Kuwait at the 2018 Asian Games

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]

Kuwait at the 2018 Asian Games
IOC code	KUW
in Jakarta and Palembang
Competitors	17 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Essa Al-Zankawi[1]
Medals Ranked 21st	Gold 3 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 6
Asian Games appearances (overview)
1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Other related appearances
Athletes from Kuwait (2010)

Medalists

Further information: 2018 Asian Games medal table

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

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games

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

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2018 Asian Games

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
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

Main article: Fencing at the 2018 Asian Games

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

Main article: Ju-jitsu at the 2018 Asian Games

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

Main article: Karate at the 2018 Asian Games

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

Kurash

Main article: Kurash at the 2018 Asian Games

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

Paragliding

Main article: Paragliding at the 2018 Asian Games

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

Main article: Rowing at the 2018 Asian Games

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Asian Games

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
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

Main article: Squash at the 2018 Asian Games

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

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Asian Games

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

Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Asian Games

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

• Kuwait at the 2018 Asian Para Games