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Iraq at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Iraq at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIRQ
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Iraq
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors22 in 5 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Ali Rubaiawi
Flag bearer (closing)Ali Rubaiawi
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Iraq competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's sixteenth appearance since its debut in 1948 at the Summer Olympics.

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 1 0 1
Football 18 0 18
Judo 1 0 1
Swimming 1 0 1
Weightlifting 1 0 1
Total 22 0 22

Athletics

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Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Iraq sent one sprinter to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track events
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Taha Hussein Yaseen Men's 100 m 10.52 PB 9 — Did not advance

Football

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Main article: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Summary

Key:

Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Iraq men's Men's tournament  Ukraine
W 2–1 		 Argentina
L 1–3 		 Morocco
L 0–3 		3 Did not advance 10

Men's tournament

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Main articles: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Iraq men's football team qualified for the Olympics by winning the third place at the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup in Doha, Qatar.

Team roster

Iraq announced their initial 22-men squad on 26 June 2024.[2]

Head coach: Radhi Shenaishil

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Hussein Hassan (2002-10-15)15 October 2002 (aged 21) 7 0 Iraq Al-Karkh
2 2DF Josef Al-Imam (2004-07-27)27 July 2004 (aged 19) 17 0 Sweden BK Olympic
3 2DF Hussein Ali (2002-03-01)1 March 2002 (aged 22) 0 0 Netherlands Heerenveen
4 2DF Saad Natiq* (captain) (1994-03-19)19 March 1994 (aged 30) 8 0 Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
5 2DF Ahmed Maknzi (2001-09-24)24 September 2001 (aged 22) 17 1 Iraq Erbil
6 2DF Zaid Tahseen (2001-01-29)29 January 2001 (aged 23) 23 2 Iraq Al-Talaba
7 3MF Ali Jasim (2004-01-20)20 January 2004 (aged 20) 13 9 Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
8 3MF Ibrahim Bayesh* (2000-05-01)1 May 2000 (aged 24) 4 0 Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
9 4FW Hussein Abdullah (2001-01-20)20 January 2001 (aged 23) 16 12 Iraq Al-Talaba
10 4FW Youssef Amyn (2003-08-21)21 August 2003 (aged 20) 0 0 Germany Eintracht Braunschweig
11 3MF Muntadher Mohammed (2001-06-05)5 June 2001 (aged 23) 26 3 Iran Mes Rafsanjan
12 1GK Kumel Al-Rekabe (2004-08-19)19 August 2004 (aged 19) 10 0 Iraq Naft Al-Basra
13 2DF Karrar Saad (2001-03-22)22 March 2001 (aged 23) 20 1 Iraq Al-Talaba
14 3MF Karrar Mohammed (2001-01-06)6 January 2001 (aged 23) 22 0 Iraq Al-Talaba
15 3MF Nihad Mohammed (2001-01-14)14 January 2001 (aged 23) 17 0 Iraq Al-Talaba
16 3MF Muntadher Abdul-Amir (2001-10-06)6 October 2001 (aged 22) 24 1 Iraq Al-Zawraa
17 2DF Mustafa Saadoon (2001-05-25)25 May 2001 (aged 23) 17 2 Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
18 4FW Aymen Hussein* (1996-03-22)22 March 1996 (aged 28) 14 11 Iraq Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
20 2DF Hussein Amer (2002-04-28)28 April 2002 (aged 22) 12 0 Iraq Naft Maysan

* Overage player.

Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Morocco 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6[a] Advance to knockout stage
2  Argentina 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6[a]
3  Ukraine 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4  Iraq 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: Argentina 1–2 Morocco.
Iraq 2–1 Ukraine
 Report
Attendance: 10,637[3]
Referee: Mahmood Ali Ismail (Sudan)
Argentina 3–1 Iraq
 Report
Attendance: 30,008[4]
Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)
Morocco 3–0 Iraq
 Report
Attendance: 19,300[5]
Referee: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)

Judo

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Main articles: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Iraq qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Sajjad Sehen qualified for the games through the allocations of universality places. However, he was suspended on the eve of the opening ceremony due to a positive doping test.[6]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Sajjad Sehen Men's –81 kg — DSQ Did not advance

Swimming

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Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Iraq sent one swimmer to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hasan Al-Zinkee Men's 100 m butterfly 1:00.23 39 Did not advance

Weightlifting

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Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Iraq entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Ali Rubaiawi (Men's +102kg) secured one of the top ten slots in his weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.[7]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Ali Rubaiawi Men's +102 kg 200 JWR 5 237 6 437 JWR 6

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics Paris 2024 Final Entries". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  2. ^ "قائمةُ المنتخب الأولمبيّ المُشارك في أولمبياد باريس" [List of the Olympic team participating in the Paris Olympics]. Twitter (in Arabic). Iraq Football Association. 26 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Match report – Iraq v Ukraine" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Match report – Argentina v Iraq" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Match report – Morocco v Iraq" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Paris Olympics' First Positive Steroid Test is in, and Athlete is Suspended". 26 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Phuket, Day 12: Lasha watches from crowd as Lalayan wins and young Iraqi marks himself out as a future star". International Weightlifting Federation. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
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