Saudi Arabia competed at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
in
Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the
COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's twelfth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Medalists
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in football are not counted:
Athletics
Saudi Arabian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
;Track & road events
Football
;Summary
Men's tournament
Saudi Arabia men's football team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match of the
2020 AFC U-23 Championship
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in
Thailand, marking the country's recurrence to the sport for the first time since
Atlanta 1996
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.
;Team roster
;Group play
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Judo
Saudi Arabia qualified two judoka for the men's lightweight category (73 kg) at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian
Sulaiman Hamad accepted a continental berth from Asia as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021.
Karate
Saudi Arabia entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament.
Tareg Hamedi
Tareg Ali Hamedi ( ar, طارق حامدي, born 26 July 1998) is a Saudi Arabian karateka. He represented Saudi Arabia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He won the silver medal in the men's +75 kg event after being disqualified for k ...
qualified directly for the men's kumite +75 kg category by topping the final pool round at the
2021 World Olympic Qualification Tournament in
Paris,
France.
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Rowing
Saudi Arabia received an invitation from World Rowing to send a rower competing in the men's single sculls to the Games, as the next highest-ranked nation vying for qualification at the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, Japan
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Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
]
Shooting
Saudi Arabia granted an invitation from ISSF to send four-time Olympian Saeed 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 ...
in the men's skeet shooting to the Olympics, as long as the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was fulfilled by June 6, 2021.
Swimming
Saudi Arabia received a universality invitation from FINA to send a top-ranked male swimmer in his respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.[
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Table tennis
Saudi Arabia entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games for the first time in 16 years. Ali Al-Khadrawi secured an outright berth in the men's singles with a gold-medal victory at the 2020 West Asia Olympic Qualification Tournament in Amman
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, Jordan.
Weightlifting
Saudi Arabia entered one male weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Mahmoud Al-Humayd accepted a spare berth unused by the Tripartite Commission as the next highest-ranked weightlifter vying for qualification in the men's 73 kg category based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings.[
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References
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