Lebanon at the 2018 Asian Games

Lebanon participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Lebanon first competed at the Asian Games in 1978 Bangkok, and the best achievement was in the 2006 Doha, when the country gained a gold, and 2 silver medals.^[2] At the last edition in Incheon, Lebanon collected 2 medals, a silver and a bronze.^[3]

Lebanon at the 2018 Asian Games
IOC code	LBN
NOC	Lebanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.lebolymp.org
in Jakarta and Palembang August 18 (18-08) – September 2 (2-09)
Flag bearer	Gabriella Doueihy[1]
Medals Ranked 28th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 4
Asian Games appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Further information: 2018 Asian Games medal table

The following Lebanon competitors won medals at the Games.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Ray Bassil Alain Moussa Shooting Mixed trap team 21 Aug  Silver Domenic Abounader Wrestling Men's freestyle 86 kg 19 Aug  Bronze Ray Bassil Shooting Women's trap 20 Aug  Bronze Laetitia Aoun Taekwondo Women's 53 kg 20 Aug

Medals by sport Sport Total Shooting 1 1 2 Taekwondo 1 1 Wrestling 1 1 Total 1 1 2 4 Medals by day Day Date Total 1 August 19 0 1 0 1 2 August 20 0 0 2 2 3 August 21 1 0 0 1 4 August 22 0 0 0 0 5 August 23 0 0 0 0 6 August 24 0 0 0 0 7 August 25 0 0 0 0 8 August 26 0 0 0 0 9 August 27 0 0 0 0 10 August 28 0 0 0 0 11 August 29 0 0 0 0 12 August 30 0 0 0 0 13 August 31 0 0 0 0 14 September 1 0 0 0 0 15 September 2 0 0 0 0 Total 1 1 2 4

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	1	2
Cycling	1	0	1
Fencing	0	4	4
Golf	1	0	1
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Ju-jitsu	1	0	1
Judo	3	1	4
Kurash[1]	2	1	3
Sambo	2	1	3
Shooting	2	1	3
Swimming	1	1	2
Table tennis	1	1	2
Taekwondo	0	2	2
Tennis	2	0	2
Wrestling	1	0	1
Wushu	1	0	1
Total	17	13	30

¹ 1 men's and 1 women's also competed in sambo.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games

Lebanon entered two athletes (1 men and 1 women) to participate in the athletics competition at the Games.^[4]

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Asian Games

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Elias Abou-Rachid	Men's cross-country	−4 laps	18

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2018 Asian Games

Individual

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nai Salameh	Women's épée	Kang Y-m (KOR): L 2–5  Trần TTT (VIE): L 3–5  JS Singh (IND): W 5–1  Megawati (INA): W 5–4  K Oishi (JPN): L 4–5	3 Q	A Alibekova (KAZ) L 4–15	did not advance				19
Dominique Nicole Tannous		U Balaganskaya (KAZ): L 4–5  G Baatarchuluun (MGL): W 5–2  Choi I-j (KOR): W 5–3  H Abella (PHI): W 5–3  J Dutta (IND): L 2–5	2 Q	Nguyễn THN (VIE) L 13–15	did not advance				17
Rita Abou Jaoude	Women's foil	Ho KU (MAC): L 3–5  SK Catantan (PHI): L 2–5  P Thongchampa (THA): L 1–5  Fu YT (CHN): L 0–5  K Miyawaki (JPN): L 2–5	6	did not advance					22
Mona Shaito		L Al-Hosani (UAE): W 5–0  Cheng H (TPE): L 4–5  Jeon H-s (KOR): W 5–0  N Aini (INA): W 5–1  Liu YW (HKG): L 4–5  Ho PI (MAC): W 5–3	3 Q	Bye	Cheng H (TPE) L 12–15	did not advance			10

Team

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Rita Abou Jaoude Nai Salameh Dominique Nicole Tannous	Women's épée	Vietnam (VIE) L 23–45	did not advance			9
Rita Abou Jaoude Nai Salameh Mona Shaito	Women's foil	Macau (MAC) W 45–23	Japan (JPN) L 9–45	did not advance		8

Golf

Main article: Golf at the 2018 Asian Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Salim Zein	Individual	85	77	78	82	322	+34	69

