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Kuwait at the 2018 Asian Games

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Kuwait at the
2018 Asian Games
IOC codeKUW
in Jakarta and Palembang
Competitors17 in 6 sports
Flag bearer Essa Al-Zankawi[1]
Medals
Ranked 21st
Gold
3
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
6
Asian Games appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Athletes from Kuwait (2010)

Originally set to compete as The Independent Asian Athletes, alternatively as the Independent Olympic Athletes,[2] the Kuwaitis are allowed to compete under their own flags just two days before the opening of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018.[3]

Medalists

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The following Kuwait competitors won medals at the Games.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Mansour Al-Rashidi Shooting Men's Skeet 26 Aug
 Gold Ali Abdulaziz Karate Men's kumite 67 kg 26 Aug
 Gold Ali Al-Khorafi Equestrian Individual jumping 30 Aug
 Silver Ahmad Al-Mesfer Karate Men's kumite 84 kg 27 Aug
 Bronze Essa Al-Zenkawi Athletics Men's discus throw 29 Aug
 Bronze Husein Misri Kurash Men's 90 kg 30 Aug

Athletics

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Kuwait entered two men's athletes to participate in the athletics competition at the Games.[4]

Equestrian

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Kuwait entered four riders (2 men's and 2 women's) competing in the equestrian show jumping event.[5]

Jumping
Athlete Horse Event Qualification Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2
Team Final
Final round A Final round B
Points Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank
Ali Al-Khorafi Cheril Individual 1.06 4 0 1.06 4 Q 0 1.06 3 Q 0 1.06 2 Q 0 1.06 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Noora Al-Qaoud Annalita 7.20 31 0 7.20 15 Q 0 7.20 11 Q 10 17.20 16 Q 13 30.20 16
Dalia Al-Zahem Richebourg du Jusclay 12.33 # 47 10 # 22.33 45 Q 4 # 26.33 33 did not advance
Talal Al-Zahem Cannonball Du Toultia Z 9.27 38 7 16.27 36 Q 1 17.27 25 Q 18 35.27 25 did not advance
Noora Al-Qaoud
Dalia Al-Zahem
Talal Al-Zahem
Ali Al-Khorafi
See above Team 17.53 8 7 24.53 6 Q 1 25.53 4

# – indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Fencing

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Individual
Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Abdulaziz Al-Shatti Men's épée DNS 7 did not advance 33

Ju-jitsu

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Kuwait entered the ju-jitsu competition with 4 men's athletes.[6]

Key:

  • ADV – Won by advantages.
  • RDC – Won by referee decision.
  • SUB – Won by submission.
Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Naser Al-Faraj –69 kg  G Al-Harahsheh (JOR)
L 4–4ADV
did not advance
Abdulrahman Farman –77 kg Bye  H Amraei (IRI)
L 0–3 DSQ
did not advance
Emad Al-Sumaid –94 kg Bye  A Rahimi (AFG)
W 4–0
 I Juraev (UZB)
L 0–3
Did not advance  R Kussainov (KAZ)
L 2–7
did not advance
Mohammad Ali Bye  MA Noor (INA)
DSQ
did not advance

Karate

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Kuwait participated in the karate competition at the Games with four men's athletes.[7]

Kurash

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Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Mohammad Dashti –66 kg  O Dodov (TJK)
L 010−012
did not advance
Ali Al-Taweel –81 kg  Huang C-t (TPE)
L 000−011
did not advance
Husein Misri –90 kg Bye  D Gazalshoi (TJK)
W 100−000
 D Sharma (IND)
W 101−000
 S Jandreev (UZB)
L 012−111
Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Paragliding

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Men
Athlete Event Round Total Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Taleb Al-Atar Individual accuracy 120 500 500 500 500 57 500 95 500 500 3272 32
Easa Al-Qallaf 265 500 101 500 500 500 500 62 11 500 2939 29
Taleb Al-Atar
Mohammad Al-Hadad
Abdulaziz Al-Hasawi
Easa Al-Qallaf
Nayef Beijaan
Team accuracy 1885 2500 2101 2500 2500 1950 13436 15

Rowing

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Shooting

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Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Abdulrahman Al-Faihan Trap 117 9 did not advance
Khaled Al-Mudhaf 117 8 did not advance
Ahmad Al-Afasi Double trap 132 12 did not advance
Saad Al-Mutairi 127 16 did not advance
Mansour Al-Rashedi Skeet 123 2 Q 52 GR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Abdullah Al-Rashidi 121 7 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Shahd Al-Hawal Trap 110 13 did not advance
Sarah Al-Hawal 109 15 did not advance
Shaikhah Al-Rashidi Skeet 105 15 did not advance
Eman Al-Shamma 115 6 Q 32 4
Mixed team
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Khaled Al-Mudhaf
Sarah Al-Hawal
Trap 138 6 Q 26 4

Squash

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Singles
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Ammar Al-Tamimi Men's  D Pelino (PHI)
W 3–0
 A Shameli (IRI)
W 3–1
 M Lee (HKG)
L 0–3
did not advance

Swimming

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Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Abdul Razzaq Waleed Kh Mam 50 m freestyle 23.89 31 did not advance
50 m butterfly 25.12 24 did not advance
Abbas Qali 50 m butterfly 24.87 17 did not advance

Triathlon

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Individual
Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (39.6 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Ahmad Al-Sarhan Men's 28:36 0:35 1:01:56 0:22 41:14 2:12:43 25
Fatemah Al-Ghanim Women's 30:26 0:34 1:14:48 0:36 56:11 2:42:35 18
Najlaa I M Al-Jerewi 25:15 0:46 1:08:14 0:39 52:42 2:27:36 15

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Bogus, Abdallah (20 August 2018). "Kuwaitis Proud of Asian Games Post-Ban Participation". www.albawaba.com/. Al Bawaba. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Profil Negara Asian Games 2018: Independent Asian Athlete". Indosport. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  3. ^ Editorial, Reuters. "Olympics-IOC provisionally lifts Kuwait ban two days ahead of Asian..." U.S. Retrieved 16 August 2018. {{cite news}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "Official Result Book Athletics" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Official Result Book Equestrian" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 30 August 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Official Result Book Ju-jitsu" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  7. ^ "Official Result Book Karate" (PDF). Olympic Council of Asia. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 28 December 2018.