Iraq at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Updated on Dec 08, 2023

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IOC code IRQ 0 0		Competitors 45

NOC National Olympic Committee of Iraq Website www.iraqiolympic.org (Arabic) Medals Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0

Iraq competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The Middle Eastern nation returned to the Olympic Games after missing the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.

Athletics

Men's 110 m Hurdles

Abdul Jabbar Rahima

Heat — 14.89 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

Hussain Ali Nasayif, Ali Hassan Kadhum, Fahim Abdul Al-Sada, and Abbas Murshid Al-Aibi

Heat — 3:10.5 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

Ali Hassan Kadhum

Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

Mujhid Fahad Khalifa

Qualification — 15.86 m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

Farid Salman Mahdi

First Round — Bye
Second Round — Lost to Hipolito Ramos (Cuba) on points (0-5)

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

Samir Khiniab

First Round — Lost to Hugh Russell (Ireland) on points (0-5)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

Abdulzhava Jawad Ali

First Round — Lost to Ravsal Otgonbayar (Mongolia) on points (1-4)

Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)

Farouk Jawad

First Round — Defeated Peter Aydele (Nigeria) on points (5-0)
Second Round — Defeated John Munduga (Uganda) after knock-out in first round
Quarter Finals — Lost to José Aguilar (Cuba) after referee stopped contest in third round

Men's Team Competition

Group Stage

Quarter Finals

Team Roster

Fatah Nsaief

Kadhim Shibib

Adnan Dirjal

Hassan Farhan

Wathiq Aswad

Ibrahim Ali

Alaa Ahmed

Hadi Ahmed

Abdullah Abdul-Wahid

Jamal Ali

Saad Jassim

Falah Hassan

Ali Kadhim

Nazar Ashraf

Thamir Yousif

Hussein Saeed

Adil Khdhayir

Head Coach: Anwar Jassam

References

Iraq at the 1980 Summer Olympics Wikipedia

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Contents

Athletics

Boxing

Men's Team Competition

References