Saudi Arabia at the 2020 Summer Olympics

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in football are not counted:

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):^[2][3]

Track & road events

Summary

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Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		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

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Men's tournament

Main articles: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

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.^[4][5]

Team roster

Saudi Arabia's 24-man preliminary squad was announced on 16 June 2021.^[6] The final squad was announced on 6 July 2021.^[7] Turki Al-Ammar withdrew injured and was replaced by Firas Al-Buraikan on 21 July.^[8]

Head coach: Saad Al-Shehri

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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

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* Overage player.

Group play

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Pos	Team v t e	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
3	Germany	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	0	3	4	8	−4	0

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Source: TOCOG and FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

22 July 2021 (2021-07-22)

17:30

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Ivory Coast	2–1	Saudi Arabia
Al-Amri 39' (o.g.) Kessié 66'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Al-Dawsari 44'

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International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

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25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)

20:30

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Saudi Arabia	2–3	Germany
Al-Najei 30', 50'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Amiri 11' Ache 43' Uduokhai 75'

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International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Referee: Victor Gomes (South Africa)

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28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)

17:00

More information 1–3, Brazil ...

Saudi Arabia	1–3	Brazil
Al-Amri 27'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Cunha 14' Richarlison 76', 90+3'

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Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

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.^[9][10]

More information Athlete, Event ...

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		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
Tahani Alqahtani	Women's +78 kg	Hershko (ISR) L 00–11	Did not advance

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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.^[11][10]

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Athlete	Event	Group stage					Semifinals	Final
		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

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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.^[12][10]

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

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.^[13]

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.^[10]

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.^[14]

More information Athlete, Event ...

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		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

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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.^[10]