Iraq at the 2018 Asian Games

Iraq at the 2018 Asian Games
IOC code	IRQ
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Iraq
Website	www.nociraq.iq
in Jakarta and Palembang August 18 (18-08) – September 2 (2-09)
Competitors	56 in 12 sports
Medals Ranked 27th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 0 Total 3
Asian Games appearances (overview)
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Iraq participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Iraq first competed at the Asian Games in 1974 Tehran, and the best achievement was in 1982 Delhi, when the country was ranked 11th with a total 9 medals, 2 gold, 3 silver, and 4 bronze medals. At the last edition in Incheon, Iraq had collected 4 medals, and was ranked 25th in medals tally.

Medalists

Further information: 2018 Asian Games medal table

The following Iraq competitors won medals at the Games.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Safaa Rashed Al-Jumaili	Weightlifting	Men's 85 kg	25 Aug
Silver	Salwan Jassim	Weightlifting	Men's 105 kg	26 Aug
Silver	Mustafa Al-Saamah	Athletics	Discus throw	29 Aug

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Weightlifting	1	1	0	2
Athletics	0	1	0	1
Total	1	1	0	2

Medals by day
Day	Date				Total
1	August 19	0	0	0	0
2	August 20	0	0	0	0
3	August 21	0	0	0	0
4	August 22	0	0	0	0
5	August 23	0	0	0	0
6	August 24	0	0	0	0
7	August 25	1	0	0	1
8	August 26	0	1	0	0
9	August 27	0	0	0	0
10	August 28	0	0	0	0
11	August 29	0	1	0	0
12	August 30	0	0	0	0
13	August 31	0	0	0	0
14	September 1	0	0	0	0
15	September 2	0	0	0	0
Total		1	2	0	3

Competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Iraq that participated at the Games:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Handball	16	0	16
Judo	3	0	3
Sambo	1	0	1
Weightlifting	4	1	5
Total	24	1	25

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2018 Asian Games

Iraq will compete in group D at the men's team event.

Summary

Key:

• ET – After extra time
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Preliminary	Standing	Main / Class.	Rank / Standing	Semifinals / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Iraq men's	Men's tournament	Group D Bahrain: L 24–30 Chinese Taipei: W 37–30 India: W 40–29

Men's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tournament

Roster

• Bilal Al-Sabbagh
• Raed Al Baghdadi
• Hussein Ibadi
• Jasim Mohammed
• Mintadher Ali
• Ahmed Al Azzawi
• Mohanad Al Behadili
• Ali Al Akayshee
• Majid Al-Akayshi
• Mohammed Rashid
• Karrar Al-Battat
• Maytham Al Behadili
• Mustafa Al Azzawi
• Ali Abdlkan
• Baderaldeen Naser
• Mohammed Al Azzawi

Group D

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Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2018 Asian Games

Iraq put up 3 athletes for Judo:

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mohammed Alsaedi	66 kg
Sajjad Sehen	73 kg
Hadi Hadi	81 kg

Sambo

Main article: Sambo at the 2018 Asian Games

Key:

• SU – Won by submission.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage final	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jasim Qaddoori	Men's 90 kg	Bye	RA Bahari (INA) L 2–3	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Asian Games

Safaa Rashed Al-Jumaili secured Iraq's first medal at the Games, by winning the gold in the 85 kg with a total 361 kg lifts.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ali Mohammed Ridha Ali	−69 kg	140	9	161	12	301	11
Ahmed Al-Hussein	−77 kg	146	6	189	—	—	—
Safaa Al-Jumaili	−85 kg	159	2	202	1	361
Salwan Jassim	−105 kg	181	3	224	2	405

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Huda Salim Al-Saedi	−75 kg	95	6	112	7	207	7