Qatar at the Olympics

Qatar at the Olympic Games
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Olympic history
Summer Games
1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Qatar has competed in 7 Summer Olympic Games. They have never competed in the Winter Olympic Games. They have so far won 4 bronze medals.

Following the 2008 Summer Olympics, Qatar was, along with Saudi Arabia and Brunei, one of only three countries to never have sent a female athlete to the Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee in 2010 announced it would "press" these countries to allow and facilitate women's participation, and shortly thereafter the Qatar Olympic Committee announced that it "hoped to send up to four female athletes in shooting and fencing" to the 2012 Summer Games in London.^[1][2] The country ultimately included four female athletes in its delegation.^[3]

The Qatar Olympic Committee was formed in 1979 and recognized by the IOC in 1980.

Medal tables

Medals by Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1992 Barcelona	0	0	1	1
1996 Atlanta	0	0	0	0
2000 Sydney	0	0	1	1
2004 Athens	0	0	0	0
2008 Beijing	0	0	0	0
2012 London	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	4	4

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	0	0	2	2
Shooting	0	0	1	1
Weightlifting	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	4	4

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Bronze	Mohammed Suleiman	1992 Barcelona	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres
Bronze	Said Saif Asaad	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's 105 kg
Bronze	Nasser Al-Attiyah	2012 London	Shooting	Men's skeet
Bronze	Mutaz Essa Barshim	2012 London	Athletics	Men's high jump

See also

• Qatar at the Paralympics

References

1. "Qatar decision to send female athletes to London 2012 increases pressure on Saudi Arabia", Inside the Games, July 1, 2010
2. "Inside Lines: Protests at 2012 if Saudis say 'no girls allowed'", The Independent, July 4, 2010
3. "London 2012 Olympics: Saudi Arabian women to compete", BBC, 12 July 2012

External links

• "Qatar". International Olympic Committee.
• "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
• "Qatar". Sports-Reference.com.
• "Qatar using black gold to tap into top performers", The Guardian, December 13, 2005 (on Olympic competitors from various countries switching to Qatari citizenship)