Jordan at the 2018 Asian Games explained

Noc:	JOR
Nocname:	Jordan Olympic Committee
Year:	2018
Date:	–
Games:	Asian Games
Location:	Jakarta and Palembang
Competitors:	45
Sports:	9
Flagbearer:	Ahmad Abu-Ghaush^[1]
Gold:	2
Silver:	1
Bronze:	9
Rank:	23
Appearances:	auto
Website:	www.joc.jo

Jordan competed in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018.^[2] This was Jordan's eighth time competing in the Asian Games, following their first participation in 1986 Seoul. The team has won a total of 33 medals since, including three gold, 15 silver and 15 bronze.^[3]

Medalists

The following Jordan competitors won medals at the Games.| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"|

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				20 Aug
				26 Aug
				25 Aug
				21 Aug
				22 Aug
				23 Aug
				25 Aug
				25 Aug
				26 Aug
				26 Aug
				27 Aug
				1 Sep

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Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Ju-jitsu	1	1	3	5
Karate	0	0	2	2
Taekwondo	1	0	3	4
Total	2	1	9	12

Medals by day
Day	Date				Total
1	August 19	0	0	0	0
2	August 20	1	0	0	1
3	August 21	0	0	1	1
4	August 22	0	0	1	1
5	August 23	0	0	1	1
6	August 24	0	0	0	0
7	August 25	0	1	2	3
8	August 26	1	0	2	3
9	August 27	0	0	1	1
10	August 28	0	0	0	0
11	August 29	0	0	0	0
12	August 30	0	0	0	0
13	August 31	0	0	0	0
14	September 1	0	0	1	1
15	September 2	0	0	0	0
Total		2	1	9	12

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Jordan that participated at the Games:^[4]

width=200	Sport !	width=60	Men !	width=60	Women !	width=60	Total
Athletics	0	1	1
Basketball	4	0	4
Boxing	3	0	3
Contract bridge	8	2	10
Ju-jitsu	9	2	11
Judo	1	0	1
Karate	4	2	6
Swimming	3	0	3
Taekwondo	4	2	6
Total	36	9	45

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games.

Jordan entered one women's athlete to participate in the athletics competition at the Games.^[5]

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2018 Asian Games.

Summary

3x3 basketball

Jordan national 3x3 team participated in the Games, the men's team placed in the pool C based on the FIBA 3x3 federation ranking.

Men's tournament

See main article: 3x3 basketball at the 2018 Asian Games – Men.

RosterThe following is the Jordan roster in the men's 3x3 basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[6]

• Rayyan Jarrad
• Hanna Juha
• Omar Bukhari
• Shaker Shubair

Pool C

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Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 2018 Asian Games.

The boxers team was named on 16 July 2018.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mohammad Alwadi	–56 kg		L 0–5	did not advance
Obada Al-Kasbeh	–64 kg	W 4–0	L 0–5	did not advance
Zeyad Eashash	–69 kg		L 1–4	W 5–0	L 0–5	Did not advance

Contract bridge

See main article: article and Contract bridge at the 2018 Asian Games.

Men

Mixed

Ju-jitsu

See main article: article and Ju-jitsu at the 2018 Asian Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Freeh Al-Harahsheh	–62 kg			W 13–0	W 2–0	L 0–2		W 5–0
Ghaleb Al-Harahsheh	align=left rowspan=2	–69 kg		W 4^ADV–4	W 10–0	L 0–0^ADV	Did not advance	L 0–100^SUB	did not advance
Abdallah Nabas		L 2–2^ADV	did not advance
Abdelkarim Al-Rasheed	align=left rowspan=2	–77 kg		W 2–0	W 2–0	W 2–2	L 0–2		W 0^PNT–0
Hamzeh Al-Rasheed		W 100^SUB–0	L 0–0^RDC	did not advance
Bader Al-Kuzai	align=left rowspan=2	–85 kg			L 0–0^ADV	did not advance
Haidar Al-Rasheed			W 10–0	W 4–0	W 0^ADV–0		WO
Basel Fanous	align=left rowspan=2	–94 kg		L 0–3	did not advance
Zaid Granduke		DSQ	W 100^SUB–0	W 100^SUB–0	W 0^PNT–0		L 0^RDC–0

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Yasmeen Al-Khatib	–49 kg	L 0–0^ADV	did not advance
Yara Kakish	–62 kg	W 100^SUB–0	W 0^ADV–0	L 0–2	Did not advance	W 100^SUB–0	W 0^ADV–0

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2018 Asian Games.

One judoka competed at the Games.^{[8] [9]}

Men

Karate

See main article: article and Karate at the 2018 Asian Games.

Jordan entered the karate competition with 6 athletes (4 men's and 2 women's). The team includes by two Asian Champions and the former Asian Games silver medalists Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa and Bashar Al-Najjar.^{[10] [11]}

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Amro Al-Wir	50 m breaststroke	29.58	22	did not advance
100 m breaststroke	1:03.32	17	did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:16.15	8 Q	2:17.43	8
align=left rowspan=3	Khader Baqlah	100 m freestyle	49.30	1 Q	49.10	5
200 m freestyle	1:47.60	2 Q	1:46.77	4
400 m freestyle	3:54.27	7 Q	3:52.77	7
align=left rowspan=3	Mohammed Bedour	50 m freestyle	23.83	28	did not advance
100 m freestyle	51.62	29	did not advance
50 m backstroke	27.40	26	did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2018 Asian Games.

Kyorugi

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Zaid Mustafa	Men's −58 kg	L 6–17	did not advance
Ahmad Abu-Ghaush	Men's −68 kg		W 27–16	W 15–12	L 8–10	Did not advance
Saleh El-Sharabaty	Men's −80 kg		W 28–8	W 13–8	L 2–4	Did not advance
Hamza Kattan	Men's +80 kg			W 24–12	L 4–5	Did not advance
Rama Abu-Al-Rub	Women's −57 kg		L 2–2	did not advance
Julyana Al-Sadeq	Women's −67 kg		W 38–0	W 21–5	W 14–5	W 5–1

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fit and Ready Abu Ghaush to Carry Jordan Flag. 17 August 2018. www.joc.jo/. Jordan Olympic Committee. 18 August 2018.
2. News: Daniel . Etchells . Jordan celebrates Olympic Day by promoting Asian Games . Inside the Games . 15 July 2018 . 24 July 2018.
3. News: Team Jordan revealed for Asian Games . . 7 July 2018 . 24 July 2018.
4. Web site: 18th Asian Games: Participants . . 2 January 2019.
5. Web site: Official Result Book Athletics . . 30 August 2018 . 30 December 2018.
6. Web site: 18th Asian Games 2018: Jordan . . 13 December 2018.
7. News: Boxers ready for Asian Games medal hunt . . 16 July 2018 . 24 July 2018.
8. News: Ibrahim to represent judo ath Asian Games . . 19 July 2018 . 24 July 2018.
9. Web site: 18th Asian Games Jakarta 2018 . . 24 July 2018.
10. News: Karate set for Asian Games . . 25 July 2018 . 27 December 2018.
11. News: Karate ready for Asian Games . . 19 August 2018 . 27 December 2018.