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Jordan at the
Olympics
Flag of Jordan.svg
IOC code JOR
NOC Jordan Olympic Committee
Website  
Medals
Ranked 104th
Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 2 1 4
Summer appearances
  • 1980
  • 1984
  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1996
  • 2000
  • 2004
  • 2008
  • 2012
  • 2016
  • 2020

Jordan first participated at the Olympic Games in 1980, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. At the 1992 Winter Olympics Mohamed Hadid competed for Jordan in speed skiing.

Jordan won its first medal at the Olympic Games at Rio de Janeiro in 2016, when Ahmad Abughaush took the gold in the Men's 68 kg tournament in Taekwondo. Jordan earned its second medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with another taekwondo achievement as Saleh Al-Sharabaty won a silver medal in the 80 kg category. Jordan won its fourth medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris one silver in the taekwondo Men's 68kg category by Zaid Kareem.

Samer Kamal and Ihsan Abu-Sheikha won two bronze medals in Taekwondo at the 1988 Summer Olympics at Seoul, South Korea when Taekwondo was just introduced into the Olympic Games; however, it was introduced only as a demonstration sport and therefore, are not official medals.

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

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow 4 0 0 0 0 -
United States 1984 Los Angeles 5 0 0 0 0 -
South Korea 1988 Seoul 3 0 0 0 0 -
Spain 1992 Barcelona 5 0 0 0 0 -
United States 1996 Atlanta 5 0 0 0 0 -
Australia 2000 Sydney 6 0 0 0 0 -
Greece 2004 Athens 5 0 0 0 0 -
China 2008 Beijing 6 0 0 0 0 -
United Kingdom 2012 London 9 0 0 0 0 -
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro 8 1 0 0 1 54
Japan 2020 Tokyo 14 0 1 1 2 74
France 2024 Paris 12 0 1 0 1 74
United States 2028 Los Angeles future event
Total 1 2 1 4 102

Medals by sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Taekwondo 1 2 0 3
Karate 0 0 1 1
Totals (2 entries) 1 2 1 4

List of medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
11 Gold Ahmad Abu-Ghaush Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Taekwondo pictogram.svg Taekwondo Men's 68 kg
22 Silver Saleh Al-Sharabaty Japan 2020 Tokyo Taekwondo pictogram.svg Taekwondo Men's 80 kg
33 Bronze Abdelrahman Al-Masatfa Japan 2020 Tokyo Karate pictogram.svg Karate Men's 67 kg
22 Silver Zaid Kareem France 2024 Paris Taekwondo pictogram.svg Taekwondo Men's 68 kg

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Jordania en los Juegos Olímpicos para niños

  • List of flag bearers for Jordan at the Olympics
  • Category:Olympic competitors for Jordan
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