title: Saudi Arabia at the 2020 Summer Olympics
text: # Saudi Arabia at the 2020 Summer Olympics
  
  Saudi Arabia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics 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
  
  | Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Silver | Tareg Hamedi | Karate | Men's +75 kg | August 7 |
  
  ## Competitors
  
  The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in football are not counted:
  
  | Sport | Men | Women | Total |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | Football | 22 | 0 | 22 |
  | Judo | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | Karate | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Rowing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Shooting | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Table tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Weightlifting | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | Total | 31 | 2 | 33 |
  
  ## 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):
  
  ### 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 | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
  | Mazen Al-Yassin | Men's 400 m | 45.16 PB | 1 Q | — | — | 45.37 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Yasmeen Al-Dabbagh | Women's 100 m | 13.34 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ## Football
  
  ### Summary
  
  Key:
  
  * A.E.T – After extra time.
  * P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
  
  | Team | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
  | Saudi Arabia men's | Men's tournament | Ivory Coast L 1–2 | Germany L 2–3 | Brazil L 1–3 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ### 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 in Thailand, marking the country's recurrence to the sport for the first time since Atlanta 1996.
  
  **Team roster**
  
  Saudi Arabia's 24-man preliminary squad was announced on 16 June 2021. The final squad was announced on 6 July 2021. Turki Al-Ammar withdrew injured and was replaced by Firas Al-Buraikan on 21 July.
  
  Head coach: Saad Al-Shehri
  
  | No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1GK | Amin Bukhari | (1997-05-02)2 May 1997 (aged 24) | Al-Ain |
  | 2 | 2DF | Saud Abdulhamid | (1999-07-18)18 July 1999 (aged 22) | Al-Ittihad |
  | 3 | 2DF | Hamad Al-Yami | (1999-05-17)17 May 1999 (aged 22) | Al-Qadsiah |
  | 4 | 2DF | Abdulbasit Hindi | (1997-02-02)2 February 1997 (aged 24) | Al-Ahli |
  | 5 | 2DF | Abdulelah Al-Amri | (1997-01-15)15 January 1997 (aged 24) | Al-Nassr |
  | 6 | 3MF | Sami Al-Najei | (1997-02-07)7 February 1997 (aged 24) | Al-Nassr |
  | 7 | 3MF | Salman Al-Faraj* (captain) | (1989-08-01)1 August 1989 (aged 31) | Al-Hilal |
  | 8 | 3MF | Nasser Al-Omran | (1997-07-13)13 July 1997 (aged 24) | Al-Shabab |
  | 9 | 4FW | Abdullah Al-Hamdan | (1999-09-13)13 September 1999 (aged 21) | Al-Hilal |
  | 10 | 3MF | Salem Al-Dawsari* | (1991-08-19)19 August 1991 (aged 29) | Al-Hilal |
  | 11 | 3MF | Khalid Al-Ghannam | (2000-11-07)7 November 2000 (aged 20) | Al-Nassr |
  | 12 | 1GK | Mohammed Al Rubaie | (1997-08-14)14 August 1997 (aged 23) | Al-Ahli |
  | 13 | 2DF | Yasser Al-Shahrani* | (1992-05-25)25 May 1992 (aged 29) | Al-Hilal |
  | 14 | 3MF | Ali Al-Hassan | (1997-03-04)4 March 1997 (aged 24) | Al-Nassr |
  | 15 | 3MF | Ayman Yahya | (2001-05-14)14 May 2001 (aged 20) | Al-Nassr |
  | 16 | 2DF | Khalifah Al-Dawsari | (1999-01-02)2 January 1999 (aged 22) | Al-Qadsiah |
  | 17 | 3MF | Ayman Al-Khulaif | (1997-05-22)22 May 1997 (aged 24) | Al-Wehda |
  | 18 | 3MF | Abdulrahman Ghareeb | (1997-03-31)31 March 1997 (aged 24) | Al-Ahli |
  | 19 | 4FW | Firas Al-Buraikan | (2000-05-14)14 May 2000 (aged 21) | Al-Nassr |
  | 20 | 3MF | Mukhtar Ali | (1997-10-30)30 October 1997 (aged 23) | Al-Nassr |
  | 21 | 2DF | Abdullah Hassoun | (1997-03-19)19 March 1997 (aged 24) | Al-Ahli |
  | 22 | 1GK | Zaid Al-Bawardi | (1997-01-26)26 January 1997 (aged 24) | Al-Shabab |
  
  * Overage player.
  
  **Group play**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
  | 2 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
  | 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 4 | |
  | 4 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 0 | |
  
  ## 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.
  
  | Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
  | Sulaiman Hamad | Men's −73 kg | Margelidon (CAN) L 00–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Tahani Alqahtani | Women's +78 kg | Hershko (ISR) L 00–11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ## Karate
  
  Saudi Arabia entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. Tareg Hamedi 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.
  
  | Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Semifinals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
  | Tareg Hamedi | Men's +75 kg | Kvesić (CRO) L 2–3 | Irr (USA) W 4–1 | Ganjzadeh (IRI) D 0–0 | Gaysinsky (CAN) W 10–3 | 2 q | Araga (JPN) W 2–0 | Ganjzadeh (IRI) L RSC | |
  
  ## 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.
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Husein Alireza | Men's single sculls | 7:54.18 | 5 R | 8:06.78 | 2 QF | 8:35.05 | 6 SC/D | 7:53.99 | 6 FD | 7:52.67 | 24 |
  
  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 in the men's skeet shooting to the Olympics, as long as the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was fulfilled by June 6, 2021.
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Saeed Al-Mutairi | Men's skeet | 119 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ## 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.
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Yousif Bu Arish | Men's 100 m butterfly | 56.29 | 55 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ## 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, Jordan.
  
  | Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
  | Ali Al-Khadrawi | Men's singles | Bye | Jančařík (CZE) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ## 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.
  
  | Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
  | Seraj Al-Saleem | Men's −61 kg | 129 | 6 | 159 | 4 | 288 | 5 |
  | Mahmoud Al-Humayd | Men's −73 kg | 141 | 12 | 165 | 13 | 306 | 12 |
  