Bahrain competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place in the summer of 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.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Kalkidan Gezahegne Athletics Women's 10,000 metres
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in handball are not counted: SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 9 5 14Boxing 1 0 1Handball 14 0 14Shooting 0 1 1Swimming 1 1 2 Total 25 7 32
Athletics
Bahraini 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 Men
AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankSadik Mikhou1500 m3:42.878Did not advanceBirhanu Balew5000 m13:39.425 Qcolspan=2 rowspan=2 13:03.206Dawit Fikadu13:44.0314 qR13:20.24 SB15John Kibet Koech3000 m steeplechasecolspan=2 Did not advanceAlemu BekeleMarathoncolspan=4 rowspan=3 Shumi DechasaEl-Hassan El-Abbassi2:15:5625
Women AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankKalkidan Gezahegne10000 mcolspan=4 29:56.18Aminat Yusuf Jamal400 m hurdles55.90 SB7Did not advanceWinfred Mutile Yavi3000 m steeplechase9:10.801 Qcolspan=2 9:19.7410Eunice ChumbaMarathoncolspan=4 rowspan=2 2:29:367Tejitu Daba
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionAbdelrahman MahmoudMen's shot put20.1422Did not advance
Boxing
Bahrain entered one male boxer into the Olympic tournament. Belarusian-born Danis Latypov topped the list of eligible boxers from Asia and Oceania in the men's super heavyweight division to secure a place on the Bahraini team based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings.
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankDanis LatypovMen's super heavyweightL 1–3Did not advance
Handball
Summary
TeamEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankBahrain men'sMen's tournamentL 31–32L 25–26L 21–31W 32–30L 20–304L 28–42Did not advance
Men's tournament
Bahrain men's handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal at the 2019 Asian Qualification Tournament in Doha, Qatar, signifying the nation's debut in the sport.
Team roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
Shooting
Bahrain granted an invitation from ISSF to send a women's skeet shooter to the Olympics, if the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was fulfilled by June 6, 2021.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankMaryam HassaniWomen's skeet11224Did not advance Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)
Swimming
Bahrain received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAbdulla AhmedMen's 100 m butterflyDid not advanceNoor Yussuf AbdullaWomen's 50 m freestyle28.8760Did not advance
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