Iraq at the Olympics

Iraq first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948. Iraqis missed the 1952 and boycotted the 1956 games over opposition to the Suez Crisis. Following this absence, Iraq returned to win a Bronze medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. They participated in the next three games but once again did not appear in the 1972 and 1976 games to boycott apartheid South Africa. In joining the 1976 Boycott, Iraq became only the second non-African state to participate in the boycott (the other being Guyana). Since 1980, Iraq has appeared in every game despite the Iraq Wars. 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. Iraq has never competed at the Winter Olympic Games.

Iraq has only won one medal since they have entered the games. They won the medal in Weight lifting.

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

List of medalists

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

Summary

Games	Athletes	Athletes by sport
London 1948	12	-	2	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Helsinki 1952		Did not participate
Melbourne 1956
Rome 1960	21	-	11	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1
Tokyo 1964	13	-	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-
Mexico City 1968	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Munich 1972		Did not participate
Montreal 1976
Moscow 1980	43	-	6	-	7	-	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	9
Los Angeles 1984	23	-	-	-	3	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3
Seoul 1988	27	-	2	-	3	-	16	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5
Barcelona 1992	8	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	5	-
Atlanta 1996	3	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-
Sydney 2000	4	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Athens 2004	24	-	2	-	1	-	17	1	-	-	1	-	1	1	-
Beijing 2008	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
London 2012	8	1	2		1					1	1			1	1
Rio 2016	TBD

See also

• Iraq at the Paralympics

References

• Los Angeles Times April 9, 2008 pg. 1
• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database