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.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
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Athletics | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Equestrian | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Taekwondo | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Total | 6 | 2 | 8 |
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]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Mohammed Tolo | Men's shot put | 20.65 | 15 | colspan=2 rowspan=2 | |
Hussain Al-Hizam | Men's pole vault |
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]
Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Final | |||||
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Penalties | Time | Rank | Penalties | Time | Rank | ||||
Ramzy Al-Duhami | Untouchable 32 | align=left rowspan=3 | Individual | 0 | 77.48 | 19 | 4 | 82.73 | 11 |
Khaled Almobty | Jaguar King Wd. | 8 | 75.87 | 46 | colspan=3 | ||||
Abdulrahman Alrajhi | Ventago | 0 | 75.35 | 10 | 6 | 85.68 | 13 | ||
Abdulrahman Alrajhi Khaled Almobty Ramzy Al-Duhami | Ventago Jaguar King Wd. Untouchable 32 | Team | 28 | 167.65 | 19 |
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.
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.
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Zaid Al-Sarraj | Men's 100 m freestyle | 51.21 | 53 | colspan=4 rowspan=2 | |||
Mashael Meshari A Alayed | Women's 200 m freestyle | 2:19.61 | 29 |
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.
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]