Iraq competed at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

in Moscow, USSR. The Middle Eastern nation returned to the Olympic Games after missing the

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

and

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...

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) *

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*# First Round — Bye *# Second Round — Lost to Hipolito Ramos (Cuba) on points (0-5)
Men's Flyweight (51 kg) *

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*# First Round — Lost to Hugh Russell (Ireland) on points (0-5)
Men's Featherweight (57 kg) *

Abdulzhava Jawad Ali Ali Abdul Zahra Jawad ( ar, علي عبد الزهرة جواد, born 7 July 1956) is an Iraqi boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийс ...

*# First Round — Lost to

Ravsal Otgonbayar Ravsalyn Otgonbayar ( mn, Равсалын Отгонбаяр; born 31 May 1955) is a Mongolian boxer. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийск� ...

(Mongolia) on points (1-4)
Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg) *

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*# First Round — Defeated

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(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 Adnan Dirjal ( ar, عدنان درجال مطر; born 26 January 1960 in Baghdad) is an Iraqi former footballer, national team coach, and as of May 2020 heads the Iraqi Ministry of Youth and Sports. He was one of Iraq's most prominent national t ...

Hassan Farhan Hassan Farhan Hassoun ( ar, حسن فرحان حسون; born 29 June 1953) is an Iraqi retired footballer who played as a defender. Club career Farhan played his entire career for Al-Jaish, where he won the 1983–84 Iraqi National League. Int ...

Wathiq Aswad Wathiq Aswad (born 1 July 1957) is an Iraqi former footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry ...

:* Ibrahim Ali :* Alaa Ahmed :*

Hadi Ahmed Hadi Ahmed Basheer ( ar, هادي أحمد بشير; born November 1, 1951) is an Iraqi association football, football coach and former player. He played as a midfielder and spent the majority of his career with Al-Minaa club. He was capped Iraq ...

:* Abdullah Abdul-Wahid :*

Jamal Ali Jamal Ali Hamza (born 2 February 1956) is an Iraqi football midfielder who played for Iraq in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. He also played for and now coaches Al Minaa. Jamal Ali played for the Iraqi Olympic team at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. ...

:* Saad Jassim :* Falah Hassan :*

Ali Kadhim Ali Kadhim Nassir Al-Tameemi ( ar, علي كاظم ناصر التميمي), 1 January 1949 – 2 January 2018) was an Iraqi football striker who played for Iraq in the 1972 AFC Asian Cup & 1976 AFC Asian Cup. He also played for Al Zawraa. ...

:* Nazar Ashraf :*

Thamir Yousif Elias Thamir Yousif ( ar, تامر يوسف) (born 1 July 1953) was an Assyrian football player. A long time Al Zawra member, Thamir led the Iraq Super League in goals on three occasions (1975, 1976, 1982) and was 2nd in the league on two occasi ...

:* Hussein Saeed :* Adil Khdhayir * Head Coach: Anwar Jassam

References

Official Olympic Reports
{{Country at games navbox, Iraq, Summer Olympics Nations at the 1980 Summer Olympics

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

1980 in Iraqi sport