Qatar has competed in 10 Summer Olympic Games. They have never competed in the Winter Olympic Games. Their first ever Olympic gold medal was won by Fares El-Bakh in weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics, followed by a gold medal for Mutaz Essa Barshim in men's high jump. They have also won two silver and four bronze medals.

Qatar at the
Olympics
IOC codeQAT
NOCQatar Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.qa/en (in English and Arabic)
Medals
Ranked 94th
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
5
Total
9
Summer appearances

Following the 2008 Summer Olympics, Qatar was, along with Saudi Arabia and Brunei, one of only three countries never to have sent a female athlete to the Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee in 2010 announced it would "press" these countries to allow and facilitate women's participation, and shortly thereafter the Qatar Olympic Committee announced that it "hoped to send up to four female athletes in shooting and fencing" to the 2012 London Summer Olympics.[1][2] The country ultimately included four female athletes in its delegation.[3]

The Qatar Olympic Committee was formed in 1979 and recognized by the IOC in 1980.

Medals

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Medals by Summer Games

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Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1984 Los Angeles 24 0 0 0 0
1988 Seoul 10 0 0 0 0 -
1992 Barcelona 28 0 0 1 1 54
1996 Atlanta 12 0 0 0 0 -
2000 Sydney 17 0 0 1 1 71
2004 Athens 15 0 0 0 0
2008 Beijing 22 0 0 0 0
2012 London 12 0 1 1 2 75
2016 Rio de Janeiro 38 0 1 0 1 69
2020 Tokyo 16 2 0 1 3 41
2024 Paris 14 0 0 1 1 84
2028 Los Angeles future event
2032 Brisbane
Total 2 2 5 9 94

Medals by sport

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SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
  Athletics1214
  Weightlifting1012
  Beach volleyball0011
  Shooting0011
Totals (4 entries)2248

Athletes with most medals

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Only one Qatari athlete has won multiple medals in the history of the Olympic Games: he is track and field in the high jump Mutaz Essa Barshim.

Athlete Sport Games       Total
Mutaz Essa Barshim   Athletics 20122024 1 2 1 4

Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity.

List of medalists

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Medal Name Games Sport Event
  Bronze Mohammed Suleiman 1992 Barcelona   Athletics Men's 1500 metres
  Bronze Said Saif Asaad 2000 Sydney   Weightlifting Men's 105 kg
  Bronze Nasser Al-Attiyah 2012 London   Shooting Men's skeet
  Silver Mutaz Essa Barshim 2012 London   Athletics Men's high jump
  Silver Mutaz Essa Barshim 2016 Rio de Janeiro   Athletics Men's high jump
  Gold Mutaz Essa Barshim 2020 Tokyo   Athletics Men's high jump
  Gold Fares Ibrahim 2020 Tokyo   Weightlifting Men's 96 kg
  Bronze Ahmed Tijan and Cherif Younousse 2020 Tokyo   Beach volleyball Men's tournament
  Bronze Mutaz Essa Barshim 2024 Paris   Athletics Men's high jump

See also

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References

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  • "Qatar". International Olympic Committee.
  • "Qatar". Olympedia.com.
  • "Olympic Analytics/QAT". olympanalyt.com.
  • "Qatar using black gold to tap into top performers", The Guardian, December 13, 2005 (on Olympic competitors from various countries switching to Qatari citizenship)