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.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate Fehaid Al-Deehani Shooting Men's double trap

Athletics

Track and road events AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFawzi Al-ShammariMen's 400 m46.3841Did not advanceMusayed Al-AzimiBader Abdul Rahman Al-FulaijMishal Al-HarbiFawzi Al-ShammariMen's 4 × 400 m relaycolspan=2Did not advance

Fencing

One fencer represented Kuwait in 2000.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAbdulmohsen ShahrayenMen's foilW 15–6L 5–15Did not advance

Football

Summary TeamEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankKuwait menMen's tournamentL 2–3W 3–2L 1–33Did not advance

Men's tournament

Squad Head coach: Radojko Avramović

Stand-by players

Group C

Shooting

AthleteEventQualificationFinalTotalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankFehaid Al-DeehaniMen's double trap1412 Q452186Khaled Al-MudhafMen's trap1155 Q2421394Mashfi Al-MutairiMen's double trap13410Did not advanceAbdullah Al-RashidiMen's skeet12114Did not advanceSaud Habib11735Did not advance

Swimming

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFaisal Al MahmeedMen's 100 m backstroke 1:05.17 54 Did not advanceSultan Al-OtaibiMen's 200 m individual medley 2:16.23 55 Did not advance

Taekwondo

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageQuarterfinalsRepechageSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankNaser BuftainMen's –58 kgW RSCL 1–1Did not advance

Notes Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. . 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

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