Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

competed at the

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. 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, ...

and

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Results by event

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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 Mehdi Fahim Abdul Al-Sada (, born 20 December 1955) is an Iraqi sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and of ...

, 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 Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as boxing glove, protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing Punch (combat), punch ...

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

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(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 Farouk Janjoun (30 June 1955 – 19 April 2017) was an Iraqi boxing, boxer. He competed in the Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Light welterweight, men's light welterweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. References

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*# First Round — Defeated Peter Aydele (Nigeria) on points (5-0) *# Second Round — Defeated

John Munduga John Munduga (born 15 January 1961) is a Ugandan boxing, boxer. He competed in the Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Light welterweight, men's light welterweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. References

1961 births Living peo ...

(Uganda) after knock-out in first round *# Quarter Finals — Lost to José Aguilar (Cuba) after referee stopped contest in third round

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Men's Team Competition

* Group Stage ---- ---- * Quarter Finals *Team Roster :*

Fatah Nsaief Abdul-Fatah Nsaief Jassim (born 2 February 1951) is an Iraqi football goalkeeper who played for Iraq in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Al-Jaish. Fattah Nasaif was one of Iraq's best keepers in the 1970s and 1980s. He played one ...

:* Kadhim Shibib :*

Adnan Dirjal Adnan Dirjal (; born 26 January 1960 in Baghdad) is an Iraqi former professional footballer, as well as a former national team coach, and former Minister of Youth and Sports. He was one of Iraq's most prominent national team captains, who play ...

Hassan Farhan Hassan Farhan Hassoun (; 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. International career He played h ...

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 (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Mos ...

:* Ibrahim Ali :* Alaa Ahmed :* Hadi Ahmed :* 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 Falah Hassan Jassim (, born 1 July 1951) is an Iraqi former international football player, and current president of Al-Zawraa Sport Club in Baghdad. He played as a forward. Early life Falah Hassan was born in 1951 in the village of Mimouna, in ...

Ali Kadhim Ali Kadhim Nassir Al-Tameemi (), 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. He held Iraq's goal record with 35 goals in ...

Nazar Ashraf Nazar Ashraf Salman (; born 2 November 1953) is a former Iraq national player and coach, who was the assistant coach of Iraq from 2014 to 2016. He also competed in the men's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics ...

:* Thamir Yousif :*

Hussein Saeed Hussein Saeed Mohammed (, born 21 January 1958) is an Iraqi former association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward and is a former president of the Iraq Football Association. Saeed is in twelfth place in ...

:* Adil Khdhayir * Head Coach:

Anwar Jassam Anwar Jassam Houbi (; 1947 – 16 September 2024) was an Iraqi football coach. Jassam won the 1978–79 Iraqi League with Al-Zawraa and also won five Iraq FA Cup The Iraq Cup (), commonly known as the Iraq FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimina ...

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 United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

1980 in Iraqi sport