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Saudi Arabia has competed in eight Summer Olympic Games. They first appeared in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. They have never competed in the Winter Olympic Games. ==The issue of women's participation== By Saudi Arabian law, women were, until recently, not permitted to compete in the Olympic Games.〔("Rice hopes Saudi women will soon compete in Olympics" ), AFP, August 17, 2008〕 However, following the International Olympic Committee pressuring the Saudi Olympic Committee to send female athletes to the 2012 Summer Olympics, in June 2012 the Saudi Embassy in London announced this had been agreed.〔("Saudi women vie for Olympic rights" ), BBC, June 13, 2008〕 There were calls for Saudi Arabia to be barred from the Olympics until it permitted women to compete—notably from Anita DeFrantz, chair of the International Olympic Committee's Women and Sports Commission, in 2010.〔("Qatar decision to send female athletes to London 2012 increases pressure on Saudi Arabia" ), Inside the Games, July 1, 2010〕 In 2008, Ali Al-Ahmed, director of the Institute for Gulf Affairs, likewise called for Saudi Arabia to be barred from the Games, describing its ban on women athletes as a violation of the International Olympic Committee charter. Stating that gender discrimination should be no more acceptable than racial discrimination, he noted: "For the last 15 years, many international nongovernmental organizations worldwide have been trying to lobby the IOC for better enforcement of its own laws banning gender discrimination. () While () efforts did result in increasing numbers of women Olympians, the IOC has been reluctant to take a strong position and threaten the discriminating countries with suspension or expulsion."〔("Bar countries that ban women athletes" ), Ali Al-Ahmed, ''New York Times'', May 19, 2008〕 Dalma Rushdi Malhas competed at the 2010 Singapore Youth Olympics and won a bronze medal in equestrian (see Saudi Arabia at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics). Saudi Arabia agreed on July 12, 2012, to send two women to compete in the 2012 Olympic games in London, England. The two female athletes were Wojdan Shaherkani in judo and 800-meter runner Sarah Attar.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.myfoxny.com/story/19009845/saudis-to-send-2-women-to-london-olympics )〕 Prior to June 2012, Saudi Arabia banned female athletes from competing at the Olympics. The 2012 games marked the first time in Olympics history where every participating country included female athletes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/olympics/2012/07/12/saudi-arabia-women-london-olympics.ap/index.html )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saudi Arabia at the Olympics」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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