| Iraq at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | |
|---|---|
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| IPC code | IRQ |
| NPC | Iraqi National Paralympic Committee |
| in Beijing | |
| Competitors | 19 in 3 sports |
| Flag bearer | Faris Al-Ajeeli |
| Medals Ranked 60th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Iraq sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. Twenty Iraqis qualified to compete in the Games, in fields including powerlifting, athletics, and volleyball. [1]
The country won two medals, a silver and a bronze. [2]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Silver | Rasool Mohsin | Powerlifting | Men's -56 kg | 11 September |
 Bronze | Thaer al-Ali | Powerlifting | Men's -82.50 kg | 15 September |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Alaa Jasim Al-Qaysi | T12 | Women's 100m | 13.12 | 9 q | 13.03 | 9 | did not advance | ||
| Women's 200m | DNS | did not advance | |||||||
| F12 | Women's long jump | — | 5.01 | 10 | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thaer Al-Ali | 82.5kg | 222.5 | |
| Hasan Al-Temeemi | 60kg | 152.5 | 9 |
| Hussein Juboori | 52kg | 165.0 | 4 |
| Mohammed Mohammed | 67.5kg | 175.0 | 9 |
| Rasool Mohsin | 56kg | 185.0 | |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhikra Saleem | 56kg | 90.0 | 5 |
The men's volleyball team didn't win any medals; they were 7th out of 8 teams.
| 8 September 2008 19:30 |  Iraq (IRQ) | 0–3 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 500 Referees: Jung Mal Soon (South Korea) |
| (6–25, 14–25, 16–25) | ||||
| 9 September 2008 15:30 |  Russia (RUS) | 3-0 | Iraq (IRQ) | China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Joseph Campbell (United States) |
| (25–13, 25–8, 25–15) | ||||
| 10 September 2008 19:30 | Iraq (IRQ) | 0–3 |  China (CHN) | China Agricultural University Gymnasium Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Ronaldo Tadeu Chaves (Brazil) |
| (9–25, 17–25, 12–25) | ||||
| 13 September 2008 |  Brazil (BRA) | 3-1 | Iraq (IRQ) | China Agricultural University Gymnasium |
| (25–13, 20–25, 25–16, 25–18) | ||||
| 14 September 2008 | Iraq (IRQ) | 3-0 |  Japan (JPN) | China Agricultural University Gymnasium |
| (25–15, 25–15, 25–14) | ||||
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