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{{infobox country at games
| NOC               = KSA
| NOCname           = [[Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee]]
| games             = Summer Olympics
| year              = 2020
| start_date        = {{start date|2021|7|23|mf=y}}
| end_date          = {{end date|2021|8|8|mf=y}}
| flagcaption       = 
| oldcode           = 
| website           = {{url|olympic.sa }}&nbsp;{{in lang|ar|en}}
| location          = [[Tokyo]], Japan
| competitors       = 33
| sports            = 9
| flagbearer_open   = [[Yasmeen Al-Dabbagh]]<br>[[Husein Alireza]] 
| flagbearer_close  = N/A
| rank              = 77
| gold              = 0
| silver            = 1
| bronze            = 0
| officials         = 
| appearances       = auto
| app_begin_year    = 
| app_end_year      = 
| summerappearances = 
| winterappearances = 
| seealso           = 
}}

[[Saudi Arabia]] competed at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in [[Tokyo]]. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee|url=https://www.olympic.org/news/joint-statement-from-the-international-olympic-committee-and-the-tokyo-2020-organising-committee|access-date=28 March 2020|publisher=[[Olympics]]|date=24 March 2020}}</ref> It was the nation's twelfth appearance at the Summer Olympics.

==Medalists==
{{further|2020 Summer Olympics medal table|List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Medal
! Name
! Sport
! Event
! Date
|-
|{{Silver medal}} || [[Tareg Hamedi]] || [[Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Karate]] || [[Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's +75 kg|Men's +75 kg]] || {{dts|August 7}}
|}

==Competitors==
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in football are not counted:
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! width=180|Sport
! width=55|Men
! width=55|Women
! width=55|Total
|-
| align=left|[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Athletics]]
| 1 || 1 || 2
|-
| align=left|[[Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Football]]
| 22 || 0 || 22
|-
| align=left|[[Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Judo]]
| 1 || 1 || 2
|-
| align=left|[[Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Karate]]
| 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| align=left|[[Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Rowing]]
| 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| align=left|[[Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Shooting]]
| 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| align=left|[[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Swimming]]
| 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| align=left|[[Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Table tennis]]
| 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| align=left|[[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Weightlifting]]
| 2 || 0 || 2
|-
! Total || 31 || 2 || 33
|}

==Athletics==
{{main|Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}
Saudi Arabian 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):<ref>{{cite web|title=iaaf.org – Top Lists|url=http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html|publisher=IAAF|access-date=8 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IAAF Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Tokyo 2020 Entry Standards|url=https://cdn.dosb.de/user_upload/Olympische_Spiele/Tokio_2020/internationale_Qualifikationskriterien/IAAF_-_Athletics_20180806.pdf|publisher=[[IAAF]]|access-date=8 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408160334/https://cdn.dosb.de/user_upload/Olympische_Spiele/Tokio_2020/internationale_Qualifikationskriterien/IAAF_-_Athletics_20180806.pdf|archive-date=8 April 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{smalldiv|1=
;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
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
! colspan="2" |Heat
! colspan="2" |Quarterfinal
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Mazen Al-Yassin]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres|Men's 400 m]]
|45.16 '''PB'''
|1 '''Q'''
|colspan=2 {{n/a}}
|45.37
|4
| colspan="2" |Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Yasmeen Al-Dabbagh]]
|align=left|[[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres|Women's 100 m]]
|13.34
|9
| colspan="6" |Did not advance
|}

==Football==
{{main|Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics}}

;Summary
{{smalldiv|1=<nowiki/>
'''Key''':
* A.E.T – [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|After extra time]].
* P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
}}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan=2|Team
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=4|Group Stage
!Quarterfinal
!Semifinal
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Rank
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Opposition<br />Score
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Saudi Arabia national under-23 football team|Saudi Arabia men's]]
|align=left|[[Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Men's tournament]]
|{{fbo|CIV}}<br />'''L''' 1–2
|{{fbo|GER}}<br />'''L''' 2–3
|{{fbo|BRA}}<br />'''L''' 1–3
|4
|colspan=4|Did not advance
|}

