Yemen at the 2018 Asian Games
# Yemen at the 2018 Asian Games

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.

## 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:

| 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

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

## Ju-jitsu

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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ali Khousrof | –62 kg | — | S Soonthorn (THA) DSQ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abdulelah Mones | –69 kg | — | MY Nabi (PAK) DSQ | Z Uranov (KGZ) L $0–100^{SUB}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ahmed Ayash | –77 kg | Bye | A Garaýew (TKM) L 0–2 $^{DSQ}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zeyad Mater | –85 kg | — | A Abdulloev (TJK) L $0–100^{SUB}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

Yemen participated in Judo at the Games with 4 athletes:

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

## Karate

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

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage final | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ahmed Garfan | –67 kg | Bye | A Al-Masatfa (JOR) L 0–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Adnan Shaif | –75 kg | Bye | Kim M-i (KOR) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Kurash

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Abdulelah Mones | –66 kg | D Damen (KAZ) L 000−100 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Salem Mohammed | –66 kg | H Hadiat (INA) W 100−000 | B Khalimov (TJK) L 000−100 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hussein Al-Jarrah | –81 kg | K Soeda (JPN) L 001−012 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Zeyad Mater | –81 kg | S Shomurodov (UZB) L 001−001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Mokhtar Al-Yamani | 50 m freestyle | 23.80 | 27 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mokhtar Al-Yamani | 100 m freestyle | 51.51 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mokhtar Al-Yamani | 200 m freestyle | 1:51.14 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mokhtar Al-Yamani | 400 m freestyle | 3:57.61 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Nooran Ba Matraf | 200 m breaststroke | 2:53.11 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nooran Ba Matraf | 200 m individual medley | 2:34.18 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Omar Ahmed Ali | Men's singles | S Wisutmaythangkoon (THA) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Team

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

### Kyorugi

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ahmed Al-Khulaqi | Men's −63 kg | Hassan Shubbar (UAE) L 15–18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Wrestling

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 | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 19 |
| Hussein Al-Azzani | −65 kg | Bye | Kim K-g (PRK) L 0–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 20 |
| Mohammed Al-Quhali | −74 kg | Bye | B Abdurakhmonov (UZB) WO | Did not advance | 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 | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 12 |
| Mohammed Al-Maghrebi | −67 kg | A Ismailov (KGZ) L 0–9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 |
| Hussein Al-Azzani | −77 kg | B Khasanov (TJK) WO | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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

### Taolu

| Athlete | Event | Event 1 | Event 1 | Event 2 | Event 2 | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | 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 | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Helal Al-Hajj | Men's –60 kg | Bye | E Ahangarian (IRI) L 0–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

Key: * TV – Technical victory.

