Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

participated in the

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from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Bahrain first competed at the

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in 1982 Delhi, and has collected 58 medals in all - 25 gold, 17 silver, and 16 bronze until the last Games in 2014 Incheon. The

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of the team, Bader Nasser, was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.

Medalists

The following Bahrain competitors won medals at the Games.

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Bahrain that participated at the Games:

Athletics

Bowling

;Men

Cycling

Road

Track

;Pursuit ;Omnium

Equestrian

;Jumping # – indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Football

Bahrain national men's team drawn in group E at the Games. ;Summary

Men's tournament

;Roster ;Group E ---- ---- ;Round of 16

Handball

Bahrain men's team entered the competition and join in group D. ;Summary

Men's tournament

;Roster *

Ali Merza Ali Merza Salman Abdulla Ali ( ar, علي ميرزا سلمان علي, born 7 July 1988), known as Ali Merza or Ali Merza Salman or Ali Merza Ali, is a Bahraini handball player for Al-Najma SC and the Bahraini national team. He participated ...

Hasan Al-Samahiji Hasan Mohamed Al-Samahiji ( ar, حسن السماهيجي, Hasan Al-Samahiji, born 22 February 1991), also known as Hasan Alsamahiji, is a Bahraini handball player for Al-Ahli and the Bahraini national team. He participated at the 2017 World ...

*Isa Ahmed * Mahmood Salman *Mohamed Abdulredha * Mohamed Merza Ali * Mohamed Ali * Bilal Askani *Hasan Madan *Husain Mohamed * Komail Mahfoodh * Jasim Al-Salatna *Salman Ali * Hasan Al-Fardan * Mohamed Ahmed * Husain Al-Sayyad ;Group D ---- ---- ;Main round (Group II) ---- ---- ;Semifinal ;Gold medal game

Ju-jitsu

Bahrain entered the ju-jitsu competition with 5 men's athletes. ;Men

Sailing

;Men

Sambo

Shooting

Bahrain has including seven shooters (3 men's and 4 women's) under coach Thanin Thaislilp, Iordan Mitov and Valeriy Timokhinto to compete at the Games. ;Men ;Women

Taekwondo

;Kyorugi

Triathlon

Bahrain triathletes competed in the individual event at the Games. ;Individual

Wrestling

Bahrain wrestler

Adam Batirov Adam Alavdinovich Batirov (russian: Адам Алавдинович Бати́ров; born 13 January 1985 in Dagestan) is a Russian and Bahraini freestyle wrestler of Avar heritage. He is a World Cadet Championships runner-up and Cadet Europea ...

will participate in freestyle −74 kg event. ;Men's freestyle

References

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