===Men's tournament===
{{main|Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification}}
Saudi Arabia men's football team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match of the [[2020 AFC U-23 Championship]] in [[Thailand]], marking the country's recurrence to the sport for the first time since [[1996 Summer Olympics|Atlanta 1996]].<ref>{{cite news|title=New champions to be crowned as Korea Republic, Saudi Arabia make final|url=https://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-u-23-championship/latest/news/new-champions-to-be-crowned-as-korea-republic-saudi-arabia-make-final|publisher=[[Asian Football Confederation]]|date=22 January 2020|access-date=22 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/news/saudi-arabia-secure-tokyo-2020-qualification|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122152549/https://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/news/saudi-arabia-secure-tokyo-2020-qualification|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 22, 2020|title=Korea Republic and Saudi Arabia secure Tokyo 2020 qualification|publisher=[[FIFA]]|date=22 January 2020|access-date=22 January 2020}}</ref>

;Team roster
{{#lst:Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads|KSA}}

;Group play
{{Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's group tables|Group D}}
{{#lst:Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group D|D1}}
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{{#lst:Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group D|D4}}
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{{#lst:Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group D|D5}}

==Judo==
{{main|Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification}} 
Saudi Arabia qualified two judoka for the men's lightweight category (73 kg) at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian [[Sulaiman Hamad]] accepted a continental berth from Asia as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021.<ref>{{cite news|first=Nicolas|last=Messner|title=Tokyo 2020: Official Olympic Qualification List|url=https://www.ijf.org/news/show/official-olympic-qualification-list|publisher=[[International Judo Federation]]|date=22 June 2021 |access-date=2 July 2021}}</ref><ref name=KSA-Tokyo-2020>{{cite news|title=Saudi Arabia makes history by sending largest ever delegation to Tokyo Olympics|url=https://www.saudigazette.com.sa/article/608541|publisher=[[Saudi Gazette]]|date=6 July 2021|access-date=7 July 2021}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Round of 32
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!Repechage
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Sulaiman Hamad]]
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 73 kg|Men's −73 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Arthur Margelidon|Margelidon]]|CAN|2020 Summer}}<br>'''L''' 00–10
|colspan=6|Did not advance
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Tahani Alqahtani]]
|align=left|[[Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's +78 kg|Women's +78 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Raz Hershko|Hershko]]|ISR|2020 Summer}}<br>'''L''' 00–11
| colspan="6" |Did not advance
|}

==Karate==
{{main|Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification}} 
Saudi Arabia entered one karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. [[Tareg Hamedi]] qualified directly for the men's kumite +75 kg category by topping the final pool round at the [[2021 Karate World Olympic Qualification Tournament|2021 World Olympic Qualification Tournament]] in [[Paris]], [[France]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/karatekas-from-21-countries-win-olympic-tickets-at-pariskarate2021/1597|title=Karatekas from 21 countries win Olympic tickets at ParisKarate2021|publisher=[[World Karate Federation]]|date=13 June 2021|access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref><ref name=KSA-Tokyo-2020/>

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!colspan=5|Group stage
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Rank
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Opposition<br/>Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|'''[[Tareg Hamedi]]'''
|align=left|[[Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's +75 kg|Men's +75 kg]]
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ivan Kvesić|Kvesić]]|CRO|2020 Summer}}<br /> '''L''' 2–3
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Brian Irr|Irr]]|USA|2020 Summer}}<br /> '''W''' 4–1
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sajjad Ganjzadeh|Ganjzadeh]]|IRI|2020 Summer}}<br />'''D''' 0–0
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Daniel Gaysinsky|Gaysinsky]]|CAN|2020 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 10–3
|2 '''q'''
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ryutaro Araga|Araga]]|JPN|2020 Summer}}<br />'''W''' 2–0
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sajjad Ganjzadeh|Ganjzadeh]]|IRI|2020 Summer}}<br />'''L''' {{abbr|RSC|Referee stops contest – Injury}}
|{{silver02}}
|}

