Kuwait at the Olympics
| Kuwait at the Olympics | |
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| IOC code | KUW |
| NOC | Kuwait Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| Medals Ranked 146th |
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| Other related appearances | |
 Independent Olympic Athletes (2016) | |
Kuwait has competed in 12 Summer Games. To date, Kuwait has won three bronze Olympic medals.
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. At those games, Kuwaiti shooters Fehaid Al-Deehani and Abdullah Al-Rashidi won a gold medal and bronze medal respectively as independent athletes.
Participation[]
Timeline of participation[]
| Date | Team |
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| 1968–2012 |  Kuwait (KUW)
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| 2016 | Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA) (2016)
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| 2020– | Kuwait (KUW)
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Combined medals[]
| Combined IOC codes | № Games | 
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Combined total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwait (KUW)
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13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA) (2016)
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1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Medal tables[]
Medals by Summer Games[]
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1968 Mexico City |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 1972 Munich |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 1976 Montreal |
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 1980 Moscow |
56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 1984 Los Angeles |
23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 1988 Seoul |
25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 1992 Barcelona |
32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1996 Atlanta |
25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 2000 Sydney |
29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 71 |
 2004 Athens |
11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 2008 Beijing |
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
 2012 London |
10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 79 |
 2016 Rio de Janeiro |
as Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)
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 2020 Tokyo |
10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 86 |
 2024 Paris |
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| 2028 Los Angeles
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| 2032 Brisbane
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| Total | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 144 | |
Medals by summer sport[]
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shooting | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (1 sports) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
List of medalists[]
| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze |
Fehaid Al-Deehani | 2000 Sydney |
 Shooting |
Men's double trap |
| Bronze |
Fehaid Al-Deehani | 2012 London |
Shooting |
Men's trap |
| Bronze |
Abdullah Al-Rashidi | 2020 Tokyo |
Shooting |
Men's skeet |
See also[]
- List of flag bearers for Kuwait at the Olympics
- Kuwait at the Paralympics
References[]
- ^ 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.
External links[]
- "Kuwait". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
- "Kuwait". Olympedia.com.
- "Olympic Analytics/KUW". olympanalyt.com.
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