Kuwait at the 2018 Asian Games

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Originally set to compete as The Independent Asian Athletes, alternatively as the Independent Olympic Athletes, the Kuwaitis are allowed to compete under their own flags just two days before the opening of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018.

Kuwait at the
2018 Asian Games
IOC codeKUW
in Jakarta and Palembang
Competitors17 in 6 sports
Flag bearer Essa Al-Zankawi
Medals
Ranked 21st
Gold
3
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
6
Asian Games appearances (overview)
  • 1974
  • 1978
  • 1982
  • 1986
  • 1990
  • 1994
  • 1998
  • 2002
  • 2006
  • 2010
  • 2014
  • 2018
  • 2022
  • 2026
Other related appearances
 Athletes from Kuwait (2010)

Medalists

The following Kuwait competitors won medals at the Games.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Mansour Al-Rashidi Shooting Men's Skeet 26 Aug
 Gold Ali Abdulaziz Karate Men's kumite 67 kg 26 Aug
 Gold Ali Al-Khorafi Equestrian Individual jumping 30 Aug
 Silver Ahmad Al-Mesfer Karate Men's kumite 84 kg 27 Aug
 Bronze Essa Al-Zenkawi Athletics Men's discus throw 29 Aug
 Bronze Husein Misri Kurash Men's 90 kg 30 Aug

Athletics

Kuwait entered two men's athletes to participate in the athletics competition at the Games.

Equestrian

Kuwait entered four riders (2 men's and 2 women's) competing in the equestrian show jumping event.

Jumping
Athlete Horse Event Qualification Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2
Team Final 		Final round A Final round B
Points Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank
Ali Al-Khorafi Cheril Individual 1.06 4 0 1.06 4 Q 0 1.06 3 Q 0 1.06 2 Q 0 1.06
Noora Al-Qaoud Annalita 7.20 31 0 7.20 15 Q 0 7.20 11 Q 10 17.20 16 Q 13 30.20 16
Dalia Al-Zahem Richebourg du Jusclay 12.33 # 47 10 # 22.33 45 Q 4 # 26.33 33 did not advance
Talal Al-Zahem Cannonball Du Toultia Z 9.27 38 7 16.27 36 Q 1 17.27 25 Q 18 35.27 25 did not advance
Noora Al-Qaoud
Dalia Al-Zahem
Talal Al-Zahem
Ali Al-Khorafi 		See above Team 17.53 8 7 24.53 6 Q 1 25.53 4 —

# – indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Fencing

Individual
Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Abdulaziz Al-Shatti Men's épée DNS 7 did not advance 33

Ju-jitsu

Kuwait entered the ju-jitsu competition with 4 men's athletes.

Key:

  • ADV – Won by advantages.
  • RDC – Won by referee decision.
  • SUB – Won by submission.
Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Naser Al-Faraj –69 kg —  G Al-Harahsheh (JOR)
L 4–4ADV 		did not advance
Abdulrahman Farman –77 kg Bye  H Amraei (IRI)
L 0–3 DSQ 		did not advance
Emad Al-Sumaid –94 kg — Bye  A Rahimi (AFG)
W 4–0 		 I Juraev (UZB)
L 0–3 		Did not advance  R Kussainov (KAZ)
L 2–7 		did not advance
Mohammad Ali — Bye  MA Noor (INA)
DSQ 		did not advance

Karate

Kuwait participated in the karate competition at the Games with four men's athletes.

Kurash

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Mohammad Dashti –66 kg  O Dodov (TJK)
L 010−012 		did not advance
Ali Al-Taweel –81 kg  Huang C-t (TPE)
L 000−011 		did not advance
Husein Misri –90 kg Bye  D Gazalshoi (TJK)
W 100−000 		 D Sharma (IND)
W 101−000 		 S Jandreev (UZB)
L 012−111 		Did not advance

Paragliding

Men
Athlete Event Round Total Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Taleb Al-Atar Individual accuracy 120 500 500 500 500 57 500 95 500 500 3272 32
Easa Al-Qallaf 265 500 101 500 500 500 500 62 11 500 2939 29
Taleb Al-Atar
Mohammad Al-Hadad
Abdulaziz Al-Hasawi
Easa Al-Qallaf
Nayef Beijaan 		Team accuracy 1885 2500 2101 2500 2500 1950 — 13436 15

Rowing

Shooting

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Abdulrahman Al-Faihan Trap 117 9 did not advance
Khaled Al-Mudhaf 117 8 did not advance
Ahmad Al-Afasi Double trap 132 12 did not advance
Saad Al-Mutairi 127 16 did not advance
Mansour Al-Rashedi Skeet 123 2 Q 52 GR
Abdullah Al-Rashidi 121 7 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Shahd Al-Hawal Trap 110 13 did not advance
Sarah Al-Hawal 109 15 did not advance
Shaikhah Al-Rashidi Skeet 105 15 did not advance
Eman Al-Shamma 115 6 Q 32 4
Mixed team
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Khaled Al-Mudhaf
Sarah Al-Hawal 		Trap 138 6 Q 26 4

Squash

Singles
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Ammar Al-Tamimi Men's  D Pelino (PHI)
W 3–0 		 A Shameli (IRI)
W 3–1 		 M Lee (HKG)
L 0–3 		did not advance

Swimming

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Abdul Razzaq Waleed Kh Mam 50 m freestyle 23.89 31 did not advance
50 m butterfly 25.12 24 did not advance
Abbas Qali 50 m butterfly 24.87 17 did not advance

Triathlon

Individual
Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (39.6 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Ahmad Al-Sarhan Men's 28:36 0:35 1:01:56 0:22 41:14 2:12:43 25
Fatemah Al-Ghanim Women's 30:26 0:34 1:14:48 0:36 56:11 2:42:35 18
Najlaa I M Al-Jerewi 25:15 0:46 1:08:14 0:39 52:42 2:27:36 15

See also

  • Kuwait at the 2018 Asian Para Games

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