The country sent a total of 15 competitors to the Games, competing in athletics, swimming and shooting,.

[2] Among the country's representatives is Maryam Yusuf Jamal, reigning world champion in the women's 1,500 metre run.

[3] Rakia Al Gassra was the country's flagbearer at the Games' opening ceremony.

[2] In athletics, Rashid Ramzi was originally awarded the gold medal in men's 1,500 meters (Bahrain's first Olympic medal) but it was later stripped due to doping violation.

[4] * Rashid Ramzi was originally awarded the gold medal in men's 1,500 meters (Bahrain's first Olympic medal) but it was later stripped due to doping violation.