Bahrain at the 2018 Asian Games

Bahrain participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018.^[1] Bahrain first competed at the Asian Games in 1982 Delhi, and had won 58 medals in all - 25 gold, 17 silver, and 16 bronze until the Games in 2014 Incheon.^[2]

Bahrain at the 2018 Asian Games
IOC code	BRN
NOC	Bahrain Olympic Committee
Website	www.boc.bh
in Jakarta and Palembang August 18 (18-08) – September 2 (2-09)
Competitors	101 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Bader Nasser
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 10 Silver 7 Bronze 7 Total 24
Asian Games appearances (overview)
1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026

The chef de mission of the team, Bader Nasser, was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony at the 2018 Games.^[3]

Medalists

Further information: 2018 Asian Games medal table

The following Bahrain competitors won medals at the Games.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Hassan Chani	Athletics	Men's 10,000 metres	August 26
Gold	Edidiong Odiong	Athletics	Women's 100 metres	August 26
Gold	Salwa Eid Naser	Athletics	Women's 400 metres	August 26
Gold	Rose Chelimo	Athletics	Women's marathon	August 26
Gold	Winfred Mutile Yavi	Athletics	Women's 3000 metres steeplechase	August 27
Gold	Kalkidan Gezahegne	Athletics	Women's 5000 metres	August 28
Gold	Edidiong Odiong	Athletics	Women's 200 metres	August 29
Gold	Birhanu Balew	Athletics	Men's 5000 metres	August 30
Gold	Kalkidan Gezahegne	Athletics	Women's 1500 metres	August 30
Gold	Iman Essa Jasim Edidiong Odiong Salwa Eid Naser Hajar Alkhaldi	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 metres relay	August 30
Silver	El Hassan El-Abbassi	Athletics	Men's marathon	August 25
Silver	Eunice Chumba	Athletics	Women's 10,000 metres	August 25
Silver	Abraham Cheroben	Athletics	Men's 10,000 metres	August 26
Silver	Albert Kibichii Rop	Athletics	Men's 5000 metres	August 30
Silver	Tigist Gashaw	Athletics	Women's 1500 metres	August 30
Silver	Iman Essa Jasim Edidiong Odiong Salwa Eid Naser Aminat Jamal	Athletics	Women's 4 × 400 metres relay	August 30
Silver	Ali Merza Hasan Al-Samahiji Isa Ahmed Mahmood Salman Mohamed Abdulredha Mohamed Merza Mohamed Abdulhusain Bilal Basham Hasan Madan Husain Mohamed Komail Mahfoodh Jasim Al-Salatna Ali Salman Hasan Al-Fardan Mohamed Habib Husain Al-Sayyad	Handball	Men's tournament	August 31
Bronze	Ali Khamis	Athletics	Men's 400 metres	August 26
Bronze	Noora Salem Jasim	Athletics	Women's shot put	August 26
Bronze	Aminat Jamal	Athletics	Women's 400 metres hurdles	August 27
Bronze	Manal El Bahraoui	Athletics	Women's 800 metres	August 28
Bronze	Bontu Rebitu	Athletics	Women's 5000 metres	August 28
Bronze	Salem Eid Yaqoob	Athletics	Men's 200 metres	August 29
Bronze	Mohammed Ayoub Tiouali	Athletics	Men's 1500 metres	August 30

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Bahrain that participated at the Games:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	18	17	35
Bowling	6	0	6
Cycling	1	1	2
Equestrian	4	0	4
Football	20	0	20
Handball	16	0	16
Ju-jitsu	5	0	5
Sailing	1	0	1
Sambo	1	0	1
Shooting	3	4	7
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Triathlon	1	1	2
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	78	23	101

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games

Bowling

Main article: Bowling at the 2018 Asian Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Block 1	Block 2	Total	Rank
		Result	Result
Ahmed Alawadhi Osama Hasan Yousif Falah	Trios	2039	1988	4027	15
Ahmed Algoud Omar Almudhahki Abdulla Ali		1991	1808	3799	24
Ahmed Alawadhi Osama Hasan Yousif Falah Ahmed Algoud Omar Almudhahki Abdulla Ali	Team of six	3906	3957	7863	12

