Kuwait at the 1980 Summer Olympics
IOC code	KUW
NOC	Kuwait Olympic Committee
Website	www.kuwaitolympic.net (in Arabic and English)
in Moscow
Competitors	56 in 7 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Kuwait competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 56 competitors, all men, took part in 26 events in 7 sports.^[1]

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Abdul Majeed Al-Mosawi

• Heat — 11.28 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

• Abdul Majeed Al-Mosawi

• Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Khaled Hussain Mahmoud

• Heat — 1:54.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres

• Khaled Khalifa Al-Shammari

• Heat — 3:57.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Abdultif Hashem

• Heat — 53.31 (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Najem Najem

• Qualification — 39.26 m (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Khaled Murad Ghaloum

• Qualification — 47.40 m (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's Shot Put

• Mohammad Al-Zinkawi

• Qualification — 17.15 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Men's Long Jump

• Essa Hashem

• Qualification — no mark (→ no ranking)

Diving

Men's Platform

• Abdullah Mayouf

• Preliminary Round — 326.34 points (→ 23rd place, did not advance)

Fencing

Nine fencers represented Kuwait in 1980.

Men's foil

• Khaled Al-Awadhi
• Kifah Al-Mutawa
• Ahmed Al-Ahmed

Men's team foil

• Ahmed Al-Ahmed, Khaled Al-Awadhi, Ali Al-Khawajah, Kifah Al-Mutawa

Men's épée

• Kazem Hasan
• Mohamed Al-Thuwani
• Osama Al-Khurafi

Men's team épée

• Ebrahim Al-Cattan, Osama Al-Khurafi, Mohamed Al-Thuwani, Kazem Hasan, Kifah Al-Mutawa

Men's sabre

• Ahmed Al-Ahmed
• Ali Al-Khawajah
• Mohamed Eyiad

Football

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Defeated Nigeria (3-1)
• Drew with Colombia (1-1)
• Drew with Czechoslovakia (0-0)

• Quarter Finals

• Lost to Soviet Union (1-2) → Eliminated

• Team Roster

• Ahmad al-Trabulsi
• Mahboub Mubarak
• Jamal al-Qabendi
• Waleed al-Mubarak
• Saed al-Houti
• Fathi Marzouq
• Abdulla al-Biloushi
• Jasem Sultan
• Mu'ayed al-Haddad
• Hamad Bouhamad
• Yousef al-Suwayed
• Ahmad Askar
• Humoud al-Shemmari
• Sami al-Hashash
• Faisal al-Daakhjl
• Abdulnabi al-Khaldi

Handball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Lost to Romania (12-32)
• Lost to Soviet Union (11-38)
• Lost to Switzerland (14-32)
• Lost to Yugoslavia (10-44)
• Lost to Algeria (17-30)

• Classification Match

• 11th/12th place: Lost to Cuba (23-32) → 12th place

• Team Roster

• Faraj Al-Mutairi
• Khalid Shahzadah
• Saleh Najem
• Fawzi al-Shuwairbat
• Jasem al-Deyab
• Ismaeel Shahzadah
• Jasem Al-Qassar
• Majid Al-Khamis
• Abdel Aziz Al-Anjri
• Mond al-Qassar
• Musa'ed Al-Randi
• Khamis Bashir
• Abdullah Al-Qena'i
• Ahmad al-Emran

Judo

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Adham Hemdan

• Heats — 53,00 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Adham Hemdan

• Heats — 2.07,51 (→ did not advance)