Iraq at the Olympics
Template:Infobox country at games 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.[1]
Iraq has only won one medal since they have entered the games. They won a bronze medal, in weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[2]
They have been represented by National Olympic Committee of Iraq since entering.
Medal tables
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:GamesName | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
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| Template:GamesName | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 |
| Template:GamesName | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Template:GamesName | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Template:GamesName | did not participate | |||||
| Template:GamesName | ||||||
| Template:GamesName | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Template:GamesName | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Template:GamesName | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Template:GamesName | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Template:GamesName | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Template:GamesName | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Template:GamesName | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Template:GamesName | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Template:GamesName | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Template:GamesName | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Template:GamesName | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Template:GamesName | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
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| Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 151 | |
Medals by sport
List of medalists
| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:OG3 Bronze | Abdul Wahid Aziz | Template:GamesName | File:Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting | Men's Lightweight |
See also
References
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External links
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- Official Olympic Reports
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