History

Saudi Arabia made its first Summer Olympic appearance in 1972 and has competed ever since, with the exception of 1980 where it participated in the United States led boycott. The nation sends a small delegation with between 10-20 athletes competing at recent Olympics. The athletes compete in a variety of sports including, athletics, equestrian, shooting, swimming and weightlifting.

Saudi Arabia has won a total of three medals in its history. Their first two medals came during the 2000 Olympics where hurdler Hadi Al-Somaily won silver in the men’s 400m hurdles and equestrian Khaled Al Eid won bronze in individual show jumping. In 2012 the equestrian show jumping team was able to win a bronze medal.

Qualified Quotas

Football

Event	Qualifying Athletes	Selected Athletes
Men’s Tournament	Amin Al-Bukhari Abdullah Hassoun Abdulbassit Hindi Hassan Tombakti Abdulelah Al-Amri Sami Al-Najei Abdulrahman Ghareeb Nasser Al-Omran Abdullah Al-Hamdan Ayman Al-Khulaif Abdulrahman Al-Yami Ayman Yahya Khaled Al-Dubaish Ali Al-Hassan Hussain Al-Eisa Yousef Al-Harbi Saad Al-Selouli Khalid Al-Ghannam Firas Al-Buraikan Mukhtar Ali Saleh Al-Ohaymid Mohammed Al-Yami Saud Abdulhamid