| Iraq at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | IRQ |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of Iraq |
| Website | www |
| in Rio de Janeiro | |
| Competitors | 23 in 5 sports |
| Flag bearer | Waheed Abdul-Ridha[1] |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Iraq competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's fourteenth appearance at the Summer Olympic Games since its debut in 1948.
The National Olympic Committee of Iraq selected a team of 23 male athletes to compete in six sports at the Games, with the men's football squad staging its Olympic comeback for the first time since 2004.[2] Waheed Abdul-Ridha, Iraq's highest-ranked boxer and world no. 31 in the middleweight division, led the Iraqi team as the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[1]
Iraq, however, failed to win its first Olympic medal, since the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where Abdul Wahid Aziz took the bronze in men's weightlifting.
- ^ a b "Boxer Waheed Abdulridha set to lead 26 Iraqi Olympians". StepFeed. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ "Iraq clinch Asia's final Rio spot". FIFA. 29 January 2016. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.