Qatar_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics Knowpia

Qatar at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Qatar at the; 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	QAT
NOC	Qatar Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.qa/en (in English and Arabic)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	38 in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Sheikh Ali Al-Thani
Medals; Ranked 69th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Qatar competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) sent the nation's largest ever delegation to the Games. A total of 38 athletes, 36 men and 2 women, were selected to the Qatari team across ten different sports, roughly more than a triple of its full roster size at London 2012.^[2] Twenty-three of them were born outside Qatar, including eleven handball players, two boxers, a table tennis player, and a beach volleyballer.^[3] In addition to three aforementioned sports, Qatar marked its Olympic debut in equestrian jumping and judo, as well as its return to weightlifting after 12 years.

The Qatari team was highlighted by two of its prominent athletes and Olympic bronze medalists from the previous Games: high jumper and current Asian record holder Mutaz Essa Barshim, and skeet shooter Nasser Al-Attiyah, who attended his sixth Games as the oldest and most experienced competitor (aged 45).^[4] Other notable athletes on the Qatari delegation also included Asia's fastest sprinter Femi Ogunode, table tennis legend Li Ping, freestyle swimmer Nada Arkaji, and equestrian rider Sheikh Ali Al-Thani, who eventually served as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.^[5]

Qatar left Rio de Janeiro with a historic silver-medal feat by Barshim, upgrading his bronze from London four years earlier. Meanwhile, Al-Thani and hammer thrower Ashraf Amgad Elseify narrowly missed out of the podium to join with Barshim on the nation's medal tally, finishing among the top six in their respective sporting events.^[6]

Medalists edit

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Mutaz Essa Barshim	Athletics	Men's high jump	16 August

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	0	1	0	1
Total	0	1	0	1

Medals by date
Date				Total
16 August	0	1	0	0
Total	0	1	0	1

Athletics edit

Qatari athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[7]^[8]

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Femi Ogunode	Men's 100 m	Bye		10.28	5	Did not advance
Femi Ogunode	Men's 200 m	20.36	4	—		Did not advance
Abdelalelah Haroun	Men's 400 m	45.76	2 Q	—		46.66	7	Did not advance
Abubaker Haydar Abdalla	Men's 800 m	1:47.81	5	—		Did not advance
Abdulrahman Musaeb Balla	Men's 800 m	DNS		—		Did not advance
Dalal Mesfer Al-Harith	Women's 400 m	1:07.12	7	—		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Mutaz Essa Barshim	Men's high jump	2.29	=1 Q	2.36
Ahmed Bader Magour	Men's javelin throw	77.19	16	Did not advance
Ashraf Amgad Elseify	Men's hammer throw	73.47	12 q	75.46	6

Boxing edit

Qatar has entered two boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament, signifying the nation's debut in the sport. Turkish-born Hakan Erşeker had claimed his Olympic place as a quarterfinalist losing to the eventual champion Enrico Lacruz of the Netherlands at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.^[9]^[10] Meanwhile, light welterweight boxer Thulasi Tharumalingam secured an additional place on the Qatari roster with his semifinal triumph at the 2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier in Vargas, Venezuela.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hakan Erşeker	Men's lightweight	Tojibaev (UZB) L 0–3	Did not advance
Thulasi Tharumalingam	Men's light welterweight	Baatarsükh (MGL) L 0–3	Did not advance

Equestrian edit

Qatar has entered a team of four jumping riders into the Olympic equestrian competition with a first-place finish at the 2015 FEI Nations Cup Series in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, signifying the nation's debut in the sport.^[12]^[13]

Jumping edit

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Hamad Al-Attiyah	Appagino	Individual	8	=53 Q	5	13	50 Q	DNS			Did not advance
Ali Al-Rumaihi	Gunder		1	=25 Q	1	2	14 Q	2	4	=7 Q	4	=16 Q	1	5	=16	5	=16
Sheikh Ali Al-Thani	First Division		0	=1 Q	4	4	=15 Q	1	5	=13 Q	0	=1 Q	0	0	=1 JO	8	6
Bassem Hassan Mohammed	Dejavu		4	=27 Q	4	8	=30 Q	5	13	33 Q	8	=28	Did not advance			8	=28
Hamad Al-Attiyah Ali Al-Rumaihi Sheikh Ali Al-Thani Bassem Hassan Mohammed	See above	Team	5	7	9	—	9	Did not advance			—					9	9

"#" 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.

