Iran at the Olympics

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Iran at the Olympic Games
Flag of Iran IOC code  IRI NOC National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran external link (Persian) (English)
Olympic history
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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 46 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.

Contents 1 List of medalists 2 Medal tables 2.1 Medals by Summer Games 2.2 Medals by sport 3 See also 4 References

[edit] List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
3 Bronze	Salmassi, JafarJafar Salmassi	1948 London	Weightlifting	Men's featherweight
2 Silver	Namjoo, MahmoudMahmoud Namjoo	1952 Helsinki	Weightlifting	Men's bantamweight
3 Bronze	Mirzaei, AliAli Mirzaei	1952 Helsinki	Weightlifting	Men's bantamweight
3 Bronze	Mollaghasemi, MahmoudMahmoud Mollaghasemi	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle flyweight
2 Silver	Givehchi, NasserNasser Givehchi	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle featherweight
3 Bronze	Towfigh, JahanbaktJahanbakt Towfigh	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle lightweight
3 Bronze	Mojtabavi, AbdollahAbdollah Mojtabavi	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle welterweight
2 Silver	Takhti, GholamrezaGholamreza Takhti	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle middleweight
3 Bronze	Namjoo, MahmoudMahmoud Namjoo	1956 Melbourne	Weightlifting	Men's bantamweight
2 Silver	Khojastehpour, Mohammad AliMohammad Ali Khojastehpour	1956 Melbourne	Wrestling	Men's freestyle flyweight
2 Silver	Yaghoubi, Mohammad MehdiMohammad Mehdi Yaghoubi	1956 Melbourne	Wrestling	Men's freestyle bantamweight
1 Gold	Habibi, Imam-AliImam-Ali Habibi	1956 Melbourne	Wrestling	Men's freestyle lightweight
1 Gold	Takhti, GholamrezaGholamreza Takhti	1956 Melbourne	Wrestling	Men's freestyle light heavyweight
3 Bronze	Elmkhah, EsmaeilEsmaeil Elmkhah	1960 Rome	Weightlifting	Men's bantamweight
3 Bronze	Seifpour, Mohammad EbrahimMohammad Ebrahim Seifpour	1960 Rome	Wrestling	Men's freestyle flyweight
2 Silver	Takhti, GholamrezaGholamreza Takhti	1960 Rome	Wrestling	Men's freestyle light heavyweight
3 Bronze	Paziraei, MohammadMohammad Paziraei	1960 Rome	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman flyweight
3 Bronze	Heidari, Ali AkbarAli Akbar Heidari	1964 Tokyo	Wrestling	Men's freestyle flyweight
3 Bronze	Sanatkaran, Mohammad AliMohammad Ali Sanatkaran	1964 Tokyo	Wrestling	Men's freestyle welterweight
1 Gold	Nassiri, MohammadMohammad Nassiri	1968 Mexico City	Weightlifting	Men's bantamweight
2 Silver	Jalayer, ParvizParviz Jalayer	1968 Mexico City	Weightlifting	Men's lightweight
3 Bronze	Talebi, AboutalebAboutaleb Talebi	1968 Mexico City	Wrestling	Men's freestyle bantamweight
3 Bronze	Seyed-Abbassi, ShamseddinShamseddin Seyed-Abbassi	1968 Mexico City	Wrestling	Men's freestyle featherweight
1 Gold	Movahed, AbdollahAbdollah Movahed	1968 Mexico City	Wrestling	Men's freestyle lightweight
2 Silver	Nassiri, MohammadMohammad Nassiri	1972 Munich	Weightlifting	Men's bantamweight
3 Bronze	Javadi, EbrahimEbrahim Javadi	1972 Munich	Wrestling	Men's freestyle light flyweight
2 Silver	Ali-Abadi, RahimRahim Ali-Abadi	1972 Munich	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman light flyweight
3 Bronze	Nassiri, MohammadMohammad Nassiri	1976 Montreal	Weightlifting	Men's flyweight
2 Silver	Barzegar, MansourMansour Barzegar	1976 Montreal	Wrestling	Men's freestyle welterweight
2 Silver	Mohammadian, AskariAskari Mohammadian	1988 Seoul	Wrestling	Men's freestyle bantamweight
2 Silver	Mohammadian, AskariAskari Mohammadian	1992 Barcelona	Wrestling	Men's freestyle featherweight
3 Bronze	Khadem, Amir RezaAmir Reza Khadem	1992 Barcelona	Wrestling	Men's freestyle welterweight
3 Bronze	Khadem, RasoulRasoul Khadem	1992 Barcelona	Wrestling	Men's freestyle middleweight
3 Bronze	Khadem, Amir RezaAmir Reza Khadem	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's freestyle middleweight
1 Gold	Khadem, RasoulRasoul Khadem	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's freestyle light heavyweight
2 Silver	Jadidi, AbbasAbbas Jadidi	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's freestyle heavyweight
3 Bronze	Saei, HadiHadi Saei	2000 Sydney	Taekwondo	Men's lightweight
1 Gold	Rezazadeh, HosseinHossein Rezazadeh	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's super heavyweight
1 Gold	Tavakkoli, HosseinHossein Tavakkoli	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's heavyweight
1 Gold	Dabir, AlirezaAlireza Dabir	2000 Sydney	Wrestling	Men's freestyle bantamweight
1 Gold	Saei, HadiHadi Saei	2004 Athens	Taekwondo	Men's lightweight
3 Bronze	Karami, YossefYossef Karami	2004 Athens	Taekwondo	Men's middleweight
1 Gold	Rezazadeh, HosseinHossein Rezazadeh	2004 Athens	Weightlifting	Men's super heavyweight
2 Silver	Mostafa Jokar, MasoudMasoud Mostafa Jokar	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's freestyle featherweight
3 Bronze	Heidari, AlirezaAlireza Heidari	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's freestyle heavyweight
2 Silver	Rezaei, AlirezaAlireza Rezaei	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's freestyle super heavyweight

[edit] Medal tables

[edit] Medals by Summer Games

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1948 London	0	0	1	1
1952 Helsinki	0	3	4	7
1956 Melbourne	2	2	1	5
1960 Rome	0	1	3	4
1964 Tokyo	0	0	2	2
1968 Mexico City	2	1	2	5
1972 Munich	0	2	1	3
1976 Montreal	0	1	1	2
1980 Moscow	did not participate
1984 Los Angeles	did not participate
1988 Seoul	0	1	0	1
1992 Barcelona	0	1	2	3
1996 Atlanta	1	1	1	3
2000 Sydney	3	0	1	4
2004 Athens	2	2	2	6
Total	10	15	21	46

[edit] Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Wrestling	5	12	14	31
Weightlifting	4	3	5	12
Taekwondo	1	0	2	3
Total	10	15	21	46

[edit] See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for Iran

[edit] References

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-04-06.
• National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.

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