Kuwait at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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 &mdash; 11.28 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres
 * Abdul Majeed Al-Mosawi
 * Heat &mdash; did not start (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres
 * Khaled Hussain Mahmoud
 * Heat &mdash; 1:54.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1,500 metres
 * Khaled Khalifa Al-Shammari
 * Heat &mdash; 3:57.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles
 * Abdultif Hashem
 * Heat &mdash; 53.31 (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw
 * Najem Najem
 * Qualification &mdash; 39.26 m (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's Hammer Throw
 * Khaled Murad Ghaloum
 * Qualification &mdash; 47.40 m (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's Shot Put
 * Mohammad Al-Zinkawi
 * Qualification &mdash; 17.15 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Men's Long Jump
 * Essa Hashem
 * Qualification &mdash; no mark (→ no ranking)

Diving
Men's Platform
 * Abdullah Mayouf
 * Preliminary Round &mdash; 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

Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
 * Adham Hemdan
 * Heats &mdash; 53,00 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle
 * Adham Hemdan
 * Heats &mdash; 2.07,51 (→ did not advance)