Kuwait at the 1976 Summer Olympics
sporting event delegation
Kuwait competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 15 competitors, all men, took part in 13 events in 4 sports.
Athletics
Men's 100m
Abdulkareem Alawad
Heats — 11.27s (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Hurdles
Abdlatef Abbas Hashem
Heats — 53.06s (→ did not advance)
Men's 4x100 metres Relay
Abdulaziz Abdulkareem, Abdulkareem Alawad, Ibraheem Alrabee, and Abdlatef Abbas Hashem
Heat — 41.61s (→ did not advance)
Diving
Men
Fencing
Four fencers represented Kuwait in 1976.
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