Iran at the 2000 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 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors	35 in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Amir Reza Khadem
Medals Rank: 27	Gold 3	Silver 0	Bronze 1	Total 4
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

Athletes from Iran competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Aquatics, Swimming	1		1
Athletics	1		1
Boxing	5		5
Canoeing, Sprint	1		1
Cycling, Road	2		2
Equestrian	1		1
Judo	3		3
Shooting		1	1
Table tennis	1		1
Taekwondo	2		2
Weightlifting	6		6
Wrestling	11		11
Total	34	1	35

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Taekwondo			1	1
Weightlifting	2			2
Wrestling	1			1
Total	3	0	1	4

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Hossein Tavakkoli	Weightlifting	Men's 105 kg
Gold	Hossein Rezazadeh	Weightlifting	Men's +105 kg
Gold	Alireza Dabir	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 58 kg
Bronze	Hadi Saei	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg

Results by event

Aquatics

Swimming

Men^[1]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hamid Reza Mobarrez	100 m freestyle	54.12	65	Did not advance

Athletics

Men^[2]

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Semifinal			Final		Rank
		Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mehdi Jelodarzadeh	800 m	6	1:47.91	6	Did not advance					35

Boxing

Men^[3]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Mohammad Rahim Rahimi	51 kg	Tou (BUR) L Walkover	Did not advance				—
Bijan Batmani	57 kg	Juarez (USA) L RSCO	Did not advance				17
Anoushiravan Nourian	63.5 kg	Olusegun (NGR) L Walkover	Did not advance				—
Babak Moghimi	67 kg	Husanov (UZB) L 5–15	Did not advance				17
Rouhollah Hosseini	91 kg		Simmons (CAN) L 6–11	Did not advance			9

Canoeing

Sprint

Men^[4]

Athlete	Event	Heat			Semifinal			Final		Rank
		Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nader Eivazi	K1 500 m	3	1:49.306	8	Did not advance					29
	K1 1000 m	2	3:59.767	8	Did not advance					31

Cycling

Road

Men^[5]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Hossein Askari	Road race	Did not finish
Ahad Kazemi	Road race	Did not finish

Equestrian

Jumping^[6]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualifier					Final round A		Final round B
			1st	2nd	3rd	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank
Ali Nilforoushan	Campione	Individual	18.50	12.00	20.00	50.50	56	Did not advance

Judo

Men^[7]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final	Rank
Arash Miresmaeili	66 kg	Bye	Özkan (TUR) L 0001–0110	Bye	Repechage  Georgiev (BUL) W 1001–0000	Repechage  Zhang (CHN) W 1001–0001	Repechage  Nakamura (JPN) W 1000–0000	3rd place match  Giovinazzo (ITA) L 0010–0010	5
Kazem Sarikhani	81 kg	Bye	Guindo (MLI) W 1001–0011	Randall (GBR) W 0200–0013	Delgado (POR) L 0001–1012	Repechage  Kelly (AUS) W 1100–0101	Repechage  Budõlin (EST) L 0000–1000	Did not advance	7
Mahmoud Miran	+100 kg	Bye	Möller (GER) L 0001–0001	Did not advance					20

Shooting

Women^[8]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Manijeh Kazemi	10 m air pistol	362	43	Did not advance

Table tennis

Men^[9]

Athlete	Event	Group round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Groups	Rank
Majid Ehteshamzadeh	Singles	Keen (NED) L 0–3 4–21, 11–21, 5–21	Group J 3	Did not advance					49
		Tsiokas (GRE) L 0–3 19–21, 13–21, 13–21

Taekwondo

Men^[10]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final	Rank
Hadi Saei	68 kg	Hsu (TPE) W 5–2	Hernando (ARG) W 3–0	Sin (KOR) L 3–5	Repechage  Massimino (AUS) W 6–5	3rd place match  Çalışkan (AUT) W 4–2
Majid Aflaki	80 kg	Estrada (MEX) L 3–4	Did not advance				11

