Kuwait at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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 Hasan

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/12 th 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

Abdelaziz al-Anjari

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)