Iraq at the 2006 Asian Games
NocIRQ
NocnameNational Olympic Committee of Iraq
Year2006
GamesAsian Games
LocationDoha
Competitors86
Gold0
Silver2
Bronze1
Rank29

Iraq, despite going through a civil war, participated in the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar.[1]

The country was represented by 86 athletes participating in 17 sports, including football, cue sports, and weightlifting. Its last medals at the Asian Games were in 1986 at Seoul, South Korea, where it won five silver and two bronze medals.[2]

Participation details

Boxing

Five boxers represented Iraq in this edition of the Asiad. Three of the five athletes made it to the quarterfinals but none succeeded in pushing through the semifinals, leaving Iraq ranked 15th in boxing.

Entry list

Results

  • Venue: ASPIRE Hall 5
bgcolor=lightblue align=center style="font-size:75% colspan=5|Qualification bouts
December 2, 2006
Weight divisionCorner-Name (NOC)WinnerPointsTime/Decision
FeatherweightRED MAHDI Suraka (IRQ)
BLUE SAJID Muhamad (PAK)
RED+27:27PTS
bgcolor=lightblue align=center style="font-size:75% colspan=5|Preliminary bouts
December 3, 2006
FlyweightBLUE MUTUSHR Majeed (IRQ)
RED SUSA Katsuaki (JPN)
RED4:24RSCOS-R3
FeatherweightBLUE MAHDI Suraka (IRQ)
RED MARCIAL Anthony (PHI)
RED4:24RSCOS-R2
bgcolor=lightblue align=center style="font-size:75% colspan=5| December 4, 2006
Light FlyweightRED NAJAH Ali (IRQ)
BLUE JIGJID Otgonbayar (MGL)
RED33:8PTS
bgcolor=lightblue align=center style="font-size:75% colspan=5| December 5, 2006
Light WelterweightBLUE ZUHIR Jabar (IRQ)
RED AMINI Mohammad Naim (AFG)
BLUE34:13PTS
bgcolor=lightblue align=center style="font-size:75% colspan=5|Quarterfinals
December 7, 2006
Light WelterweightRED ZUHIR Jabar (IRQ)
BLUE SHIN Myung Hoon (KOR)
BLUE10:29PTS
bgcolor=lightblue align=center style="font-size:75% colspan=5|December 8, 2006
Light FlyweightBLUE NAJAH Ali (IRQ)
RED PANNON Suban (THA)
RED21:30PTS
HeavyweightBLUE ALI Salman (IRQ)
RED GOTFRID Dmitriy (KAZ)
RED2:22RSCOS-R2

Legend:
PTS - Points, Referee Stop Contest, RSCOS - Referee Stop Contest Outscored, R - Round

' The winner was based on the points scored on the third round

Football

Round One

Group B



Round Two

Group E



Quarterfinal


Semi finals


Gold medal match

Iraq wins silver medal

Weightlifting

The 21-year-old Harem Ali earned Iraq its first medal in the 2006 Asian games, as he captured bronze in the Men's 77 kg.

Men's 77Kg

  • December 4, 18:00
  • Al-Dana Banquet Hall
AthleteNOCSnatchClean & JerkTotal
LI Hongli165196361
LEE Jeong Jae150191341
ALI Harem155186341

Men's 105Kg

  • December 6, 16:00
  • Al-Dana Banquet Hall
AthleteNOCSnatchClean & JerkTotal
JOUGHILI Ahed170222392
ALJUAIFRI Mahammad175216391
AKHMETOV Bakhyt175213388
KIM Wha Seung176200376
KHUDAIR Khudair165205370

Men's 105+ Kg

  • December 6, 19:00
  • Al-Dana Banquet Hall
AthleteNOCSnatchClean & JerkTotal
REZA ZADEH Hossein195230425
SALEM Jaber185225410
MARTEMYANOV Andrey168213381
MHAMED Haidar174206380

References

  1. ^ "Olympic Council of Asia : Games". 2010-11-21. Archived 2010-11-21 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  2. ^ "OCA » Seoul 1986". www.ocasia.org. Archived from the original on 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2021-07-27.