Saudi Arabia at the 2018 Asian Games explained

Noc:	KSA
Nocname:	Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee
Year:	2018
Date:	–
Games:	Asian Games
Location:	Jakarta and Palembang
Flagbearer:	Ali Yousef Alothman^[1]
Gold:	1
Silver:	2
Bronze:	3
Rank:	25
Appearances:	auto
Website:	www.olympic.sa

Saudi Arabia competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018.^[2]

Medalists

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				28 Aug
				24 Aug
				27 Aug
				25 Aug
				30 Aug
				30 Aug

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Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	0	0	1	1
Equestrian	1	0	1	2
Karate	0	1	1	2
Shooting	0	1	0	1
Total	1	2	3	6

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

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Saudi Arabia that participated at the Games:

width=200	Sport !	width=60	Men !	width=60	Women !	width=60	Total
Archery	3	0	3
Athletics	11	3	14
Badminton	0	2	2
Bowling	6	0	6
Contract bridge	4	0	4
Equestrian	4	0	4
Football	20	0	20
Gymnastics	2	0	2
Handball	16	0	16
Jet ski	3	0	3
Ju-jitsu	2	1	3
Judo	1	0	1
Karate	4	0	4
Paragliding	5	0	5
Rowing	1	0	1
Shooting	6	0	6
Swimming	1	0	1
Taekwondo	7	1	8
Volleyball	12	0	12
Water polo	13	0	13
Weightlifting	7	0	7
Total	128	7	135

Demonstration events

width=200	Sport!	width=60	Men!	width=60	Women!	width=60	Total
eSports	7	0	7

Archery

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

Recurve

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Abdalelah Ali Binali	align=left rowspan=3	Men's individual	613	62	did not advance
Fahd Alwi Mansour	621	35	L 5–6	did not advance
Fares Mater Alotaibi	620	36	W 6–0	L 0–6	did not advance
Abdalelah Binali Fahd Alwi Mansour Fares Mater Alotaibi	Men's team	1854	16	W 5–1	L 0–6	did not advance

Athletics

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

Saudi Arabia entered fourteen athletes (ahmed saud 11 men's and 3 women's) to participate in the athletics competition at the Games.^[3]

Badminton

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Rana Abu Harbesh	align=center rowspan=2	Singles	L 2–21, 5–21	did not advance
Shatha Almutairi	L 4–21, 4–21	did not advance
Rana Abu Harbesh Shatha Almutairi	Doubles		L 4–21, 7–21	did not advance

Bowling

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Block 1	Block 2	Total	Rank
		Result	Result
Adel Al-Bariqi Sultan Al-Masri Ammar Tarrad	align=left rowspan=2	Trios	2000	1851	3851	23
Yousef Akbar Abdulrahman Al-Kheliwi Hassan Al-Shaikh	1971	2000	3971	17
Yousef Akbar Abdulrahman Al-Kheliwi Hassan Al-Shaikh Adel Al-Bariqi Sultan Al-Masri Ammar Tarrad	Team of six	4017	3908	7925	10

Contract bridge

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Point	Rank	Point	Rank	Point	Rank
Omar Bajunaid Abdelhakim Sahab	align=left rowspan=2	Pair	1404.1	24 Q	1015.4	15	did not advance
Ibrahim Al-Ahdal Hussamuddin Sallout	1218.4	33	did not advance
Abdelhakim Sahab Ibrahim Al-Ahdal Omar Bajunaid Hussamuddin Sallout	Team	56.29	14	did not advance

Equestrian

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

Saudi Arabia clinched its first gold medal when the equestrian team came first in the jumping event represented by Ramzy Al-Duhami, Khaled Al-Mobty, Khaled Al-Eid, and Abdullah Al-Sharbatly. The team outsmarted equestrian contestants from 17 countries.^[4]

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Qualifier 1			Qualifier 2 Team Final			Final round A			Final round B
			Points	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank
Ramzy Al-Duhami	TED	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	0.00	1	0	0.00	1 Q	1	1.00	1 Q	0	1.00	1 Q	4	5.00
Khaled Al-Eid	Kayenne of de Rocky Mounten	1.50	5	4	5.50	11 Q	0	5.50	8 Q	8	13.50	11	did not advance
Khaled Al-Mobty	Dessert Storm II	0.40	2	0	0.40	2 Q	4	4.40	7 Q	5	9.40	8 Q	6	15.40	8
Abdullah Al-Sharbatly	Carrera	4.19 #	14	Eliminated			did not advance
Abdullah Al-Sharbatly Khaled Al-Eid Khaled Al-Mobty Ramzy Al-Duhami	See above	Team	1.90	1	4	5.90	1 Q	5	10.90

1. – indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Esports (demonstration)

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

Clash Royale^[5]

Hearthstone^[6]

League of Legends^[7]

Football

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

Saudi Arabia drawn in group F at the Games.^{[8] [9]}

Summary

Men's tournament

See main article: Football at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group F

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Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Gymnastics

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

Handball

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

Saudi Arabia men's team will compete in group C at the Games.^{[9] [10]}

Summary

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Handball at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tournament.

