1948 Summer Olympics / Participant (Iraq)

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The Iraq participated in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London with a delegation of eleven male athletes in four competitions in two sports part. It was Iraq's first participation in the Summer Olympics. None of the athletes managed to win a medal.

Participants by sport

basketball

• 22nd place

  Ali Salman

  Khalil Wadoou

  Mahdi Salman

  Faras Saleh

  Awni Canaan

  Kadir Irfan

  Jalil Hashim

  George Hanna

  Yonan Emile

  Hamid Ahmed

athletics

• L. Hasso

  400 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Ali Salman

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

Web links

• Iraqi Olympic team from 1948 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )