Kuwait at the 1980 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	KUW
Nocname:	Kuwait Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1980
Website:
Location:	Moscow
Competitors:	56
Sports:	7
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
See also:	(2016)

Kuwait competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 56 competitors, all men, took part in 26 events in 7 sports.^[1]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Men's 100 metres

• Abdul Majeed Al-Mosawi

• Heat - 11.28 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

• Abdul Majeed Al-Mosawi

• Heat - did not start (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Heat - 1:54.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

• Khaled Khalifa Al-Shammari

• Heat - 3:57.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Abdultif Hashem

• Heat - 53.31 (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Najem Najem

• Qualification - 39.26 m (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Khaled Murad Ghaloum

• Qualification - 47.40 m (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's Shot Put

• Mohammad Al-Zinkawi

• Qualification - 17.15 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Men's Long Jump

• Essa Hashem

• Qualification - no mark (→ no ranking)

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Men's Platform

• Abdullah Mayouf

• Preliminary Round - 326.34 points (→ 23rd place, did not advance)

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Nine fencers represented Kuwait in 1980.

Men's foil

• Khaled Al-Awadhi
• Kifah Al-Mutawa
• Ahmed Al-Ahmed

Men's team foil

• Ahmed Al-Ahmed, Khaled Al-Awadhi, Ali Al-Khawajah, Kifah Al-Mutawa

Men's épée

• Kazem Hasan
• Mohamed Al-Thuwani
• Osama Al-Khurafi

Men's team épée

• Ebrahim Al-Cattan, Osama Al-Khurafi, Mohamed Al-Thuwani, Kazem Hasan, Kifah Al-Mutawa

Men's sabre

• Ahmed Al-Ahmed
• Ali Al-Khawajah
• Mohamed Eyiad

Football

See main article: Football at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Defeated Nigeria (3-1)

• Drew with Colombia (1-1)

• Drew with Czechoslovakia (0-0)
• Quarter Finals

• Lost to Soviet Union (1-2) → Eliminated
• Team Roster

• Ahmad al-Trabulsi

• Mahboub Mubarak

• Jamal al-Qabendi

• Waleed al-Mubarak

• Saed al-Houti

• Fathi Marzouq

• Abdulla al-Biloushi

• Jasem Sultan

• Mu'ayed al-Haddad

• Hamad Bouhamad

• Yousef al-Suwayed

• Ahmad Askar

• Humoud al-Shemmari

• Sami al-Hashash

• Faisal al-Daakhjl

• Abdulnabi al-Khaldi

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Lost to Romania (12-32)

• Lost to Soviet Union (11-38)

• Lost to Switzerland (14-32)

• Lost to Yugoslavia (10-44)

• Lost to Algeria (17-30)
• Classification Match

• 11th/12th place: Lost to Cuba (23-32) → 12th place
• Team Roster

• Faraj Al-Mutairi

• Khalid Shahzadah

• Saleh Najem

• Fawzi al-Shuwairbat

• Jasem al-Deyab

• Ismaeel Shahzadah

• Jasem Al-Qassar

• Majid Al-Khamis

• Abdel Aziz Al-Anjri

• Mond al-Qassar

• Musa'ed Al-Randi

• Khamis Bashir

• Abdullah Al-Qena'i

• Ahmad al-Emran

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Men's 100m Freestyle

• Adham Hemdan

• Heats - 53,00 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Adham Hemdan

• Heats - 2.07,51 (→ did not advance)

External links

• Official Olympic Reports

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kuwait at the 1980 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417093537/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/KUW/summer/1980/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2011-04-24 . sports-reference.com.