Kuwait at the Olympics

Kuwait has competed in 12 Summer Games. To date, Kuwait has won three bronze Olympic medals.

Kuwait at the
Olympics
IOC codeKUW
NOCKuwait Olympic Committee
Websitewww.kuwaitolympic.net (in Arabic and English)
Medals
Ranked 146th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
3
Total
3
Summer appearances
Other related appearances
 Independent Olympic Athletes (2016)

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, as the Kuwait Olympic Committee had been suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the second time in five years due to governmental interference.[2][3][4]

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
DateTeam
1968–2012 Kuwait (KUW)
2016 Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA) (2016)
2020– Kuwait (KUW)

Combined medals
Combined IOC codes № Games 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Combined total
 Kuwait (KUW) 130033
 Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA) (2016) 1 1 0 1 2
Total 141045

Medal tables
See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

Medals by Summer Games
Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1968 Mexico City20000–
1972 Munich40000–
1976 Montreal150000–
1980 Moscow560000–
1984 Los Angeles230000–
1988 Seoul250000–
1992 Barcelona320000–
1996 Atlanta250000–
2000 Sydney29001171
2004 Athens110000–
2008 Beijing80000–
2012 London10001179
2016 Rio de Janeiroas  Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)
2020 Tokyo10001186
2024 Parisfuture event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total0033144

Medals by summer sport
SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Shooting0033
Totals (1 entries)0033

List of medalists
Medal Name Games Sport Event
 BronzeFehaid Al-Deehani2000 Sydney ShootingMen's double trap
 BronzeFehaid Al-Deehani2012 London ShootingMen's trap
 BronzeAbdullah Al-Rashidi2020 Tokyo ShootingMen's skeet

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.
  2. "IOC suspends Kuwait's national Olympic committee". USA Today. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  3. "Suspension of the Kuwait Olympic Committee". Olympics. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  4. "Independent Olympic Athletes". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.


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