Iran at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Iran at the Olympic Games
Flag of Iran IOC code  IRI NOC National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran Website www.olympic.ir (Persian) (English)
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors	17 in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Mahmoud Namjoo
Medals Rank: 14	Gold 2	Silver 2	Bronze 1	Total 5
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Winter Games
1924–1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980–1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Iran competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 17 athletes and represented Iran in the 1956 Olympics.^[1][2]

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	2		2
Weightlifting	7		7
Wrestling	8		8
Total	17	0	17

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Weightlifting			1	1
Wrestling	2	2		4
Total	2	2	1	5

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Emam-Ali Habibi	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 67 kg
Gold	Gholamreza Takhti	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 87 kg
Silver	Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg
Silver	Mehdi Yaghoubi	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg
Bronze	Mahmoud Namjoo	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg

Results by event

Athletics

Men^[3]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ali Baghbanbashi	Marathon	Did not finish

Athlete	Event	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Total	Rank
Najmeddin Farabi	Decathlon	12.1 572	6.25 575	11.31 524	1.70 656	52.3 684	17.4 372	28.73 347	3.30 438	41.23 375	4:24.8 560	5103	12

Weightlifting

Men^[4]

Athlete	Event	Press	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Mahmoud Namjoo	56 kg	100.0	102.5	130.0	332.5
Hossein Zarini	60 kg	92.5	92.5	120.0	305.0	13
Henrik Tamraz	67.5 kg	115.0	105.0	145.0	365.0	5
Ebrahim Peiravi	75 kg	107.5	117.5	147.5	372.5	7
Jalal Mansouri	82.5 kg	132.5	122.5	162.5	417.5	4
Hassan Rahnavardi	90 kg	140.0	127.5	157.5	425.0	4
Firouz Pojhan	+90 kg	147.5	132.5	170.0	450.0	4

Wrestling

Men's freestyle^[5]

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Fifth round	Final round	Rank
Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour	52 kg	Bye	Chinazzo (ITA) W 3–0	Delgado (USA) W 3–0	Asai (JPN) W 3–0		Akbaş (TUR) W 3–0
							Tsalkalamanidze (URS) L Fall
Mehdi Yaghoubi	57 kg	Shakhov (URS) W 3–0	Jameson (AUS) W Fall	Pandey (IND) W Fall	Dağıstanlı (TUR) L 1–2	Lee (KOR) W 3–0
Nasser Givehchi	62 kg	Geldenhuys (RSA) W 3–0	Hall (GBR) W Fall	Penttilä (FIN) L 1–2	Şit (TUR) L 0–3		Did not advance	6
Emam-Ali Habibi	67 kg	Anderberg (SWE) W Fall	Tóth (HUN) W 3–0	Bielle (FRA) W 3–0	Nizzola (ITA) W 3–0	Kasahara (JPN) W 3–0	Bestayev (URS) W Fall
Nabi Sorouri	73 kg	Singh (IND) W Fall	Fischer (USA) L 0–3	Petkov (BUL) W 3–0	de Villiers (RSA) W 3–0		Did not advance	4
Abbas Zandi	79 kg	Katsuramoto (JPN) W 3–0	Bye	Atlı (TUR) L 0–3	Hodge (USA) L Fall	Did not advance		7
Gholamreza Takhti	87 kg	Theron (RSA) W Fall	Steckle (CAN) W Fall	Ohira (JPN) W Fall	Coote (AUS) W Fall		Kulayev (URS) W 3–0
							Blair (USA) W 3–0
Hossein Nouri	+87 kg	Mehmedov (BUL) L 0–3	da Silva (NZL) W 3–0	Kaplan (TUR) L Fall	Did not advance		Did not advance	9

References

1. "Iran at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
2. "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. p. 262. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
3. "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 303 and 344. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
4. "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 636–648. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
5. "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 660–675. Retrieved 31 May 2011.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database