Weightlifting

Men^[11]

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Mehdi Panzvan	62 kg	140.0	162.5	302.5	5
Mohammad Hossein Barkhah	77 kg	No mark	—	—	—
Shahin Nassirinia	85 kg	No mark	—	—	—
Kourosh Bagheri	94 kg	187.5	215.0	402.5	4
Hossein Tavakkoli	105 kg	190.0	235.0	425.0
Hossein Rezazadeh	+105 kg	212.5 WR	260.0	472.5 WR

Wrestling

Men's freestyle^[12]

Athlete	Event	Elimination		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Pools	Rank
Behnam Tayyebi	54 kg	Züünbayan (MGL) W 3–2	Pool F 3	Did not advance			13
		Kardanov (GRE) L 0–7
		Railean (MDA) L 1–2
Alireza Dabir	58 kg	Embalo (GBS) W 10–0	Pool A 1 Q	Pürevbaatar (MGL) W 5–2	Brands (USA) W 6–4	Buslovych (UKR) W 3–0
		Sissaouri (CAN) W 3–0
Mohammad Talaei	63 kg	Kolat (USA) W 5–4	Pool C 1 Q	Hayrapetyan (ARM) W 3–2	Barzakov (BUL) L 0–4	3rd place match  Jang (KOR) L 2–12	4
		Islamov (UZB) W Walkover
Amir Tavakkolian	69 kg	Bedineishvili (GEO) W 5–4	Pool A 2	Did not advance			10
		Igali (CAN) L 2–2
Pejman Dorostkar	76 kg	Mönkhbayar (MGL) W 3–0	Pool B 2	Did not advance			12
		Laliyev (KAZ) L 1–3
Amir Reza Khadem	85 kg	Ghiţă (ROU) W 5–3	Pool F 1 Q	Bye	Romero (CUB) L 0–3	3rd place match  Ibragimov (MKD) L 1–4	4
		Aka-Akesse (CIV) W 4–0
		Kapuvári (HUN) W 5–3
Alireza Heidari	97 kg	Scherrer (SUI) W 7–1	Pool B 1 Q	Kurtanidze (GEO) L 0–1	Did not advance	5th place match  Xanthopoulos (GRE) L Walkover	6
		Doğu (TUR) W 6–1
Abbas Jadidi	130 kg	Topalidis (GRE) W 9–1	Pool F 1 Q	Bye	Musulbes (RUS) L 0–3	3rd place match  Rodríguez (CUB) L 0–1	4
		Modebadze (GEO) W 4–0

Men's Greco-Roman^[13]

Athlete	Event	Elimination		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Pools	Rank
Hassan Rangraz	54 kg	Švehla (CZE) W 8–2	Pool C 2	Did not advance			14
		Wang (CHN) L 2–8
Ali Ashkani	58 kg	Majoros (HUN) W 5–1	Pool B 1 Q	Kim (KOR) L 1–3	Did not advance	5th place match  Gruenwald (USA) W 3–2	5
		Guliashvili (GEO) W 7–0
Parviz Zeidvand	69 kg	Dugushiev (AZE) L 0–5	Pool C 3	Did not advance			16
		Lappalainen (FIN) L 1–2

References

1. "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Results – Swimming" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 120. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
2. "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Results – Athletics" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 192. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
3. "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Results – Boxing" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 63–72. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
4. "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Results – Canoe/Kayak Sprint" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 38–40. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
5. "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Results – Cycling Road" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 30. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
6. "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Results – Equestrian" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 39. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
7. "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Results – Judo" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 97, 101 and 107. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
8. "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Results – Shooting" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 89. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
9. "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Results – Table Tennis" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 58. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
10. "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Results – Taekwondo" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 40–41. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
11. "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Results – Weightlifting" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 35–41. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
12. "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Results – Wrestling" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 120–134. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
13. "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Results – Wrestling" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 97–103. Retrieved 19 June 2011.

External links

• International Olympic Committee Web Site