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Asian Games

Road

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Yahiaaldien Khalefa	Men's road race	DNS	—
Razan Soboh	Women's road race	DNF	—
Razan Soboh	Women's time trial	37:24.51	12

Track

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Rank
Yahiaaldien Khalefa	Men's pursuit	5:03.289	13	did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
Yahiaaldien Khalefa	Men's omnium	18	6	18	−20	14	14	—	DNF	DNF	—

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2018 Asian Games

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Qualifier 1			Qualifier 2 Team Final			Final round A			Final round B
			Points	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank
Sayed Adnan Al-Alawi	Baluu	Individual	9.19	37	6	15.19	33 Q	15	30.19	41 Q	9	39.19	32	did not advance
Shaikh Hasan Al-Khalifa	Aw Vivika		11.78	45	8	19.78	41 Q	12	31.78	43 Q	4	35.78	28 Q	28	63.78	23
Khaled Al-Khatri	Sierra		Eliminated #		4	47.85	57	did not advance
Ahmed Maki	Consuela van Verst		Eliminated		Eliminated #			did not advance
Ahmed Maki Shaikh Hasan Al-Khalifa Sayed Adnan Al-Alawi Khaled Al-Khatri	See above	Team	64.82	16	18	82.82	14	did not advance			—

# – indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Football

Main article: Football at the 2018 Asian Games

Bahrain national men's team drawn in group E at the Games.^[4]

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Bahrain men's	Men's tournament	South Korea L 0–6	Kyrgyzstan D 2–2	Malaysia W 3–2	3 Q	Vietnam L 0–1	did not advance			16

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Bahrain squad in the men's football tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.^[5]

Head coach: Samir Chammam

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Abdulaziz Al-Kandari	(1997-09-16)16 September 1997 (aged 20)			Isa Town
19	1GK	Ammar Ahmed	(1999-02-10)10 February 1999 (aged 19)			Manama
20	1GK	Yusuf Habib	(1998-01-09)9 January 1998 (aged 20)			Malkiya
2	2DF	Sayed Mohamed Ameen	(1999-03-07)7 March 1999 (aged 19)			Sitra
3	2DF	Ahmed Bughammar	(1997-12-30)30 December 1997 (aged 20)			Al-Hidd
4	2DF	Husain Jameel	(1997-10-03)3 October 1997 (aged 20)			Al-Shabab
5	2DF	Hamad Al-Shamsan	(1997-09-29)29 September 1997 (aged 20)			Al-Riffa
6	2DF	Abbas Al-Khayyat	(1997-10-15)15 October 1997 (aged 20)			East Riffa
15	2DF	Hasan Al-Karani	(1997-11-27)27 November 1997 (aged 20)			Sitra
7	3MF	Hasan Yahya Ali	(1997-11-29)29 November 1997 (aged 20)			Al-Tadamun Buri
8	3MF	Mohamed Jasim Marhoon	(1998-02-12)12 February 1998 (aged 20)			Al-Riffa
9	3MF	Saleh Sanad	(1998-01-11)11 January 1998 (aged 20)			Isa Town
10	3MF	Mohammed Al-Hardan (captain)	(1997-10-06)6 October 1997 (aged 20)			Vejle Boldklub
11	3MF	Abdulaziz Al-Mansoori	(1997-03-17)17 March 1997 (aged 21)			Al-Najma
12	3MF	Jasim Al-Salama	(1998-02-22)22 February 1998 (aged 20)			East Riffa
14	3MF	Abbas Al-Asfoor	(1999-03-02)2 March 1999 (aged 19)			Al-Shabab
18	3MF	Abdulrahman Ahmadi	(1998-04-16)16 April 1998 (aged 20)			Al-Muharraq
13	4FW	Sayed Ebrahim	(1997-10-25)25 October 1997 (aged 20)			Al-Shabab
16	4FW	Sayed Hashim Isa	(1998-04-03)3 April 1998 (aged 20)			Malkiya
17	4FW	Ahmed Al-Sherooqi	(2000-05-22)22 May 2000 (aged 18)			Al-Budaiya

* Over-aged player.

