Iran at the Olympics

Iran at the Olympic Games

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IOC code	IRI
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Website	www.olympic.ir (Persian) (English)

Olympic history

Summer Games

1896
1900
1904–1936
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016

Winter Games

1924–1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980–1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014

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 due to boycotts. Iran has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games on several occasions since 1956.

Freydoun Malkom, a fencer who competed in the épée event in the 1900 Summer Olympics, was the first Iranian Olympic competitor. Iranian athletes have won a total of 60 medals, all in wrestling, weightlifting, taekwondo, and athletics.

Iran's National Olympic Committee was founded in 1947.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

The first olympic medal for Iran, Jafar Salmasi

Mahmoud Namjoo, 1956 Melbourne

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1900 Paris	0	0	0	0	99 !—
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
1980–1984	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	51
2012 London	4	5	3	12	17
Total	15	20	25	60	42

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	0	0	0	0	99 !—
1960 Squaw Valley	Did not participate
1964 Innsbruck	0	0	0	0	99 !—
1968 Grenoble	0	0	0	0	99 !—
1972 Sapporo	0	0	0	0	99 !—
1976 Innsbruck	0	0	0	0	99 !—
1980–1994	Did not participate
1998 Nagano	0	0	0	0	99 !—
2002 Salt Lake City	0	0	0	0	99 !—
2006 Turin	0	0	0	0	99 !—
2010 Vancouver	0	0	0	0	99 !—
2014 Sochi	0	0	0	0	99 !—
Total	0	0	0	0	—

Medals by sport

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	0	1	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

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event	Date
03 ! Bronze	Salmasi, JafarJafar Salmasi	1948 London	Weightlifting	Men's 60 kg	019 August 1948
03 ! Bronze	Mollaghasemi, MahmoudMahmoud Mollaghasemi	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg	0223 July 1952
03 ! Bronze	Mojtabavi, AbdollahAbdollah Mojtabavi	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 73 kg	0323 July 1952
02 ! Silver	Takhti, GholamrezaGholamreza Takhti	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 79 kg	0423 July 1952
02 ! Silver	Givehchi, NasserNasser Givehchi	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 62 kg	0523 July 1952
03 ! Bronze	Tofigh, JahanbakhtJahanbakht Tofigh	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 67 kg	0623 July 1952
02 ! Silver	Namjoo, MahmoudMahmoud Namjoo	1952 Helsinki	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	0725 July 1952
03 ! Bronze	Mirzaei, AliAli Mirzaei	1952 Helsinki	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	0825 July 1952
03 ! Bronze	Namjoo, MahmoudMahmoud Namjoo	1956 Melbourne	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	0923 November 1956
02 ! Silver	Yaghoubi, MehdiMehdi Yaghoubi	1956 Melbourne	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg	101 December 1956
02 ! Silver	Khojastehpour, Mohammad AliMohammad Ali Khojastehpour	1956 Melbourne	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg	111 December 1956
01 ! Gold	Habibi, Emam-AliEmam-Ali Habibi	1956 Melbourne	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 67 kg	121 December 1956
01 ! Gold	Takhti, GholamrezaGholamreza Takhti	1956 Melbourne	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 87 kg	131 December 1956
03 ! Bronze	Paziraei, MohammadMohammad Paziraei	1960 Rome	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg	1431 August 1960
02 ! Silver	Takhti, GholamrezaGholamreza Takhti	1960 Rome	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 87 kg	156 September 1960
03 ! Bronze	Seifpour, EbrahimEbrahim Seifpour	1960 Rome	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg	166 September 1960
03 ! Bronze	Elmkhah, EsmaeilEsmaeil Elmkhah	1960 Rome	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	177 September 1960
03 ! Bronze	Heidari, Ali AkbarAli Akbar Heidari	1964 Tokyo	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg	1814 October 1964
03 ! Bronze	Sanatkaran, Mohammad AliMohammad Ali Sanatkaran	1964 Tokyo	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 78 kg	1914 October 1964
01 ! Gold	Nassiri, MohammadMohammad Nassiri	1968 Mexico City	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	2013 October 1968
02 ! Silver	Jalayer, ParvizParviz Jalayer	1968 Mexico City	Weightlifting	Men's 67.5 kg	2115 October 1968
01 ! Gold	Movahed, AbdollahAbdollah Movahed	1968 Mexico City	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 70 kg	2220 October 1968
03 ! Bronze	Talebi, AboutalebAboutaleb Talebi	1968 Mexico City	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg	2320 October 1968
03 ! Bronze	Seyed-Abbasi, ShamseddinShamseddin Seyed-Abbasi	1968 Mexico City	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 63 kg	2420 October 1968
02 ! Silver	Nassiri, MohammadMohammad Nassiri	1972 Munich	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	2528 August 1972
03 ! Bronze	Javadi, EbrahimEbrahim Javadi	1972 Munich	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 48 kg	2631 August 1972
02 ! Silver	Aliabadi, RahimRahim Aliabadi	1972 Munich	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg	2710 September 1972
03 ! Bronze	Nassiri, MohammadMohammad Nassiri	1976 Montreal	Weightlifting	Men's 52 kg	2818 July 1976
02 ! Silver	Barzegar, MansourMansour Barzegar	1976 Montreal	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg	2931 July 1976
02 ! Silver	Mohammadian, AskariAskari Mohammadian	1988 Seoul	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg	301 October 1988
03 ! Bronze	Khadem, Amir RezaAmir Reza Khadem	1992 Barcelona	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg	316 August 1992
02 ! Silver	Mohammadian, AskariAskari Mohammadian	1992 Barcelona	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 62 kg	327 August 1992
03 ! Bronze	Khadem, RasoulRasoul Khadem	1992 Barcelona	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 82 kg	337 August 1992
03 ! Bronze	Khadem, Amir RezaAmir Reza Khadem	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 82 kg	3431 July 1996
02 ! Silver	Jadidi, AbbasAbbas Jadidi	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 100 kg	3531 July 1996
01 ! Gold	Khadem, RasoulRasoul Khadem	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 90 kg	362 August 1996
01 ! Gold	Tavakkoli, HosseinHossein Tavakkoli	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's 105 kg	3725 September 2000
01 ! Gold	Rezazadeh, HosseinHossein Rezazadeh	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's +105 kg	3826 September 2000
03 ! Bronze	Saei, HadiHadi Saei	2000 Sydney	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg	3928 September 2000
01 ! Gold	Dabir, AlirezaAlireza Dabir	2000 Sydney	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 58 kg	401 October 2000
01 ! Gold	Rezazadeh, HosseinHossein Rezazadeh	2004 Athens	Weightlifting	Men's +105 kg	4125 August 2004
01 ! Gold	Saei, HadiHadi Saei	2004 Athens	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg	4227 August 2004
03 ! Bronze	Karami, YousefYousef Karami	2004 Athens	Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg	4328 August 2004
02 ! Silver	Rezaei, AlirezaAlireza Rezaei	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 120 kg	4428 August 2004
02 ! Silver	Mostafa-Jokar, MasoudMasoud Mostafa-Jokar	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 60 kg	4529 August 2004
03 ! Bronze	Heidari, AlirezaAlireza Heidari	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 96 kg	4629 August 2004
03 ! Bronze	Mohammadi, MoradMorad Mohammadi	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 60 kg	4719 August 2008
01 ! Gold	Saei, HadiHadi Saei	2008 Beijing	Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg	4822 August 2008
03 ! Bronze	Rostami, KianoushKianoush Rostami	2012 London	Weightlifting	Men's 85 kg	493 August 2012
01 ! Gold	Sourian, HamidHamid Sourian	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg	505 August 2012
01 ! Gold	Norouzi, OmidOmid Norouzi	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg	516 August 2012
02 ! Silver	Nassirshalal, NavabNavab Nassirshalal	2012 London	Weightlifting	Men's 105 kg	526 August 2012
01 ! Gold	Rezaei, GhasemGhasem Rezaei	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg	537 August 2012
01 ! Gold	Salimi, BehdadBehdad Salimi	2012 London	Weightlifting	Men's +105 kg	547 August 2012
02 ! Silver	Anoushiravani, SajjadSajjad Anoushiravani	2012 London	Weightlifting	Men's +105 kg	557 August 2012
02 ! Silver	Haddadi, EhsanEhsan Haddadi	2012 London	Athletics	Men's discus throw	567 August 2012
02 ! Silver	Bagheri Motamed, MohammadMohammad Bagheri Motamed	2012 London	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg	579 August 2012
02 ! Silver	Goudarzi, SadeghSadegh Goudarzi	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg	5810 August 2012
03 ! Bronze	Lashgari, EhsanEhsan Lashgari	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 84 kg	5911 August 2012
03 ! Bronze	Ghasemi, KomeilKomeil Ghasemi	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 120 kg	6011 August 2012

