| Abbas Qali | |
| Fullname: | Abbas Qali |
| Native Name: | عباس قلي |
| Native Name Lang: | ara |
| Strokes: | Butterfly |
| Collegeteam: | University of Alabama[1] |
| Birth Date: | 11 October 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Kuwait City, Kuwait[2] |
| Height: | 177cm |
| Weight: | 78kg |
Abbas Qali (Arabic: عباس قلي; born 11 October 1992) is a Kuwaiti swimmer. He competed in the 100 m butterfly event at the Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships and was eliminated during the heats.[3] He is a member of the University of Alabama swimming and diving team.[4] He competed and scored in the 2015 SEC Championships in Auburn, Alabama.[5] He holds the Kuwaiti record in the 50m Butterfly with a time of 25.06.
Abbas is the only Kuwaiti national to qualify for the Olympics in the 100m fly category, and the only Kuwaiti to participate in a 100m event at the Olympic Games. In seasonal competition he achieved a 54.16s[6] result, making the Olympic B-Cut required to compete at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics in Brazil. He swam 54.63s in his heat, and did not advance to the semi-finals.[7] Due to the IOC's suspension of Kuwait, Qali participated under the Olympic flag as an independent athlete.