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 First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Hipolito Ramos (Cuba) on points (0-5)
Men's Flyweight (51 kg) Samir Khiniab First Round — Lost to Hugh Russell (Ireland) on points (0-5)
Men's Featherweight (57 kg) Abdulzhava Jawad Ali First Round — Lost to Ravsal Otgonbayar (Mongolia) on points (1-4)
Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg) Farouk Jawad First Round — Defeated Peter Aydele (Nigeria) on points (5-0) Second Round — Defeated John Munduga (Uganda) after knock-out in first round Quarter Finals — Lost to José Aguilar (Cuba) after referee stopped contest in third round
Football (soccer)
Men's team competition Group Stage
Quarter Finals
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