Iraq participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Iraq first competed at the Asian Games in 1974 Tehran, and the best achievement was in 1982 Delhi, when the country was ranked 11th with a total 9 medals, 2 gold, 3 silver, and 4 bronze medals. At the last edition in Incheon, Iraq had collected 4 medals, and was ranked 25th in medals tally.
Medalists
The following Iraq competitors won medals at the Games.
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Medals by sportSport TotalWeightlifting1102Athletics0101Total 1 2 03
Medals by dayDayDate Total1August 19 0 0 002August 20 0 0 003August 21 0 0 004August 22 0 0 005August 23 0 0 006August 24 0 0 007August 25 1 0 018August 26 0 1 009August 27 0 0 0010August 28 0 0 0011August 29 0 1 0012August 30 0 0 0013August 31 0 0 0014September 1 0 0 0015September 2 0 0 00Total 1 2 03
Competitors The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Iraq that participated at the Games: Sport Men Women TotalArchery 1 1 2Athletics 10 3 13Basketball 4 0 4Boxing 4 0 4Canoeing 1 0 1Handball 16 0 16Ju-jitsu 2 0 2Judo 3 0 3Kurash 2 0 2Rowing 1 0 1Sambo 1 0 1Weightlifting 4 1 5 Total 49 5 54
Archery
Compound AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOpposition scoreOpposition scoreOpposition scoreOpposition scoreOpposition scoreRankEshaq Al-DaghmanFatimah Al-MashhadaniMixed team135215L 147–156Did not advance
Athletics
Iraq entered thirteen athletes (10 men's and 3 women's) to participate in the athletics competition at the Games.
Basketball
Summary TeamEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinals / Final / / Opposition scoreOpposition scoreOpposition scoreOpposition scoreOpposition scoreRankOpposition scoreOpposition scoreOpposition scoreRankIraq men'sMen's 3x3 tournamentW 16−14W 19−16L 16−19W 21−12L 18−213Did not advance
3x3 basketball Iraq national 3x3 team participated in the Games, the men's team placed in pool D based on the FIBA 3x3 federation ranking.
Men's tournament
Roster The following is the Iraq roster in the men's 3x3 basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games. Ihab Hasan Ibadi Al-Zuhairi Abbas Hikmat Abdulimam Alqarnawi Jasim Al-Saadi Abdullah Majeed Abdullah
Pool D
Boxing
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultHasan Ali Naser–49 kgL Did not advanceJaafar Al-Sudani–56 kgW KOW 3–2L 1–4Did not advanceAmmar Karbalai–60 kgL 0–5Did not advanceKarrar Aal Ezirej–64 kgW 5–0W 5–0L 0–4Did not advance
Canoeing
Sprint AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAhmed Sameer Jumaah FarisMen's K-1 200 m38.8654 QS36.7401 QF37.3808 Qualification legend: QF=Final; QS=Semifinal
Handball
Iraq competed in the group D at the men's team event.
Summary
TeamEventPreliminaryStandingMain / Rank / standingSemifinals / Final / / Opposition scoreOpposition scoreOpposition scoreOpposition scoreRankIraq men'sMen's tournamentGroup D: L 24–30: W 37–30: W 40–292 QGroup I: L 20–26: L 24–27: D 20–204Did not advanceW 31–247
Men's tournament
Roster
Bilal Al-Sabbagh Raed Al Baghdadi Hussein Ibadi Jasim Mohammed Mintadher Ali Ahmed Al Azzawi Mohanad Al Behadili Ali Al Akayshee Majid Al-Akayshi Mohammed Rashid Karrar Al-Battat Maytham Al Behadili Mustafa Al Azzawi Ali Abdlkan Baderaldeen Naser Mohammed Al Azzawi
Group D
Main round (Group I)
Seventh place game
Ju-jitsu
Iraq entered the ju-jitsu competition with 2 men's athletes.
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / RankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultMohammed Al-Mashahedi–56 kgL 2–6Did not advanceAli Al-Alabd–69 kgW 2ADV–2W 2–0L 0–0ADVDid not advanceL 0–2Did not advance
Judo
Iraq put up 3 athletes for Judo:
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / RankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultMohammed Al-Saedi–66 kgW 01–00s1L 00–01Did not advanceSajjad Sehen–73 kgL 00s1–10Did not advanceHadi Hadi–81 kgWODid not advance
Kurash
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMugtaba Ahmed–81 kgL 011−112Did not advanceMahmood Ridha+90 kgL 000−101Did not advance
Rowing
Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMohammed RiyadhLightweight single sculls7:44.804 R8:16.142 FA7:31.406
Sambo
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage finalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankJasim QaddooriMen's 90 kgL 2–3Did not advance
Weightlifting
Safaa Rashed Al-Jumaili secured Iraq's first medal at the Games, by winning the gold in the 85 kg with a total 361 kg lifts.
Men AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankAli Mohammed Ridha Ali−69 kg14091611230111Ahmed Al-Hussein−77 kg1466189———Safaa Al-Jumaili−85 kg15922021361Salwan Jassim−105 kg18132242405
Women AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankHuda Salim Al-Saedi −75 kg95611272077
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