Yemen at the 2018 Asian Games

Yemen at the
2018 Asian Games
IOC codeYEM
NOCYemen Olympic Committee
Websiteyemnoc.org (in Arabic and English)
in Jakarta and Palembang
August 18 (18-08) – September 2 (2-09)
Competitors31 in 10 sports
Asian Games appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 North Yemen (1982, 1986)
 South Yemen (1982)

Yemen participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Yemen has participated seven times at the Games since 1990 Beijing, and collected 2 bronze medals this far.[1][2]

Competitors

Yemen participated in ten sporting events with a total 31 competitors. Six athletes (Abdulelah Mones, Ahmed Ayash, Ali Khousrof, Hussein Al-Jarrah, Salem Mohammed, and Zeyad Mater) competed in two sporting events. The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Yemen that participated at the Games:[3]

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 3 2 5
Ju-jitsu 4 0 4
Judo 4 0 4
Karate 3 0 3
Kurash 4 0 4
Swimming 1 1 2
Table tennis 5 0 5
Taekwondo 2 0 2
Wrestling 4 0 4
Wushu 4 0 4
Total 34 3 37

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games

Yemen entered five athletes (3 men's and 2 women's) to participate in the athletics competition at the Games.[4]

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 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
Ali Khousrof –62 kg —  S Soonthorn (THA)
DSQ 		Did not advance
Abdulelah Mones –69 kg —  MY Nabi (PAK)
DSQ 		 Z Uranov (KGZ)
L 0–100SUB 		Did not advance
Ahmed Ayash –77 kg Bye  A Garaýew (TKM)
L 0–2 DSQ 		Did not advance
Zeyad Mater –85 kg —  A Abdulloev (TJK)
L 0–100SUB 		Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2018 Asian Games

Yemen participated in Judo at the Games with 4 athletes:[5]

Key:

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
Ali Khousrof –60 kg Bye  Yang Y-w (TPE)
L 00s1–10 		Did not advance
Salem Mohammed –66 kg  Huang S-t (TPE)
L 00–10 		Did not advance
Ahmed Ayash –73 kg  S Panhga (CAM)
W 11s1–00s1 		 G Boboev (UZB)
L 00s1–10 		Did not advance
Hussein Al-Jarrah –81 kg  MZ Sarwari (AFG)
L 00–10 		Did not advance

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 2018 Asian Games

Yemen participated in the karate competition at the Games with three men's athletes.[6]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage final Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Ali Al-Madhfari –60 kg  P Lasasimm (LAO)
L 0–1 		Did not advance
Ahmed Garfan –67 kg Bye  A Al-Masatfa (JOR)
L 0–2 		Did not advance
Adnan Shaif –75 kg Bye  Kim M-i (KOR)
L 0–5 		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
Abdulelah Mones –66 kg  D Damen (KAZ)
L 000−100 		Did not advance
Salem Mohammed  H Hadiat (INA)
W 100−000 		 B Khalimov (TJK)
L 000−100 		Did not advance
Hussein Al-Jarrah –81 kg  K Soeda (JPN)
L 001−012 		Did not advance
Zeyad Mater  S Shomurodov (UZB)
L 001−001 		Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games
Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Mokhtar Al-Yamani 50 m freestyle 23.80 27 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 51.51 28 Did not advance
200 m freestyle 1:51.14 13 Did not advance
400 m freestyle 3:57.61 12 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Nooran Ba Matraf 200 m breaststroke 2:53.11 15 Did not advance
200 m individual medley 2:34.18 15 Did not advance

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
Ebrahim Gubran Men's singles  JM Nayre (PHI)
L 0–4 		Did not advance
Omar Ahmed Ali  S Wisutmaythangkoon (THA)
L 0–4 		Did not advance
Team
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Omar Ahmed Ali
Fahd Gubran
Taha Al-Mahaqeri
Muneer Al-Dhubhani
Ebrahim Gubran 		Men's  Indonesia (INA)
L 0–3 		 Hong Kong (HKG)
L 0–3 		 South Korea (KOR)
L 0–3 		 Mongolia (MGL)
L 0–3 		5 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
Shihab Al-Arifi Men's −58 kg  Yousef Abu-Al-Rob (PLE)
L 23–64 		Did not advance
Ahmed Al-Khulaqi Men's −63 kg  Hassan Shubbar (UAE)
L 15–18 		Did not advance

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Asian Games

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
Mohammed Al-Maghrebi −57 kg Bye  Liu MH (CHN)
WO 		Did not advance 19
Hussein Al-Azzani −65 kg Bye  Kim K-g (PRK)
L 0–10 		Did not advance 20
Mohammed Al-Quhali −74 kg Bye  B Abdurakhmonov (UZB)
WO 		Did not advance Bye  M Hosseinkhani (IRI)
WO 		Did not advance 21
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Gamal Al-Sabri −60 kg  W Sailike (CHN)
L 0–9 		Did not advance 12
Mohammed Al-Maghrebi −67 kg  A Ismailov (KGZ)
L 0–9 		Did not advance 14
Hussein Al-Azzani −77 kg  B Khasanov (TJK)
WO 		Did not advance 16
Mohammed Al-Quhali −87 kg Bye  P Sirithong (THA)
W 3–3 PP 		 H Nouri (IRI)
L 0–8 		Bye  Ş Öwelekow (TKM)
L 0–8 		5

Wushu

Main article: Wushu at the 2018 Asian Games
Taolu
Athlete Event Event 1 Event 2 Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Saddam Hussein Hussein Al-Rahomi Men's changquan 7.99 16 — 7.99 16
Yousef Ali Al-Khudari Men's taijiquan and taijijian 7.80 16 8.20 16 16.00 16
Sanda
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Zaid Ali Wazea Men's –56 kg Bye  S Kumar (IND)
L 0–2 		Did not advance
Helal Al-Hajj Men's –60 kg Bye  E Ahangarian (IRI)
L 0–2 		Did not advance

Key: * TV – Technical victory.

References

  1. ^ "Participants: Yemen". Asian Games 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  2. ^ اليمن تشارك في دورة الألعاب الأسيوية في غياب كرة القدم (in Arabic). المشهد العربي. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  3. ^ "18th Asian Games: Participants". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Official Result Book Athletics" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  5. ^ "18th Asian Games Jakarta 2018". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Official Result Book Karate" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.