Iran at the Asian Games

Iran at the Asian Games
Flag of Iran IOC code  IRI NOC National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran Website www.olympic.ir (Persian) (English)
Asian Games history
Asian Games
1951 • 1954 • 1958 • 1962 • 1966 • 1970 • 1974 • 1978 • 1982 • 1986 • 1990 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010
Asian Winter Games
1986 • 1990 • 1996 • 1999 • 2003 • 2007 • 2011
Asian Indoor Games
2005 • 2007 • 2009
Asian Beach Games
2008 • 2010
Asian Youth Games
2009
West Asian Games history
West Asian Games
1997 • 2002 • 2005

Iran first participated at the Asian Games in 1951, and has sent athletes to compete in every Asian Games since then, except for 1958 , 1962 and 1978. ^[1]

The National Olympic Committee for Iran is the National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and was founded in 1947.

Contents 1 Medals by games 1.1 Asian Games 1.2 Asian Winter Games 1.3 Asian Indoor Games 1.4 Asian Beach Games 1.5 Asian Martial Arts Games 1.6 Asian Youth Games 2 Medals by sport 2.1 Asian Games 2.2 Asian Winter Games 2.3 Asian Indoor Games 2.4 Asian Beach Games 2.5 Asian Youth Games 3 West Asian Games 4 Multiple Asian Games gold medalists 5 References 6 External links

Medals by games

Asian Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1951 New Delhi	8	6	2	16	3
1954 Manila	Did not participate
1958 Tokyo	7	14	11	32	4
1962 Jakarta	Did not participate
1966 Bangkok	6	8	17	31	6
1970 Bangkok	9	7	7	23	4
1974 Tehran	36	28	17	81	2
1978 Bangkok	Did not participate
1982 New Delhi	4	4	4	12	7
1986 Seoul	6	6	10	22	4
1990 Beijing	4	6	8	18	5
1994 Hiroshima	9	9	8	26	6
1998 Bangkok	10	11	13	34	7
2002 Busan	8	14	14	36	10
2006 Doha	11	15	22	48	6
2010 Guangzhou	20	15	24	59	4
Total	138	143	157	438	4

Asian Winter Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1986 Sapporo	Did not participate
1990 Sapporo	0	0	0	0	1000 !—
1996 Harbin	0	0	0	0	1000 !—
1999 Kangwon	0	0	0	0	1000 !—
2003 Aomori	0	0	0	0	1000 !—
2007 Changchun	0	0	0	0	1000 !—
2011 Astana – Almaty	0	1	2	3	6
Total	0	1	2	3	9

Asian Indoor Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2005 Bangkok	3	5	2	10	11
2007 Macau	4	4	9	17	8
2009 Hanoi	17	15	13	45	5
Total	24	24	24	72	7

Asian Beach Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2008 Bali	0	0	0	0	1000 !—
2010 Muscat	0	0	2	2	21
Total	0	0	2	2	26

Asian Martial Arts Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2009 Bangkok	Did not participate
Total	0	0	0	0	—

Asian Youth Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
2009 Singapore	1	3	2	6	11
Total	1	3	2	6	11

Medals by sport

Asian Games

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Aquatics, Diving	0	1	3	4
Aquatics, Water polo	1	0	0	1
Athletics	9	13	10	32
Basketball	0	0	3	3
Board games, Chess	0	0	1	1
Boxing	5	9	25	39
Canoeing, Sprint	1	2	1	4
Cycling, Road	3	4	5	12
Cycling, Track	1	5	8	14
Equestrian	0	0	1	1
Fencing	3	4	6	13
Football	4	2	1	7
Handball	0	1	1	2
Judo	1	7	10	18
Kabaddi	0	1	1	2
Karate	9	8	5	22
Rowing	1	0	1	2
Shooting	0	2	2	4
Table tennis	0	0	2	2
Taekwondo	8	9	15	32
Tennis	0	2	2	4
Volleyball, Indoor	0	3	2	5
Weightlifting	30	28	19	77
Wrestling	58	39	28	125
Wushu	4	3	5	12
Total	138	143	157	438

Asian Winter Games

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Ski orienteering	0	1	1	2
Skiing, Alpine	0	0	1	1
Total	0	1	2	3

Asian Indoor Games

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
3-on-3 basketball	1	0	0	1
Board games, Chess	0	1	3	4
Electronic sports	2	2	3	7
Extreme sports, Sport climbing	0	0	1	1
Futsal	3	0	0	3
Hoop takraw	0	0	1	1
Indoor archery	3	1	4	8
Indoor athletics	4	4	4	12
Indoor hockey	1	0	0	1
Kabaddi	0	1	1	2
Kickboxing	2	2	0	4
Kurash	2	1	0	3
Muay	3	3	2	8
Pencak silat	0	2	1	3
Short course swimming	1	1	1	3
Vovinam	1	3	3	7
Wushu	1	3	0	4
Total	24	24	24	72

Asian Beach Games

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Beach kabaddi	0	0	1	1
Beach soccer	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	2	2

Asian Youth Games

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
3-on-3 basketball	0	1	0	1
Athletics	1	2	1	4
Football	0	0	1	1
Total	1	3	2	6

West Asian Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1997 Tehran	63	37	56	156	1
2002 Kuwait City	9	11	16	36	3
2005 Doha	20	25	16	61	3
Total	92	73	88	253	1

Multiple Asian Games gold medalists

This is a list of multiple Asian Games gold medalists for Iran, listing people who have won more than two gold medals.

Athletes in bold are still active.

Athlete	Sport	Asian Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Mohammad Nassiri	Weightlifting	1966–1974	4	1	0	5
Moslem Eskandar-Filabi	Wrestling	1966–1974	4	0	0	4
Reza Soukhteh-Saraei	Wrestling	1974–1990	3	1	0	4
Houshang Kargarnejad	Weightlifting	1970–1974	3	0	1	4
Alireza Heidari	Wrestling	1998–2006	3	0	0	3
Jalal Keshmiri	Athletics	1966–1974	2	3	1	6
Hassan Arianfard	Cycling	1970–1974	2	1	0	3
Jasem Vishgahi	Karate	2002–2010	2	1	0	3
Akbar Shokrollahi	Weightlifting	1974	2	1	0	3
Ali Vali	Weightlifting	1974	2	1	0	3
Teymour Ghiasi	Athletics	1966–1974	2	0	1	3
Hossein Rezazadeh	Weightlifting	1998–2006	2	0	1	3

References

External links

• Official website of the Iran Olympic Committee

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