Roster

• Mohammed Al-Nassfan
• Abdullah Al-Abbas
• Hassan Al-Janabi (C)
• Hisham Al-Obaidi
• Abdulazez Saeed
• Ahmed Al-Abdulali
• Mohammed Al-Salem
• Ali Al-Ibrahim
• Mahdi Al-Salem
• Muneer Abu Alrahi
• Mohammed Al-Abbas
• Abdullah Al-Hammad
• Mojtaba Al-Salem
• Mohammed Al-Zaer
• Sadiq Al-Mohsin
• Abbas Al-Saffar

Group C----

Main round (Group I)--------

Fifth place game

Jet ski

See main article: article and Jet ski at the 2018 Asian Games.

Athlete	Event	Moto Points				Ded.	Total	Rank
		1	2	3	4
Hesham Bakhsh	Runabout limited	27	33				60	10
align=left rowspan=2	Saud Ahmad	Runabout 1100 stock						0	–
Runabout endurance open	348	344	352		–5	1039	7
Khalid Al-Otaibi	Runabout endurance open	328				–5	323	13

Ju-jitsu

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

Saudi Arabia entered the ju-jitsu competition with 3 athletes (2 men's and 1 women's).^[11]

Men

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
Abdulmalik Al-Murdhi	–69 kg	W 100^SUB–0	L 0–0^ADV	did not advance
Ahmed Saud	–85 kg	W 2^RDC–2	L 0–100^SUB	did not advance

Women

Judo

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

Saudi Arabia sent one judoka to compete at the Games.^[12]

Men

Karate

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

Paragliding

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Round										Total	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Abdulmotaaly Ahmed	align=left rowspan=2	Individual accuracy	7	175	35	352	13	51	500	17	73	81	804	15
Ali Al-Nujaimi	5	22	34	500	87	500	7	132	154	88	1029	21
Abdulmotaaly Ahmed Aali Al-Maymuni Ali Al-Nujaimi Ali Al-Shamrani Ibrahim Bahri	Team accuracy	728	784	115	874	279	1189	3969	7

Rowing

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

Men

Shooting

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

Hussain Ghuwayli Al-Harbi claimed the first medal for the Saudi Arabia contingent by winning the silver in the 300 metre standard rifle men's competition.^[13]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Atallah Al-Anazi	align=left rowspan=2	10 m air pistol	573	17	did not advance
Safar Al-Dosari	560	32	did not advance
Mesfer Al-Ammari	align=left rowspan=2	10 m air rifle	617.3	21	did not advance
Hussain Al-Harbi	616.8	24	did not advance
Hussain Al-Harbi	align=left rowspan=2	300 m standard rifle	568
Abdulrahman Al-Juhaydili	557	9
Saeed Al-Mutairi	Skeet	122	4 Q	31	4

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	Yousif Habib Bu Arish	50 m freestyle	24.39	33	did not advance
50 m butterfly	25.74	30	did not advance
100 m butterfly	57.84	27	did not advance

Taekwondo

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

Poomsae

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Wahid Moghis	Men's individual	L 7.86–8.34	did not advance
Wahid Moghis Essa Al-Shaikh Mohammed Al-Mustafa	Men's team	L 7.64–8.18	did not advance

Kyorugi

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ali Asiri	Men's −58 kg
Hamad Al-Mabrouk	Men's −63 kg
Ghazi Al-Asmari	Men's −68 kg
Saud Al-Muwallad	Men's −80 kg
Norah Al-Marri	Women's −57 kg

Volleyball

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

Saudi Arabia men's team has placed in pool A at the Games.^[9]

Indoor volleyball

Men's tournament

See main article: Volleyball at the 2018 Asian Games – Men.

