Olympic history of Kuwait
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Kuwait , whose NOK , al-Ladschna al-ulimbiyya al-kuwaitiyya , was founded in 1957 andrecognizedby the IOC in1966, took part in all the Summer Olympic Games from 1968 to 2012. In 2015 Kuwait was banned by the IOC. So far, no Kuwaiti athletes have competed at the Winter Games. Young athletes have taken part in both of the youth summer games that have been held so far.
Overview
With a team of two athletes, Kuwait took part in the Olympic Games for the first time in 1968. At the following summer games, Kuwaiti athletes competed in swimming (from 1972), judo, fencing and diving (from 1976), football and handball (from 1980), boxing and rowing (from 1988), shooting and weightlifting (from 1992), Table tennis (from 1996) and Taekwondo (from 2000).
The first Olympians in the country were the two marathon runners Mraljeb Mansoor and Saoud Daifallah on October 20, 1968. The first Kuwaiti woman, sprinter Danah Al-Nasrallah, did not start until August 20, 2004.
In 1980 the Kuwaiti soccer team qualified for the quarter-finals, but failed there with 1: 2 at the Soviet Union. In 1996 the handball team played in the preliminary round against Switzerland and was beaten at 16:33. The team was finally ranked 12th, last place.
In 2000 a Kuwaiti athlete won the first medal in Sydney. The marksman Fehaid Al-Deehani won bronze in double trap. Khaled Al-Mudhaf finished fourth in the trap shooting. In 2004 Al-Deehani was eighth in the double trap, Al-Mudhaf sixth in the trap. In 2008, Abdullah Al-Rashidi finished seventh in the skeet. In 2012, Al-Deehani won another bronze medal, this time in trap shooting. He was fourth in the double trap.
Youth games
Under the name Kuwaiti Athletes , young athletes were able to take part in the first Youth Summer Games 2010 in Singapore . Kuwait had been suspended by the IOC at the time. Three teenagers, two boys and one girl, competed in athletics, shooting and swimming. The swimmer Abdullah Altuwani won the bronze medal over 50 meters chest.
At the 2014 Youth Summer Games in Nanjing , five young people, four boys and one girl, competed in athletics, fencing, shooting and swimming. A medal could not be won.
Suspensions by the IOC
Kuwait has been suspended several times by the IOC for political interference in the affairs of the Kuwaiti NOK. Until 2015, these suspensions had no effect on Kuwait's participation in the Olympic Games. The suspension of October 27, 2015 is still valid today (January 2018). Kuwaiti athletes were given the opportunity to compete under the Olympic flag as Independent Olympic Participants. Nine athletes, eight men and one woman, took up this opportunity at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro . A fencer, two swimmers and six shooters, all from Kuwait, entered the Olympic Stadium behind the Olympic flag. Fehaid Al-Dehaani, two-time bronze medalist, was Olympic champion on his sixth participation in the Olympic Games in a double trap. Abdullah Al-Rashidi won the bronze medal in the skeet. In trap shooting, Khaled Al-Mudhaf came 8th.
Overview of the participants
Summer games
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| 1896-1964 | not participated | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1968 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1972 | 4th | 4th | 0 | Younis Abdallah | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1976 | 15th | 15th | 0 | 6th | 4th | 4th | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 1980 | 56 | 56 | 0 | 8th | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 14th | ||||||||||||
| 1984 | 23 | 23 | 0 | Tareq Al-Ghareeb | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 1988 | 25th | 25th | 0 | Jasem Al-Dowaila | 6th | 2 | 4th | 8th | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1992 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19th | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1996 | 25th | 25th | 0 | Abdullah Al-Rashidi | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2000 | 29 | 29 | 0 | Fawzi Al-Shammari | 4th | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 71 | |||||||||
| 2004 | 11 | 10 | 1 | Fehaid Al-Deehani | 5 | 1 | 16 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | 8th | 8th | 0 | Abdullah Al-Rashidi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 2012 | 10 | 8th | 2 | Fehaid Al-Deehani | 3 | 2 | 4th | 1 | 1 | 1 | 79 | |||||||||||
| 2016 | not participated | |||||||||||||||||||||
| total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 138 | |||||||||||||||||
Winter games
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List of medal winners
Gold medals
So far (as of 2018) no gold medals
Silver medals
So far (as of 2018) no silver medals
Bronze medals
| Surname | Games | sport | discipline | annotation |
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| Fehaid Al-Deehani | 2000 Sydney | shoot | Double trap | first medal win |
| Fehaid Al-Deehani | 2012 London | shoot | Trap |
Medals by sport
| sport | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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| shoot | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| total | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Web links
- Kuwait in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Kuwait on Olympic.org - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
