Kuwait at the 1980 Summer Olympics
# Kuwait at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Kuwait competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 56 competitors, all men, took part in 26 events in 7 sports.

## 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

## 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)
