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Mohamed Ahmed Abu Ali
Saudi Arabia competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. 37 competitors, all men, took part in 11 events in 5 sports. Archery In the first time the nation competed in archery at the Olympics, Saudi Arabia entered three men. They only narrowly avoided being the three lowest placing competitors as Mansour Hamaid was able to score one point higher than Lhendup Tshering of Bhutan. Men's Individual Competition: * Mansour Hamaid – 1998 points (→ 59th place) * Faisal al Basam – 1993 points (→ 61st place) * Yousef Jawdat – 1716 points (→ 62nd place) Cycling Six cyclists represented Saudi Arabia in 1984. ;Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race, Individual road race * Abdullah Al-Shaye — did not finish (→ no ranking) * Hassan Al-Absi — did not finish (→ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee
Saudi Olympic & Paralympic Committee (IOC code: KSA; ) is the National Olympic Committee and the National Paralympic Committee representing Saudi Arabia. Until the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Saudi Arabia was one of three countries that had never had a female competitor at the games. The other two countries, Qatar and Brunei, also selected women to compete for the first time. On 20 December 2021, the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee and the Saudi Arabian Paralympic Committee were merged into one. 2012 Summer Olympics In April 2012 the head of the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee ruled against sending female participants to the Summer Olympics in London. The Olympic committee had previously released a list of potential candidates for the games which included females. Saudi Arabia's refusal to send women to the Olympics put them at odds with the Olympic charter which states that "any form of discrimination with regard to a country or a person on grounds of race, religion, politic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |