Iraq at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Iraq competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The Middle Eastern nation returned to the Olympic Games after missing the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.

Athletics
Men's 110 m Hurdles
 * Abdul Jabbar Rahima
 * Heat &mdash; 14.89 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400 metres Relay
 * Hussain Ali Nasayif, Ali Hassan Kadhum, Fahim Abdul Al-Sada, and Abbas Murshid Al-Aibi
 * Heat &mdash; 3:10.5 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles
 * Ali Hassan Kadhum
 * Heat &mdash; did not start (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump
 * Mujhid Fahad Khalifa
 * Qualification &mdash; 15.86 m (→ did not advance)

Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg) Men's Flyweight (51 kg) Men's Featherweight (57 kg) Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)
 * Farid Salman Mahdi
 * First Round &mdash; Bye
 * Second Round &mdash; Lost to Hipolito Ramos (Cuba) on points (0-5)
 * Samir Khiniab
 * First Round &mdash; Lost to Hugh Russell (Ireland) on points (0-5)
 * Abdulzhava Jawad Ali
 * First Round &mdash; Lost to Ravsal Otgonbayar (Mongolia) on points (1-4)
 * Farouk Jawad
 * First Round &mdash; Defeated Peter Aydele (Nigeria) on points (5-0)
 * Second Round &mdash; Defeated John Munduga (Uganda) after knock-out in first round
 * Quarter Finals &mdash; Lost to José Aguilar (Cuba) after referee stopped contest in third round

Men's Team Competition

 * Group Stage


 * Quarter Finals


 * Team Roster
 * Fatah Nsaief
 * Kadhim Shibib
 * Adnan Dirjal
 * Hassan Farhan
 * Wathiq Aswad
 * Ibrahim Ali
 * Alaa Ahmed
 * Hadi Ahmed
 * Abdullah Abdul-Wahid
 * Jamal Ali
 * Saad Jassim
 * Falah Hassan
 * Ali Kadhim
 * Nazar Ashraf
 * Thamir Yousif
 * Hussein Saeed
 * Adil Khdhayir


 * Head Coach: Anwar Jassam