Iraq at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Iraq at the
1960 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIRQ
(IRK used at these Games)
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Iraq
Websitewww.iraqiolympic.org (in Arabic)
in Rome, Italy
25 August–11 September 1960
Competitors21 in 5 sports
Medals
Ranked 41st
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Iraq competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 21 competitors, all men, took part in 23 events in 5 sports.[1] Abdul Wahid Aziz won the nation's only Olympic medal.

Medalists

Bronze

Abdul Wahid Aziz – weightlifting, men's lightweight

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Lightweight
  • Taha Abdul Karim (=17th)
Light welterweight
  • Khalid Al-Karkhi[a] (=9th)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Two cyclists represented Iraq in 1960.

Individual road race
  • Mahmood Munim
  • Hamid Oraibi

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Notes

  1. ^ also competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics

References

  1. ^ "Iraq at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2014.


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