Iraq at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Iraq at the Olympic Games
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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	25 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Hadir Lazame
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Iraq competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Iraqi athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alaa Motar	400 m hurdles	51.97	6	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alaa Jassim	100 m	12.70	8	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Iraq sent one boxer to the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Najah Ali	Light flyweight	Kwak H-J (PRK) W 21–7	Nalbandyan (ARM) L 11–24	Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Iraqi squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Adnan Hamad

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals 2004 club 1 1GK Noor Sabri (1984-06-18)18 June 1984 (aged 20) 0 0 Al-Talaba 2 2DF Saad Attiya (1987-02-26)26 February 1987 (aged 17) 0 0 Al-Zawraa 3 2DF Bassim Abbas (1982-07-01)1 July 1982 (aged 22) 0 0 Al-Talaba 4 2DF Haidar Abdul-Jabar* (1976-08-25)25 August 1976 (aged 27) 0 0 Al-Ittihad Aleppo 5 3MF Nashat Akram (1984-09-12)12 September 1984 (aged 19) 0 0 Al-Shabab 6 3MF Salih Sadir (1981-08-21)21 August 1981 (aged 22) 0 0 Al-Ansar 7 4FW Emad Mohammed (1982-07-24)24 July 1982 (aged 22) 0 0 Foolad FC 8 3MF Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail* (1976-12-21)21 December 1976 (aged 27) 0 0 Esteghlal Ahvaz 9 4FW Razzaq Farhan* (1977-07-01)1 July 1977 (aged 27) 0 0 Al Rifaa 10 4FW Younis Mahmoud (1983-03-02)2 March 1983 (aged 21) 0 0 Al-Khor 11 3MF Hawar Mulla Mohammed (1981-06-01)1 June 1981 (aged 23) 0 0 Al-Ansar 12 2DF Haidar Abdul-Razzaq (1982-06-09)9 June 1982 (aged 22) 0 0 Al-Ittihad Aleppo 13 3MF Qusay Munir (1981-04-12)12 April 1981 (aged 23) 0 0 Al Hazm 14 2DF Haidar Abdul-Amir (1982-04-05)5 April 1982 (aged 22) 0 0 Al-Zawraa 15 3MF Mahdi Karim (1983-12-10)10 December 1983 (aged 20) 0 0 Apollon Limassol 16 4FW Ahmad Mnajed (1981-12-13)13 December 1981 (aged 22) 0 0 Al-Zawraa 17 4FW Ahmed Salah (1982-06-18)18 June 1982 (aged 22) 0 0 Al-Ittihad Aleppo 18 1GK Uday Talib (1981-11-06)6 November 1981 (aged 22) 0 0 Al-Zawraa

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Morocco	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
Portugal	3	1	0	2	6	9	−3	3

Iraq v Portugal

12 August 2004 20:30

Iraq	4 – 2	Portugal
E. Mohammed  16' H. Mohammed  29' Y. Mahmoud  56' Sader  90+3'	Report	Jabar  13' (o.g.) Bosingwa  45'

Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras Attendance: 5,689 Referee: Divine Evehe (Cameroon)

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Costa Rica v Iraq

15 August 2004 20:30

Costa Rica	0 – 2	Iraq
	Report	H. Mohammed  67' Karim  72'

Karaiskaki Stadium, Piraeus Attendance: 12,150 Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)

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Morocco v Iraq

18 August 2004 20:30

Morocco	2 – 1	Iraq
Bouden  69' (pen.) Aqqal  77'	Report	Sader  63'

Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras Attendance: 4,019 Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)

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Quarterfinal

Iraq v Australia

21 August 2004 18:00

Iraq	1 – 0	Australia
E. Mohammed  64'	Report

Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion Attendance: 10,023 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

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Semifinal

Iraq v Paraguay

24 August 2004 21:00

Iraq	1 – 3	Paraguay
Farhan  83'	Report	Cardozo  17', 34' Bareiro  68'

Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki Attendance: 6,213 Referee: Éric Poulat (France)

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Bronze Medal Final

Italy v Iraq

27 August 2004 20:30

Italy	1 – 0	Iraq
Gilardino  8'	Report

Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki Attendance: 5,203 Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hadir Lazame	Men's +100 kg	Ikhsangaliyev (KAZ) L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mohammed Abbas	100 m freestyle	56.81	63	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Iraq has qualified one taekwondo jin.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Raid Rasheed	Men's −80 kg	López (USA) L 0–12	Did not advance		Estrada (MEX) L WO	Did not advance		7

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Iraq has qualified one weightlifter.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mohammed Ali Abdul-Moneim	Men's −56 kg	120	=7	135	10	255	10

See also

• Iraq at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• National Olympic Committee of Iraq