Competitors Unable To Compete Due To The Missed Deadline
See also: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer OlympicsSeveral athletes had qualified either regularly or as wildcards, but did not compete, due to Iraq having missed the entry deadlines for their events.
The country had planned to send an archer to the Olympics for the first time. The nation was awarded a spot in the men's individual competition via Tripartite Commission invitation; Ali Adnan would have become Iraq's first Olympic archer, whereas Ali Mohamed Fakher was to participate as a wild card in the judo competition.
In addition to the NOC's suspension, weightlifter Mohammed Jassim was faced with a potential suspension from Olympic participation after news of his failure of a drug test at the Asian Weightlifting Championship were received.
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