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Saudi Arabia At The 2004 Summer Olympics
Saudi Arabia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Athletics Saudi Arabian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard). ;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events Equestrian Show jumping Shooting ;Men Swimming ;Men Table tennis Weightlifting Four Saudi Arabian weightlifters qualified for the following events: See also * Saudi Arabia at the 2002 Asian Games * Saudi Arabia at the 2004 Summer Paralympics References External linksOfficial Report of the XXVIII Olympiad [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee
Saudi Olympic & Paralympic Committee (IOC code: KSA; ar, اللجنة الأولمبية السعودية وأولمبياد المعاقين) is the National Olympic Committee and the National Paralympic Committee representing Saudi Arabia. Until the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Saudi Arabia was one of three countries that had never had a female competitor at the games. The other two countries, Qatar and Brunei, also selected women to compete for the first time. On 20 December 2021, the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee and the Saudi Arabian Paralympic Committee were merged into one. 2012 Summer Olympics In April 2012 the head of the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee ruled against sending female participants to the Summer Olympics in London. The Olympic committee had previously released a list of potential candidates for the games which included females. Saudi Arabia's refusal to send women to the Olympics put them at odds with the Olympic charter which states that "any form of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 Metres
The men's 100 metres was of one of 23 track events of the athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens. It was contested at the Athens Olympic Stadium, from August 21 to 22, by a total of 82 sprinters from 62 nations. Each nation was limited to 3 athletes per rules in force since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Justin Gatlin of the United States, the nation's second consecutive title and 16th overall in the event. Portugal earned its first medal in the men's 100 metres, with Francis Obikwelu's silver. The final was the fastest and most disputed in Olympic history, with six runners covering the distance in 10.00 seconds or less (four of them under the 9.90 mark), and the gold and bronze medalist athletes separated by 0.02 seconds. The medals for the competition were presented by Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spain; IOC Hononary President for Life, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Lamine Diack, Senegal; IAAF President. Background This was the twenty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Table Tennis At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's Singles
These are the results of the men's singles competition, one of two events for male competitors in table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates .... Qualifying Athletes Seeds The top 16 seeded players qualified directly to the third round. # ''(semifinals, bronze medalist)'' # ''(fourth round)'' # ''(champion, gold medalist)'' # ''(final, silver medalist)'' # ''(quarterfinals)'' # ''(fourth round)'' # ''(fourth round)'' # ''(third round)'' # ''(quarterfinals)'' # ''(fourth round)'' # ''(fourth round)'' # ''(third round)'' # ''(fourth round)'' # ''(third round)'' # ''(third round)'' # ''(semifinals, fourth place)'' The players seeded from 17 to 32 qualified directly to the second round. # ''(third rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalid Al-Harbi
Khalid Al-Harbi (; born 10 July 1975) is a Saudi Arabian table tennis player. He competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. Al-Harbi was eliminated from the Athens Games in table tennis after losing to Serbian player Aleksandar Karakašević in four straight sets. During the 2011 Arab Games The 2011 Pan Arab Games also known as the 12th Pan Arab Games took place in Doha, Qatar from 6 to 23 December 2011. This was the first time that the country had hosted the multi-sport event. Khalifa International Stadium was the main venue for th ... held in Doha, Qatar, Al-Harbi was part of the Saudi table tennis team that lost the final match to the Egyptian team. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 Metre Breaststroke
The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2004 Summer Olympics was contested at the Olympic Aquatic Centre of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex in Athens, Greece on August 14 and 15. After finishing fourth in Sydney (2000), Japan's Kosuke Kitajima edged out U.S. swimmer and world-record holder Brendan Hansen to claim the gold medal by 0.17 of a second, in a time of 1:00.08. Katajima used an illegal dolphin kick during a pull-out, however he was not disqualified, and the rules were changed less than a year later to allow for a single dolphin kick after the start and after each wall. Hansen, who turned 23 on the final day, earned a silver in 1:00.25, while France's Hugues Duboscq held off onrushing American Mark Gangloff to take the bronze in 1:00.88. Earlier in the semifinals Hansen lowered an Olympic record to 1:00.01 that had been set by his archrival Kitajima in the preliminaries by just 0.02 of a second. Russia's Roman Sloudnov Roman Andreyevich Sludnov (russian: Р ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Al-Kudmani
Ahmad Al-Kudmani ( ar, احمد صفوان القضماني; born August 18, 1979) is a Saudi Arabian former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. He is a two-time Olympian and a multiple-time medalist at the Pan Arab Games. Al-Kudmani made his first all-male Saudi Arabian team, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the men's 100 m breaststroke. Swimming in heat two, he picked up a fourth spot and fifty-sixth overall by a tenth of a second (0.10) behind Madagascar's Jean Luc Razakarivony in 1:06.07. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Al-Kudmani qualified again for the men's 100 m breaststroke by receiving a Universality place from FINA in an invitation time of 1:06.07. He challenged seven other swimmers on the same heat as Sydney, including his former rival Razakarivony. He blasted a Saudi Arabian record and a personal best of 1:05.65 to share a second seed with Moldova's Andrei Capitanciuc. Al-Kudmani failed to advance into the semifinals, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shooting At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's Skeet
