| Noc: | BRN |
| Nocname: | Bahrain Olympic Committee |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Location: | London |
| Competitors: | 12 |
| Sports: | 3 |
| Flagbearer: | Azza Al Qasmi |
| Rank: | 79 |
| Gold: | 1 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1984 |
Bahrain competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This nation marked its eighth appearance in the Summer Olympics, but there were concerns about the nation's participation to the games due to its recent political uprising.
Bahrain Olympic Committee selected a team of 12 athletes to the Games, 8 women and 4 men, to compete only in athletics, shooting, and swimming.[1] For the first time in its history, Bahrain was represented by more female than male athletes at an Olympic event, which did not happen before for an Arab gold nation. Most of them, however, were naturalized athletes (being born from a foreign country) in order to represent the nation in sports.
Bahrain left London with its first ever Olympic medal, won by middle-distance runner Maryam Yusuf Jamal in the women's 1500 metres.
See main article: 2012 Summer Olympics medal table.
IOC reallocated the medals in Women's 1500 metres event due to the disqualification of the gold and silver medallists Aslı Çakır Alptekin and Gamze Bulut, and bronze medalist Maryam Yusuf Jamal advanced to the gold.See main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Qualifying standards in the athletics events include fielding up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard[2]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Belal Mansoor Ali | 1500 m | 3:38.69 | 10 q | 3:35.40 | 7 q | 3:37.98 | 10 |
| Bilisuma Shugi | 5000 m | 13:31.84 | 25 | Did not advance | |||
| Ali Hasan Mahboob | 10000 m | ||||||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Genzeb Shumi Regasa | 800 m | 2:07.77 | 3 Q | 2:01.76 | 6 | Did not advance | |
| 1500 m | 4:14.02 | 8 | Did not advance | |||||
| Mimi Belete | align=left rowspan=2 | 1500 m | 4:07.01 | 5 Q | 4:05.91 | 8 | Did not advance | |
| Maryam Yusuf Jamal | 4:05.39 | 3 Q | 4:02.18 | 4 Q | 4:10.74 | |||
| Lishan Dula | Marathon | 2:36:20 | 62 | |||||
| Tejitu Daba | 5000 m | 15:05.59 | 6 q | 15:21.34 | 12 | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Shitaye Eshete | 5000 m | 15:05.48 | 8 q | 15:19.13 | 10 | ||
| 10000 m | 30:47.25 | 6 | ||||||
See main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Bahrain has one female shooter to compete in the Olympics.[1]
See main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Bahrain has two athletes participating in the swimming events.[1]