Kuwait at the Olympics

Kuwait at the
Olympics
IOC code KUW
NOC Kuwait Olympic Committee
Website www.kuwaitolympic.net (in Arabic) (in English)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
2
Summer appearances
Other related appearances
 Independent Olympic Athletes (2016)

Kuwait has competed in 12 Summer Games. To date, Kuwait has won two bronze Olympic medals and the Kuwaiti shooter Fehaid Al-Deehani won a gold medal as an independent athlete.

In the 1992 Barcelona Games, Kuwait received a bronze medal in the then-demonstration sport of taekwondo.[1] Their first Olympic medal was a bronze for double trap shooting, won by Fehaid Al-Deehani at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Their second was also a bronze won by Al-Deehani in the men's trap at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In 2016, Al-Deehani won the gold medal for men's double trap as an independent athlete.

The National Olympic Committee for Kuwait was formed in 1957. It was recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1966, but has been suspended twice in the past ten years. Due to its most recent suspension, Kuwait was not allowed to compete as a sovereign state at the 2016 Summer Olympics, though the nation's participants were able to compete as Independent Olympic Athletes under the Olympic flag.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Mexico 1968 Mexico City20000–
West Germany 1972 Munich40000–
Canada 1976 Montreal150000–
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow560000–
United States 1984 Los Angeles230000–
South Korea 1988 Seoul250000–
Spain 1992 Barcelona320000–
United States 1996 Atlanta250000–
Australia 2000 Sydney29001171
Greece 2004 Athens110000–
China 2008 Beijing80000–
United Kingdom 2012 London10001179
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiroas  Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)
Japan 2020 Tokyofuture event
France 2024 Paris
United States 2028 Los Angeles
Total0022138

Medals by summer sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Shooting002262
Total*0022138

Combined medals

Combined IOC codes № Games 1st, gold medalist(s) 2nd, silver medalist(s) 3rd, bronze medalist(s) Combined total
 Kuwait (KUW) 120022
 Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA) 1 1 0 1 2
Total 131034

List of medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 BronzeFehaid Al-DeehaniAustralia 2000 Sydney ShootingMen's double trap
 BronzeFehaid Al-DeehaniUnited Kingdom 2012 London ShootingMen's trap

See also

References

  1. ↑ Al-Ahram Weekly On-line (28 Sep – 4 Oct 2000). "Three for the Arabs". Archived from the original on 2011-04-04. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  • "Kuwait". International Olympic Committee.
  • "Results and Medalists — Kuwait". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
  • "Kuwait". Sports-Reference.com.
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