Iran at the Olympics

Iran at the Olympic Games
Flag of Iran – Flag bearers IOC code  IRI NOC National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran Website www.olympic.ir (Persian) (English)
Olympic history
Summer Games
1896 • 1900 • 1904–1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012
Winter Games
1924–1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980–1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010

Iran first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for 1980 and 1984. Iran has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games on several occasions since 1956.

Some sources consider Freydoun Malkom, a fencer who competed in the épée event in the 1900 Summer Olympics, of Persian nationality, and therefore, Iran's first Olympic competitor.

Iranian athletes have won a total of 48 medals, all in wrestling, weightlifting, and taekwondo.

The National Olympic Committee for Iran is the National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and was founded in 1947.

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

Medals by Summer Games

The first olympic medal for Iran, Jafar Salmasi

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1900 Paris	0	0	0	0	99 !—
1904–1936	Did not participate
1948 London	0	0	1	1	34
1952 Helsinki	0	3	4	7	30
1956 Melbourne	2	2	1	5	14
1960 Rome	0	1	3	4	27
1964 Tokyo	0	0	2	2	34
1968 Mexico City	2	1	2	5	19
1972 Munich	0	2	1	3	28
1976 Montreal	0	1	1	2	33
1980 Moscow	Did not participate (Boycotted)
1984 Los Angeles	Did not participate (Boycotted)
1988 Seoul	0	1	0	1	36
1992 Barcelona	0	1	2	3	44
1996 Atlanta	1	1	1	3	43
2000 Sydney	3	0	1	4	27
2004 Athens	2	2	2	6	29
2008 Beijing	1	0	1	2	51
Total	11	15	22	48	44

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	0	0	0	0	99 !—
1960 Squaw Valley	Did not participate
1964 Innsbruck	0	0	0	0	99 !—
1968 Grenoble	0	0	0	0	99 !—
1972 Sapporo	0	0	0	0	99 !—
1976 Innsbruck	0	0	0	0	99 !—
1980–1994	Did not participate
1998 Nagano	0	0	0	0	99 !—
2002 Salt Lake City	0	0	0	0	99 !—
2006 Turin	0	0	0	0	99 !—
2010 Vancouver	0	0	0	0	99 !—
Total	0	0	0	0	—

Medals by sport

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Weightlifting	4	3	5	12
Wrestling	5	12	15	32
Taekwondo	2	0	2	4
Total	11	15	22	48

