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.

Iraq at the
Olympics
IOC codeIRQ
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Iraq
Websitewww.nociraq.iq (in Arabic and English)
Medals
Ranked 149th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer appearances

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

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Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1948 London 12 0 0 0 0 -
1952 Helsinki did not participate
1956 Melbourne
1960 Rome 21 0 0 1 1 41
1964 Tokyo 13 0 0 0 0 -
1968 Mexico City 3 0 0 0 0 -
1972 Munich did not participate
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow 43 0 0 0 0 -
1984 Los Angeles 23 0 0 0 0 -
1988 Seoul 27 0 0 0 0 -
1992 Barcelona 8 0 0 0 0 -
1996 Atlanta 3 0 0 0 0 -
2000 Sydney 4 0 0 0 0 -
2004 Athens 24 0 0 0 0 -
2008 Beijing 4 0 0 0 0 -
2012 London 8 0 0 0 0 -
2016 Rio de Janeiro 24 0 0 0 0 -
2020 Tokyo 3 0 0 0 0 -
2024 Paris 22 0 0 0 0 -
2028 Los Angeles future event
2032 Brisbane
Total 0 0 1 1 151

Medals by sport

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SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
  Weightlifting0011
Totals (1 entries)0011

List of medalists

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Medal Name Games Sport Event
  Bronze Abdul Wahid Aziz 1960 Rome   Weightlifting Men's Lightweight

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Iraq at the Olympics". Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  2. ^ "The 400g difference between silver and bronze for Iraq". Retrieved 23 September 2023.
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