon | |||||
| Shumi Dechasa | |||||||
| El-Hassan El-Abbassi | 2:15:56 | 25 | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Kalkidan Gezahegne | 10000 m | 29:56.18 | |||||
| Aminat Yusuf Jamal | 400 m hurdles | 55.90 SB | 7 | Did not advance | |||
| Winfred Mutile Yavi | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:10.80 | 1 Q | 9:19.74 | 10 | ||
| Eunice Chumba | align=left rowspan=2 | Marathon | 2:29:36 | 7 | |||
| Tejitu Daba | |||||||
See main article: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Bahrain entered one male boxer into the Olympic tournament. Belarusian-born Danis Latypov topped the list of eligible boxers from Asia and Oceania in the men's super heavyweight division to secure a place on the Bahraini team based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings.
See main article: Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament. Bahrain men's handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal at the 2019 Asian Qualification Tournament in Doha, Qatar, signifying the nation's debut in the sport.[4]
See main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Bahrain granted an invitation from ISSF to send a women's skeet shooter to the Olympics, if the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was fulfilled by June 6, 2021.[5]
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)See main article: article, Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Bahrain received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.[6]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Abdulla Ahmed | Men's 100 m butterfly | Did not advance | ||||||
| Noor Yussuf Abdulla | Women's 50 m freestyle | 28.87 | 60 | Did not advance | ||||