Iraq at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Iraq at the 2016 Summer Olympics?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
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.
Iraq at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |
---|---|
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 |
|
Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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.