Sport by year

Summer Olympics

Sport	00	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	Years
Sport
Aquatics, Diving						1												1
Aquatics, Swimming						1						1	1	1	1	1		6
Aquatics, Water polo									11									1
Archery															2	2		2
Athletics			1	2	1	8	1	3	4	1	2	1	1	2	6	10		14
Badminton															1			1
Basketball		13													12			2
Boxing		8	6		4	5		5	6		6	4	5	1	3	4	1	13
Canoeing, Sprint													1			2		2
Cycling, Road						4		4	6	6	4		2	2	3	3	1	10
Cycling, Track								4	2	2	4			2				5
Equestrian													1					1
Fencing	1					4		2	13							1		5
Football						17		19	17									3
Gymnastics, Artistic						2												1
Judo												1	3	7	6	1		5
Rowing															2	2		2
Shooting		3			1	4			4			1	1	1		3		8
Table tennis											1		1	1	1	2		5
Taekwondo										4	3		2	2	3	3		4
Weightlifting		5	7	7	7	5	4	3	7		5		6	6	3	6		13
Wrestling		7	8	8	12	12	9	14	17	15	16	10	11	13	12	13		15
Total	1	36	22	17	25	63	14	50	86	27	40	18	35	38	55	53	2	17

Winter Olympics

Sport	56	64	68	72	76	98	02	06	10	14	Years
Sport
Skiing, Alpine	3	4	4	4	4	1	1	1	3	3	10
Skiing, Cross-country							1	1	1	2	4
Total	3	4	4	4	4	1	2	2	4	5	10

References

"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-04-06.
"National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2011-07-13.

Nations that have competed at the Olympic Games

Participated at the Summer Olympic Games • Participated at the Winter Olympic Games

Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo DR Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Americas	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands

Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Chinese Taipei Tajikistan Thailand Timor‑Leste Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel¹ Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

Oceania	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Other	Independent Olympians

Historical	Australasia Bohemia British West Indies Republic of China Czechoslovakia East Germany Mixed teams Netherlands Antilles North Borneo North Yemen Russian Empire Saar Serbia and Montenegro South Yemen Soviet Union Unified Team Unified Team of Germany West Germany Yugoslavia

¹ Israel has been a member of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) since 1994.