# Qatar at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Qatar competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) sent the nation's largest ever delegation to the Games. A total of 38 athletes, 36 men and 2 women, were selected to the Qatari team across ten different sports, roughly more than a triple of its full roster size at London 2012. Twenty-three of them were born outside Qatar, including eleven handball players, two boxers, a table tennis player, and a beach volleyballer. In addition to three aforementioned sports, Qatar marked its Olympic debut in equestrian jumping and judo, as well as its return to weightlifting after 12 years.
The Qatari team was highlighted by two of its prominent athletes and Olympic bronze medalists from the previous Games: high jumper and current Asian record holder Mutaz Essa Barshim, and skeet shooter Nasser Al-Attiyah, who attended his sixth Games as the oldest and most experienced competitor (aged 45). Other notable athletes on the Qatari delegation also included Asia's fastest sprinter Femi Ogunode, table tennis legend Li Ping, freestyle swimmer Nada Arkaji, and equestrian rider Sheikh Ali Al-Thani, who eventually served as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.
Qatar left Rio de Janeiro with a historic silver-medal feat by Barshim, upgrading his bronze from London four years earlier. Meanwhile, Al-Thani and hammer thrower Ashraf Amgad Elseify narrowly missed out of the podium to join with Barshim on the nation's medal tally, finishing among the top six in their respective sporting events.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Mutaz Essa Barshim | Athletics | Men's high jump | 16 August |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Athletics | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Medals by date :
| Date | | | | Total |
| 16 August | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Athletics

Qatari athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics 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 |
| Femi Ogunode | Men's 100 m | Bye | Bye | 10.28 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Femi Ogunode | Men's 200 m | 20.36 | 4 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abdelalelah Haroun | Men's 400 m | 45.76 | 2 Q | — | — | 46.66 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abubaker Haydar Abdalla | Men's 800 m | 1:47.81 | 5 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abdulrahman Musaeb Balla | Men's 800 m | DNS | DNS | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Dalal Mesfer Al-Harith | Women's 400 m | 1:07.12 | 7 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Mutaz Essa Barshim | Men's high jump | 2.29 | =1 Q | 2.36 | |
| Ahmed Bader Magour | Men's javelin throw | 77.19 | 16 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ashraf Amgad Elseify | Men's hammer throw | 73.47 | 12 q | 75.46 | 6 |

## Boxing

Qatar has entered two boxers to compete in each of the following weight classes into the Olympic boxing tournament, signifying the nation's debut in the sport. Turkish-born Hakan Erşeker had claimed his Olympic place as a quarterfinalist losing to the eventual champion Enrico Lacruz of the Netherlands at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan. Meanwhile, light welterweight boxer Thulasi Tharumalingam secured an additional place on the Qatari roster with his semifinal triumph at the 2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier in Vargas, Venezuela.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Hakan Erşeker | Men's lightweight | Tojibaev (UZB) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Thulasi Tharumalingam | Men's light welterweight | Baatarsükh (MGL) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Equestrian

Qatar has entered a team of four jumping riders into the Olympic equestrian competition with a first-place finish at the 2015 FEI Nations Cup Series in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, signifying the nation's debut in the sport.

### Jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round 3 | Round A | Round A | Round B | Round B | Round B | | | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Hamad Al-Attiyah | Appagino | Individual | 8 | =53 Q | 5 | 13 | 50 Q | DNS | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ali Al-Rumaihi | Gunder | Individual | 1 | =25 Q | 1 | 2 | 14 Q | 2 | 4 | =7 Q | 4 | =16 Q | 1 | 5 | =16 | 5 | =16 |
| Sheikh Ali Al-Thani | First Division | Individual | 0 | =1 Q | 4 | 4 | =15 Q | 1 | 5 | =13 Q | 0 | =1 Q | 0 | 0 | =1 JO | 8 | 6 |
| Bassem Hassan Mohammed | Dejavu | Individual | 4 | =27 Q | 4 | 8 | =30 Q | 5 | 13 | 33 Q | 8 | =28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 8 | =28 |
| Hamad Al-Attiyah Ali Al-Rumaihi Sheikh Ali Al-Thani Bassem Hassan Mohammed | See above | Team | 5 | 7 | 9 | — | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 9 |
"#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

## Handball
### Summary

Key:
* ET – After extra time
* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Qatar men's | Men's tournament | Croatia W 30–23 | France L 20–35 | Tunisia D 25–25 | Denmark L 25–26 | Argentina W 22–18 | 4 | Germany L 22–34 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 8 |

### Men's tournament

Qatar men's handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the title and securing a lone outright berth at the 2015 Asian Qualification Tournament in Doha, signifying the nation's debut in the sport.

