Iraq at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | |
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FINA code | IRQ |
National federation | Iraq Swimming Federation |
in Kazan, Russia | |
Competitors | 2 in 1 sport |
Medals |
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World Aquatics Championships appearances | |
Iraq competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in Western Asia, bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the southwest and Syria to the west. The capital, and largest city, is Baghdad. Iraq is home to diverse ethnic groups including Arabs, Kurds, Chaldeans, Assyrians, Turkmen, Shabakis, Yazidis, Armenians, Mandeans, Circassians and Kawliya. Around 95% of the country's 37 million citizens are Muslims, with Christianity, Yarsan, Yezidism and Mandeanism also present. The official languages of Iraq are Arabic and Kurdish.
The 16th FINA World Championships, also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia hosted this event for the first time. The number of participating national teams (190), athletes (2,400) and the number of medals (75) were the most ever amongst these championships. This was the first time the World Aquatics Championships partially overlaps with the FINA World Masters Championships that have a number of athletes, countries (110) and medals (635) which are the most ever also.
Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,243,500, it is the sixth most populous city in Russia.
Iraqi swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard): [1] [2]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Bakr Al-Dulaimi | 100 m freestyle | 55.22 | 94 | Did not advance | |||
200 m freestyle | 1:58.55 | 73 | Did not advance | ||||
Hasan Sadeq | 50 m butterfly | 26.93 | 56 | Did not advance | |||
100 m butterfly | 59.58 | 66 | Did not advance |
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