Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it sh ...

has competed in 10

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. They have never competed in the

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. Their first ever Olympic gold medal was won by

Fares El-Bakh Fares Ibrahim Saed Hassouna El-Bakh ( ar, فارس ابراهيم سعد حسونة الباخ, born 4 June 1998), commonly known as Meso Hassouna, is a Qatari weightlifter, Olympic Champion, World Champion and two time Junior World Champion co ...

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at the 2020 Summer Olympics, followed by a gold medal for

Mutaz Essa Barshim Mutaz Essa Barshim ( ar, معتز عيسى برشم, Muʿtazz ʿĪsā Baršim; born 24 June 1991) is a Qatari track and field athlete who competes in the high jump and is the current Olympic Champion (2020). He is also the current World Champio ...

in men's high jump. They have also won one silver and four bronze medals. Following the

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, Qatar was, along with

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and

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, one of only three countries never to have sent a female athlete to the

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. The

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in 2010 announced it would "press" these countries to allow and facilitate women's participation, and shortly thereafter the

Qatar Olympic Committee Qatar Olympic Committee ( ar, اللجنة الأولمبية القطرية, IOC code: QAT) is the National Olympic Committee representing Qatar. History The QOC was formed in 1979 and was granted full recognition by the International Olympic C ...

announced that it "hoped to send up to four female athletes in

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and

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" to the

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. The country ultimately included four female athletes in its delegation."London 2012 Olympics: Saudi Arabian women to compete"
BBC, 12 July 2012 The

was formed in 1979 and recognized by the IOC in 1980.

Medals

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by sport

Athletes with most medals

Only one Qatari athlete has won multiple medals in the history of the

: he is track and field in the high jump

. Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity.

List of medalists

References

External links

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"Qatar using black gold to tap into top performers"
''The Guardian'', December 13, 2005 (on Olympic competitors from various countries switching to Qatari citizenship) {{Olympic-nation-stub