Qatar at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Qatar at the Olympic Games
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At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	29 in 5 sports
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Qatar is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016.

Athletics

Qatari athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[1][2]

• Men's 100 m – 1 quota place (Femi Ogunode)
• Men's 200 m – 1 quota place (Femi Ogunode)
• Men's 400 m – 1 quota place (Abdelalelah Haroun)
• Men's 800 m – 1 quota place (Abdulrahman Musaeb Balla, Abubaker Haydar Abdalla)
• Men's 1500 m – 1 quota place (Mohamad Al-Garni)
• Men's marathon – 1 quota place (Essa Ismail Rashed)
• Men's high jump – 1 quota place (Mutaz Essa Barshim)
• Men's hammer throw – 1 quota place (Ashraf Amgad Elseify)

Equestrian

Qatar has entered a team of four jumping riders into the Olympic equestrian competition with a first-place finish at the 2015 FEI Nations Cup Series in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.^[3][4]

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
		Individual
	See above	Team	N/A

Handball

Men's tournament

Qatar men's handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the title and securing a lone outright berth at the 2015 Asian Qualification Tournament in Doha.^[5]

Team roster

• Men's team event – 1 team of 14 players

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals
2	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Tunisia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Qatar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on August 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

Shooting

Qatari shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) as of March 31, 2016.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nasser Al-Attiyah	Skeet
Rashid Saleh Hamad

Table tennis

Qatar has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Chinese import Li Ping secured the Olympic spot in the men's singles as the highest-ranked table tennis player coming from the West Asia zone at the Asian Qualification Tournament in Hong Kong.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Li Ping	Men's singles

References

1. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
2. "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
3. Parkes, Louise (20 February 2015). "Qatar jumps to Nations Cup final – and the Olympics". Horsetalk.co.nz.
4. "Six nations make Olympic and Paralympic débuts at Rio 2016 equestrian events". FEI. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
5. "Qatar qualify for Rio". Gulf Times. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
6. "Quota places by Nation and Name". ISSF. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
7. Marshall, Ian (14 April 2016). "Dramatic Decider, Neda Shahsavari Recovers from Brink to Secure Olympic Place". ITTF. Retrieved 14 April 2016.