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Lebanon at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeLBN
NOCLebanese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.lebolymp.org
in Paris, France
July 26, 2024 (2024-07-26) – August 11, 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors10 in 8 sports
Flag bearers Simon Doueihy
Laetitia Aoun[1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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.

Competitors

The 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

Lebanon sent one sprinter to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2]

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 events
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Noureddine Hadid Men's 100 m

Fencing

For 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
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Philippe Wakim Men's foil  Chen Y-t (TPE)
L 13–15
Did not advance

Judo

Lebanon 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
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Caramnob Sagaipov Men's –90 kg  Ivanov (BUL)
L 00–01
Did not advance

Shooting

Lebanese trap shooter Ray Bassil achieved a quota place for the following event by virtue of her best finish at the 2023 Asian Shooting Championships.[3][4][5]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Ray Bassil Women's trap 114 21 Did not advance

Swimming

Lebanon 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
Time Rank Time Rank Time 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

For 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
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mariana Sahakian Women's singles  Zeng (CHI)
W 4–1
 Zhang (USA)
L 0–4
Did not advance

Taekwondo

For 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.[6]

Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Laetitia Aoun Women's −57 kg

Tennis

Lebanon 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
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
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

  1. ^ "Paris 2024: Opening ceremony flagbearers information" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Athletics Paris 2024 Final Entries". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Ray Bassil Clinches gold". www.lbcgrouo.tv/. LBCI. 30 October 2023.
  4. ^ "JO-2024: Ray Bassil qualifiée pour les Jeux de Paris". www.icibeyrouth.com/. IciBeirut. 30 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  6. ^ "China wins sixth Olympic licence for taekwondo". Inside The Games. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.