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 Judo 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) References External links Official Olympic Reports Nations at the 1980 Summer Olympics 1980 Summer Olympics