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Kuwait at the 2018 Asian Games

Sporting event delegation

Kuwait at the 2018 Asian Games
IOC code	KUW
inJakarta 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)
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Other related appearances
Athletes from Kuwait (2010)

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 GamesinJakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018.^[3]

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

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

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	4Q	0	1.06	3Q	0	1.06	2Q	0	1.06
Noora Al-Qaoud	Annalita		7.20	31	0	7.20	15Q	0	7.20	11Q	10	17.20	16Q	13	30.20	16
Dalia Al-Zahem	Richebourg du Jusclay		12.33 #	47	10 #	22.33	45Q	4 #	26.33	33	did not advance
Talal Al-Zahem	Cannonball Du Toultia Z		9.27	38	7	16.27	36Q	1	17.27	25Q	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	6Q	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.

Individual

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

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

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

Men

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	2Q	52GR
Abdullah Al-Rashidi		121	7	did not advance

Women

Mixed team

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

Men

Individual

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