Iran at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Iran at the Olympic Games

Flag of Iran
IOC code  IRI
NOC National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Websitewww.olympic.ir (Persian) (English)
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Competitors 27 in 4 sports
Flag bearer Hassan Zahedi
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. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after missing both the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics.

Competitors

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 1 1
Cycling, Road 6 6
Cycling, Track 2 2
Taekwondo 4 4
Wrestling 15 15
Total 27 0 27

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Taekwondo 1 1
Wrestling 1 1
Total 0 1 0 1

Note: Demonstration sports indicated in italics.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver Askari Mohammadian Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg

Results by event

Athletics

Men[1]
Athlete Event Time Rank
Nasser Babapour Marathon 3:00:20 93

Cycling

Road

Men[2]
Athlete Event Time Rank
Iraj Amirakhori Road race 4:32:56 56
Mohammad Reza Bajoul Road race Did not finish
Siamak Safarzadeh Road race 4:42:47 93
Mostafa Chaichi
Abbas Esmaeili
Mehrdad Safarzadeh
Siamak Safarzadeh		 Team time trial 2:15:29.5 23

Track

Men[3]
Athlete Event Qualification 1/8 final Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Time Rank
Jalil Eftekhari 1 km time trial 1:11.683 27
Mostafa Chaichi Individual pursuit Overlapped Did not advance —
Athlete Event Qualification Final Rank
Heat Score Rank Score Rank
Jalil Eftekhari Points race 2 13 (–2 laps) 14 Did not advance 29

Wrestling

Men's freestyle[4]
Athlete Event Eliminatory round Final Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 / 7
Nasser Zeinalnia 48 kg  Delgado (COL)
W 17–0		  Şükrüoğlu (TUR)
W 4–3		  Kobayashi (JPN)
L Fall		  Vanni (USA)
L Fall		 Did not advance 7th place match
 Anger (GDR)
L Walkover		 8
Majid Torkan 52 kg  Lo (TPE)
W 15–0		  Woodcraft (CAN)
W Fall		  Toguzov (URS)
L 2–4		  Trstena (YUG)
L DNF		 Did not advance 13
Askari Mohammadian 57 kg  Battuul (MGL)
W Fall		  Kimani (KEN)
W 15–0		  Chen (CHN)
W Fall		  Noh (KOR)
W 16–1		  Ivanov (BUL)
W 5–4		 Bye  Beloglazov (URS)
L 1–5		 2nd
Akbar Fallah 62 kg  Farrugia (MLT)
W 15–0		  Kim (KOR)
W 4–3		 Bye  Bohay (CAN)
W 6–1		  Polky (GDR)
W 10–3		  Helmdach (FRG)
W 5–0		 3rd place match
 Shterev (BUL)
L 2–5		 4
 Sarkisyan (URS)
L 1–12
Amir Reza Khadem 68 kg Bye  El-Khodary (EGY)
W 16–0		  Rauhala (FIN)
L 7–8		  Wattar (SYR)
W 17–1		  Fadzayev (URS)
L 4–12		 Did not advance 11
Ayat Vagozari 74 kg  Varayev (URS)
L 3–5		  Anwar (PAK)
W 20–9		  Kumar (IND)
W Fall		  Westendorf (GDR)
W 6–3		  Hara (JPN)
W 12–9		  Sofiadi (BUL)
L DNF		 5th place match
 Rauhala (FIN)
L DNF		 6
Ahmad Afghan 82 kg  Nto (CMR)
W Fall		  Iglesias (ESP)
W 15–0		  Rinke (CAN)
L 6–7		  Sükhbat (MGL)
L 0–15		 Did not advance 11
Mohammad Reza Toupchi 90 kg  Lukowski (FRG)
W 3–2		  Alabakov (BUL)
L 2–3		  Kim (KOR)
L DSQP		 Did not advance 17
Men's Greco-Roman[5]
Athlete Event Eliminatory round Final Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 / 7
Reza Simkhah 48 kg  Scherer (FRG)
L 5–10		  Yang (CHN)
L 0–16		 Did not advance Did not advance 13
Abdolkarim Kakahaji 52 kg  Murtoaro (FIN)
L 8–10		  Miyahara (JPN)
L 1–6		 Did not advance 14
Ahad Pazaj 57 kg  Sigde (NOR)
L Fall		  Chestakov (URS)
L 0–15		 Did not advance 20
Ahad Javansalehi 62 kg  Madzhidov (URS)
L 3–8		  Lakhal (TUN)
W 5–0		  An (KOR)
L Disqualification		 Did not advance Did not advance 10
Masoud Ghadimi 68 kg  Zhao (CHN)
W 2–1		  Abrial (FRA)
L Fall		  Kim (KOR)
L Disqualification		 Did not advance 21
Reza Andouz 74 kg  Turlykhanov (URS)
L Fall		  Balcı (TUR)
L DSQP		 Did not advance 16
Mehdi Moradi Ganji 82 kg  Stoykov (BUL)
L 0–14		  Fredriksson (SWE)
L DSQP		 Did not advance 16

Demonstration sports

Taekwondo

Men[6]
Athlete Event 1/8 final Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Fariborz Danesh 50 kg  Rumeon (NED)
W Points		  Torroella (MEX)
L Points		 Did not advance 5
Feisal Danesh 58 kg  Carvallo (ECU)
W Points		  Salim (DEN)
W Points		  Sanabria (ESP)
L Points		 Did not advance 3rd
Hassan Zahedi 83 kg  Fraser (GBR)
L Walkover		 Did not advance —
Mansour Bagheri +83 kg  Da Rocha (GHA)
W Points		  Kim (USA)
L Points		 Did not advance 5

References

  1. ↑ "XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 239. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 351 and 355. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 351–354. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 655–667. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  5. ↑ "XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 642–650. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 708–715. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

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