Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)

Overview

NOCSaudi Arabian Olympic Committee
Flagbearers30

Participants

Olympic Games 179
Youth Olympic Games 23

Description

Recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 7 October 1965, at the IOC session in Madrid, Saudi Arabia has competed at every Olympic Games since 1972, with the exception of 1980.

Saudi Arabia won its first two Olympic medals at Sydney in 2000. Hadi Soua’an Al-Somaily won a silver in the men’s 400 metre hurdles, and Khaled Al-Eid won an equestrian bronze in individual show jumping.

Until 2008, Saudi Arabia had competed in 9 Olympic Games with 121 athletes but no women athletes. This became a point of contention with the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The IOC had discussions with Saudi Arabia about having female competitors, and, in 2012, two female athletes competed in London. Three female athletes followed at Rio de Janeiro in 2016, and again two at Tokyo 2020.

Saudi Arabia competed for the first time in the Olympic Winter Games at Beijing 2022, sending a single Alpine skier, Fayik Abdi, who finished 44th in the men’s giant slalom.

Participations by edition

Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
1972 Summer Olympics Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 10 0 10 Results
1976 Summer Olympics Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 14 0 14 Results
1984 Summer Olympics Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 37 0 37 Results
1988 Summer Olympics Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 9 0 9 Results
1992 Summer Olympics Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 9 0 9 Results
1996 Summer Olympics Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 29 0 29 Results
2000 Summer Olympics Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 18 0 18 Results
2004 Summer Olympics Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 16 0 16 Results
2008 Summer Olympics Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 14 0 14 Results
2012 Summer Olympics Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 16 2 18 Results
2016 Summer Olympics Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 7 3 10 Results
2020 Summer Olympics Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 29 2 31 Results
2022 Winter Olympics Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 1 0 1 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
2010 Summer Youth Olympics Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 8 1 9 Results
2014 Summer Youth Olympics Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 5 0 5 Results
2018 Summer Youth Olympics Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 8 1 9 Results

Participations by discipline

Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
Alpine Skiing (Skiing) 1 0 1 Results
Archery 5 0 5 Results
Athletics 61 3 64 Results
Cycling Road (Cycling) 9 0 9 Results
Equestrian Jumping (Equestrian) 7 0 7 Results
Fencing 8 1 9 Results
Football (Football) 50 0 50 Results
Judo 2 2 4 Results
Karate 1 0 1 Results
Rowing 1 0 1 Results
Shooting 10 0 10 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 5 0 5 Results
Table Tennis 3 0 3 Results
Taekwondo 1 0 1 Results
Weightlifting 9 0 9 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
Athletics 11 1 12 Results
Equestrian Jumping (Equestrian) 1 1 2 Results
Fencing 1 0 1 Results
Karate 1 0 1 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 2 0 2 Results
Taekwondo 2 0 2 Results
Weightlifting 3 0 3 Results

Medals by Games

Edition Competition Type Gold Silver Bronze Total
2018 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 1 0 2 3
2000 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 1 1 2
2020 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 1 0 1
2010 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 0 0 1 1
2012 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 0 1 1

Medals by sport

Olympic Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics 0 1 0 1
Karate 0 1 0 1
Equestrian Jumping 0 0 2 2

Youth Olympic Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Karate 1 0 0 1
Athletics 0 0 1 1
Equestrian Jumping 0 0 1 1
Weightlifting 0 0 1 1

Most successful competitors

Includes medals won as part of mixed teams.

Olympic Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily KSA 0 1 0 1
Tareg Hamedi KSA 0 1 0 1
Ramzy Al-Duhami KSA 0 0 1 1
Khaled Al-Eid KSA 0 0 1 1
Kamal Bahamdan KSA 0 0 1 1
Prince Abdullah Al-Saud KSA 0 0 1 1
Abdullah Sharbatly KSA 0 0 1 1

Youth Olympic Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Mohammed Al-Assiri KSA 1 0 0 1
Dalma Malhas KSA 0 0 1 1
Mohammed Duhaim Almuawi KSA 0 0 1 1
Ali Alothman KSA 0 0 1 1

IOC Members

HRH Prince Faisal 1983—1999
HRH Prince Nawaf Faisal 2002—2014
HRH Prince Nawaf Faisal 2015—
Reema Al-Saud 2020—