RosterThe following is the Saudi Arabia roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[14]

Head coach: Zharko Ristoski

	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	Club
	Ibrahim Salman Al-Moaiqel		1.930NaN0	70kg (150lb)	343cm (135inches)	302cm (119inches)	Al-Hilal
	Nawaf Al-Bakheet		1.920NaN0	73kg (161lb)	335cm (132inches)	318cm (125inches)
	Ahmed Al-Bakheet (c)		1.980NaN0	82kg (181lb)	331cm (130inches)	321cm (126inches)	Al Arabi
	Hassan Abdullah Wathlan		1.930NaN0	68kg (150lb)	345cm (136inches)	304cm (120inches)	Al-Hilal
	Meshari Saad Al-Gurashi		1.930NaN0	69kg (152lb)	343cm (135inches)	303cm (119inches)
	Sami Mohammed Samiti		1.930NaN0	70kg (150lb)	344cm (135inches)	305cm (120inches)
	Hassan Al-Abdulbaqi		1.880NaN0	76kg (168lb)	338cm (133inches)	310cm (120inches)
	Bandar Ali Al-Zahrani		1.840NaN0	80kg (180lb)	335cm (132inches)	308cm (121inches)
	Abdullah Hassan Al-Zahrani		1.750NaN0	66kg (146lb)			Al-Hilal
	Muwaffaq Al-Mutairi		1.890NaN0	70kg (150lb)	335cm (132inches)	320cm (130inches)	Al-Hilal
	Omar Mansour Al-Najrani		1.860NaN0	71kg (157lb)	334cm (131inches)	323cm (127inches)	Al Ahly
	Ibrahim Ali Majrashi		1.970NaN0	71kg (157lb)	348cm (137inches)	330cm (130inches)	Al Ahly

Pool A

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Quarterfinal

7th–10th semifinal

9th place game

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 2018 Asian Games.

Summary

Men's tournament

See main article: article and Water polo at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tournament.

Team rosterHead coach: Bandar Al-Zahrani

1. Hussain Jaizany (GK)
2. Mohammed Al-Helal (CB)
3. Mohammed Gahal (D)
4. Saeed Taleb (CB)
5. Naif Al-Muntashiri (D)
6. Ayman Al-Aryani (CB)
7. Ahmed Al-Shammary (D)
8. Khaled Al-Harbi (CF) (C)
9. Hamed Al-Nefaiei (CF)
10. Bader Al-Dughther (D)
11. Adel Al-Malki (D)
12. Mohammed Al-Khawfi (D)
13. Omar Sharahili (GK)

Group B------------

Quarter-final

Classification semifinal (5–8)

Seventh place game

Weightlifting

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mansour Al-Saleem	align=left rowspan=2	−56 kg	122	4	142	6	264	6
Seraj Al-Saleem	108	8	141	7	249	8
Nawaf Mohammed S Almazaydi	−62 kg	115		—	—	—	—
Mahmoud Mohammed Al Humayd	align=left rowspan=2	−69 kg	142	7	177	8	319	6
Mohsen Hussain Al Duhaylib	131	13	166	11	297	12
Ali Yousef Alothman	−85 kg	130	9	161	9	291	9
Ali Ahmed Al Khazal	−94 kg	150	8	190	5	340	7

Notes and References

1. Web site: رياضي / الرئيس الإندونيسي يفتتح رسمياً دورة الألعاب الآسيوية الثامنة عشرة "جاكرتا 2018 “. 18 August 2018. Indonesian President officially opens the 18th Asian Games "Jakarta 2018". Arabic. www.spa.gov.sa/. Saudi Press Agency. 19 August 2018.
2. Web site: Participants . https://web.archive.org/web/20180711063153/https://www.asiangames2018.id/participants . dead . 2018 Asian Games . 11 July 2018 . 21 July 2018.
3. Web site: Official Result Book Athletics . . 30 August 2018 . 30 December 2018.
4. News: Gary . Meenaghan . Equestrian team brings home gold for Saudi Arabia at Asian Games . . 28 August 2018 . 29 August 2018.
5. News: Ady . Sesotya . Esport - India Vs Arab Saudi . . 27 August 2018 . 7 January 2019 . Indonesian.
6. News: Nikola . Petrov . Who are Asian Games' Hearthstone contenders? . esports.com . 11 July 2018 . 6 January 2019.
7. News: MIMIC and Ajwad to join KSA national team at Asian Games 2018 . NASR eSports . 25 June 2018 . 7 January 2019.
8. News: Kevin . Affleck . Saudi Arabia drawn in group with Iran and North Korea at Asian Games . . 6 July 2018 . 2 August 2018.
9. News: السعودية في المجموعة السادسة بدورة الألعاب الآسيوية . Kooora . 5 July 2018 . 16 August 2018 . Arabic.
10. Web site: 18th Asian Games 2018 Men's Handball Event . . 2 August 2018.
11. Web site: Official Result Book Ju-jitsu . . 26 August 2018 . 23 October 2018.
12. Web site: 18th Asian Games Jakarta 2018 . . 2 August 2018.
13. News: Sharpshooter Hussain Al-Harbi wins Asian Games silver for Saudi Arabia . . 24 August 2018 . 29 August 2018.
14. News: منتخب الطائرة يبدأ معسكر سلوفينيا . . 27 July 2018 . 5 September 2018 . ar.