Kuwait at the Olympics

Kuwait at the Olympics
IOC code	KUW
NOC	Kuwait Olympic Committee
Website	www.kuwaitolympic.com (in Arabic) (in English)
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 0 3 4
Summer appearances
1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
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
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)
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	01 !	02 !	03 !	Combined total
Kuwait (KUW)	12	0	0	2	2
Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)	1	1	0	1	2
Total	13	1	0	3	4

List of medalists

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

See also

• Kuwait at the Paralympics

References

External links

• "Kuwait". International Olympic Committee. 
• "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. 
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. 
• "Kuwait". Sports-Reference.com.