Iraq at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Athletics

Men's 110 m Hurdles

• Abdul Jabbar Rahima

• Heat — 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 — 3:10.5 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400 m Hurdles

• Ali Hassan Kadhum

• Heat — did not start (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Mujhid Fahad Khalifa

• Qualification — 15.86 m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

• Farid Salman Mahdi
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Lost to Hipolito Ramos (Cuba) on points (0-5)

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

• Samir Khiniab
  1. First Round — Lost to Hugh Russell (Ireland) on points (0-5)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

• Abdulzhava Jawad Ali
  1. First Round — Lost to Ravsal Otgonbayar (Mongolia) on points (1-4)

Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)

• Farouk Jawad
  1. First Round — Defeated Peter Aydele (Nigeria) on points (5-0)
  2. Second Round — Defeated John Munduga (Uganda) after knock-out in first round
  3. Quarter Finals — Lost to José Aguilar (Cuba) after referee stopped contest in third round

Football (soccer)

Men's team competition

• Group Stage

July 21, 1980
12:00

Iraq	3 – 0	Costa Rica
Hadi Ahmed 45' Hussein Saeed 49' Falah Hassan 75'	Report

Republican Stadium, Kyiv

Referee: Nyirenda Chayu

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July 23, 1980
12:00

Finland	0 – 0	Iraq
	Report

Republican Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 40.000

Referee: Ramón Calderón Castro

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July 25, 1980
12:00

Yugoslavia	1 – 1	Iraq
Zoran Vujović 63'	Report	Falah Hassan 61'

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

Referee: André Daina

• Quarter Finals

July 27, 1980
12:00

East Germany	4 – 0	Iraq
Schnuphase 4' (pen.) Netz 11' Steinbach 17' Terletzki 22'	Report

Republican Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 48.000

Referee: Romualdo Arppi Filho

• 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

Weightlifting

Men's 56 kg

• Abdul Karim Gizar – 12th

Men's 60 kg

• Faisal Matloub – 10th

Men's 67.5 kg

• Mohammed Yaseen – 17th

Men's 82.5 kg

• Talal Hassoun – 11th

Men's 110 kg

• Ali Abdul Kader Maneer – 11th

Wrestling

Men's freestyle 57 kg

• Karim Salman Muhsin – 7th