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Malaysia	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6[a]	Advance to knockout stage
2	South Korea	3	2	0	1	8	2	+6	6[a]
3	Bahrain	3	1	1	1	5	10	−5	4
4	Kyrgyzstan	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1
5	United Arab Emirates	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Redrawn to Group C

Source: Asian Games 2018
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head-to-head result: Malaysia 2–1 South Korea.

15 August 2018 (2018-08-15)

19:00 UTC+7

South Korea	6–0	Bahrain
Hwang Ui-jo 17', 36', 43' Kim Jin-ya 23' Na Sang-ho 41' Hwang Hee-chan 90+3'	Report

Jalak Harupat Stadium, Soreang

Referee: Takuto Okabe (Japan)

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17 August 2018 (2018-08-17)

16:00 UTC+7

Bahrain	2–2	Kyrgyzstan
Marhoon 20' Sanad 90+4'	Report	Abdurakhmanov 59' Batyrkanov 82'

Jalak Harupat Stadium, Soreang

Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)

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20 August 2018 (2018-08-20)

19:00 UTC+7

Malaysia	2–3	Bahrain
Syahmi 20' Safawi 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Al-Hardan 33', 89' Al-Shamsan 37'

Wibawa Mukti Stadium, Cikarang

Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

Round of 16

23 August 2018 (2018-08-23)

19:30 UTC+7

Vietnam	1–0	Bahrain
Nguyễn Công Phượng 88'	Report

Patriot Candrabhaga Stadium, Bekasi

Referee: Zhang Lei (China)

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2018 Asian Games

Bahrain men's team entered the competition and join in group D.^[6]

Summary

Key:

• ET – After extra time
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Preliminary	Standing	Main / Class.	Rank / standing	Semifinals / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition score		Opposition score		Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Bahrain men's	Men's tournament	Group D  Iraq: W 30–24  India: W 32–25  Chinese Taipei: W 37–21	1 Q	Group II  Iran: W 29–23  South Korea: W 27–25  Hong Kong W 43–19:	1 Q	Japan W 30–21	Qatar L 25–25 ET: 2–7

Men's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tournament

Roster

• Ali Merza
• Hasan Al-Samahiji
• Isa Ahmed
• Mahmood Salman
• Mohamed Abdulredha
• Mohamed Merza Ali
• Mohamed Ali
• Bilal Askani
• Hasan Madan
• Husain Mohamed
• Komail Mahfoodh
• Jasim Al-Salatna
• Salman Ali
• Hasan Al-Fardan
• Mohamed Ahmed
• Husain Al-Sayyad

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bahrain	3	3	0	0	99	70	+29	6	Main round / Group 1–2
2	Iraq	3	2	0	1	101	89	+12	4
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	0	2	89	102	−13	2	Main round / Group 3
4	India	3	0	0	3	82	110	−28	0

Source: AHF

13 August 14:00	Iraq	24–30	Bahrain	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Hammoudi 5	(16–12)	Al-Samahiji, Al-Sayyad 5
	1× 3×		1× 4×

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15 August 20:00	India	25–32	Bahrain	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Saqer, Al-Suqufi (KSA)
	Ahlawat 6	(11–18)	Habib 6
	2× 4×		3× 5×

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17 August 20:00	Bahrain	37–21	Chinese Taipei	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Tavakkoli, Valadkhanian (IRI)
	Al-Samahiji 6	(18–10)	Pan 8
	4× 3×		4× 2×

Main round (Group II)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bahrain	3	3	0	0	99	67	+32	6	Semifinals
2	South Korea	3	2	0	1	99	70	+29	4
3	Iran	3	1	0	2	97	83	+14	2	Classification 5th–6th
4	Hong Kong	3	0	0	3	54	129	−75	0	Classification 7th–8th

