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Saudi Arabia at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeKSA
NOC Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee
Website olympic.sa (in Arabic and English)
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors4 in 2 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances ( overview)

Saudi Arabia is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will be the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics except for Moscow 1980 as part of the United States-led boycott.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Equestrian TBD TBD 3
Taekwondo 0 1 1
Total 0 1 4

Equestrian

Saudi Arabia entered a squad of four jumping riders into the Olympic equestrian competition by securing the first of two available team spots at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI)-designated Olympic qualifier for Group F (Africa and Middle East) in Doha, Qatar. [1] As of October 2023, the kingdom was reportedly willing to offer large sums of money to acquire the world's best horses for the competition. [2]

Jumping

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Time Rank
  Individual
 
 
See above Team

Taekwondo

Saudi Arabia qualified one athlete to compete at the games. Dunya Abutaleb, become the nations first female taekwondo to compete at the Olympics, by winning the semifinal rounds in her class, at the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China. [3]

Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Dunya Abutaleb Women's −49 kg

References

  1. ^ Parkes, Louise (February 27, 2023). "Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates take Olympic qualifying spots". inside.fei.org. International Federation for Equestrian Sports. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
  2. ^ Lloyd, Owen (October 20, 2023). "Saudi Arabia throwing its weight around to buy top horses before Paris 2024". Inside the Games. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
  3. ^ "China wins sixth Olympic licence for taekwondo". Inside The Games. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.