The men's skeet shooting competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held on August 21 and 22 at the Markópoulo Olympic Shooting Centre near Athens, Greece. The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 5 sets of 25 shots in the set order of skeet shooting. In this last Olympic skeet competition before rules were changed, Marko Kemppainen attained a perfect 125 to break the world and Olympic records in the qualification round, but missed one target in the final, allowing Andrea Benelli to catch him up with a score of 149 to force the gold medal shoot-off. Meanwhile, Cuba's Juan Miguel Rodríguez had shared a score of 147 targets with Qatar's Nasser Al-Attiyah Nasser Salih Nasser Abdullah Al-Attiyah ( ar, ناصر صالح ناصر عبدالله العطية : nāṣir ṣāliḥ nāṣir ʿabdullāh al-ʿaṭṭīyah; born 21 December 1970 in Doha) is a Qatari rally driver and sport shooter. He wa ... and United States' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saied Al-Mutairi
Saeed Al-Mutairi ( ar, سعيد بن مقبل المطيري ; born September 24, 1968 in Riyadh) is a Saudi Arabian sport shooter. Al-Mutairi made his official debut for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he placed thirty-second in men's skeet shooting, with a hit of 117 targets, tying his position with five other shooters, including six-time Olympian and former silver medalist Eric Swinkels of the Netherlands. He managed to score 119 points for his category at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and eventually achieved his best career result at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, when he shot a total 120 targets in the qualifying rounds, finishing only in seventeenth place. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Al-Mutairi made his fourth appearance in men's skeet shooting, with a slight preparation and reluctant training. Unlike his three previous games, he struggled to attain a higher position in the qualifying rounds, shooting less than twenty-five clay target ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamal Bahamdan
Kamal Bahamdan (born 12 February 1970) is a Saudi Arabian businessman and equestrian. Early life Kamal was born in Riyadh, after attending high school he graduated in 1994 from Boston University with a Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering. Career and controversies He is CEO and vice-chairman of the Bahamdan Group, established in the 1940s by his grandfather Salem Bahamdan in Makkah. It was incorporated in the 1950s in Riyadh by his father Abdullah Bahamdan the former MD and Chairman of the National Commercial Bank (NCB) of Saudi Arabia, which was at the time the Arab world's largest bank. Since foundation, the Group has made more than 250 investments in a range of markets and sectors across the Middle East, Europe, Asia and the United States. With his father now acting as chairman, under Kamal's management the Group expanded its investment operations, and presently has investments in over 130 companies employing over 8,000 people. In 2009, Bahamdan, with the bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Equestrian At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Individual Jumping
The individual show jumping event, part of the equestrian program at the 2004 Summer Olympics, was held from 22 to 27 August 2004 in the Olympic Equestrian Centre on the outskirts of Markopoulo in the Attica region of Greece. Like all other equestrian events, the jumping competition was mixed gender, with both male and female athletes competing in the same division. There were 77 competitors from 27 nations. Each nation could send up to 4 riders. Cian O'Connor of Ireland initially received the gold medal, but that medal was stripped from him due to doping. After his disqualification, the event was won by Rodrigo Pessoa of Brazil, the nation's first medal in individual jumping. Silver went to Chris Kappler of the United States, with bronze to Marco Kutscher of Germany. Doping test On 8 October 2004, the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) announced that the A-samples from four Olympic horses had failed doping control, and the Equestrian Federation of Irela ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramzy Al-Duhami
Ramzy Al-Duhami ( ar, رمزي الدهامي; born 5 January 1972) is a Saudi Arabian show jumping rider. He was born in Riyadh Riyadh (, ar, الرياض, 'ar-Riyāḍ, lit.: 'The Gardens' Najdi pronunciation: ), formerly known as Hajr al-Yamamah, is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of th .... He competed at the 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, and the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he was awarded a Bronze medal. References External links 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Riyadh Saudi Arabian male equestrians Equestrians at the 1996 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2000 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2004 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2008 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for Saudi Arabia Olympic bronze medalists for Saudi Arabia Olympic medalists in equestrian Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's Triple Jump
The men's triple jump competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20–22 August. Forty-seven athletes from 35 nations competed. The event was won by Christian Olsson of Sweden, the nation's first victory in the event since 1948 and third overall. Marian Oprea won Romania's first men's triple jump medal with his silver. Russia earned bronze for the second consecutive Games, this time with Danil Burkenya taking the medal. Background This was the 25th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 2000 Games were fourth-place finisher Yoelbi Quesada of Cuba, sixth-place finisher Phillips Idowu of Great Britain, tenth-place finisher Andrew Murphy of Australia, eleventh-place finisher Walter Davis of the United States, and twelfth-place finisher Charles Friedek of Germany. Christian Olsson of Sweden was the reigning (2003) world champion and had al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |