Iran at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Iran (officially the Islamic Republic of Iran) is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation has made its debut in 1948, Iranian athletes have participated in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era with the exception of the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics.

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	0	1	1
Athletics	6	1	7
Boxing	1	0	1
Cycling	3	0	3
Fencing	2	0	2
Rowing	0	1	1
Shooting	1	4	5
Table tennis	2	1	3
Taekwondo	3	1	4
Weightlifting	5	0	5
Wrestling	12	0	12
Total	35	9	44

Archery

One Iranian archer qualified for the women's individual recurve by obtaining one of the three Olympic places available from the 2015 Asian Archery Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Zahra Nemati	Women's individual

Athletics

Iranian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[2]^[3]

Men's 100 m – 2 quota places (Reza Ghasemi, Hassan Taftian)
Men's marathon – 1 quota place (Mohammad Jafar Moradi)
Men's discus throw – 2 quota places (Ehsan Haddadi, Mahmoud Samimi)
Men's 20 km walk – 1 quota place (Hamid Reza Zouravand)
Women's shot put – 1 quota place (Leila Rajabi)

Boxing

Iran has entered one boxer to compete in the men's light heavyweight division into the Olympic boxing tournament. 2012 Olympian Ehsan Rouzbahani was the only Iranian finishing among the top two of his respective division in the AIBA Pro Boxing series.^[4]^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ehsan Rouzbahani	Light heavyweight

Cycling

Road

Iranian riders qualified for a maximum of three quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 4 national ranking in the 2015 UCI Asia Tour.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race
	Men's road race
	Men's time trial
	Men's road race

Fencing

Following the completion of the Grand Prix finals, Iran has entered two fencers into the Olympic competition. Sabre fencers Ali Pakdaman and 2012 Olympian Mojtaba Abedini had claimed their spots on the Iranian team by finishing among the top 14 individuals in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mojtaba Abedini	Individual sabre
Ali Pakdaman	Individual sabre

Rowing

Iran has qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Olympics at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea.^[8]

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mahsa Javar	Single sculls

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

Iranian shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.^[9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Pouria Norouzian	10 m air rifle
Pouria Norouzian	50 m rifle 3 positions

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Elaheh Ahmadi	10 m air rifle			—
Elaheh Ahmadi	50 m rifle 3 positions			—
Mahlagha Jambozorg	50 m rifle 3 positions			—
Najmeh Khedmati	10 m air rifle			—
Golnoush Sebghatollahi	10 m air pistol			—
Golnoush Sebghatollahi	25 m pistol

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Table tennis

Iran has entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Nima Alamian and 2012 Olympian Neda Shahsavari secured the Olympic spot each in the men's and women's singles as the highest-ranked table tennis player coming from the Middle Asia zone, while Nima's elder brother Noshad Alamian scored a second-stage victory to take the remaining spot on the Iranian team at the Asian Qualification Tournament in Hong Kong.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nima Alamian	Men's singles
Noshad Alamian	Men's singles
Neda Shahsavari	Women's singles

Taekwondo

Iran entered four athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Farzan Ashourzadeh, Mehdi Khodabakhshi, and Sajjad Mardani qualified automatically for their respective weight classes by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings.^[11] Meanwhile, Kimia Alizadeh was the only Iranian female finishing among the top two in the women's lightweight category (57 kg) at the 2016 Asian Qualification Tournament in Manila, Philippines.^[12]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Farzan Ashourzadeh	Men's −58 kg
Mehdi Khodabakhshi	Men's −80 kg
Sajjad Mardani	Men's +80 kg
Kimia Alizadeh	Women's −57 kg

Weightlifting

Iranian weightlifters have qualified five men's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank

Wrestling

Iran has qualified twelve wrestlers for each the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. The majority of the berths had been awarded to the Iranian wrestlers, who finished among the top six at the 2015 World Championships, while two other wrestlers progressed to the top two finals to book Olympic spots each in the men's freestyle 120 kg and men's Greco-Roman 66 kg at the 2016 Asian Qualification Tournament.^[13]

Two further wrestlers had claimed the remaining Olympic slots to round out the Iranian roster in separate World Qualification Tournaments: one of them (men's Greco Roman 120 kg) at the first meet, while the other (men's Greco Roman 59 kg) at the second.

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hassan Rahimi	−57 kg
	−65 kg
Hassan Yazdani	−74 kg
Alireza Karimi	−86 kg
	−97 kg
Komeil Ghasemi	−125 kg

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hamid Sourian	−59 kg
Omid Norouzi	−66 kg
Saeid Abdevali	−75 kg
	−85 kg
	−98 kg
	−130 kg

References

^ "First Rio 2016 continental qualifier adds 5 more nations from Asia". World Archery Federation. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
^ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
^ "Ehsan Rouzbahani first Iranian to win 2016 Rio Olympics quota". Tehran Times. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
^ "First 60 boxers from 24 countries confirmed for Rio 2016 as early Olympic quota places taken up". AIBA. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
^ "UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas". Cyclingnews.com. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
^ "Russia top as Olympic qualification by ranking ends". FIE. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
^ "Iranian female rower Javer earns Rio Olympics berth". Press TV. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
^ "Quota places by Nation and Name". ISSF. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
^ Marshall, Ian (14 April 2016). "Dramatic Decider, Neda Shahsavari Recovers from Brink to Secure Olympic Place". ITTF. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
^ "Four Iranians named among 2015 top taekwondo fighters, coaches". World Taekwondo Federation. 27 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
^ "Ten Countries Secure Rio 2016 Berths at Asian Qualification Tournament". World Taekwondo Federation. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
^ "Wrestling for Rio 2016". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 19 September 2015.

[1] "First Rio 2016 continental qualifier adds 5 more nations from Asia". World Archery Federation. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.

[2] "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

[3] "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

[4] "Ehsan Rouzbahani first Iranian to win 2016 Rio Olympics quota". Tehran Times. Retrieved 30 January 2015.

[5] "First 60 boxers from 24 countries confirmed for Rio 2016 as early Olympic quota places taken up". AIBA. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.

[6] "UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas". Cyclingnews.com. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

[7] "Russia top as Olympic qualification by ranking ends". FIE. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.

[8] "Iranian female rower Javer earns Rio Olympics berth". Press TV. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.

[issf-9] "Quota places by Nation and Name". ISSF. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.

[10] Marshall, Ian (14 April 2016). "Dramatic Decider, Neda Shahsavari Recovers from Brink to Secure Olympic Place". ITTF. Retrieved 14 April 2016.

[11] "Four Iranians named among 2015 top taekwondo fighters, coaches". World Taekwondo Federation. 27 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.

[12] "Ten Countries Secure Rio 2016 Berths at Asian Qualification Tournament". World Taekwondo Federation. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.

[13] "Wrestling for Rio 2016". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 19 September 2015.

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