Iraq at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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.

Iraq at the
1980 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIRQ
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Iraq
Websitewww.iraqiolympic.org (in Arabic)
in Moscow
Competitors45
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 110 m Hurdles

  • Heat — 14.89 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

  • 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 3 – 0 Costa Rica
Hadi Ahmed  45'
Hussein Saeed  49'
Falah Hassan  75'		 Report
Republican Stadium, Kiev
Referee: Nyirenda Chayu
Finland 0 – 0 Iraq
Report
Republican Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 40.000
Referee: Ramón Calderón Castro
Yugoslavia 1 – 1 Iraq
Zoran Vujović  63' Report Falah Hassan  61'
Referee: André Daina
  • Quarter Finals
East Germany 4 – 0 Iraq
Schnuphase  4' (p.k.)
Netz  11'
Steinbach  17'
Terletzki  22'		 Report
Republican Stadium, Kiev
Attendance: 48.000
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach: Anwar Jassam

References
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