Iran at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Iran at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  IRI
NOC National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
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At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Competitors 27 in 4 sports
Medals
Rank: 36		 Gold
0		 Silver
1		 Bronze
0		 Total
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Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Silver

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's marathon:

  • Naser Babapour - 93rd place, 3:00:20

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Road cycling

Men's individual road race:

  • Iraj Amir-Akhori - 56th place, 4:32:56
  • Siamak Safarzadeh - 93rd place, 4:42:47
  • Mohammadreza Bajool - Did not finish

Men's 100 km team time trial:

  • Team - 23rd place, 2:15:29.5
  • Team roster
    • Mostafa Chaichi
    • Abbas Esmaeili
    • Mehrdad Safarzadeh
    • Siamak Safarzadeh

[edit] Track cycling

Men's 1 km time trial:

  • Jalil Eftekhari - 27th place, 1:11.683

Men's 4000 m individual pursuit:

  • Mostafa Chaichi - Eliminated
    1. Qualification - 5:08.184, Did not advance

Men's points race:

  • Jalil Eftekhari - Eliminated
    1. Qualification - 14th place in heat 2, Did not advance

[edit] Wrestling

[edit] Freestyle

Men's 48 kg:

  • Naser Zeinalnia - Disqualified
    1. Eliminatory round - 4th place in group B
      1. Defeated William Delgado Cerquera of Colombia, 17-0
      2. Defeated Ilyas Sukruoglu of Turkey, 4-3
      3. Lost to Takashi Kobayashi of Japan, Fall
      4. Lost to Timothy Vanni of United States, Fall
    2. 7th place match - Did not show, Disqualified

Men's 52 kg:

  • Majid Torkan - Eliminated
    1. Eliminatory round - 7th place in group A, Did not advance
      1. Defeated Lo Chao-Cheng of Chinese Taipei, 15-0
      2. Defeated Christopher Woodcraft of Canada, Fall
      3. Lost to Vladimir Toguzov of Soviet Union, 4-2
      4. Lost to Saban Trstena of Yugoslavia, Did not finish

Men's 57 kg:

Men's 62 kg:

  • Akbar Fallah - 4th place
    1. Eliminatory round - 2nd place in group B
      1. Defeated Paul Farrugia of Malta, 15-0
      2. Defeated Kim Yun-Man of South Korea, 4-3
      3. Defeated Gary Bohay of Canada, 6-1
      4. Defeated Karsten Polky of East Germany, 10-3
      5. Defeated Joerg Helmdach of West Germany, 5-0
      6. Lost to Stepan Sarkissian of Soviet Union, 12-1
    2. Bronze medal match - Lost to Simeon Chterev of Bulgaria, 5-2

Men's 68 kg:

  • Amir Reza Khadem - Eliminated
    1. Eliminatory round - 6th place in group A, Did not advance
      1. Defeated Essam Elkhodary of Egypt, 16-0
      2. Lost to Jukka Rauhala of Finland, 8-7
      3. Defeated Amar Wattar of Syria, 17-1
      4. Lost to Arsen Fadzayev of Soviet Union, 3-0

Men's 74 kg:

  • Ayatollah Vagozari - 6th place
    1. Eliminatory round - 3rd place in group A
      1. Lost to Adlan Varayev of Soviet Union, 5-3
      2. Defeated Mohd Anwar of Pakistan, 20-9
      3. Defeated Naresh Kumar of India, Fall
      4. Defeated Uwe Westendorf of East Germany, 6-3
      5. Defeated Yoshihiko Hara of Japan, 12-9
      6. Lost to Rakhmad Sofiadi of Bulgaria, Did not finish
    2. 5th place match - Lost to Pekka Rauhala of Finland, Walkover

Men's 82 kg:

  • Ahmad Afghan - Eliminated
    1. Eliminatory round - 5th place in group A, Did not advance
      1. Defeated Barthelemy Nto of Cameroon, Fall
      2. Defeated Francisco Iglesias of Spain, 15-0
      3. Lost to Christopher Rinke of Canada, 7-6
      4. Lost to Puntsag Sukhbat of Mongolia, 15-0

Men's 90 kg:

  • Mohammad Toupchi - Eliminated
    1. Eliminatory round - 9th place in group B, Did not advance
      1. Defeated Bodo Lukowski of West Germany, 3-2
      2. Lost to Roumen Alabakov of Bulgaria, 3-2
      3. Lost to Kim Tae-Woo of South Korea, 10-0

[edit] Greco-Roman

Men's 48 kg:

  • Majid Simkhah - Eliminated
    1. Eliminatory round - 8th place in group A, Did not advance
      1. Lost to Markus Scherer of West Germany, 10-5
      2. Lost to Yang Zhizhong of China, 16-0

Men's 52 kg:

  • Abdulkarim Kakahaji - Eliminated
    1. Eliminatory round - 8th place in group A, Did not advance
      1. Lost to Esa Murtoaro of Finland, 10-8
      2. Lost to Atsuji Miyahara of Japan, 6-1

Men's 57 kg:

  • Ahad Pazaj - Eliminated
    1. Eliminatory round - 11th place in group A, Did not advance
      1. Lost to Ronny Sigde of Norway, Fall
      2. Lost to Alexandre Chestakov of Soviet Union, 15-0


Men's 62 kg:

  • Ahad Javansaleh - Eliminated
    1. Eliminatory round - 7th place in group A, Did not advance
      1. Lost to Kamandar Madjidov of Soviet Union, 8-3
      2. Defeated Habib Lakhal of Hungary, 5-0
      3. Lost to An Dae-Hyun of South Korea, Disqualified

Men's 68 kg:

  • Masoud Ghadimi - Eliminated
    1. Eliminatory round - 12th place in group A, Did not advance
      1. Defeated Zhao Jianqiang of China, 2-1
      2. Lost to Franck Abrial of France, Fall
      3. Lost to Kim Sung-Moon of South Korea, Disqualified

Men's 74 kg:

  • Reza Andouz - Eliminated
    1. Eliminatory round - 9th place in group B, Did not advance
      1. Lost to Daoulet Tourlykhanov of Soviet Union, Fall
      2. Lost to Erhan Balci of Turkey, 10-0

Men's 82 kg:

  • Mahmoud Moradi Ganji - Eliminated
    1. Eliminatory round - 8th place in group A, Did not advance
      1. Lost to Angel Stoykov of Bulgaria, 14-0
      2. Lost to Magnus Fredriksson of Sweden, 10-0

[edit] Demonstration sports

[edit] Taekwondo

Men's 50 kg:

  • Fariborz Danesh - Eliminated
    1. 1/8 final - Defeated Vicky Rumeon of Netherlands by superiority
    2. Quarterfinal - Lost to Enrique Torroella of Mexico by points

Men's 58 kg:

  • Feisal Danesh - Bronze medal
    1. 1/8 final - Defeated Francisco Carvallo of Ecuador by points
    2. Quarterfinal - Defeated Josef Salim of Denmark by points
    3. Semifinal - Lost to Jose Sanabria of Spain by points

Men's 83 kg:

  • Hassan Zahedi - Eliminated
    1. 1/8 final - Defeated David Fraser of Great Britain by walkover
    2. Quarterfinal - Lost to Markus Woznicki of West Germany by points

Men's +83 kg:

  • Mansour Bagheri - Eliminated
    1. 1/8 final - Defeated Ali Sahin of Turkey by points
    2. Quarterfinal - Lost to Jimmy Kim of United States by points

[edit] References