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.[1]

Kuwait at the
2000 Summer Olympics
IOC codeKUW
NOCKuwait Olympic Committee
Websitewww.kuwaitolympic.net (in Arabic and English)
in Sydney
Competitors29 (all men) in 6 sports
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-DeehaniShooting Men's double trap September 20

Athletics

Men's 400m

Men's 4 × 400 m

Fencing

One fencer represented Kuwait in 2000.

Men's foil

Football

Men's team competition

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Backstroke

Men's 200m Individual Medley

Taekwondo

Notes

  • Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
  • International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • International Olympic Committee Web Site

References

  1. "Kuwait at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2012.


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