Qatar has competed in 11 Summer Olympic Games. The nation has 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.
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."Qatar decision to send female athletes to London 2012 increases pressure on Saudi Arabia" , Inside the Games, July 1, 2010"Inside Lines: Protests at 2012 if Saudis say 'no girls allowed'", The Independent, July 4, 2010 The country ultimately included four female athletes in its delegation."London 2012 Olympics: Saudi Arabian women to compete", BBC, 12 July 2012
The Qatar Olympic Committee was formed in 1979 and recognized by the IOC in 1980.
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank 24 0 0 0 0 – 10 0 0 0 0 – 28 0 0 1 1 54 12 0 0 0 0 – 17 0 0 1 1 71 15 0 0 0 0 – 22 0 0 0 0 – 12 0 1 1 2 75 38 0 1 0 1 69 16 2 0 1 3 41 14 0 0 1 1 84 future event Total 2 2 5 9 94
Medals by sport
Athletes with most medals 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 2012–2024 1 2 1 4
Notes: in Khaki the athletes still in activity.
List of medalists Medal Name GamesSportEvent Mohammed Suleiman Athletics Men's 1500 metres Said Saif Asaad Weightlifting Men's 105 kg Nasser Al-Attiyah Shooting Men's skeet Mutaz Essa Barshim Athletics Men's high jump Mutaz Essa Barshim Athletics Men's high jump Mutaz Essa Barshim Athletics Men's high jump Fares Ibrahim Weightlifting Men's 96 kg Ahmed Tijan and Cherif Younousse Beach volleyball Men's tournament Mutaz Essa Barshim AthleticsMen's high jump
See also List of flag bearers for Qatar at the Olympics Qatar at the Paralympics
References
External links
"Qatar using black gold to tap into top performers", The Guardian, December 13, 2005 (on Olympic competitors from various countries switching to Qatari citizenship)