qualified for the Games by meeting the qualification standards for the men's 1500 metres; his fastest time of three minutes and 34.61 seconds, set at the 2011 Pan Arab Games, was 0.89 seconds faster than the "A" qualifying standard. Al-Garni was drawn in the first heat on 3 August, finishing fifth out of fifteen runners with a time of three minutes and 36.99 seconds, and progressing into the semi-finals that took place two days later. There, he finished ninth in the second heat, achieving a time of three minutes and 36.78 seconds. Overall, he ranked 14th out of 45 athletes, and was 1.34 seconds slower than the slowest competitor from his heat to progress to the final. In his first Olympic Games, 17-year-old Hamza Driouch was the youngest Qatari male athlete in London. He qualified for the men's 1500 metres because his best time was three minutes and 33.69 seconds during the 2012 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix, which was one second faster than the "A" qualifying standard. On 3 August, organisers drew Driouch to partake in the second heat, where he finished second out of fourteen finishers with a time of three minutes and 67 seconds; he automatically progressed into the semi-final. There, Driouch ran in heat one but his performance dropped and placed 11th out of 12th runners, with a time of three minutes and 49.40 seconds. That put him 24th overall, with only the top eight progressing into the final. 17-year-old Noor Al-Malki was the first of two woman athletes announced to be competing on Qatar's behalf in February 2012. She received a wild-card invitation from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to compete at the Olympics after not meeting the qualifying standards of the women's 100 metres. Noor was the first Qatari woman to run in athletics at the Summer Olympics. In an interview with The Guardian before the Games she spoke of her surprise over being selected and she sought to promote women's sport in Qatar, "It was a shock, but it was also a source of immense happiness and pride. It is the dream of every athlete in Qatar, and I will be taking that with me." She was assigned with seven other runners to the third heat on 3 August. Out of the starting blocks, Noor pulled her right hamstring and fell onto the track. She was transported out of the stadium in a