Iran at the 1966 Asian Games
Appearance
Iran at the 1966 Asian Games | |
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IOC code | IRN |
NOC | National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
Website | www |
in Bangkok | |
Competitors | 118 in 12 sports |
Flag bearer | Mansour Mehdizadeh |
Medals Ranked 6th |
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Asian Games appearances (overview) | |
Iran participated in the 1966 Asian Games held in the capital city of Bangkok, and ranked 6th with 6 gold medals on this occasion of the Asiad.[1]
Medal summary
Medal table
Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (9 entries) | 6 | 8 | 17 | 31 |
Medalists
Athletics
Silver
- Ahmad Mirhosseini - Men's 3000 m steeplechase
- Jalal Keshmiri - Men's discus throw
Bronze
- Teymour Ghiassi - Men's high jump
- Jalal Keshmiri - Men's shot put
Boxing
Bronze
- Nasser Aghaei - Men's 57 kg
- Eltefat Talebi - Men's 60 kg
- Aloush Abbasi - Men's 81 kg
- Hossein Fathianpour - Men's +81 kg
Cycling
Road
Track
Bronze
- Esmaeil Hosseini - Men's individual pursuit
Football
Silver
- Team - Men
- Team roster
- Head coach: Gyorgy Szucs
- Team - Men
Table tennis
Bronze
- Houshang Bozorgzadeh - Men's singles
Tennis
Bronze
- Taghi Akbari - Men's singles
- Team - Men's team
- Team roster
Volleyball
Indoor
Weightlifting
Gold
- Mohammad Nassiri - Men's 56 kg
- Parviz Jalayer - Men's 67.5 kg
- Manouchehr Boroumand - Men's +90 kg
Bronze
- Mohammadreza Nasehi - Men's 52 kg
- Mohammad Ammi Tehrani - Men's 75 kg
- Naser Doroudian - Men's 90 kg
- Reza Esteki - Men's +90 kg
Wrestling
Freestyle
Gold
- Abdollah Movahed - Men's 70 kg
- Mansour Mehdizadeh - Men's 97 kg
- Eskandar Filabi - Men's +97 kg
Silver
- Ali Akbar Heidari - Men's 52 kg
- Mohammad Ali Farrokhian - Men's 57 kg
- Mohammad Ebrahim Seifpour - Men's 63 kg
- Hossein Tahami - Men's 78 kg
- Mahmoud Moezzipour - Men's 87 kg
References
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- ^ 5th Asian Games medal tally Archived 2007-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Persian) Iran Olympic Committee - Asian Games Medalists
- (in Persian) Iran National Sports Organization - Asian Games Medalists