Kuwait at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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IOC codeKUW
NOCKuwait Olympic Committee
Competitors29 (all men) in 6 sports
Flagbearer Fawzi Al-Shammari[1]
Kuwait at the
2000 Summer Olympics
IOC codeKUW
NOCKuwait Olympic Committee
in Sydney
Competitors29 (all men) in 6 sports
Flag bearer Fawzi Al-Shammari[1]
Medals
Ranked 71st
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Independent Olympic Athletes (2016)

Kuwait competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The nation won its first Olympic medal at these Games. 29 competitors, all men, took part in ten events in six sports.[2]

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Bronze Fehaid Al-DeehaniShooting Men's double trap September 20

Athletics

Men's 400m

Men's 4 × 400 m

Fencing

One fencer represented Kuwait in 2000.

Men's foil

Football

Men's team competition

Team Roster
Group C
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5
 Cameroon 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5
 Kuwait 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 3
 Czech Republic 3 0 2 1 5 6 −1 2
Source: [citation needed]
Cameroon 3–2 Kuwait
Alnoudji 37'
M'Boma 76'
Lauren 86'		 Report Mutairi 63'
Mubarak 88'
Attendance: 26,730
Czech Republic 2–3 Kuwait
Heinz 2'
Lengyel 90+1'		 Report Mutairi 56'
Saeed 64', 73'
Attendance: 22,182
United States 3–1 Kuwait
Califf 40'
Albright 63'
Donovan 88'		 Report Najem 83'
Attendance: 19,684

Shooting

Swimming

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Faisal Al Mahmeed 100 m backstroke 1:05.17 54 Did not advance
Sultan Al-Otaibi 200 m individual medley 2:16.23 55 Did not advance

Taekwondo

Notes

References

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