Highlights
Kuwait were first represented by a two-man team at the Mexico City 1968 Olympic Games when Saoud OBAID DAIFALLAH and Mraljeb AYED MANSOOR competed in the men’s marathon.
In 1980 at the Moscow Olympic Games, Kuwait’s football team beat Nigeria and drew with Colombia and eventual champions Czechoslovakia. They were knocked out by the USSR in the quarterfinals. In 1992 and 2000 they again played in the final tournament but went no further than the group stages.
Fehaid AL DEEHANI claimed Kuwait’s first Olympic medal when he took bronze in the double trap at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. He carried his country’s flag at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, his fourth.
Danah AL NASRALLAH became the first Kuwaiti woman to take part in the Olympic Games when she ran the 100m in Athens in 2004.
In 2008, Kuwait sent a team of eight athletes competing in five sports.
Anthem: Title
Al-Nasheed Al-Watani (National Anthem)
Anthem: Year of Induction
1978
Anthem: Composer
Music Ibrahim Nasir AL-SOULA, words Ahmad Mushari AL-ADWANI
Official NOC name
Kuwait
IOC recognition date
1966
IOC Member's Name
Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad AL-SABAH
Year of first appearance in an Olympic Games
1968
Number of appearances in Olympic Games
12, including London 2012
Summary of Olympic Games Appearances
| Medals per sport | ||||
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Shooting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Medals per year | ||||
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
