Lebanon at the 2018 Asian Games
# 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. At the last edition in Incheon, Lebanon collected 2 medals, a silver and a bronze.

## Medalists

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 | 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 | 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

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

## Cycling

### Mountain biking

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

## Fencing

### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 19 |
| Dominique Nicole Tannous | Women's épée | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 22 |
| Mona Shaito | Women's foil | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | 10 |

### Team

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | did not advance | 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 | did not advance | 8 |

## Golf

### Men

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

## Ju-jitsu

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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| 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 $100^{SUB}–0$ | S Al-Mazrouei (UAE) L 0–2 | – |

## Judo

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

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 |
| Steven Azar | –81 kg | H Hadi (IRQ) WO | S Boltaboev (UZB) L 00s1–01 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | did not advance |
| Jad Fadel | –81 kg | Bye | S Saidov (TJK) L 00–10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Suellen Silva | –63 kg | Han H-j (KOR) L 00s1–10s1 | 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 |
| Nacif Elias | +90 kg | K Tsogtgerel (MGL) L 001−100 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jad Fadel | +90 kg | N Turaev (UZB) L 000−100 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| 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 |
| Suellen Silva | –63 kg | Lee W-t (TPE) L 000−101 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Sambo

Key:

* SU – Won by submission.

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage final | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Steven Azar | Men's 90 kg | Y Sato (JPN) L 1–3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Suellen Silva | Women's 68 kg | N Davletova (UZB) WO | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | T Junsookplung (THA) WO | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Shooting

### Men

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

### Women

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

### Mixed team

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

## Swimming

### Men

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

### Women

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

## 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 |
| Mohamad Hamie | Men's singles | Nguyễn ĐT (VIE) L 3–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Malak Khory | Women's singles | Nguyễn KDK (VIE) L 1–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 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 | 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 |
| Anna El-Haddad | Women's −49 kg | Bye | Wenren YT (CHN) W 8–7 | M Mannopova (UZB) L 5–11 | did not advance | did not advance | 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

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Giovani Samaha | Singles | Bye | J Karimov (UZB) L 4–6, $6–7^{(5–7)}$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hady Habib Giovani Samaha | Doubles | Bye | S Fayziev / J Karimov (UZB) L 3–6, 1–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Wrestling

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.

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

## Wushu

### 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 |
| Elie Bou Gebrayel | Men's –70 kg | — | M Khan (PAK) L 0–0 $^{TV}$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
