Iraq at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Iraq at the Olympic Games
Flag of Iraq IOC code  IRQ NOC National Olympic Committee of Iraq Website www.iraqiolympic.org (Arabic)
At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors	45
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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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.

Results by event

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

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

• Samir Khiniab
  1. First Round — Lost to Hugh Russell (Ireland) on points (0-5)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

• Abdulzhava Jawad Ali
  1. First Round — Lost to Ravsal Otgonbayar (Mongolia) on points (1-4)

Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)

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

Football (soccer)

Men's Team Competition

• Group Stage

Iraq  v  Costa Rica

July 21, 1980 12:00

Iraq	3 – 0	Costa Rica
Hadi Ahmed  45' Hussein Saeed  49' Falah Hassan  75'	Report

Republican Stadium, Kiev Referee: Nyirenda Chayu

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Finland  v  Iraq

July 23, 1980 12:00

Finland	0 – 0	Iraq
	Report

Republican Stadium, Kiev Attendance: 40.000 Referee: Ramón Calderón Castro

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Yugoslavia  v  Iraq

July 25, 1980 12:00

Yugoslavia	1 – 1	Iraq
Zoran Vujović  63'	Report	Falah Hassan  61'

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Referee: André Daina

• Quarter Finals

East Germany  v  Iraq

July 27, 1980 12:00

East Germany	4 – 0	Iraq
Schnuphase  4' (p.k.) Netz  11' Steinbach  17' Terletzki  22'	Report

Republican Stadium, Kiev Attendance: 48.000 Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho

• 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

• Official Olympic Reports