Kuwait at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Kuwait at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Kuwait at the; 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	KUW
NOC	Kuwait Olympic Committee
in Sydney
Competitors	29 (all men) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Fawzi Al-Shammari
Medals; Ranked 71st	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Fehaid Al-Deehani	Shooting	Men's double trap	September 20

Athletics

Key

Q = Qualified for the next round by position in race or, in field events, by achieving the automatic qualification target
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fawzi Al-Shammari	Men's 400 m	46.38	41	Did not advance
Musayed Al-Azimi Bader Abdul Rahman Al-Fulaij Mishal Al-Harbi Fawzi Al-Shammari	Men's 4 × 400 m relay	DQ		N/a	Did not advance

Fencing

One fencer represented Kuwait in 2000.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Abdulmohsen Shahrayen	Men's foil	Okazaki (JPN) W 15–6	Gregory (CUB) L 5–15	Did not advance

Football

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kuwait men	Men's tournament	Cameroon L 2–3	Czech Republic W 3–2	United States L 1–3	3	Did not advance

Men's tournament

Squad

Head coach: Radojko Avramović

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Shehab Kankune	(1981-04-28)28 April 1981 (aged 19)	Kazma
2	3MF	Naser Al-Omran	(1977-03-03)3 March 1977 (aged 23)	Kazma
3	2DF	Jamal Mubarak*	(1974-03-21)21 March 1974 (aged 26)	Al Tadamon
4	3MF	Bader Najem	(1980-08-20)20 August 1980 (aged 20)	Al Qadisiya
5	2DF	Abdullah Husan	(1977-12-13)13 December 1977 (aged 22)	Al Nasr
6	3MF	Nawaf Al Humaidan	(1981-03-08)8 March 1981 (aged 19)	Kazma
7	3MF	Adel Al-Anezi	(1977-02-06)6 February 1977 (aged 23)	Al Kuwait
8	4FW	Naser Al-Othman	(1977-01-14)14 January 1977 (aged 23)	Al Salmiya
9	4FW	Bashar Abdullah	(1977-10-12)12 October 1977 (aged 22)	Al Salmiya
10	4FW	Faraj Laheeb	(1978-10-03)3 October 1978 (aged 21)	Al Kuwait
11	2DF	Abdullah Wabran*	(1971-02-07)7 February 1971 (aged 29)	Al Tadamon
12	2DF	Hamad Al Tayyar	(1982-02-10)10 February 1982 (aged 18)	Kazma
13	2DF	Sadoun Salman	(1977-08-28)28 August 1977 (aged 23)	Al Qadisiya
14	4FW	Khalaf Al-Salamah	(1979-07-25)25 July 1979 (aged 21)	Al Jahra
15	3MF	Saleh Al-Beraiky	(1977-02-27)27 February 1977 (aged 23)	Al Salmiya
16	3MF	Yousef Zayed	(1979-09-02)2 September 1979 (aged 21)	Fehayheel
17	3MF	Esam Sakeen*	(1971-07-02)2 July 1971 (aged 29)	Kazma
18	1GK	Nawaf Al Khaldi	(1981-05-25)25 May 1981 (aged 19)	Khaitan

Stand-by players

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
19	2DF	Mansour Al-Ajmi	(1979-05-11)11 May 1979 (aged 21)	Al Shabab
20	3MF	Khaled Zadah	(1980-06-09)9 June 1980 (aged 20)	Al Arabi
21	3MF	Husain Khodari*	(1972-02-07)7 February 1972 (aged 28)	Al Salmiya
22	1GK	Saleh Mehdi	(1981-07-09)9 July 1981 (aged 19)	Al Salmiya

Group C

Team v t e	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]}

13 September 2000

19:00

Cameroon	3–2	Kuwait
Alnoudji 37' M'Boma 76' Lauren 86'	Report	Mutairi 63' Mubarak 88'

Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane

Attendance: 26,730

Referee: Bruce Grimshaw (New Zealand)

16 September 2000

19:00

Czech Republic	2–3	Kuwait
Heinz 2' Lengyel 90+1'	Report	Mutairi 56' Saeed 64', 73'

Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane

Attendance: 22,182

Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)

19 September 2000

20:00

United States	3–1	Kuwait
Califf 40' Albright 63' Donovan 88'	Report	Najem 83'

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Attendance: 19,684

Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Shooting

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Fehaid Al-Deehani	Men's double trap	141	2 Q	45	2	186
Khaled Al-Mudhaf	Men's trap	115	5 Q	24	2	139	4
Mashfi Al-Mutairi	Men's double trap	134	10	Did not advance
Abdullah Al-Rashidi	Men's skeet	121	14	Did not advance
Saud Habib	Men's skeet	117	35	Did not advance

Swimming

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Faisal Al Mahmeed	Men's 100 m backstroke	1:05.17	54	Did not advance
Sultan Al-Otaibi	Men's 200 m individual medley	2:16.23	55	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Naser Buftain	Men's –58 kg	Dlamini (SWZ) W RSC	Salim (HUN) L 1–1	Did not advance

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 Archived 31 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site

References

↑ "Fawzi Al-Shammari". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
↑ "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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