Qatar at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Qatar at the
2020 Summer Olympics
IOC codeQAT
NOCQatar Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.qa/en (in English and Arabic)
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors16 in 7 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Tala Abujbara
Mohammed Al-Rumaihi
Flag bearer (closing)N/A
Medals
Ranked 41st
Gold
2
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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.[1] It was the nation's tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.

Fares El-Bakh became the first Qatari Olympic gold medallist.[2]

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?".[3]

  1. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". Olympics. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Fares El-Bakh makes history for Qatar and sets new Olympic record with gold in 96kg men's weightlifting final". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  3. ^ "'Can we have 2?' Barshim, Tamberi share HJ gold". ESPN.com. 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2021-08-01.