Iraq at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Iraq competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Iraq at the 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IRQ
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Iraq
Website	www.iraqiolympic.org (in Arabic)
in Seoul
Competitors	31 in 5 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	2	0	2
Boxing	3	–	3
Football	20	–	20
Table tennis	1	0	1
Wrestling	5	–	5
Total	31	0	31

Results by event

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Amir Hussain
  1. First Round — Lost to Gamal El-Komy (EGY), 1:4

Football (soccer)

• Group Stage

September 17, 1988
19:00

Iraq	2 – 2	Zambia
Ahmad Radhi 36' (pen.) Karim Allawi 71'	Report	Stone Nyirenda 44' Kalusha Bwalya 66'

Hanbat Stadium, Daejeon

Attendance: 29,600

Referee: Jesús Díaz (Colombia)

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September 19, 1988
19:00

Iraq	3 – 0	Guatemala
Ahmad Radhi 57' Mudhafar Jabbar 67' Rocael Mazariegos 77' (o.g.)	Report

Hanbat Stadium, Daejeon

Attendance: 23,500

Referee: Jean-Fidele Diramba (Gabon)

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September 21, 1988
19:00

Iraq	0 – 2	Italy
	Report	Ruggiero Rizzitelli 59' Massimo Mauro 63'

Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Hernán Silva (Chile)

• Team Roster:

• Ahmad Jassim
• Adnan Dirjal
• Hassan Kamal
• Ghanim Oraibi
• Samir Shaker
• Habib Jafar
• Younis Abd Ali
• Ahmad Radhi
• Ismail Mohammed
• Hussein Saeed
• Saad Qais
• Karim Salman
• Karim Allawi
• Basil Gorgis
• Natiq Hashim
• Mudhafar Jabbar
• Laith Hussein
• Radhi Shenaishil
• Salam Hashim
• Emad Hashim

• Head coach: Ammo Baba