Jordan at the Olympics
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| IOC code | JOR |
| NOC | Jordan Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
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Jordan first participated at the Olympic Games in 1980, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. The nation has never participated in the Winter Olympic Games, however at the 1992 Albertville Olympics 43-year-old Mohamed Hadid competed for Jordan in the demonstration sport of speed skiing.[1]
Jordan won its first official ever medal at the Olympic Games at Rio de Janeiro in 2016, when Ahmad Abughaush won gold in the Men's 68 kg tournament in Taekwondo.
Samer Kamal and Ihsan Abu Sheikha have won two bronze medals in Seoul 1988 Olympic Games in Taekwondo when Taekwondo was just introduced into the Olympics
The National Olympic Committee for Jordan was created in 1957 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1963.
The Jordan Olympic Committee is now headed by Prince Faisal Bin Al Hussein.
Medal tables
Medals by Summer Games
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| 1980 Moscow | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 Los Angeles | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 Seoul | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1992 Barcelona | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 Atlanta | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 Sydney | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 Athens | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 Beijing | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 London | 2 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
Medals by sport
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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 Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Totals (1 entries) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
List of medalists
| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
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Ahmad Abu-Ghaush | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Taekwondo |
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See also
References
- ^ Janofsky, Michael (December 20, 1991). "Olympics; Construction Was Slow, So . . ". The New York Times. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
While it would have been ideal to ski for the United States, his adoptive country, he knew that making its Olympic team would be virtually impossible. Instead, taking advantage of his dual citizenship, he petitioned the Jordan Olympic Committee, and Jordanian officials approved.
External links
- "Jordan". International Olympic Committee.
- "Jordan". Olympedia.com.
- "Olympic Analytics/JOR". olympanalyt.com.