#### Team roster

The following is the Qatari roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Head coach: Valero Rivera López
* No.
* Pos.
* Name
* Date of birth (age)
* Height
* App.
* Goals
* Club
* 1
* RB
* Žarko Marković
* (1986-06-01)1 June 1986 (aged 30)
* 1.96 m
* 22
* 152
* El Jaish
* 4
* LB
* Hassan Mabrouk
* (1982-07-29)29 July 1982 (aged 34)
* 1.90 m
* 30
* 64
* El Jaish
* 5
* LB
* Marko Bagarić
* (1985-12-31)31 December 1985 (aged 30)
* 2.01 m
* Al Rayyan
* 6
* RB
* Mustafa Alsaltialkrad
* (1987-03-16)16 March 1987 (aged 29)
* 1.86 m
* 7
* LB
* Bertrand Roiné
* (1981-02-17)17 February 1981 (aged 35)
* 1.98 m
* 40
* 70
* Al Ahli
* 9
* LB
* Rafael Capote
* (1987-10-05)5 October 1987 (aged 28)
* 1.96 m
* 34
* 131
* El Jaish
* 11
* LW
* Abdulrazzaq Murad
* (1990-06-29)29 June 1990 (aged 26)
* 1.86 m
* 77
* 169
* Al-Gharafa
* 12
* GK
* Danijel Šarić
* (1977-06-27)27 June 1977 (aged 39)
* 1.95 m
* 22
* 0
* Barcelona
* 13
* RW
* Eldar Memišević
* (1992-06-21)21 June 1992 (aged 24)
* 1.78 m
* 100
* 196
* El Jaish
* 14
* P
* Bassel Al-Rayes
* (1979-03-04)4 March 1979 (aged 37)
* 1.80 m
* 36
* 146
* Al Rayyan
* 15
* RW
* Nasreddine Megdich
* (1991-08-29)29 August 1991 (aged 24)
* 1.78 m
* 16
* 27
* Al Rayyan
* 16
* GK
* Goran Stojanović
* (1977-02-24)24 February 1977 (aged 39)
* 1.91 m
* 37
* 0
* El Jaish
* 19
* P
* Borja Vidal
* (1981-12-25)25 December 1981 (aged 34)
* 2.06 m
* 34
* 79
* Al-Qiyada
* 25
* CB
* Kamalaldin Mallash
* (1992-01-01)1 January 1992 (aged 24)
* 1.80 m
* 62
* 109
* El Jaish
* 94
* LB
* Ameen Zakkar
* (1994-06-15)15 June 1994 (aged 22)
* 1.95 m
* 35
* 62
* Al Rayyan

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Croatia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 147 | 134 | +13 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | France | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 152 | 126 | +26 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Denmark | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 136 | 127 | +9 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 4 | Qatar | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 122 | 127 | −5 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 5 | Argentina | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 110 | 126 | −16 | 2 | |
| 6 | Tunisia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 118 | 145 | −27 | 1 | |
* 1 2 Croatia 29–28 France
| 7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 09:30 | Croatia | 23–30 | Qatar | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) |
| 7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 09:30 | Štrlek 5 | (8–15) | Marković 10 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) |
| 7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 09:30 | 3× 5× | Report | 1× 6× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) |
| 9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 09:30 | Qatar | 20–35 | France | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| 9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 09:30 | three players 4 | (13–16) | Abalo 7 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| 9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 09:30 | 2× 4× | Report | 3× 3× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| 11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 09:30 | Tunisia | 25–25 | Qatar | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
| 11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 09:30 | Boughanmi 8 | (12–11) | Capote 12 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
| 11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 09:30 | 2× 6× | Report | 2× 5× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Gjeding, Hansen (DEN) |
| 13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 14:40 | Denmark | 26–25 | Qatar | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY) |
| 13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 14:40 | Svan 7 | (14–14) | Markovic 7 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY) |
| 13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 14:40 | 4× 5× | Report | 3× 3× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY) |
| 15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 21:50 | Qatar | 22–18 | Argentina | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) |
| 15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 21:50 | Capote, Memišević 4 | (12–9) | Simonet 5 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) |
| 15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 21:50 | 3× 4× | Report | 4× 4× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP) |

#### Quarterfinal

| 17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 13:30 | Germany | 34–22 | Qatar | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| 17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 13:30 | three players 5 | (16–12) | Capote 9 | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |
| 17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 13:30 | 3× 5× | Report | 3× 1× | Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO) |

## Judo

Qatar has qualified one judoka for the men's lightweight category (73 kg) at the Games, signifying the nation's debut in the sport. Morad Zemouri earned a continental quota spot from the Asian region, as Qatar's top-ranked judoka outside a direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | 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 | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Morad Zemouri | Men's−73 kg | Bye | van Tichelt (BEL) L 000–100 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Shooting

Qatari shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) as of March 31, 2016.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Nasser Al-Attiyah | Men's skeet | 111 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rashid Saleh Hamad | Men's skeet | 109 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Qatar has received a Universality invitation from FINA to send two swimmers (one male and one female) to the Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Noah Al-Khulaifi | Men's 100 m backstroke | 1:07.47 | 39 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nada Arkaji | Women's 100 m butterfly | 1:18.86 | 45 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

Qatar has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Chinese import Li Ping secured the Olympic spot in the men's singles as the highest-ranked table tennis player coming from the West Asia zone at the Asian Qualification Tournament in Hong Kong.
| 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 |
| Li Ping | Men's singles | Bye | Bye | Pattantyús (HUN) W 4–0 | Ovtcharov (GER) L 3–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Volleyball
### Beach

Qatar men's beach volleyball team qualified directly for the Olympics by winning the final match over China at the AVC Continental Cup in Cairns, Australia, signifying the nation's debut in the sport.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Standing | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Standing | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Jefferson Pereira Cherif Younousse | Men's | Pool F Gibb – Patterson (USA) L 0 – 2 (16–21, 16–21) Gavira – Herrera (ESP) W 2 – 1 (13–21, 21–18, 15–12) Huber – Seidl (AUT) W 2 – 1 (18–21, 21–19, 15–12) | 2 Q | Krasilnikov – Semenov (RUS) L 0 – 2 (13–21, 13–21) | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

Qatar has received an unused quota place from IWF to send a male weightlifter to the Olympics, signifying the nation's comeback to the sport for the first time since 2004.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Faris Ibrahim | Men's −85 kg | 158 | =10 | 203 | 7 | 361 | 8 |