Kuwait at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
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Kuwait competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 56 competitors, all men, took part in 26 events in 7 sports.[1]
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| Kuwait at the 1980 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | KUW |
| NOC | Kuwait Olympic Committee |
| in Moscow | |
| Competitors | 56 in 7 sports |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Independent Olympic Athletes (2016) | |
Athletics
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
- Khaled Hussain Mahmoud
- Heat — 1:54.6 (→ did not advance)
Men's 1,500 metres
- Heat — 3:57.6 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400 m Hurdles
- Heat — 53.31 (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw
- Qualification — 39.26 m (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Men's Hammer Throw
- Qualification — 47.40 m (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Men's Shot Put
- Qualification — 17.15 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)
Men's Long Jump
- Essa Hashem
- Qualification — no mark (→ no ranking)
Diving
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Abdullah Mayouf | 10 m platform | 326.34 | 23 | Did not advance | |
Fencing
Nine fencers represented Kuwait in 1980.
- Khaled Al-Awadhi
- Kifah Al-Mutawa
- Ahmed Al-Ahmed
- Ahmed Al-Ahmed, Khaled Al-Awadhi, Ali Al-Khawajah, Kifah Al-Mutawa
- Kazem Hasan
- Mohamed Al-Thuwani
- Osama Al-Khurafi
- Ebrahim Al-Cattan, Osama Al-Khurafi, Mohamed Al-Thuwani, Kazem Hasan, Kifah Al-Mutawa
- Ahmed Al-Ahmed
- Ali Al-Khawajah
- Mohamed Eyiad
Football
- Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
- Defeated
Nigeria (3-1) - Drew with
Colombia (1-1) - Drew with
Czechoslovakia (0-0)
- Defeated
- Quarter Finals
- Lost to
Soviet Union (1-2) → Eliminated
- Lost to
- Team Roster
Handball
- 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
Swimming
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Adham Hemdan | 100 m freestyle | 58.33 | 34 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m freestyle | 2:07.51 | 38 | N/a | Did not advance | |||
| Mohamed Abdul Wahab | 400 m freestyle | 4:37.68 | 28 | N/a | Did not advance | ||
| 100 m butterfly | 1:06.35 | 31 | Did not advance | ||||
| Saleh Marzouk | 200 m butterfly | 2:36.53 | 25 | N/a | Did not advance | ||