Kuwait at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Kuwait at the 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	KUW
NOC	Kuwait Olympic Committee
Website	www.kuwaitolympic.net  (in Arabic and English)
in Seoul
Competitors	25 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Jasem Al-Dowaila [1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Kuwait competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 25 competitors, all men, took part in 24 events in 7 sports. ^[2]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. ^[3]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	6	0	6
Boxing	3	–	3
Diving	1	0	1
Fencing	8	0	8
Judo	4	–	4
Rowing	1	0	1
Swimming	2	0	2
Total	25	0	25

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Track Events

Athlete	Events	Heat		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position	Time	Position
Jasem Aldowaila	400 m Hurdles	51.87	31			Did not advance
Zeyad Alkhudhur	110 m Hurdles	14.44	30	14.56	31	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Waleed Albakheet	Hammer	63.86m	27	Did not advance
Marsouq Alyouhah	Triple Jump	15.72m	28	Did not advance
Ghanem Mabrouk	Javelin	65.84m	35	Did not advance
Muhammad Zankawi	Shot Put	15.92m	20	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Ali Al-Baluchi	Super Heavyweight			Aleksandr Miroshnichenko  (URS) L 5-0	Did not advance
Husain Al-Mutairi	Flyweight		Alfred Kotey  (GHA) L RSCO	Did not advance
Saud Al-Muwaizri	Bantamweight	Katsuyoki Matsushima  (JPN) L RSCH	Did not advance

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Majed Al-Taqi or Altaqi [4]	3 m springboard	387.60	31	Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Final rank
Khaled Alawadh	Foil		Did not advance					62
Mohammad Alhamar	Épée		Did not advance					44
Younes Almashmoum	Épée		Did not advance					53
Saqer Alsurayei	Foil		Did not advance					61
Khaled Jahrami	Épée		Did not advance					62
Salman Mohammad	Foil		Did not advance					64
Khaled Alawadhi Faisal Alharshani Saqer Alsuraye] Khaled Jahrami Salman Mohammad	Team Foil	East Germany L 0-9   China L 3-9   Great Britain L 5-9			Did not advance			15
Mohammad Alhamar Younes Almashmoum Nahedh Almurdh Khaled Jahrami	Team Épée	France L 0-9   Poland L 1-9			Did not advance			18

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First Repechage Round	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Yousef Alhammad	−86kg	Canu  (FRA) L 0000-0200	Did not advance
Adel Alnajadah	−71kg	Beauchamp  (CAN) L 0000-1001	Did not advance
Hisham Elsharaf	−78kg	Aquino  (GUM) W 1011-0000	Erhembayar  (MGL) L 0000-0000	Did not advance
Hussei Safar	−65kg	Elmamoun  (MAR) L 0010-0000	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Waleed Almohammad	Single sculls	8:05.35	5	8:15.16	4	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hassan Alshammari	50 m freestyle	26.27	61	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	56.44	65	Did not advance
Sultan Alotaibi	200 m butterfly	2:12.89	38	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:15.63	42	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:50.16	31	Did not advance

Notes and references

1. "Jasem Al-Dowaila". olympedia.org. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
2. "Kuwait at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
3. Kuwait at the 1988 Summer Olympics
4. also competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics

External links

• Official Olympic Reports