Kuwait competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The Kuwait Paralympic team competed under its own national flag, despite the Olympic team being suspended by the IOC.

Disability classifications

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis. Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.

Medallists Medal Name Sport Event Date Ahmad Almutairi Athletics Men's 100 m T33

Athletics

Men's Track AthleteEventsHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankAhmad Almutairi100 m T33colspan="2" 16.61Naser Salehcolspan="2" 21.225Hamad Aladwani100 m T5315.975did not advance400 m T5352.976did not advance800 m T52-531:43.695 Q1:50.628

Men's Field AthleteEventsResultRankMohammad NasserShot Put F327.677Abdullah AlsaifShot Put F406.7510

Shooting

The country sent shooters to 2015 IPC IPC Shooting World Cup in Osijek, Croatia, where Rio direct qualification was available. They earned a qualifying spot at this event based on the performance of Atef Aldousari in the R4 – 10m Air Rifle Standing Mixed SH2 event.

AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankAtef AldousariMixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2630.86 Q124.96Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2634.17 Q146.55

See also Independent Olympic Athletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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