Source: AHF

20 August 14:00	Bahrain	29–23	Iran	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Shakir, Kadhim (IRQ)
	A. Abdulqader 7	(16–13)	Sadeghi 8
	1× 4× 2×		2× 6×

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22 August 14:00	South Korea	25–27	Bahrain	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Yoon 7	(11–13)	Al-Sayyad 8
	1× 6× 1×		3× 6×

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24 August 14:00	Bahrain	43–19	Hong Kong	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Al-Saqer, Al-Suqufi (KSA)
	M. Abdulqader 14	(21–11)	Kuo 6
	3×		1×

Semifinal

27 August 18:00	Bahrain	31–20	Japan	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Tavakkoli, Valadkhanian (IRI)
	Al-Sayyad 10	(15–9)	Watanabe 7
	2× 4×		2× 1×

Gold medal game

31 August 18:00	Qatar	32–27 (ET)	Bahrain	POPKI Sports Hall, Jakarta Referees: Hizaki, Ikebuchi (JPN)
	Zouaoui 7	(13–14)	Al-Sayyad 5
	3× 3×		4× 5×
	FT: 25–25 ET: 7–2

Ju-jitsu

Main article: Ju-jitsu at the 2018 Asian Games

Bahrain entered the ju-jitsu competition with 5 men's athletes.^[7]

Key:

• ADV – Won by advantages.
• RDC – Won by referee decision.
• SUB – Won by submission.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mohamed Abu-Drees	–62 kg	—	D Nortayev (KAZ) L 0–2	did not advance
Abdulla Munfaredi		—	O Al-Fadhli (UAE) L 2–4	did not advance
Maitham Sabba	–69 kg	—	K Muminov (UZB) L 2–5	did not advance
Nijad Al-Qosaibi	–77 kg	Bye	A Rehman (PAK) W 100SUB–0	B Erkhbayar (MGL) L 0–100SUB	did not advance
Mohamed Ghareeb	–94 kg	—	Lin C-c (TPE) W 0RDC–0	F Al-Ketbi (UAE) L 0–3	did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2018 Asian Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Race												Total	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Abdulla Janahi	Laser	(9)	8	8	9	8	5	8	6	6	9	7	5	79	8

Sambo

Main article: Sambo at the 2018 Asian Games

Key:

• SU – Won by submission.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage final	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Murtaz Ali	Men's 90 kg	A Aitbek (KAZ) L 4–4 Dsq	did not advance			R Esgerow (TKM) L Dsq	did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Asian Games

Bahrain has including seven shooters (3 men's and 4 women's) under coach Thanin Thaislilp, Iordan Mitov and Valeriy Timokhinto to compete at the Games.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Husain Ali	10 m air rifle	617.7	20	did not advance
Mahmood Haji		623.6	9	did not advance
Husain Ali	50 m rifle three positions	1142	21	did not advance
Mahmood Haji		1149	17	did not advance
Mahmood Haji	300 m standard rifle	—		537	11
Hasan Mohamed	Skeet	118	17	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Safa Aldoseri	10 m air rifle	610.7	28	did not advance
Hanan Rahma		610.3	31	did not advance
Safa Aldoseri	50 m rifle three positions	1145	19	did not advance
Sara Aldoseri		1122	29	did not advance
Maryam Hassani	Skeet	105	16	did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2018 Asian Games

Kyorugi

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Abdulla Al-Ahmed	Men's −68 kg	Arven Alcantara (PHI)	did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Asian Games

Bahrain triathletes competed in the individual event at the Games.^[9]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (39.6 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Omar Ali	Men's	21:55	0:31	1:03:07	0:30	39:25	2:05:28	22
Sameera Albitar	Women's	21:11	0:33	1:08:04	0:25	51:35	2:21:48	13

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Asian Games

Bahrain wrestler Adam Batirov will participate in freestyle −74 kg event.^[10][11]

Key:

• VT – Victory by fall.
• PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Adam Batirov	−74 kg	S Kumar (IND) W 5–3	A G Qaderi (AFG) W 15–5	Y Fujinama (JPN) L 2–8	did not advance				7