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Iraq at the Olympic Games
Flag of Iraq IOC code  IRQ NOC National Olympic Committee of Iraq external link (Arabic)
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	25 (24 men, 1 woman) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Hadir Lazame
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Olympic history (summary)
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Iraq competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Results by event

Athletics

Women's 100 metres:

• Alaa Jassim - Round 1, 12.70 s (did not advance)

Men's 400 metre hurdles:

• Alaa Motar - Round 1, 51.97 s (did not advance)

Boxing

Iraq sent one boxer to Athens, in the lightest weight class. He won his first bout but was defeated in the second.

Light Flyweight (48 kg)

• Najah Ali
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Kwak Hyok-Ju of DPR Korea, 21-7
  2. Round of 16 - Lost to Aleksan Nalbandyan of Armenia, 24-11

Football (Soccer)

Men's: 4th place

• Preliminary round: 2-0-1
  • Defeated Costa Rica (2-0) and Portugal (4-2), lost to Morocco (1-2)
• Quarterfinal: defeated Australia, 1-0
• Semifinal: lost to Paraguay, 3-1
• Bronze medal match: lost to Italy, 1-0

Roster

1. Noor Sabri Abbas
2. Saad Attiya
3. Basim Abbas Kati
4. Haidar Abdul-Jabar
5. Nashat Akram
6. Salih Sadir
7. Emad Mohammed
8. Abdul-Wahab Abu Al-Hail
9. Razzaq Farhan
10. Younis Mahmoud
11. Hawar Mulla Mohammed
12. Haidar Abdul-Razzaq
13. Qusay Munir
14. Haidar Abdul-Amir Hassan
15. Mahdi Karim
16. Ahmad Mnajed
17. Ahmed Salah Alwan
18. Uday Talib

Coach: Adnan Hamad

Judo

Men's 100+ kg:

• Hadir Lazame - defeated in round of 32

Swimming

Men's 100m freestyle:

• Mohammed Abbas - Heat 1, 56.81 (did not advance)

Taekwondo

Men's 80 kg

• Raid Rasheed (defeated in preliminary round, withdrew before repechage)

Weightlifting

Men's 56 kg

• Mohammed Ali - 255.0 (10th place)

Officials

• President: Ahmed Al-Samarrai
• Secretary General: Amir A. Jabbar