Iran at the Olympics

Participation of athletes from Iran in the Olympic Games

Iran was first at the Olympic Games in 1948. They have been in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for 1980 and 1984. Iran has also been in some Winter Olympic Games since 1956.

Iran at the
Olympics
IOC codeIRI
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Websitewww.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
Medals
Gold
19
Silver
22
Bronze
28
Total
69
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

The National Olympic Committee for Iran is the National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It was formed in 1947.

Medal tables

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Medals by Summer Games

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Iran at Summer Olympic Games
 
The first olympic medal for Iran, Jafar Salmasi
Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
  1900 Paris 0 0 0 0
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 52
  2012 London 7 5 1 13 12
2016 Rio de Janeiro 3 1 4 8 25
2020 Tokyo 3 2 2 7
Total 24 23 29 76 42

Medals by Winter Games

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

Medals by sport

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Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics 0 1 0 1
Karate 1 0 0 1
Shooting 1 0 0 1
Taekwondo 2 1 2 5
Weightlifting 5 5 6 16
Wrestling 8 13 17 38
Total 15 20 25 60

List of medalists

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Medal Name Games Sport Event Date
3  Bronze Jafar Salmasi 1948 London Weightlifting Men's featherweight August 9
3  Bronze Mahmoud Mollaghasemi 1952 Helsinki Wrestling Men's freestyle flyweight July 23
3  Bronze Abdollah Mojtabavi 1952 Helsinki Wrestling Men's freestyle welterweight July 23
2  Silver Gholamreza Takhti 1952 Helsinki Wrestling Men's freestyle middleweight July 23
2  Silver Nasser Givehchi 1952 Helsinki Wrestling Men's freestyle featherweight July 23
3  Bronze Jahanbakht Tofigh 1952 Helsinki Wrestling Men's freestyle lightweight July 23
2  Silver Mahmoud Namjoo 1952 Helsinki Weightlifting Men's bantamweight July 25
3  Bronze Ali Mirzaei 1952 Helsinki Weightlifting Men's bantamweight July 25
3  Bronze Mahmoud Namjoo 1956 Melbourne Weightlifting Men's bantamweight November 23
2  Silver Mehdi Yaghoubi 1956 Melbourne Wrestling Men's freestyle bantamweight December 1
2  Silver Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour 1956 Melbourne Wrestling Men's freestyle flyweight December 1
1  Gold Emam-Ali Habibi 1956 Melbourne Wrestling Men's freestyle lightweight December 1
1  Gold Gholamreza Takhti 1956 Melbourne Wrestling Men's freestyle light heavyweight December 1
3  Bronze Mohammad Paziraei 1960 Rome Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman flyweight August 31
2  Silver Gholamreza Takhti 1960 Rome Wrestling Men's freestyle light heavyweight September 6
3  Bronze Ebrahim Seifpour 1960 Rome Wrestling Men's freestyle flyweight September 6
3  Bronze Esmaeil Elmkhah 1960 Rome Weightlifting Men's bantamweight September 7
3  Bronze Ali Akbar Heidari 1964 Tokyo Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg October 14
3  Bronze Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran 1964 Tokyo Wrestling Men's freestyle 78 kg October 14
1  Gold Mohammad Nassiri 1968 Mexico City Weightlifting Men's 56 kg October 13
2  Silver Parviz Jalayer 1968 Mexico City Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg October 15
1  Gold Abdollah Movahed 1968 Mexico City Wrestling Men's freestyle 70 kg October 20
3  Bronze Aboutaleb Talebi 1968 Mexico City Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg October 20
3  Bronze Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi 1968 Mexico City Wrestling Men's freestyle 63 kg October 20
2  Silver Mohammad Nassiri 1972 Munich Weightlifting Men's 56 kg August 28
3  Bronze Ebrahim Javadi 1972 Munich Wrestling Men's freestyle 48 kg August 31
2  Silver Rahim Aliabadi 1972 Munich Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg September 10
3  Bronze Mohammad Nassiri 1976 Montreal Weightlifting Men's 52 kg July 18
2  Silver Mansour Barzegar 1976 Montreal Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg July 31
2  Silver Askari Mohammadian 1988 Seoul Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg October 1
3  Bronze Amir Reza Khadem 1992 Barcelona Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg August 6
2  Silver Askari Mohammadian 1992 Barcelona Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg August 7
3  Bronze Rasoul Khadem 1992 Barcelona Wrestling Men's freestyle 82 kg August 7
3  Bronze Amir Reza Khadem 1996 Atlanta Wrestling Men's freestyle 82 kg July 31
2  Silver Abbas Jadidi 1996 Atlanta Wrestling Men's freestyle 100 kg July 31
1  Gold Rasoul Khadem 1996 Atlanta Wrestling Men's freestyle 90 kg August 2
1  Gold Hossein Tavakkoli 2000 Sydney Weightlifting Men's 105 kg September 25
1  Gold Hossein Rezazadeh 2000 Sydney Weightlifting Men's +105 kg September 26
3  Bronze Hadi Saei 2000 Sydney Taekwondo Men's 68 kg September 28
1  Gold Alireza Dabir 2000 Sydney Wrestling Men's freestyle 58 kg October 1
1  Gold Hossein Rezazadeh 2004 Athens Weightlifting Men's +105 kg August 25
1  Gold Hadi Saei 2004 Athens Taekwondo Men's 68 kg August 27
3  Bronze Yousef Karami 2004 Athens Taekwondo Men's 80 kg August 28
2  Silver Alireza Rezaei 2004 Athens Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg August 28
2  Silver Masoud Mostafa-Jokar 2004 Athens Wrestling Men's freestyle 60 kg August 29
3  Bronze Alireza Heidari 2004 Athens Wrestling Men's freestyle 96 kg August 29
3  Bronze Morad Mohammadi 2008 Beijing Wrestling Men's freestyle 60 kg August 19
1  Gold Hadi Saei 2008 Beijing Taekwondo Men's 80 kg August 22
3  Bronze Kianoush Rostami 2012 London Weightlifting Men's 85 kg 493 August 2012
1  Gold Hamid Sourian 2012 London Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg 505 August 2012
1  Gold Omid Norouzi 2012 London Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg 516 August 2012
2  Silver Navab Nassirshalal 2012 London Weightlifting Men's 105 kg 526 August 2012
1  Gold Ghasem Rezaei 2012 London Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg 537 August 2012
1  Gold Behdad Salimi 2012 London Weightlifting Men's +105 kg 547 August 2012
2  Silver Sajjad Anoushiravani 2012 London Weightlifting Men's +105 kg 557 August 2012
2  Silver Ehsan Haddadi 2012 London Athletics Men's discus throw 567 August 2012
2  Silver Mohammad Bagheri Motamed 2012 London Taekwondo Men's 68 kg 579 August 2012
2  Silver Sadegh Goudarzi 2012 London Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 5810 August 2012
3  Bronze Ehsan Lashgari 2012 London Wrestling Men's freestyle 84 kg 5911 August 2012
3  Bronze Komeil Ghasemi 2012 London Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg 6011 August 2012
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References

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Other websites

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  • "National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
  • Islamic Republic of Iran profile at London2012.com Archived 2012-08-09 at the Wayback Machine