Saudi Arabia at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:KSA
Nocname:Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2024
Website: 
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:8
Competitors Men:6
Competitors Women:2
Sports:4
Flagbearer Open:Ramzy Al-Duhami & Dunya Abutaleb
Flagbearer Close:Mohammed Tolo & Dunya Abutaleb
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto

Saudi Arabia competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics except for Moscow 1980 as part of the United States-led boycott.

Competitors

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

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Athletics2 0 2
Equestrian3 0 3
Swimming1 1 2
Taekwondo0 1 1
Total 6 2 8

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Saudi Arabian 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] [2]

Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Mohammed ToloMen's shot put20.6515colspan=2 rowspan=2
Hussain Al-HizamMen's pole vault

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. For the first time since 2012, Saudi Arabia entered a squad of four jumping riders into the Olympic equestrian competition by securing the first of two available team spots at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI)-designated Olympic qualifier for Group F (Africa and Middle East) in Doha, Qatar.[3] As of October 2023, the kingdom was reportedly willing to offer large sums of money to acquire the world's best horses for the competition.[4]

Jumping

AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinal
PenaltiesTimeRankPenaltiesTimeRank
Ramzy Al-DuhamiUntouchable 32align=left rowspan=3Individual077.4819482.7311
Khaled AlmobtyJaguar King Wd.875.8746colspan=3
Abdulrahman AlrajhiVentago075.3510685.6813
Abdulrahman Alrajhi
Khaled Almobty
Ramzy Al-Duhami
Ventago
Jaguar King Wd.
Untouchable 32
Team28167.6519

The reserve, Khaled Almobty on Jaguar King Wd. replaced Abdullah Al-Sharbatly on Alamo. Since Saudi Arabia were already eliminated and unable to qualify before the third rider, Ramzy Al-Duhami on Untouchable 32 was up, he withdrew leaving the team in second to last place.

Swimming

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

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Zaid Al-SarrajMen's 100 m freestyle51.2153colspan=4 rowspan=2
Mashael Meshari A AlayedWomen's 200 m freestyle2:19.6129

Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time only basis, therefore positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. For the first time since the year 2000, Saudi Arabia qualified an athlete to compete at the taekwondo event. Dunya Abutaleb, became the nation's first female to compete at the taekwondo event in the Olympics,[5] by winning the semifinal rounds in her class, at the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards. International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. 27 December 2022.
  2. News: Patrizia Van der Weken qualifies for 2024 Paris Olympics. RTL Group. 3 July 2023. 4 July 2023.
  3. Web site: Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates take Olympic qualifying spots . Parkes. Louise. February 27, 2023. inside.fei.org . International Federation for Equestrian Sports. November 3, 2023.
  4. News: Lloyd . Owen. October 20, 2023 . Saudi Arabia throwing its weight around to buy top horses before Paris 2024. . November 3, 2023.
  5. Web site: 2024-05-08 . Donia out to make a mark for Saudi women in Paris . 2024-05-09 . The Standard . en-AU.
  6. Web site: China wins sixth Olympic licence for taekwondo. Inside The Games. 16 March 2024. 11 April 2024.