Saudi Arabia has participated in the summer Olympics since 1972. Only two medals have been won by Saudi athletes in the summer games.
Although Saudi Arabia has no gold medals from its athletes in past summer games, there's already a silver to account for. Hadi Soua'an al-Somaily (pictured) finished runner-up in the men's 400m hurdles (athletics) at Sydney 2000.
The only other medal in the summer games for Saudi Arabia is a bronze. Khaled al-Eid won bronze in the individual mixed jumping (equestrian) category, also at Sydney 2000.
As of now, nine Saudi athletes are headed to London to compete in two events-in various athletics and equestrian events. Most recently, the country's Olympic committee announced that they will not send any women to the London games for various reasons, notably a Saudi law. We'll see how this one will come out...
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