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Iraq at the 1980 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IRQ
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Iraq
Website	www.iraqiolympic.org (in Arabic)
in Moscow, Soviet Union 19 July–3 August 1980
Competitors	45
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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

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

Finland	0 – 0	Iraq
	Report

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

• Quarter Finals

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

• 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

References

• Official Olympic Reports

• Nations at the 1980 Summer Olympics
• Iraq at the Summer Olympics by year
• 1980 in Iraqi sport