Iraq at the 2016 Summer Olympics
| Iraq at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | IRQ |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of Iraq |
| Website | www |
| in Rio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 22 in 5 sports |
| Flag bearer | Waheed Abdul-Ridha[1] |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Iraq competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympic Games since its debut in 1948.
The National Olympic Committee of Iraq selected a team of 23 male athletes to compete in six sports at the Games, with the men's football squad staging its Olympic comeback for the first time since 2004.[2] Waheed Abdul-Ridha, Iraq's highest-ranked boxer and world no. 31 in the middleweight division, led the Iraqi team as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1]
Iraq, however, failed to win its first Olympic medal, since the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where Abdul Wahid Aziz took the bronze in men's weightlifting.
Boxing
Iraq has entered one boxer to compete in the men's light welterweight division into the Olympic boxing tournament. Waheed Abdul-Ridha had claimed an Olympic spot with a quarterfinal victory at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.[3]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Waheed Abdul-Ridha | Men's middleweight |  Rodríguez (MEX)L 0–3 |
Did not advance | ||||
Football
- Summary
Key:
- A.E.T – After extra time.
- P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
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| Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| Iraq men's | Men's tournament |  DenmarkD 0–0 |
 BrazilD 0–0 |
 South AfricaD 1–1 |
3 | Did not advance | 12 | ||
Men's tournament
Iraq men's football team qualified for the Olympics with a remarkable victory over the host nation Qatar in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship bronze medal play-off, signifying the nation's Olympic comeback to the sport for the first time since 2004.[2]
- Team roster
Template:2016 Summer Olympics Iraq men's football team roster
- Group play
Group A of the men's football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was played from 4 to 10 August 2016, and included hosts Brazil, Denmark, Iraq and South Africa. The top two teams advanced to the knockout stage.[4]
Teams
| Draw position | Team | Confederation | Method of qualification |
Date of qualification |
Olympic appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
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| A1 | Brazil |
CONMEBOL | Hosts | 2 October 2009 | 13th | 2012 | Silver medal (1984, 1988, 2012) |
| A2 | South Africa |
CAF | Africa U-23 Cup of Nations 3rd place | 12 December 2015 | 2nd | 2000 | Group stage (2000) |
| A3 |  Iraq |
AFC | AFC U-23 Championship 3rd place | 29 January 2016 | 5th | 2004 | Fourth place (2004) |
| A4 | Denmark |
UEFA | UEFA Under-21 Championship semi-finalists | 23 June 2015 | 9th | 1992 | Silver medal (1908, 1912, 1960) |
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Brazil (H)
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Denmark
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 4 | |
| 3 | Iraq
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | South Africa
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
Matches
Iraq vs Denmark
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Brazil vs South Africa
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Denmark vs South Africa
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Brazil vs Iraq
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Denmark vs Brazil
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South Africa vs Iraq
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References
- ^ a b "Boxer Waheed Abdulridha set to lead 26 Iraqi Olympians". StepFeed. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Iraq clinch Asia's final Rio spot". FIFA. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ "World Olympic Qualifier Quarter-Finals see Haiti, Iraq, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan among 23 nations to confirm quota places at Rio 2016". AIBA. 24 June 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ^ "Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments 2016" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2015.
- ^ "Match Schedule Olympic Football Tournaments Rio 2016" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2016.
- ^ a b c "Match Report: IRQ vs DEN" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Match Report: BRA vs RSA" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Match Report: DEN vs RSA" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Match Report: BRA vs IRQ" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Match Report: DEN vs BRA" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Match Report: RSA vs IRQ" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
External links
- Football – Men, Rio2016.com
- Men's Olympic Football Tournament, Rio 2016, FIFA.com
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Judo
Iraq has qualified one judoka for the men's half-middleweight category (81 kg) at the Games, signifying the nation's Olympic return to the sport for the first time since 2004. Hussein Al-Aameri earned a continental quota spot from the Asian region as the highest-ranked Iraqi judoka outside of direct qualifying position in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016.[1]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Hussein Al-Aameri | Men's −81 kg | Bye |  Kibikai (GAB)L 000–000 S |
Did not advance | ||||
Rowing
Iraq has qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Olympics at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Mohammed Jasim Al-Khafaji | Men's single sculls | 7:25.04 | 5 R | 7:14.38 | 2 QF | 8:29.76 | 6 SC/D | 7:48.31 | 6 FD | 7:03.73 | 21 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Weightlifting
Iraq has qualified one male weightlifter for the Rio Olympics by virtue of a top seven national finish at the 2016 Asian Championships.[2] Meanwhile, an unused women's Olympic spot was added to the Iraqi weightlifting team by IWF, as a response to the vacancy of women's quota places in the individual World Rankings and to the "multiple positive cases" of doping on several nations. The National Olympic Committee of Iraq, however, chose to keep the women's place vacant, allowing the deadline of allocation to pass without selecting a female weightlifter.[3] The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.[4]
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Salwan Jassim Abbood | Men's −105 kg | 180 | 8 | 214 | 10 | 394 | 9 |
See also
References
- ^ "IJF Officially Announces Qualified Athletes for Rio 2016 Olympic Games". International Judo Federation. 23 June 2016. Archived from the original on 7 July 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ^ "Continental Qualification current standing". International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ^ "Second day of the IWF Executive Board meeting in Tbilisi". International Weightlifting Federation. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
- ^ "Rio 2016 Weightlifting – List of Athletes by Bodyweight Category" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
External links
- Iraq at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
