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Kuwait at the
2000 Summer Olympics
IOC codeKUW
NOC Kuwait Olympic Committee
Website www.kuwaitolympic.net (in Arabic and English)
in Sydney
Competitors29 (all men) in 6 sports
Flag bearer Fawzi Al-Shammari [1]
Medals
Ranked 71st
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances ( overview)
Other related appearances
  Independent Olympic Athletes (2016)

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. [2]

Medalists

Further information: 2000 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Bronze Fehaid Al-Deehani Shooting Men's double trap September 20

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 400m

Men's 4 × 400 m

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

One fencer represented Kuwait in 2000.

Men's foil

Football

Main article: Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition

Team Roster
Group C
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  United States 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5
  Cameroon 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 5
  Kuwait 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 3
  Czech Republic 3 0 2 1 5 6 −1 2
Source: [ citation needed]
Cameroon 3–2  Kuwait
Alnoudji 37'
M'Boma 76'
Lauren 86'		 Report Mutairi 63'
Mubarak 88'
Attendance: 26,730
Czech Republic 2–3  Kuwait
Heinz 2'
Lengyel 90+1'		 Report Mutairi 56'
Saeed 64', 73'
Attendance: 22,182
Referee: Mourad Daami ( Tunisia)
United States 3–1  Kuwait
Califf 40'
Albright 63'
Donovan 88'		 Report Najem 83'
Attendance: 19,684

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men's 100m Backstroke

Men's 200m Individual Medley

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Notes

  • Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN  1-894963-32-6.
  • 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

References

  1. ^ "Fawzi Al-Shammari". olympedia.org. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Kuwait at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2012.


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