Iraq at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Iraq at the 1980 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IRQ
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Iraq
in Moscow, Soviet Union 19 July–3 August 1980
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

July 21, 1980
12:00

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

Republican Stadium, Kyiv

Referee: Nyirenda Chayu

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July 23, 1980
12:00

Finland	0 – 0	Iraq
	Report

Republican Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 40.000

Referee: Ramón Calderón Castro

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July 25, 1980
12:00

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

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

Referee: André Daina

• Quarter Finals

July 27, 1980
12:00

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

Republican Stadium, Kyiv

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

Weightlifting

Men's 56 kg

• Abdul Karim Gizar – 12th

Men's 60 kg

• Faisal Matloub – 10th

Men's 67.5 kg

• Mohammed Yaseen – 17th

Men's 82.5 kg

• Talal Hassoun – 11th

Men's 110 kg

• Ali Abdul Kader Maneer – 11th

Wrestling

Men's freestyle 57 kg

• Karim Salman Muhsin – 7th

References

• Official Olympic Reports