Bahrain at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:BRN
Nocname:Bahrain Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2024
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:13
Competitors Men:6
Competitors Women:7
Sports:5
Flagbearer Open:Saud Ghali & Amani Al-Obaidli
Flagbearer Close:Akhmed Tazhudinov
Rank:33
Gold:2
Silver:1
Bronze:1
Appearances:auto

Bahrain competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's eleventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Medalists

MedalName SportEvent Date
Salwa Eid NaserAthleticsWomen's 400 m
BronzeGor MinasyanWeightliftingMen's +102 kg10 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Athletics1 6 7
Judo1 0 1
Swimming1 1 2
Weightlifting2 0 2
Wrestling1 0 1
Total 6 7 13

Athletics

See main article: article, Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Bahraini track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[1]

Track and road events
  • Men
  • AthleteEventHeatFinal
    ResultRankResultRank
    align=left rowspan=2Birhanu Balew5000 m13:53.1110Did not advance
    10,000 mColspan=227:30.9417
    Women
    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRank
    Salwa Eid Naser400 m49.911 Q49.081 Q48.53
    Kemi Adekoya400 m hurdlesColspan=2Did not advance
    Nelly Jepkosgei800 m2:00.6332Colspan=4Did not advance
    Winfred Yavi3000 m steeplechase9:15.111 Q8:52.76 OR
    Eunice Chumbaalign=left rowspan=3Marathon2:26:1010
    Tigist Gashaw2:30:5334
    Rose Chelimo2:32:0843

    Judo

    See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. For the first time, Bahrain qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Askerbii Gerbekov (men's half-middleweight) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

    Swimming

    See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Bahrain sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

    AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Saud GhaliMen's 200 m breaststroke2:22.5125Did not advance
    Amani Al-ObaidliWomen's 100 m backstroke1:04.27 31Did not advance

    Weightlifting

    See main article: Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. For the first time, Bahrain entered two weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Lesman Paredes (men's 102 kg) and Gor Minasyan (men's +102 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

    AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
    ResultRankResultRank
    Lesman ParedesMen's −102 kg181521163926
    Gor MinasyanMen's +102 kg21612453461

    Wrestling

    See main article: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. For the first time since 2016, Bahrain qualified one wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Akhmed Tazhudinov qualified for the games by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.[2] [3]

    Freestyle

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Road to Paris 24. World Athletics. 20 December 2023.
    2. News: Freestyle Wrestling: 2024 Paris Olympic Games Qualified Nations. 19 September 2023. United World Wrestling. 25 September 2023. 25 September 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230925171039/https://uww.org/article/freestyle-wrestling-2024-paris-olympic-games-qualified-nations. dead.
    3. Web site: 1st Phase - 2023 Senior World Championships - Belgrade (SRB). United World Wrestling. 11 October 2023. 12 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231012070347/https://uww-prod-d8-filesystem.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2023-09/1st_phase_belgrade_qualified_nocs.pdf?VersionId=4Yt.hJhw2TsJsVKN8j7Z1U7JeReTbmZf. dead.