Handball edit

Summary

Key:

ET – After extra time
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Qatar men's	Men's tournament	Croatia W 30–23	France L 20–35	Tunisia D 25–25	Denmark L 25–26	Argentina W 22–18	4	Germany L 22–34	Did not advance		8

Men's tournament edit

Qatar men's handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the title and securing a lone outright berth at the 2015 Asian Qualification Tournament in Doha, signifying the nation's debut in the sport.^[14]

Team roster

The following is the Qatari roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[15]^[16]

Head coach: Valero Rivera López

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	RB	Žarko Marković	(1986-06-01)1 June 1986 (aged 30)	1.96 m	22	152	El Jaish
4	LB	Hassan Mabrouk	(1982-07-29)29 July 1982 (aged 34)	1.90 m	30	64	El Jaish
5	LB	Marko Bagarić	(1985-12-31)31 December 1985 (aged 30)	2.01 m			Al Rayyan
6	RB	Mustafa Alsaltialkrad	(1987-03-16)16 March 1987 (aged 29)	1.86 m
7	LB	Bertrand Roiné	(1981-02-17)17 February 1981 (aged 35)	1.98 m	40	70	Al Ahli
9	LB	Rafael Capote	(1987-10-05)5 October 1987 (aged 28)	1.96 m	34	131	El Jaish
11	LW	Abdulrazzaq Murad	(1990-06-29)29 June 1990 (aged 26)	1.86 m	77	169	Al-Gharafa
12	GK	Danijel Šarić	(1977-06-27)27 June 1977 (aged 39)	1.95 m	22	0	Barcelona
13	RW	Eldar Memišević	(1992-06-21)21 June 1992 (aged 24)	1.78 m	100	196	El Jaish
14	P	Bassel Al-Rayes	(1979-03-04)4 March 1979 (aged 37)	1.80 m	36	146	Al Rayyan
15	RW	Nasreddine Megdich	(1991-08-29)29 August 1991 (aged 24)	1.78 m	16	27	Al Rayyan
16	GK	Goran Stojanović	(1977-02-24)24 February 1977 (aged 39)	1.91 m	37	0	El Jaish
19	P	Borja Vidal	(1981-12-25)25 December 1981 (aged 34)	2.06 m	34	79	Al-Qiyada
25	CB	Kamalaldin Mallash	(1992-01-01)1 January 1992 (aged 24)	1.80 m	62	109	El Jaish
94	LB	Ameen Zakkar	(1994-06-15)15 June 1994 (aged 22)	1.95 m	35	62	Al Rayyan

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	5	4	0	1	147	134	+13	8^[a]	Quarter-finals
2	France	5	4	0	1	152	126	+26	8^[a]
3	Denmark	5	3	0	2	136	127	+9	6
4	Qatar	5	2	1	2	122	127	−5	5
5	Argentina	5	1	0	4	110	126	−16	2
6	Tunisia	5	0	1	4	118	145	−27	1

Source: IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Croatia 29–28 France

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 09:30	Croatia	23–30	Qatar	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Štrlek 5	(8–15)	Marković 10
	3× 5×	Report	1× 6×

9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 09:30	Qatar	20–35	France	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	three players 4	(13–16)	Abalo 7
	2× 4×	Report	3× 3×

11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 09:30	Tunisia	25–25	Qatar	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN)
	Boughanmi 8	(12–11)	Capote 12
	2× 6×	Report	2× 5×

13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 14:40	Denmark	26–25	Qatar	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY)
	Svan 7	(14–14)	Markovic 7
	4× 5×	Report	3× 3×

15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 21:50	Qatar	22–18	Argentina	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Capote, Memišević 4	(12–9)	Simonet 5
	3× 4×	Report	4× 4×

Quarterfinal

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 13:30	Germany	34–22	Qatar	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	three players 5	(16–12)	Capote 9
	3× 5×	Report	3× 1×

Judo edit

Qatar has qualified one judoka for the men's lightweight category (73 kg) at the Games, signifying the nation's debut in the sport. Morad Zemouri earned a continental quota spot from the Asian region, as Qatar's top-ranked judoka outside a direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.^[17]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Morad Zemouri	Men's−73 kg	Bye	van Tichelt (BEL) L 000–100	Did not advance

Shooting edit

Qatari shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) as of March 31, 2016.^[18]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nasser Al-Attiyah	Men's skeet	111	31	Did not advance
Rashid Saleh Hamad	Men's skeet	109	32	Did not advance

Swimming edit

Qatar has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.^[19]^[20]^[21]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Noah Al-Khulaifi	Men's 100 m backstroke	1:07.47	39	Did not advance
Nada Arkaji	Women's 100 m butterfly	1:18.86	45	Did not advance

Table tennis edit

Qatar has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Chinese import Li Ping secured the Olympic spot in the men's singles as the highest-ranked table tennis player coming from the West Asia zone at the Asian Qualification Tournament in Hong Kong.^[22]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Li Ping	Men's singles	Bye		Pattantyús (HUN) W 4–0	Ovtcharov (GER) L 3–4	Did not advance

Volleyball edit

Beach edit

Qatar men's beach volleyball team qualified directly for the Olympics by winning the final match over China at the AVC Continental Cup in Cairns, Australia, signifying the nation's debut in the sport.^[9]^[23]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jefferson Pereira Cherif Younousse	Men's	Pool F Gibb – Patterson (USA) L 0 – 2 (16–21, 16–21) Gavira – Herrera (ESP) W 2 – 1 (13–21, 21–18, 15–12) Huber – Seidl (AUT) W 2 – 1 (18–21, 21–19, 15–12)	2 Q	Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS) L 0 – 2 (13–21, 13–21)	Did not advance

