Iraq at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Iraq at the 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IRQ
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Iraq
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	22 (22 men and 0 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Ali Rubaiawi
Flag bearer (closing)	Ali Rubaiawi
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Iraq competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's sixteenth appearance since its debut in 1948 at the Summer Olympics.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	0	1
Football	18	0	18
Judo	1	0	1
Swimming	1	0	1
Weightlifting	1	0	1
Total	22	0	22

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Iraq sent one sprinter to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics. ^[1]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Taha Hussein Yaseen	Men's 100 m	10.52 PB	9	—		Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• A.E.T – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Iraq men's	Men's tournament	Ukraine W 2–1	Argentina L 1–3	Morocco L 0–3	3	Did not advance			10

Men's tournament

Main articles: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Iraq men's football team qualified for the Olympics by winning the third place at the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup in Doha, Qatar.

Team roster

Iraq announced their initial 22-men squad on 26 June 2024. ^[2]

Head coach: Radhi Shenaishil

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Hussein Hassan	(2002-10-15)15 October 2002 (aged 21)	7	0	Al-Karkh
2	2 DF	Josef Al-Imam	(2004-07-27)27 July 2004 (aged 19)	17	0	BK Olympic
3	2 DF	Hussein Ali	(2002-03-01)1 March 2002 (aged 22)	0	0	Heerenveen
4	2 DF	Saad Natiq*(captain)	(1994-03-19)19 March 1994 (aged 30)	8	0	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
5	2 DF	Ahmed Maknzi	(2001-09-24)24 September 2001 (aged 22)	17	1	Erbil
6	2 DF	Zaid Tahseen	(2001-01-29)29 January 2001 (aged 23)	23	2	Al-Talaba
7	3 MF	Ali Jasim	(2004-01-20)20 January 2004 (aged 20)	13	9	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
8	3 MF	Ibrahim Bayesh*	(2000-05-01)1 May 2000 (aged 24)	4	0	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
9	4 FW	Hussein Abdullah	(2001-01-20)20 January 2001 (aged 23)	16	12	Al-Talaba
10	4 FW	Youssef Amyn	(2003-08-21)21 August 2003 (aged 20)	0	0	Eintracht Braunschweig
11	3 MF	Muntadher Mohammed	(2001-06-05)5 June 2001 (aged 23)	26	3	Mes Rafsanjan
12	1 GK	Kumel Al-Rekabe	(2004-08-19)19 August 2004 (aged 19)	10	0	Naft Al-Basra
13	2 DF	Karrar Saad	(2001-03-22)22 March 2001 (aged 23)	20	1	Al-Talaba
14	3 MF	Karrar Mohammed	(2001-01-06)6 January 2001 (aged 23)	22	0	Al-Talaba
15	3 MF	Nihad Mohammed	(2001-01-14)14 January 2001 (aged 23)	17	0	Al-Talaba
16	3 MF	Muntadher Abdul-Amir	(2001-10-06)6 October 2001 (aged 22)	24	1	Al-Zawraa
17	2 DF	Mustafa Saadoon	(2001-05-25)25 May 2001 (aged 23)	17	2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
18	4 FW	Aymen Hussein*	(1996-03-22)22 March 1996 (aged 28)	14	11	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
20	2 DF	Hussein Amer	(2002-04-28)28 April 2002 (aged 22)	12	0	Naft Maysan

* Overage player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6 [a]	Advance to knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6 [a]
3	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Iraq	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Morocco 3, Argentina 0.

24 July 2024 (2024-07-24)

19:00

Iraq	2–1	Ukraine
Aymen Hussein 57' (pen.) Ali Jasim 75'	Report	Rubchynskyi 53'

Stade de Lyon, Décines-Charpieu

Attendance: 10,637 ^[3]

Referee: Mahmood Ali Ismail (Sudan)

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27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)

15:00

Argentina	3–1	Iraq
Almada 14' Gondou 62' Fernández 85'	Report	Aymen Hussein 45+5'

Stade de Lyon, Décines-Charpieu

Attendance: 30,008 ^[4]

Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

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30 July 2024 (2024-07-30)

17:00

Morocco	3–0	Iraq
Richardson 19' Rahimi 28' Ezzalzouli 36'	Report

Stade de Nice, Nice

Attendance: 19,300 ^[5]

Referee: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Iraq qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Sajjad Sehen qualified for the games through the allocations of universality places. However, he was suspended on the eve of the opening ceremony due to a positive doping test. ^[6]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sajjad Sehen	Men's –81 kg	—	DSQ	Did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Iraq sent one swimmer to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hasan Al-Zinkee	Men's 100 m butterfly	1:00.23	39	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Iraq entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Ali Rubaiawi (Men's +102kg) secured one of the top ten slots in his weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings. ^[7]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ali Rubaiawi	Men's +102 kg	200 JWR	5	237	6	437 JWR	6

References

1. "Athletics Paris 2024 Final Entries". World Athletics . Retrieved 12 July 2024.
2. "قائمةُ المنتخب الأولمبيّ المُشارك في أولمبياد باريس" [List of the Olympic team participating in the Paris Olympics]. Twitter (in Arabic). Iraq Football Association. 26 June 2024.
3. "Match report – Iraq v Ukraine" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 24 July 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
4. "Match report – Argentina v Iraq" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
5. "Match report – Morocco v Iraq" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 30 July 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
6. "Paris Olympics' First Positive Steroid Test is in, and Athlete is Suspended". 26 July 2024.
7. "Phuket, Day 12: Lasha watches from crowd as Lalayan wins and young Iraqi marks himself out as a future star". International Weightlifting Federation. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.