Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Abba ya cancanci yin tseren mita 100 na maza
a Wasannin Olympics na bazara na 2004 a Athens, ta hanyar karɓar wurin Universality daga FINA, a cikin lokacin shigarwa na 58.24. Ya kafa tarihin Iraqi na 56.81 don jagorantar zagayen farko da wasu 'yan wasa shida, ciki har da Mumtaz Ahmed mai shekaru 34 daga Pakistan. Abbas ya kasa ci gaba zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe, yayin da ya sanya na sittin da uku a cikin duka masu iyo 71 a cikin wasan farko.