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event	Date
3 Bronze	Jafar Salmasi	1948 London	Weightlifting	Men's 60 kg	019 August 1948
3 Bronze	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg	0223 July 1952
3 Bronze	Abdollah Mojtabavi	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 73 kg	0323 July 1952
2 Silver	Gholamreza Takhti	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 79 kg	0423 July 1952
2 Silver	Nasser Givehchi	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 62 kg	0523 July 1952
3 Bronze	Jahanbakht Tofigh	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 67 kg	0623 July 1952
2 Silver	Mahmoud Namjoo	1952 Helsinki	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	0725 July 1952
3 Bronze	Ali Mirzaei	1952 Helsinki	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	0825 July 1952
3 Bronze	Mahmoud Namjoo	1956 Melbourne	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	0923 November 1956
2 Silver	Mehdi Yaghoubi	1956 Melbourne	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg	101 December 1956
2 Silver	Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour	1956 Melbourne	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg	111 December 1956
1 Gold	Emam-Ali Habibi	1956 Melbourne	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 67 kg	121 December 1956
1 Gold	Gholamreza Takhti	1956 Melbourne	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 87 kg	131 December 1956
3 Bronze	Mohammad Paziraei	1960 Rome	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg	1431 August 1960
2 Silver	Gholamreza Takhti	1960 Rome	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 87 kg	156 September 1960
3 Bronze	Ebrahim Seifpour	1960 Rome	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg	166 September 1960
3 Bronze	Esmaeil Elmkhah	1960 Rome	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	177 September 1960
3 Bronze	Ali Akbar Heidari	1964 Tokyo	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg	1814 October 1964
3 Bronze	Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran	1964 Tokyo	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 78 kg	1914 October 1964
1 Gold	Mohammad Nassiri	1968 Mexico City	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	2013 October 1968
2 Silver	Parviz Jalayer	1968 Mexico City	Weightlifting	Men's 67.5 kg	2115 October 1968
1 Gold	Abdollah Movahed	1968 Mexico City	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 70 kg	2220 October 1968
3 Bronze	Aboutaleb Talebi	1968 Mexico City	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg	2320 October 1968
3 Bronze	Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi	1968 Mexico City	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 63 kg	2420 October 1968
2 Silver	Mohammad Nassiri	1972 Munich	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	2528 August 1972
3 Bronze	Ebrahim Javadi	1972 Munich	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 48 kg	2631 August 1972
2 Silver	Rahim Aliabadi	1972 Munich	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg	2710 September 1972
3 Bronze	Mohammad Nassiri	1976 Montreal	Weightlifting	Men's 52 kg	2818 July 1976
2 Silver	Mansour Barzegar	1976 Montreal	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg	2931 July 1976
2 Silver	Askari Mohammadian	1988 Seoul	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg	301 October 1988
3 Bronze	Amir Reza Khadem	1992 Barcelona	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg	316 August 1992
2 Silver	Askari Mohammadian	1992 Barcelona	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 62 kg	327 August 1992
3 Bronze	Rasoul Khadem	1992 Barcelona	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 82 kg	337 August 1992
3 Bronze	Amir Reza Khadem	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 82 kg	3431 July 1966
2 Silver	Abbas Jadidi	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 100 kg	3531 July 1966
1 Gold	Rasoul Khadem	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 90 kg	362 August 1966
1 Gold	Hossein Tavakkoli	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's 105 kg	3725 September 2000
1 Gold	Hossein Rezazadeh	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's +105 kg	3826 September 2000
3 Bronze	Hadi Saei	2000 Sydney	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg	3928 September 2000
1 Gold	Alireza Dabir	2000 Sydney	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 58 kg	401 October 2000
1 Gold	Hossein Rezazadeh	2004 Athens	Weightlifting	Men's +105 kg	4125 August 2004
1 Gold	Hadi Saei	2004 Athens	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg	4227 August 2004
3 Bronze	Yousef Karami	2004 Athens	Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg	4328 August 2004
2 Silver	Alireza Rezaei	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 120 kg	4428 August 2004
2 Silver	Masoud Mostafa-Jokar	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 60 kg	4529 August 2004
3 Bronze	Alireza Heidari	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 96 kg	4629 August 2004
3 Bronze	Morad Mohammadi	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 60 kg	4719 August 2008
1 Gold	Hadi Saei	2008 Beijing	Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg	4822 August 2008

Sport by year

Summer Olympics

Sport																	Years
	00	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	88	92	96	00	04	08	12
Aquatics, Diving						1											1
Aquatics, Swimming						1						1	1	1	1		5
Aquatics, Water polo									11								1
Archery															2	1	2
Athletics			1	2	1	8	1	3	4	1	2	1	1	2	6	7	14
Badminton															1		1
Basketball		13													12		2
Boxing		8	6		4	5		5	6		6	4	5	1	3	1	12
Canoeing, Sprint													1			2	2
Cycling, Road						4		4	6	6	4		2	2	3	3	9
Cycling, Track								4	2	2	4			2			5
Equestrian													1				1
Fencing	1					4		2	13								4
Football						17		19	17								3
Gymnastics, Artistic						2											1
Judo												1	3	7	6		4
Rowing															2		1
Shooting		3			1	4			4			1	1	1		3	8
Table tennis											1		1	1	1	2	5
Taekwondo										4	3		2	2	3	3	6
Weightlifting		5	7	7	7	5	4	3	7		5		6	6	3	6	13
Wrestling		7	8	8	12	12	9	14	17	15	16	10	11	13	12	7	15
Total	1	36	22	17	25	63	14	50	86	27	40	18	35	38	55	35	16

Winter Olympics

Sport										Years
	56	64	68	72	76	98	02	06	10
Skiing, Alpine	3	4	4	4	4	1	1	1	3	9
Skiing, Cross-country							1	1	1	3
Total	3	4	4	4	4	1	2	2	4	9

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for Iran
• Iran at the Asian Games

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2007-04-06. 
• "National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/iran. Retrieved 2011-07-13.