Lebanon is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It will signify the nation's nineteenth participation at the Summer Olympics.
| Lebanon at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | LBN |
| NOC | Lebanese Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Paris, France July 26, 2024 – August 11, 2024 | |
| Competitors | 10 in 8 sports |
| Flag bearers | Simon Doueihy Laetitia Aoun[1] |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Competitors
editThe following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Fencing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Judo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Table tennis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tennis | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 6 | 4 | 10 |
Athletics
editLebanon had been due to send one sprinter to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2] However, Noureddine Hadid was arrested at Beirut Airport on 4 July 2024 as he was considered a deserter from the Lebanese Army. Despite appeals from the Lebanese Athletics Federation the army insisted that Hadid would not be allowed to compete, meaning that Lebanon had no competitors in Olympic athletics events for the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics.[3]
Fencing
editFor the first time since 2016, Lebanon entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Philippe Wakim secured his spot after receiving the tripartite invitation quotas for men's individual foil event.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
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| Philippe Wakim | Men's foil |  Chen Y-t (TPE)L 13–15 |
Did not advance | |||||
Judo
editLebanon qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Caramnob Sagaipov (men's middleweight, 90 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
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| Caramnob Sagaipov | Men's –90 kg |  Ivanov (BUL)L 00–01 |
Did not advance | |||||
Shooting
editLebanese trap shooter Ray Bassil achieved a quota place for the following event by virtue of her best finish at the 2023 Asian Shooting Championships.[4][5][6]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Ray Bassil | Women's trap | 114 | 21 | Did not advance | |
Swimming
editLebanon received a universality invitation from World Aquatics to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 23, 2024.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | Zeit | Rank | ||
| Simon Doueihy | Men's 100 m freestyle | 50.10 | 42 | Did not advance | |||
| Lynn El Hajj | Women's 100 m breaststroke | 1:10.27 | 31 | Did not advance | |||
Table tennis
editFor the first time since 2016, Lebanon entered one athlete into the games. Mariana Sahakian secured her spot at the Games via winning the gold medal for women's single event, through the 2024 Western Asia Qualification Tournament in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
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| Mariana Sahakian | Women's singles |  Zeng (CHI)W 4–1 |
 Zhang (USA)L 0–4 |
Did not advance | |||||
Taekwondo
editFor the first time since 2012, Lebanon qualified one athlete to compete at the games. Laetitia Aoun qualified for the games, following the triumph of her victory in the semifinal rounds in her class, at the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.[7]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
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| Laetitia Aoun | Women's −57 kg | |||||||
Tennis
editLebanon entered two tennis players into the games. Benjamin Hassan will represent the nations at the games by virtue of the universality spots allocations results; marking the nations debut at these sports.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
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Rank | ||
| Benjamin Hassan | Singles | Eubanks (USA) W 6–4, 6–2 |
 Báez (ARG)L 2–6, 6–3, 6–7(3–7) |
Did not advance | ||||
| Hady Habib |  Alcaraz (ESP)L 3–6, 1–6 |
Did not advance | ||||||
| Benjamin Hassan Hady Habib |
Doubles | — |  Ebden / Peers (AUS) L 6–7(5–7), 2–6 |
Did not advance | ||||
References
edit- ^ "Paris 2024: Opening ceremony flagbearers information" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Athletics Paris 2024 Final Entries". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ Blondel, Gabriel (2 August 2024). "Lebanese athletics says goodbye to Paris 2024, without even having set foot there". L'Orient-Le Jour. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Ray Bassil Clinches gold". www.lbcgrouo.tv/. LBCI. 30 October 2023.
- ^ "JO-2024: Ray Bassil qualifiée pour les Jeux de Paris". www.icibeyrouth.com/. IciBeirut. 30 October 2023.
- ^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ "China wins sixth Olympic licence for taekwondo". Inside The Games. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.