Weightlifting edit

Qatar has received an unused quota place from IWF to send a male weightlifter to the Olympics, signifying the nation's comeback to the sport for the first time since 2004.^[9]^[24]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Faris Ibrahim	Men's −85 kg	158	=10	203	7	361	8

References edit

^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
^ Scott, Victoria (21 July 2016). "Largest-ever Qatar Olympic team heading to Rio (but only two women)". Doha News. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
^ "Qatar's recruited athletes stir debate on citizenship". Reuters. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
^ "Al Attiyah, Barshim lead Qatar charge at Rio Olympic Games". Qatar: The Peninsula. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
^ Al-Khatri, Shabina (6 August 2016). "Team Qatar represents at Olympic opener in Rio". Doha News. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
^ Chatriwala, Omar (20 August 2016). "First silver medal win is Qatar's legacy at the 2016 Rio Olympics". Doha News. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
^ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Qatar to compete in volleyball, boxing for first time during Rio Olympics". Doha News. 26 June 2016. Archived from the original on 27 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ "World Olympic Qualification Event reached climax in Baku with 10 gold medalists and 39 places at Rio 2016 confirmed". AIBA. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
^ "Semi-Final day at the APB/WSB Olympic Qualification Event in Venezuela confirms 16 Rio 2016 quota places". AIBA. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
^ Parkes, Louise (20 February 2015). "Qatar jumps to Nations Cup final – and the Olympics". Horsetalk.co.nz.
^ "Six nations make Olympic and Paralympic débuts at Rio 2016 equestrian events". FEI. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
^ "Qatar qualify for Rio". Gulf Times. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
^ "Qatar Men's Handball Team". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
^ "Cumulative Statistics: QAT - Qatar" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
^ "IJF Officially Announces Qualified Athletes for Rio 2016 Olympic Games". International Judo Federation. 23 June 2016. Archived from the original on 7 July 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
^ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
^ "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016. FINA. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
^ "Qatar announce Rio 2016 delegation". beIN Sports. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
^ Marshall, Ian (14 April 2016). "Dramatic Decider, Neda Shahsavari Recovers from Brink to Secure Olympic Place". ITTF. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
^ "Qataris and Aussies seal Rio qualification at AVC Continental Cup". FIVB. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ "Second day of the IWF Executive Board meeting in Tbilisi". International Weightlifting Federation. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

External links edit

Qatar at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)

[table_hth_CRO0.22328836853769-17] Croatia 29–28 France

[1] "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 August 2016.

[QAT-Olympics-2] Scott, Victoria (21 July 2016). "Largest-ever Qatar Olympic team heading to Rio (but only two women)". Doha News. Archived from the original on 24 October 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.

[3] "Qatar's recruited athletes stir debate on citizenship". Reuters. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.

[4] "Al Attiyah, Barshim lead Qatar charge at Rio Olympic Games". Qatar: The Peninsula. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2016.

[5] Al-Khatri, Shabina (6 August 2016). "Team Qatar represents at Olympic opener in Rio". Doha News. Retrieved 24 October 2016.

[6] Chatriwala, Omar (20 August 2016). "First silver medal win is Qatar's legacy at the 2016 Rio Olympics". Doha News. Retrieved 24 October 2016.

[7] "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

[8] "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

[qat-oly-update-9] "Qatar to compete in volleyball, boxing for first time during Rio Olympics". Doha News. 26 June 2016. Archived from the original on 27 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

[10] "World Olympic Qualification Event reached climax in Baku with 10 gold medalists and 39 places at Rio 2016 confirmed". AIBA. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.

[11] "Semi-Final day at the APB/WSB Olympic Qualification Event in Venezuela confirms 16 Rio 2016 quota places". AIBA. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.

[12] Parkes, Louise (20 February 2015). "Qatar jumps to Nations Cup final – and the Olympics". Horsetalk.co.nz.

[13] "Six nations make Olympic and Paralympic débuts at Rio 2016 equestrian events". FEI. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.

[14] "Qatar qualify for Rio". Gulf Times. 28 November 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.

[15] "Qatar Men's Handball Team". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.

[16] "Cumulative Statistics: QAT - Qatar" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Retrieved 27 December 2016.

[18] "IJF Officially Announces Qualified Athletes for Rio 2016 Olympic Games". International Judo Federation. 23 June 2016. Archived from the original on 7 July 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.

[19] "Quota Places by Nation and Number". www.issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 30 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.

[20] "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2015.

[21] "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016. FINA. Retrieved 23 January 2015.

[22] "Qatar announce Rio 2016 delegation". beIN Sports. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.

[23] Marshall, Ian (14 April 2016). "Dramatic Decider, Neda Shahsavari Recovers from Brink to Secure Olympic Place". ITTF. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.

[24] "Qataris and Aussies seal Rio qualification at AVC Continental Cup". FIVB. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

[25] "Second day of the IWF Executive Board meeting in Tbilisi". International Weightlifting Federation. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

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