Seven of the twelve competitors automatically qualified for their respective events while the remaining five athletes used wild cards to partake in the Games.

Skeet shooter Nasser Al-Attiyah, and high jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim both won bronze medals in their respective sports for the first time.

[3][6] The Qatari delegation to London consisted of 12 athletes: athletics competitors Noor Al-Malki, Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla, Mohamad Al-Garni, Hamza Driouch, Mohammed Abduh Bakhet and Mutaz Essa Barshim, shooters Rashid Hamad Al-Athba, Nasser Al-Attiyah and Bahiya Al-Hamad, swimmers Ahmed Atari and Nada Arkaji and table tennis player Aya Majdi.

[12][13] 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.

[18] 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.

[n 3][25] Making his Olympic début like the others, Mutaz Essa Barshim was 20 years old at the time of the London Games.

His best height cleared was 2.26 metres on his second try, tying him for eighth in Qualifying Group A. Barshim's result advanced him to compete for a top 12 placing in the 7 August final.

[30] Barshim thus tied for the bronze medal with Robbie Grabarz of Great Britain and Derek Drouin of Canada.

[35] After the Games, he spoke of the disappointment he felt over his performance but said he hoped to use his experience to better prepare for future races.

[43] He automatically qualified for a quota spot into the men's skeet because he won the gold medal in the discipline at the 2012 Asian Shooting Championships.

[47] He held the bronze medal position until he missed two of his targets and entered a shoot-out against Russia's Valeriy Shomin.

[48] It was Qatar's third ever Olympic medal and its first since Said Saif Asaad's bronze in men's weightlifting at the 2000 Sydney Games.

[10] Rashid Hamad Al-Athba was 31 years old at the time of the London Games, and had previously represented Qatar at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

[49] Al-Athba earned an Olympic quota spot by winning the bronze medal in trap at the 2012 Asian Shooting Championships.

[n 7] Al-Athba scored one point less than the two lowest qualifiers for the final, Håkan Dahlby of Sweden and Richárd Bognár of Hungary, and did not advance.

He scored one point less than Croatia's Giovanni Cernogoraz and Anton Glasnović who were the lowest qualifying shooters for the final and he was eliminated from the event.

[16] She received a wild card invitation from the IOC to compete at the Olympics after not meeting the "B" (FINA/Invitation) qualifying standard of the women's 50 metres freestyle.

[60] She said in an interview with Reuters four months before the Games that she sought to lower her personal best to below 30 seconds and she wanted to encourage women in Qatar to take up sport,[60] "I always try my best in swimming.

[63] The IOC issued her a special invitation wild card for the women's table tennis singles tournament.

[64] Majdi spoke of her pride over being chosen to represent Qatar in London but vowed to qualify on merit for the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.