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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 Summer Olympics|1956 games]] over opposition to the [[Suez Crisis]]. Iraq returned to win a Bronze medal at the [[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Summer Olympics in Rome]]. After participating in the next three games, it did not appear in the [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972]] and [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 games]] to boycott [[apartheid South Africa]]. Iraq is one of the non-African countries that joined the [[Olympic boycotts|1976 boycott]], the others being [[Afghanistan]], [[Albania]], [[Myanmar|Burma]] (Myanmar), [[Guyana]], [[Sri Lanka]] and [[Syria]]. Since [[1980 Summer Olympics|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 [[2004 Summer Olympics|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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.topendsports.com/events/summer/countries/iraq.htm|title=Iraq at the Olympics|access-date=23 September 2023}}</ref>

Iraq has only won one medal since they have entered the games. They won a bronze medal, in [[weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

They have been represented by [[National Olympic Committee of Iraq]] since entering.

== Medal tables ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"
|-
!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;"|[[Olympic medal table|Rank]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1948}} || [[Iraq at the 1948 Summer Olympics|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}} || [[Iraq at the 1960 Summer Olympics|21]] || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || [[1960 Summer Olympics medal table|41]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1964}} || [[Iraq at the 1964 Summer Olympics|13]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[1964 Summer Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1968}} || [[Iraq at the 1968 Summer Olympics|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}} || [[Iraq at the 1980 Summer Olympics|43]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[1980 Summer Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1984}} || [[Iraq at the 1984 Summer Olympics|23]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[1984 Summer Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1988}} || [[Iraq at the 1988 Summer Olympics|27]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[1988 Summer Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1992}} || [[Iraq at the 1992 Summer Olympics|8]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[1992 Summer Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|1996}} || [[Iraq at the 1996 Summer Olympics|3]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[1996 Summer Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2000}} || [[Iraq at the 2000 Summer Olympics|4]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[2000 Summer Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2004}} || [[Iraq at the 2004 Summer Olympics|24]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[2004 Summer Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2008}} || [[Iraq at the 2008 Summer Olympics|4]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[2008 Summer Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2012}} || [[Iraq at the 2012 Summer Olympics|8]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[2012 Summer Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2016}} || [[Iraq at the 2016 Summer Olympics|24]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[2016 Summer Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2020}} || [[Iraq at the 2020 Summer Olympics|3]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || [[2020 Summer Olympics medal table|-]]
|-
|align=left| {{GamesName|SOG|2024}} || [[Iraq at the 2024 Summer Olympics|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 !![[All-time Olympic Games medal table|151]]
|}

=== Medals by sport ===
{{Medals table
 | caption    = 
 | team       = Sport
 | hide_rank  = yes
 | leading    = 
 | gold_1  = 0  | silver_1  = 0  | bronze_1  = 1  | name_1  = {{GamesSport|Weightlifting|Format=d}} 
}}

== List of medalists ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!style="width:6em"| Medal
!style="width:12em"| Name
!style="width:12em"| Games
!Sport
!Event
|-
| {{OG3}} Bronze || [[Abdul Wahid Aziz]] || {{GamesName|SOG|1960}} || [[Image:Weightlifting pictogram.svg|25px]] [[Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Weightlifting]] || [[Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg|Men's Lightweight]]
|}

== See also ==

* [[Iraq at the Paralympics]]
* [[List of flag bearers for Iraq at the Olympics]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==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&param_country=IRQ }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060622162855/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]

{{National sports teams of Iraq}}
{{Nations at the Olympics}}

[[Category:Iraq at the Olympics| ]]
[[Category:Sport in Iraq|Olympics]]


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