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. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after participating in the

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. 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

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. 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. ; Individual road race * Abdullah Al-Shaye — did not finish (→ no ranking) * Hassan Al-Absi — did not finish (→ no ranking) * Ali Al-Ghazawi — did not finish (→ no ranking) * Mohammed Al-Shanqiti — did not finish (→ no ranking) ;

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* Hassan Al-Absi * Ahmed Al-Saleh * Mohammed Al-Shanqiti * Rajab Moqbil

Fencing

Seven fencers represented Saudi Arabia in 1984. ; Men's foil * Majed Abdul Rahim Habib Ullah * Khaled Fahd Al-Rasheed * Abdullah Al-Zawayed ; Men's épée * Jamil Mohamed Bubashit * Mohamed Ahmed Abu Ali * Rashid Fahd Al-Rasheed ; Men's team épée * Mohamed Ahmed Abu Ali, Rashid Fahd Al-Rasheed, Jamil Mohamed Bubashit, Nassar Al-Dosari

Football

;Men's Team Competition * Preliminary Round (Group C) :*

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0 – 6 * Quarter Finals :* → Did not advance *Team Roster: :* ( 1.) Mohamed Al-Husain :* ( 2.) Sameija Al-Dawasare :* ( 3.) Hassen Bishy :* ( 4.) Sameer Abdulshakor :* ( 5.)

Abdullah Masod Abdullah Faraj Al-Hathlool (; born 20 October 1964), known as Abadi Al-Hathlool, is a Saudi Arabian former footballer who played as a midfielder for Al-Hilal. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer ...

:* ( 6.) Ahmad Al-Bishi :* ( 7.) Shayemsh Al-Nasisah :* ( 8.) Ahamed Bayazid :* (10.) Fahed Mosaibeeh :* (11.) Mehaisen Al-Dosari :* (12.) Salman Al-Dosari :* (13.)

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:* (14.) Saleh Al-Dossary :* (15.) Nawaf Al-Khamees :* (16.) Omar Bakhshwein :* (21.) Abdullah Al-Deayee :* ( 9.)

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Shooting

References

External links

Official Olympic Reports
Nations at the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

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