Kuwait at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Kuwait at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | KUW |
NOC | Kuwait Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024 | |
Competitors | 9 in 6 sports |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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Kuwait is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, although it competed under the Independent Olympic Athletes at the previous Games in 2016, resulting from the country's suspension by the International Olympic Committee for government interference.
Competitors[edit]
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Fencing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Rowing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Sailing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Shooting | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Total | 5 | 4 | 9 |
Athletics[edit]
Kuwaiti track and field athletes qualified for Paris 2024 by world ranking and universality places, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[1]
- Key
- Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- q = Qualified for the next round as the fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
- NR = National record
- N/A = Round not applicable for the event
- Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
- Track and road events
Athlete | Event | Heat | Repechage | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Yaqoub Alyouha | Men's 110 m hurdles | ||||||||
Amal Al-Roumi | Women's 800 m |
Fencing[edit]
Kuwait entered one fencer into the Olympic competition. Yousef Al-Shamlan secured a quota place in men's sabre events, after nominated as one of two highest ranked individuals with the help of FIE and umpires, eligible for Asia & Oceania zone through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024.
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score |
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Rank | ||
Yousef Al-Shamlan | Men's sabre |
Rowing[edit]
Kuwait entered one boat for Paris 2024. Suad Al-Faqaan, will be the first female rowers to represent the countries in the single sculls events for the Games, after receiving the allocations of universality spots.[2][3]
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Suad Al-Faqaan | Women's single sculls |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Sailing[edit]
Kuwait sent one sailor to compete at the games after receiving the allocations of Universality places.[4]
- Medal race events
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | M* | ||||
Ameena Shah | Women's ILCA 6 | — |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Shooting[edit]
Kuwaiti shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[5]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Khaled Al-Mudhaf | Men's trap | ||||||
Mohammed Al-Daihani | Men's skeet |
Swimming[edit]
Kuwait sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Mohamad Zubaid | Men's 100 m freestyle | ||||||
Lara Dashti | Women's 50 m freestyle |
References[edit]
- ^ "Athletics at Paris 2024: The entry standards". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ "Al-Faqaan qualifies for Paris Olympics". Kuwait Times. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "World Rowing - Paris 2024 - OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION" (PDF). World Rowing. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "PARIS 2024 WHO'S QUALIFIED?". World Sailing. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.