Kuwait at the Olympics

Kuwait at the
Olympics
IOC code KUW
NOC Kuwait Olympic Committee
Website www.kuwaitolympic.com (Arabic) (English)
Medals
Gold Silver Bronze Total
0 0 0 0
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 athlete 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 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1966 and was suspended twice in the past 10 years. Due to the present suspension, Kuwait cannot compete as a sovereign state at the 2016 Summer Olympics. However, Kuwait participants 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 City 2 0 0 0 0
West Germany 1972 Munich 4 0 0 0 0
Canada 1976 Montreal 15 0 0 0 0
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow 56 0 0 0 0
United States 1984 Los Angeles 23 0 0 0 0
South Korea 1988 Seoul 25 0 0 0 0
Spain 1992 Barcelona 32 0 0 0 0
United States 1996 Atlanta 25 0 0 0 0
Australia 2000 Sydney 29 0 0 1 1 71
Greece 2004 Athens 11 0 0 0 0
China 2008 Beijing 8 0 0 0 0
United Kingdom 2012 London 10 0 0 1 1 79
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro as  Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)
Japan 2020 Tokyo future event
Total 0 0 2 2 138

Medals by summer sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Shooting 0 0 2 2 62
Total* 0 0 2 2 138

Combined medals

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

List of medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Bronze Fehaid Al-Deehani Australia 2000 Sydney Shooting Men's double trap
 Bronze Fehaid Al-Deehani United Kingdom 2012 London Shooting Men's trap

See also

References

  1. Al-Ahram Weekly On-line (28 Sep – 4 Oct 2000). "Three for the Arabs". Retrieved 2011-08-08.
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