Kuwait competed at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou. Originally scheduled to take place in 2022, the Games were postponed and rescheduled to 23 September until 8 October 2023, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Shooters Khaled Al-Mudhaf and Eman Al-Shamaa were chosen as the flag bearers for the opening ceremony as Crown Prince Mishal Al-Ahmad attended the ceremony.
Medalists
| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"| The following Kuwait competitors won medals at the Games. Medal Name Sport Event Date Abdullah Al-Rashidi Shooting Men's skeet Yaqoub Al-Youha Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles Fahad Al-Ajmi Karate Men's 67 kg kumite Abdullah Al-RashidiEman Al-Shamaa Shooting Mixed skeet team Abdulrahman Al-FaihanKhaled Al-MudhafTalal Al-Rashidi Shooting Men's trap team Talal Al-Rashidi Shooting Men's trap Abdullah Shaaban Karate Men's 60 kg kumite Yousef Al-Shamlan Fencing Men's individual sabre Men's Handball Team Handball Men's Handball Sayed Salman Al-Mosawi Karate Men's kata Mohammed HusainSayed Mohammed Al-MosawiSayed Salman Al-Mosawi Karate Men's team kata | style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;"|
By sport events Medals by sportSport TotalAthletics1001Fencing0011Handball0011Karate1124Shooting1304Total 3 4 411
Timeline Medals by dayDate TotalSeptember 25 0 0 11September 27 1 0 01September 28 0 1 01October 1 0 2 02October 2 1 0 01October 5 0 0 22October 6 0 1 01October 7 1 0 01October 8 0 0 11Total 3 4 411
Competitors Kuwait sent 133 athletes, 111 men and 22 women, in 25 sports. + Sport Men Women TotalAquatics202Athletics527Archery549Boxing314Chess112Cycling224Equestrian404Esports202Fencing909Football18018Golf101Gymnastics011Handball16016Ju-jitsu505Judo202Karate617Kurash303Rowing325Shooting12719Sport Climbing101Squash404Taekwondo202Tennis303Tirathlon112Wrestling101 Total 111 22 133
Archery
Athletics
Football
Kuwait under-23 men team were drawn in Group E the Asian Games.
Summary
TeamEventGroup StageRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankKuwait men'sMen's football L 0–9 D 1–1 D 1–14Did not advance
Men's tournament
Roster
Group E
Handball
Summary
TeamEventPreliminaryStandingMain / Rank / standingSemifinals / Final / / Opposition scoreOpposition scoreOpposition scoreOpposition scoreRankKuwait men'sMen's tournamentGroup A: W 49–19: W 27–241 QGroup I: W 24–22: W 25–24: L 25–342 QL 24–29W 31–30
Men’s tournament
Preliminary round – Group A
Main round – Group I
Semifinal
Bronze medal match
Shooting
The Kuwait Olympic Committee announced that it has sent 19 shooters to the Asian Games. Men Individual +AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankAbdullah Al-Harbi10m air pistol615.348Did not advanceAli Al-Mutairi618.341Did not advanceSaud Al-Subaie613.651Did not advanceAbdullah Al-RashidiSkeet1206 Q60Mansour Al-Rashidi11619Did not advanceAbdulaziz Al-Saad11326Did not advanceAbdulrahman Al-FaihanTrap11912Did not advanceKhaled Al-Mudhaf1204216Talal Al-Rashidi120345 Women Individual +AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankAmerah Awad25m pistol268-7x42Did not advanceAfrah MohammedSkeet10819Did not advanceEman Al-Shamaa11310Did not advanceFatima Al-Zaabi9523Did not advanceHajar AbdulmalikTrap10221Did not advanceShahad Al-Hawal1146215Sarah Al-Hawal10222Did not advance Team +AthleteEventFinalScore RankAbdullah Al-HarbiAli Al-MutairiSaud Al-Subaie10m Men's air pistol 1847.2-122x14Abdullah Al-RashidiMansour Al-RashidiAbdulaziz Al-SaadMen's Skeet team3496Afrah MohammedEman Al-ShamaaFatima Al-ZaabiWomen's Skeet team3167Abdulrahman Al-FaihanKhaled Al-MudhafTalal Al-RashidiMen's Trap team359Hajar AbdulmalikShahad Al-HawalSarah Al-HawalWomen's Skeet team3187
Mixed team +AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankAbdullah Al-RashidiEman Al-ShamaaSkeet team149135
Sport climbing
Speed AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal / BestRankOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeRankNasser AbuergeebMen's8.47423Did not advance
Combined AthleteEventQualificationSemi-finalsFinalBoulderPointLeadPointTotalRankBoulderPointLeadPointTotalRankBoulderPointLeadPointTotalRankNasser AbuergeebMen's9.71019.722Did not advance
Tennis
Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankBader AlqahtaniSinglesL 0–6, 4–6Did not advanceEssa QabazardL 1–6, 4–6Did not advanceBader AlqahtaniEssa QabazardDoublesL 3–6, 1–6Did not advance
See also Kuwait at the Asian Games Kuwait at the 2022 Asian Para Games
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