==Rowing==
{{main|Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}
Saudi Arabia received an invitation from [[World Rowing]] to send a rower competing in the men's single sculls to the Games, as the next highest-ranked nation vying for qualification at the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite news|title= Finals racing decides Asia & Oceania Olympic & Paralympic quota spots|url=https://worldrowing.com/2021/05/07/finals-racing-decides-asia-oceania-olympic-paralympic-quota-spots/|publisher=[[International Rowing Federation]]|date=7 May 2021|access-date=20 June 2021}}</ref><ref name=KSA-Tokyo-2020/>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heats
!colspan="2"|Repechage
!colspan="2"|Quarterfinals
!colspan="2"|Semifinals
!colspan="2"|Final
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Husein Alireza]]
|align=left|[[Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's single sculls|Men's single sculls]]
|7:54.18
|5 '''R'''
|8:06.78
|2 '''QF'''
|8:35.05
|6 '''SC/D'''
|7:53.99
|6 '''FD'''
|7:52.67
|24
|}
<small>Qualification Legend: '''FA'''=Final A (medal); '''FB'''=Final B (non-medal); '''FC'''=Final C (non-medal); '''FD'''=Final D (non-medal); '''FE'''=Final E (non-medal); '''FF'''=Final F (non-medal); '''SA/B'''=Semifinals A/B; '''SC/D'''=Semifinals C/D; '''SE/F'''=Semifinals E/F; '''QF'''=Quarterfinals; '''R'''=Repechage</small>

==Shooting==
{{main|Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}
Saudi Arabia granted an invitation from [[International Shooting Sport Federation|ISSF]] to send four-time Olympian [[Saeed Al-Mutairi]] in the men's skeet shooting to the Olympics, as long as the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was fulfilled by June 6, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/ogqualification/quota_places/quota_places_by_nation_and_name.ashx|title=Quota Places by Nation and Number|date=15 June 2021|website=www.issf-sports.org/|publisher=[[International Shooting Sport Federation|ISSF]]|access-date=15 June 2021|archive-date=28 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628174326/https://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/ogqualification/quota_places/quota_places_by_nation_and_name.ashx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=2|Qualification
!colspan=2|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Points
!Rank
!Points
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Saeed Al-Mutairi]]
|align=left|[[Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's skeet|Men's skeet]]
|119
|22
|colspan=2|Did not advance
|}

==Swimming==
{{main article|Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}
Saudi Arabia received a universality invitation from [[FINA]] to send a top-ranked male swimmer in his respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.<ref name=KSA-Tokyo-2020/>

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heat
!colspan="2"|Semifinal
!colspan="2"|Final
|-style="font-size:95%"
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
!Time
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Yousif Bu Arish]]
|align=left|[[Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly|Men's 100 m butterfly]]
|56.29
|55
|colspan="4"|Did not advance
|}

==Table tennis==
{{main|Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification}} 
Saudi Arabia entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games for the first time in 16 years. Ali Al-Khadrawi secured an outright berth in the men's singles with a gold-medal victory at the 2020 West Asia Olympic Qualification Tournament in [[Amman]], [[Jordan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Ali Alkhadrawi and Hend Zaza book Olympic Games places|url=https://www.ittf.com/2020/02/26/ali-alkhadrawi-hend-zaza-book-olympic-games-places/|publisher=[[International Table Tennis Federation|ITTF]]|date=26 February 2020|access-date=29 February 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
|-
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!rowspan=2|Event
!Preliminary
!Round 1
!Round 2
!Round 3
!Round of 16
!Quarterfinals
!Semifinals
!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Opposition<br />Result
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left|[[Ali Al-Khadrawi]]
|align=left|[[Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
|{{bye}}
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Lubomír Jančařík|Jančařík]]|CZE|2020 Summer}}<br />'''L''' 0–4
|colspan=7|Did not advance
|}

==Weightlifting==
{{main|Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics|Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}
Saudi Arabia entered one male weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Mahmoud Al-Humayd accepted a spare berth unused by the Tripartite Commission as the next highest-ranked weightlifter vying for qualification in the men's 73 kg category based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings.<ref name=KSA-Tokyo-2020/>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="2"|Snatch
!colspan="2"|Clean & Jerk
!rowspan="2"|Total
!rowspan="2"|Rank
|- style="font-size:95%"
!Result
!Rank
!Result
!Rank
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Seraj Al-Saleem]]
|align=left|[[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 61 kg|Men's −61 kg]]
| 129
|6
| 159
|4
| 288
|5
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Mahmoud Al-Humayd]]
|align=left|[[Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 73 kg|Men's −73 kg]]
| 141
|12
| 165
|13
| 306
|12
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Nations at the 2020 Summer Olympics}}
{{Country at games navbox|Saudi Arabia|Olympics}}

[[Category:Nations at the 2020 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Saudi Arabia at the Summer Olympics by year|2020]]
[[Category:2021 in Saudi Arabian sport]]