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Asian Games

Ju-jitsu

Main article: Ju-jitsu at the 2018 Asian Games

Key:

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Daniel Hilal	–62 kg	I Mastur (INA) W 15–0	A Zhanibek (KAZ) W 2–0	F Al-Harahsheh (JOR) L 0–2	Did not advance	AA Uulu (KGZ) W 100SUB–0	S Al-Mazrouei (UAE) L 0–2	–

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2018 Asian Games

Lebanon competed at the Games with 4 judokas (3 men's and 1 women's).^[5]

Key:

• 1st number — Ippon
• 2nd number — Waza-ari
• s — Shido

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Steven Azar	–81 kg	H Hadi (IRQ) WO	S Boltaboev (UZB) L 00s1–01	did not advance
Nacif Elias	–90 kg	Bye	Bu HB (CHN) W 01–00s1	K Ustopiriyon (TJK) L 00s3–10s2	Did not advance	S Sabirov (UZB) L 00s1–01s2	did not advance
Jad Fadel	–81 kg	Bye	S Saidov (TJK) L 00–10	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Suellen Silva	–63 kg	Han H-j (KOR) L 00s1–10s1	did not advance

Kurash

Main article: Kurash at the 2018 Asian Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nacif Elias	+90 kg	K Tsogtgerel (MGL) L 001−100	did not advance
Jad Fadel		N Turaev (UZB) L 000−100	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Suellen Silva	–63 kg	Lee W-t (TPE) L 000−101	did not advance

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
Nacif Elias	Men's 90 kg	Chuang K-j (TPE) L Dsq	did not advance
Steven Azar		Y Sato (JPN) L 1–3	did not advance
Suellen Silva	Women's 68 kg	N Davletova (UZB) WO	did not advance			T Junsookplung (THA) WO	did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Asian Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Elie Bejjani	Trap	112	22	did not advance
Alain Moussa		117	7	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ray Bassil	Trap	119 EQAsR, QGR	2 Q	34

Mixed team

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Alain Moussa Ray Bassil	Trap	143	3 Q	43 AsR, GR

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anthony Barbar	50 m freestyle	Anthony Barbar	26	did not advance
	50 m butterfly	24.94	18	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gabriella Doueihy	200 m freestyle	2:09.84	18	did not advance
	800 m freestyle	—		9:23.22	15
	1500 m freestyle	—		17:37.77	9

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Asian Games

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mohamad Hamie	Men's singles	Nguyễn ĐT (VIE) L 3–4	did not advance
Malak Khory	Women's singles	Nguyễn KDK (VIE) L 1–4	did not advance
Mohamad Hamie Malak Khory	Mixed doubles	SA Vongdalasinh / N Kongphet (LAO) W 3–0	Ho KK / Lee HC (HKG) L 0–3	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
Anna El-Haddad	Women's −49 kg	Bye	Wenren YT (CHN) W 8–7	M Mannopova (UZB) L 5–11	did not advance
Laetitia Aoun	Women's −53 kg	Bye	N Gurung (NEP) W 23–10	M Halinda (INA) W 23–22	Ha M-a (KOR) L 1–12	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2018 Asian Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hady Habib	Singles	Y de Silva (SRI) W 6–2, 6–1	Yang T-h (TPE) L 3–6, 6–7(6–8)	did not advance
Giovani Samaha		Bye	J Karimov (UZB) L 4–6, 6–7(5–7)	did not advance
Hady Habib Giovani Samaha	Doubles	Bye	S Fayziev / J Karimov (UZB) L 3–6, 1–6	did not advance

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Asian Games

Lebanon entered the wrestling competition at the Games with one wrestler. Domenic Abounader claimed the silver medal after finished in the second position in the men's freestyle −86 kg event.^[6]

Key:

• F – 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
Domenic Abounader	−86 kg	Bye	C Chamnanjan (THA) W 4F–0	A Gamidgadzhiev (KGZ) W 8–7	A Davlumbayev (KAZ) W 10–9	Bye		H Yazdani (IRI) L 0–10

Wushu

Main article: Wushu at the 2018 Asian Games

Sanda

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Elie Bou Gebrayel	Men's –70 kg	—	M Khan (PAK) L 0–0 TV	did not advance