Athletes from Kuwait at the 2010 Asian Games

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Athletes from Kuwait at the
2010 Asian Games
IOC codeIOC
NOCKuwait Olympic Committee
in Guangzhou
Medals
Ranked 15th
Gold
4
Silver
6
Bronze
3
Total
13
Asian Games appearances

Athletes from Kuwait participated in the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China from 12 November to 27 November 2010. These athletes competed under the Olympic flag because the Kuwait Olympic Committee had been suspended by the International Olympic Committee in January 2010.[1] A total of 195 athletes competed, of which 19 were women.[2]

Medal table[edit]

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Shooting 3 3 0 6
Karate 1 1 1 3
Bowling 0 2 0 2
Total 4 6 1 11

Medalists[edit]

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Hamad Alnweam Karate Men's -75 kg 26 November
 Gold Naser Meqlad Shooting Men's Trap 19 November
 Gold Abdullah Al-Rashidi Shooting Men's Skeet 24 November
 Gold Athletes from Kuwait Shooting Men's Trap Team 19 November
 Silver Alrgeebah Mohammed Bowling Men's Single 15 November
 Silver Alrgeebah Mohammed Bowling Men's Masters 24 November
 Silver Abdullah Alotaibi Karate Men's -67 kg 25 November
 Silver Khaled Al-Mudhaf Shooting Men's Trap 19 November
 Silver Athletes from Kuwait Shooting Men's Double Trap Team 21 November
 Silver Athletes from Kuwait Shooting Men's Skeet Team 24 November
 Bronze Yousef Alharbi Karate Men's Individual Kata 24 November

Athletics[edit]

The men's team comprised 23 athletes.[2]

Basketball[edit]

The men's team comprised 11 athletes.[2]

Bowling[edit]

Both men's and women's teams of 6 athletes each were sent.[2]

Boxing[edit]

A 2 member team was sent[2]

Cue sports[edit]

The team comprised 11 members (7 men and 4 women)[2]

Diving[edit]

A 4 member men's team was sent[2]

Football[edit]

A men's team of 20 was sent.[2]

Fencing[edit]

A 12 member men's team was sent.[2]

Artistic Gymnastics[edit]

A 6 member men's team was sent.[2]

Handball[edit]

The men's team comprised 16 members.[2]

Judo[edit]

Both men's (7) and women's (3) teams competed.[2]

Karate[edit]

A 4 member men's team competed.[2]

Rowing[edit]

A 3 member men's team competed.[2]

Shooting[edit]

Both men's (10) and women's (3) teams competed.[2]

Squash[edit]

A 4 member men's was sent.[2]

Swimming[edit]

A 5 member men's was sent.[2]

Volleyball[edit]

A 12 member men's was competed.[2]

Table Tennis[edit]

A 2 member men's team was sent.[2]

Taekwondo[edit]

A 6 member men's team was sent.[2]

Water polo[edit]

A 13 member men's team was sent[2]

Weightlifting[edit]

A 6 member men's team was sent[2]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "IOC suspends Kuwait's national Olympic committee". ESPN. 2010-01-05.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Athletes from Kuwait Archived November 19, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Asian Games official website. Retrieved 16 November 2010.