Olympic history of Iraq
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Iraq , whose NOK , al-Ladschna al-ulimbiyya al-wataniyya al-ʿiraqiyya , was founded in 1948 andrecognizedby the IOC in the same year, has been participating in the Summer Olympic Games since 1948. In 1952 they did not participate, and in 1956 Iraq boycotted theMelbourne Gamesbecause of the Suez Crisis . In 1972 no delegation was sent to Munich. In 1976 Iraq participated as one of two non-African countries, the second country was Guyana , in solidarity in the boycott of the Montreal Games. The country has never participated in the winter games. Young athletes sent to both of the youth summer games held so far.
Overview
The first Iraqi Olympic team started in London in 1948 and consisted of athletes and a basketball team. Iraqi athletes competed in the following sports weightlifting, wrestling, boxing and cycling (from 1960), football (from 1980), table tennis (from 1988), shooting (from 1992), swimming (from 2000), judo and taekwondo (from 2004), rowing (from 2008) and archery (from 2012).
The first Iraqi Olympian was sprinter Ali Salman on July 30, 1948. It wasn't until 2000 in Sydney that a woman from Iraq was allowed to take part in the Olympic Games for the first time. The country's first female Olympians were swimmer Noor Haki and athlete Maysa Hussain Matrood on September 22, 2000.
In 1960 in Rome the first and to date (2018) only medal was won. The weightlifter Abdu l-Wahid Aziz won the bronze medal in the lightweight. It was not until 1980 in Moscow that success was achieved. Iraq's soccer team reached the quarterfinals the first time they participated in an Olympic tournament. Here they lost 4-0 to the GDR.
The Iraqi men's soccer team in 2004 delivered a surprise. In the preliminary round, the team won two of three group matches, including 4-2 against Portugal. In the quarterfinals Australia were defeated 1-0. The team trained by the German Bernd Stange lost the semi-final against Paraguay . The bronze medal game against Italy was also lost, this time with 0: 1
Youth games
Five teenagers, four boys and one girl, took part in the first Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in 2010 in archery, badminton, cycling, swimming, taekwondo, tennis and weightlifting. The weightlifter Dewi Safitri won the bronze medal in the featherweight division.
At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing , five young people took part, again there were four boys and one girl. The athletes competed in the sports of track and field, fencing, gymnastics and weightlifting. The athlete Muntadher Abdulwahid won a bronze medal in the pole vault.
Overview of the participants
Summer games
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| 1896-1936 | not participated | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1948 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1952-1956 | not participated | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960 | 21st | 21st | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 41 | ||||||||||||
| 1964 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 4th | 7th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1968 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1972-1976 | not participated | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980 | 43 | 43 | 0 | Abdul Jabbar Rahima | 6th | 5 | 9 | 7th | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| 1984 | 23 | 23 | 0 | Ismail Salman | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15th | |||||||||||||||
| 1988 | 27 | 27 | 0 | Abdul Wahab Ali | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 1992 | 8th | 8th | 0 | Nazar Kadir | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | 3 | 3 | 0 | Raed Ahmed | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | 4th | 2 | 2 | Bashar Mohammad Ali | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | 24 | 23 | 1 | Hadir Lazame | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17th | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 4th | 3 | 1 | Hamzah Al-Hilfi | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | 8th | 5 | 3 | Dana Abdul Razak | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | 20th | 20th | 0 | Waheed Abdulridha | 1 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 141 | ||||||||||||||||||
Winter games
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List of medal winners
Gold medals
So far (as of 2018) no gold medals
Silver medals
So far (as of 2018) no silver medals
Bronze medals
| Surname | Games | sport | discipline |
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| Abdu l-Wahid Aziz | 1960 Rome | Weightlifting | lightweight |
Medals by sport
| sport | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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| Weightlifting | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Web links
- Iraq in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Iraq on Olympic.org - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The athlete Ali Salman was also a member of the basketball team
