Kuwait at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Kuwait at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Flag of Kuwait.svg
IOC code KUW
NOC Kuwait Olympic Committee
Website www.kuwaitolympic.net  (in Arabic and English)
in Tokyo, Japan
July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors10 in 5 sports
Flag bearers (opening) Lara Dashti
Talal Al-Rashidi
Flag bearer (closing) N/A
Medals
Ranked 86th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Athletes (2016)

Kuwait competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] It was the nation's thirteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, although it competed under the Independent Olympic Athletes at the previous Games in 2016, resulting to the country's suspension by the International Olympic Committee for government interference.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Abdullah Al-Rashidi Shooting Men's skeet 26 July

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 112
Karate 101
Rowing 101
Shooting 404
Swimming 112
Total8210

Athletics

Kuwaiti athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): [2] [3]

Key
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Yaqoub Al-Youha Men's 110 m hurdles 13.69 SB7—Did not advance
Mudhawi Al-Shammari Women's 100 m 11.823 Q11.818Did not advance

Karate

Kuwait received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send Mohammad Al-Mosawi in the men's kata category to the Olympics. [4]

Kata
AthleteEventElimination roundRanking roundFinal / BM
ScoreRankScoreRankOpposition
Result		Rank
Mohammad Al-Mosawi Men's kata 24.285Did not advance

Rowing

For the first time since Seoul 1988, Kuwait qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Games, by achieving the top time in the C-final and securing the fourth of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, Japan. [5]

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Abdulrahman Al-Fadhel Men's single sculls 8:49.035 R9:04.734 SE/FBye8:56.834 FF8:32.6731

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

Kuwaiti shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020. [6]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Abdulrahman Al-Faihan Men's trap 1233 Q186
Talal Al-Rashidi 1227Did not advance
Abdullah Al-Rashidi Men's skeet 1225 Q46Bronze medal icon.svg
Mansour Al-Rashidi 12016Did not advance

Swimming

Kuwait received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Abbas Qali Men's 100 m butterfly 53.6248Did not advance
Lara Dashti Women's 50 m freestyle 29.6967Did not advance

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  2. ↑ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
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  4. ↑ "Last Olympians for Karate Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 confirmed". World Karate Federation. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
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