:Iraq at the Olympics
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| NOCname = National Olympic Committee of Iraq
| games = Olympics
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| bronze = 1
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Iraq first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948. It was absent from the 1952 Summer Olympics and boycotted the 1956 games over opposition to the Suez Crisis. Iraq returned to win a Bronze medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. After participating in the next three games, it did not appear in the 1972 and 1976 games to boycott apartheid South Africa. Iraq is one of the non-African countries that joined the 1976 boycott, the others being Afghanistan, Albania, Burma (Myanmar), Guyana, Sri Lanka and Syria. Since 1980, Iraq has appeared in every game.
On April 9, 2003, the National Olympic Committee of Iraq building in Baghdad was damaged in looting and fires from looters. Iraq's Olympic program recovered in time to compete in the Athens Olympics the following year, and the Iraq football team almost won a bronze medal but were defeated by Italy in the bronze medal match. Iraq has never competed at the Winter Olympic Games.{{cite web|url=https://www.topendsports.com/events/summer/countries/iraq.htm|title=Iraq at the Olympics|access-date=23 September 2023}}
Iraq has only won one medal since they have entered the games. They won a bronze medal, in weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/the-400g-difference-between-silver-and-bronze-for-iraq|title=The 400g difference between silver and bronze for Iraq|access-date=23 September 2023}}
They have been represented by National Olympic Committee of Iraq since entering.
Medal tables
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Games
!Athletes |style="background:gold; width:3.7em; font-weight:bold;"|Gold |style="background:silver; width:3.7em; font-weight:bold;"|Silver |style="background:#cc9966; width:3.7em; font-weight:bold;"|Bronze !style="width:4em; font-weight:bold;"|Total !style="width:4em; font-weight:bold;"|Rank | ||||||
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align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1948}} | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1948 Summer Olympics medal table |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1952}} | colspan=6; rowspan=2| did not participate | |||||
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1956}} | ||||||
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1960}} | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1964}} | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1964 Summer Olympics medal table |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1968}} | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1968 Summer Olympics medal table |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1972}} | colspan=6; rowspan=2| did not participate | |||||
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1976}} | ||||||
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1980}} | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1980 Summer Olympics medal table |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1984}} | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1984 Summer Olympics medal table |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1988}} | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1988 Summer Olympics medal table |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1992}} | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1992 Summer Olympics medal table |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1996}} | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1996 Summer Olympics medal table |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2000}} | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2000 Summer Olympics medal table |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2004}} | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2004 Summer Olympics medal table |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2008}} | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2008 Summer Olympics medal table |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2012}} | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2012 Summer Olympics medal table |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2016 Summer Olympics medal table |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2020}} | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2020 Summer Olympics medal table |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2024}} | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2024 Summer Olympics medal table |
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2028}} | colspan=6; rowspan=2| future event | |||||
align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2032}} | ||||||
colspan=2| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 151 |
= Medals by sport =
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List of medalists
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style="width:6em"| Medal
!style="width:12em"| Name !style="width:12em"| Games !Sport !Event | ||||
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{{OG3}} Bronze | Abdul Wahid Aziz | {{GamesName|SOG|1960}} | 25px Weightlifting | Men's Lightweight |
See also
References
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External links
- {{cite web |title=Iraq |date=29 September 2021 |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=https://www.olympic.org/iraq }}
- {{cite web |title=Iraq |publisher=Olympedia.com |url=http://www.olympedia.org/countries/IRQ }}
- {{cite web |title=Olympic Analytics/IRQ |publisher=olympanalyt.com |url=http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByGames¶m_country=IRQ }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060622162855/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
{{National sports teams of Iraq}}
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