Iraq at the
Olympics
IOC codeIRQ
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Iraq
Websitewww.nociraq.iq (in Arabic and English)
Medals
Ranked 149th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer appearances

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, and the Iraq football team almost won a bronze medal but were defeated by Italy in the bronze medal match. Iraq has never competed at the Winter Olympic Games.[1]

Iraq has only won one medal since they have entered the games. They won a bronze medal, in weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[2]

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

Medal tables

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1948 London120000-
1952 Helsinkidid not participate
1956 Melbourne
1960 Rome21001141
1964 Tokyo130000-
1968 Mexico City30000-
1972 Munichdid not participate
1976 Montreal
1980 Moscow430000-
1984 Los Angeles230000-
1988 Seoul270000-
1992 Barcelona80000-
1996 Atlanta30000-
2000 Sydney40000-
2004 Athens240000-
2008 Beijing40000-
2012 London80000-
2016 Rio de Janeiro240000-
2020 Tokyo30000-
2024 Parisfuture event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total0011147

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Weightlifting0011
Totals (1 entries)0011

List of medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
Bronze BronzeAbdul Wahid Aziz1960 Rome WeightliftingMen's Lightweight

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Iraq at the Olympics". Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "The 400g difference between silver and bronze for Iraq". Retrieved 23 September 2023.


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