Iraq competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, held from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's 13th appearance at the Olympics since its debut at the 1948 Summer Olympics in the same host city.
The National Olympic Committee of Iraq sent a total of eight athletes to the Games, five men and three women, to compete in seven different sports.
Background Iraq was first represented at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom. They began competing regularly following the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union. The 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom marked Iraq's 13th appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Competitors In total, eight athletes represented Iraq at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom across seven different sports.
SportMenWomenTotalArchery 0 1 1Athletics 1 1 2Boxing 1 0 1Shooting 0 1 1Swimming 1 0 1Weightlifting 1 0 1Wrestling 1 0 1 Total 5 3 8
Archery
In total, one Iraqi athlete participated in the archery events – Rand Al-Mashhadani in the women's individual.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankRand Al-MashhadaniWomen's individual49864 (1)L 0–6Did not advance
Athletics
In total, two Iraqi athletes participated in the athletics events – Adnan Taess Akkar in the men's 800 m and Dana Hussain in the women's 100 m.
Men AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankAdnan Taess Akkar800 m1:47.835Did not advance
Women AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankDana Hussain100 m11.912 Q11.818Did not advance
Boxing
In total, one Iraqi athlete participated in the boxing events – Ahmad Abdul-Karim in the men's welterweight category.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAhmad Abdul-KarimWelterweightL 13–17Did not advance
Shooting
In total, one Iraqi athlete participated in the shooting events – Noor Amer in the women's 10 m air pistol.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankNoor Amer10 m air pistol36046Did not advance
Swimming
In total, one Iraqi athlete participated in the swimming events – Mohanad Al‐Azzawi in the men's 100 m butterfly.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMohanad Al‐Azzawi100 m butterfly1:00.7141Did not advance
Weightlifting
In total, one Iraqi athlete participated in the weightlifting events – Safaa Al-Jumaili in the men's −85 kg category.
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankSafaa Al-JumailiMen's −85 kg150151951234513
Wrestling
In total, one Iraqi athlete participated in the wrestling events – Ali Nadhim in the men's Greco-Roman −120 kg category.
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAli Nadhim−120 kgL 0–3 Did not advance15
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