Qatar 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 tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Fares El-Bakh became the first Qatari Olympic gold medallist.
One of the most memorable events in their second gold medal was Mutaz Essa Barshim who, alongside Italian high jump athlete Gianmarco Tamberi, shared the gold medal respectively, with a memorable quote of Mutaz asking the official "Can we have two golds?".
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Fares Ibrahim Weightlifting Men's 96 kg Mutaz Essa Barshim Athletics Men's high jump Cherif YounousseAhmed Tijan Volleyball Men's beach volleyball
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 7 1 8Judo 1 0 1Rowing 0 1 1Shooting 1 0 1Swimming 1 1 2Volleyball 2 0 2Weightlifting 1 0 1 Total 13 3 16
Athletics
Qatari athletes 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 AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankFemi OgunodeMen's 100 mcolspan=2 10.022 Q10.178Did not advanceAbubaker Haydar AbdallaMen's 800 m1:47.456colspan=2 Did not advanceAbdirahman Saeed HassanMen's 1500 mcolspan=2 rowspan=2 Did not advanceAdam Ali Musab3:42.5515Did not advanceAbderrahman SambaMen's 400 m hurdles48.381 Qcolspan=2 47.47 SB2 Q47.12 SB5Bashair Obaid Al-ManwariWomen's 100 m13.12 PB6Did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionMutaz Essa BarshimMen's high jump2.28=1 q2.37 SBAshraf Amgad El-SeifyMen's hammer throw71.8426Did not advance
Judo
Qatar qualified one judoka for the men's half-lightweight category (66 kg) at the Games. Ayoub El-Idrissi 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.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAyoub El-IdrissiMen's −66 kgL 00–10did not advance
Rowing
Qatar qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games by finishing third in the B-final and securing the third of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, Japan.
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTala AbujbaraWomen's single sculls8:06.295 R8:16.883 SE/Fcolspan=2 8:24.241 FE8:00.2225 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
Qatari shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankMohammed Al-RumaihiMen's trap12113did not advance
Swimming
Qatar received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAbdulaziz Al-ObaidlyMen's 200 m breaststroke2:23.2239did not advanceNada ArkajiWomen's 50 m freestyledid not advance
Volleyball
Beach Qatar men's beach volleyball pair qualified directly for the Olympics by virtue of their nation's top 15 placement in the FIVB Olympic Rankings of 13 June 2021.
AthleteEventPreliminary roundRepechageRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankAhmed TijanCherif YounousseMen'sW (21–17, 21–16)W (24–22, 21–13)W (21–18, 21–17)1 QW 2–1 (14–21, 21–19, 15–11)W 2–0 (21–17, 23–21)L 0–2 (19–21, 17–21)W 2–0 (21–12, 21–18)
Weightlifting
Qatar entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian Fares Ibrahim topped the field of eight highest-ranked weightlifters in the men's 96 kg category based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings.
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankFares IbrahimMen's −96 kg17742251402
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