Bahrain at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Bahrain at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Bahrain at the; 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	BRN
NOC	Bahrain Olympic Committee
in Tokyo, Japan; July 23, 2021 – August 8, 2021
Competitors	32 in 5 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Noor Yussuf Abdulla ; Husain Al-Sayyad
Flag bearer (closing)	Husain Mahfoodh
Medals ; Ranked 77th	Gold0Silver1Bronze0Total1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1984 ; 1988 ; 1992 ; 1996 ; 2000 ; 2004 ; 2008 ; 2012 ; 2016 ; 2020 ; 2024 ;

Last updated August 16, 2024

Bahrain competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place in the summer of 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.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Kalkidan Gezahegne	Athletics	Women's 10,000 metres	7 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in handball are not counted:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	9	5	14
Boxing	1	0	1
Handball	14	0	14
Shooting	0	1	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Total	25	7	32

Athletics

Bahraini athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[2]^[3]

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
Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sadik Mikhou	1500 m	3:42.87	8	Did not advance
Birhanu Balew	5000 m	13:39.42	5 Q	—		13:03.20	6
Dawit Fikadu	5000 m	13:44.03	14 qR	—		13:20.24 SB	15
John Kibet Koech	3000 m steeplechase	DNF		—		Did not advance
Alemu Bekele	Marathon	—				DNF
Shumi Dechasa						DNF
El-Hassan El-Abbassi						2:15:56	25

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kalkidan Gezahegne	10000 m	—				29:56.18
Aminat Yusuf Jamal	400 m hurdles	55.90 SB	7	Did not advance
Winfred Mutile Yavi	3000 m steeplechase	9:10.80	1 Q	—		9:19.74	10
Eunice Chumba	Marathon	—				2:29:36	7
Tejitu Daba	Marathon	—				DNF

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Abdelrahman Mahmoud	Men's shot put	20.14	22	Did not advance

Boxing

Bahrain entered one male boxer into the Olympic tournament. Belarusian-born Danis Latypov topped the list of eligible boxers from Asia and Oceania in the men's super heavyweight division to secure a place on the Bahraini team based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Danis Latypov	Men's super heavyweight	Abdullayev (AZE) L 1–3	Did not advance

Handball

Summary

Key:

ET: After extra time
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bahrain men's	Men's tournament	Sweden L 31–32	Portugal L 25–26	Denmark L 21–31	Japan W 32–30	Egypt L 20–30	4	France L 28–42	Did not advance

Men's tournament

Bahrain men's handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal at the 2019 Asian Qualification Tournament in Doha, Qatar, signifying the nation's debut in the sport.^[4]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 11 July 2021.^[5] On 27 July, Komail Mahfoodh was replaced by Bilal Basham Askani.^[6]

Head coach: Aron Kristjánsson

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Husain Mahfoodh	(2001-06-29)29 June 2001 (aged 20)	1.86 m	51	5	Al-Ahli
3	CB	Ali Abdulla Eid	(1991-01-18)18 January 1991 (aged 30)	1.75 m	69	125	Al-Najma
8	RB	Hassan Mirza	(1998-06-18)18 June 1998 (aged 23)	1.65 m	30	26	Al-Tadhamun
9	LW	Hasan Al-Samahiji	(1991-02-22)22 February 1991 (aged 30)	1.77 m	72	253	Al-Ahli
15	LB	Mohamed Abdulredha	(1989-09-27)27 September 1989 (aged 31)	1.86 m	64	92	Al-Ahli
18	RW	Ahmed Jalal	(1998-01-31)31 January 1998 (aged 23)	1.68 m	74	137	Al-Shabab
19	P	Mohamed Merza	(1987-04-17)17 April 1987 (aged 34)	1.84 m	89	158	Al-Najma
21	GK	Mohamed Abdulhusain	(1989-08-12)12 August 1989 (aged 31)	1.75 m	259	15	Al-Najma
27	RW	Bilal Basham Askani	(1991-04-07)7 April 1991 (aged 30)	1.65 m	75	110	Al-Najma
50	CB	Ahmed Al-Maqabi	(1994-10-26)26 October 1994 (aged 26)	1.75 m	78	103	Al-Qadsia SC
66	LB	Komail Mahfoodh	(1992-04-28)28 April 1992 (aged 29)	1.89 m	74	137	Al-Najma
77	RB	Ali Merza	(1988-07-07)7 July 1988 (aged 33)	1.80 m	159	433	Al-Najma
89	LW	Mahdi Saad	(1989-03-15)15 March 1989 (aged 32)	1.73 m	129	270	Al-Najma
93	LB	Mohamed Habib	(1993-07-20)20 July 1993 (aged 28)	1.65 m	300	250	Mudhar
95	CB	Mohamed Mohamed	(2001-02-07)7 February 2001 (aged 20)	1.75 m	300	120	Al-Najma
99	CB	Husain Al-Sayyad (c)	(1988-01-14)14 January 1988 (aged 33)	1.75 m	482	1200	Al-Najma

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	5	4	1	174	139	+35	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Quarter-finals
2	Egypt	5	4	1	154	134	+20	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Sweden	5	4	1	144	142	+2	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Bahrain	5	1	4	129	149	−20	2^{[lower-alpha 2]}
5	Portugal	5	1	4	143	156	−13	2^{[lower-alpha 2]}
6	Japan (H)	5	1	4	146	170	−24	2^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Source: Tokyo 2020 and IHF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1 2 3 Denmark 2 Pts, +2 GD; Egypt 2 Pts, 0 GD, Sweden 2 Pts, −2 GD
1 2 3 Bahrain 2 Pts, +1 GD; Portugal 2 Pts, 0 GD, Japan 2 Pts, −1 GD

24 July 2021 14:15	Sweden	32–31	Bahrain	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Wanne 13	(16–18)	Habib 6
	1× 3×	Report	1× 5×

26 July 2021 19:30	Bahrain	25–26	Portugal	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Habib 8	(15–14)	Portela 6
	1× 4×	Report	1× 5×

28 July 2021 09:00	Denmark	31–21	Bahrain	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	J. Hansen 6	(12–7)	four players 3
	1×	Report	3× 3×

30 July 2021 11:00	Bahrain	32–30	Japan	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Al-Sayyad, Habib 7	(17–16)	Motoki 7
	2× 4×	Report	4×

1 August 2021 11:00	Egypt	30–20	Bahrain	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	El-Ahmar 5	(15–7)	Habib 4
	2× 2×	Report	1× 1×

Quarterfinal

3 August 2021 09:30	France	42–28	Bahrain	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Mahé 9	(21–14)	Al-Sayyad 5
	3×	Report	2× 5×

Shooting

Bahrain granted an invitation from ISSF to send a women's skeet shooter to the Olympics, if the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was fulfilled by June 6, 2021.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Maryam Hassani	Women's skeet	112	24	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Bahrain received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.^[8]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Abdulla Ahmed	Men's 100 m butterfly	DSQ		Did not advance
Noor Yussuf Abdulla	Women's 50 m freestyle	28.87	60	Did not advance

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Bahrain at the 2020 Summer Olympics

IOC code	BRN
NOC	Bahrain Olympic Committee
in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	32 in 5 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Noor Yussuf Abdulla Husain Al-Sayyad
Flag bearer (closing)	Husain Mahfoodh
Medals Ranked 77th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 0 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024