title: Iraq at the 2020 Summer Olympics
text: # Iraq at the 2020 Summer Olympics
  
  Iraq competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Summer Olympic Games since its debut in 1948.
  
  ## Competitors
  
  The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
  
  | Sport | Men | Women | Total |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Athletics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Rowing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Total | 2 | 1 | 3 |
  
  ## Athletics
  
  Iraq received a universality slot from World Athletics to send a male track and field athlete to the Olympics.
  
  ### Key
  
  * Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  * Q = Qualified for the next round
  * q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  * NR = National record
  * N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  * Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
  
  ### Track & road events
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
  | Taha Hussein Yaseen | Men's 400 m | 46:00 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ## Rowing
  
  Iraq qualified one boat in the men's single sculls for the Games by finishing fourth at final-B and securing the fourth of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, Japan.
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Mohammed Al-Khafaji | Men's single sculls | 8:57.01 | 5 R | 7:41.72 | 2 QF | 8:03.55 | 6 SC/D | 7:21.52 | 4 FD | 7:18.65 | 22 |
  
  Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
  
  ## Shooting
  
  Iraq received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to send a women's air pistol shooter to the Olympics, as long as the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was fulfilled by June 5, 2021.
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Fatimah Al-Kaabi | Women's 10 m air pistol | 556 | 51 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  