Iraq at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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| NOCname = National Olympic Committee of Iraq

| games = Summer Olympics

| games_link = 1980 Summer Olympics

| year = 1980

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| date = 19 July–3 August 1980

| location = Moscow, Soviet Union

| competitors = 45

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| silver = 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 at the 1980 Summer Olympics|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 at the 1980 Summer Olympics|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 at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Football (soccer)]]=

==Men's Team Competition==

Group Stage

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| date = July 21, 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|IRQ|1963}}

| score= 3 – 0

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20081011061548/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197131/matches/match=32191/report.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|CRC}}

| goals1 = Hadi Ahmed {{goal|45}}
Hussein Saeed {{goal|49}}
Falah Hassan {{goal|75}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Republican Stadium, Kyiv

| attendance =

| referee = Nyirenda Chayu {{flagicon|Zambia}}

}}

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{{football box

| date = July 23, 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|FIN}}

| score= 0 – 0

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120822114410/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197131/matches/match=32199/report.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|IRQ|1963}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 =

| stadium = Republican Stadium, Kyiv

| attendance = 40.000

| referee = Ramón Calderón Castro {{flagicon|CUB}}

}}

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{{football box

| date = July 25, 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|YUG}}

| score= 1 – 1

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090213153929/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197131/matches/match=32208/report.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|IRQ|1963}}

| goals1 = Zoran Vujović {{goal|63}}

| goals2 = Falah Hassan {{goal|61}}

| stadium = Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

| attendance =

| referee = André Daina {{flagicon|SUI}}

}}

Quarter Finals

{{football box

| date = July 27, 1980
12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|GDR}}

| score= 4 – 0

| report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20101206032322/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197131/matches/match=32211/report.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|Iraq|1963}}

| goals1 = Schnuphase {{goal|4|p.k.}}
Netz {{goal|11}}
Steinbach {{goal|17}}
Terletzki {{goal|22}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Republican Stadium, Kyiv

| attendance = 48.000

| referee = Romualdo Arppi Filho {{flagicon|BRA|1968}}

}}