Kuwait at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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.

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

Medalists

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

Athletics

Men's 400m

  • Fawzi Al Shammari
    1. Round 1 – 46.38 (did not advance)

Men's 4 × 400 m

  • Musad Al Azimi, Badar Al Fulaij, Mishal Al Harbi, Fawzi Al Shammari
    1. Round 1 – DQ (did not advance)

Fencing

One fencer represented Kuwait in 2000.

Men's foil
  • Abdul Muhsen Ali

Football

Men's team competition

Team Roster
  • ( 1.) Shehab Kankune
  • ( 2.) Naser Al-Omran
  • ( 3.) Jamal Mubarak
  • ( 4.) Bader Najem
  • ( 5.) Abdullah Husan
  • ( 6.) Nawaf Humaidan
  • ( 7.) Adel Al-Anezi
  • ( 8.) Naser Al-Othman
  • ( 9.) Bashar Abdulaziz
  • ( 10.) Faraj Saeed
  • ( 11.) Abdullah Saihan
  • ( 12.) Hamad Al-Tayyar
  • ( 13.) Sadoun Salman
  • ( 14.) Khalaf Al-Mutairi
  • ( 15.) Saleh Al-Buraiki
  • ( 16.) Yousef Zayed
  • ( 17.) Esam Al-Kandari
  • ( 18.) Nawaf Al-Khaldi
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'
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
Attendance: 26,730
Referee: Bruce Grimshaw (New Zealand)
Czech Republic 2–3 Kuwait
Heinz 2'
Lengyel 90+1'
Report Mutairi 56'
Saeed 64', 73'
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
Attendance: 22,182
Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)
United States 3–1 Kuwait
Califf 40'
Albright 63'
Donovan 88'
Report Najem 83'
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Attendance: 19,684
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

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

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