Здійснено аналіз системи змагань з легкої атлетики в Іраку. Встановлено, що Розвиток спорту в Іраку має специфічні особливості, пов’язані із соціальними, культурними, політичними, економічними, кліматично-географічними
особливостями країни, які впливають на розвиток системи змагань з легкої атлетики. У зв’язку зi складною обстановкою на Близькому Сході, в Іраку проводиться невелика кількість змагань з легкої атлетики, що гальмує
розвиток і популяризацію цього виду спорту в країні.Спортсмени Іраку у середньому приймають участь у змаганнях шість разів протягом року. До найголовніших змагань, якими для них є Азіатські ігри.
Sports competitions are the central element that determines the whole system of organization, methods and training of athletes for effective competitive activity. The system functions of competitive sports in modern sports are extremely broad and multifaceted. The competitive system is the most important universal mechanism for improving the skills of censors. It largely determines the content, direction and structure of the training process; it acts as a necessary monitoring tool and has a significant impact on the development of the sport; it allows to promptly organize the interaction between the world and the national system of voluntary care; it helps to develop the popularity of sports; it actively influences the formation of a motivational mechanism.For more than a century of history the competitive system has undergone a complex development path and acquired popularity on all continents.Theanaly sis of the competitive system in Iraq is carried out. It has been established that the development of sport in Iraq has specific features related to the social, cultural, political, economic, climatic and geographical features of the country that influence the development of a competition system in athletics. Due to the difficult situation in the Middle East, a small number of competitions in athletics are held in Iraq. This impedes the development and popularization of this sport in the country. Iraqi athletesonon average six times a year take part in competitions. The most important competition for them is the Asian Games.
