Iran at the 2016 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 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors 44 in 11 sports
Flag bearer Zahra Nemati[1]
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
0		 Total
0
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games

Iran (officially the Islamic Republic of Iran) is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation has made its debut in 1948, Iranian athletes have participated in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era with the exception of the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics.

Competitors

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 0 1 1
Athletics 6 1 7
Boxing 1 0 1
Cycling 3 0 3
Fencing 2 0 2
Rowing 0 1 1
Shooting 1 4 5
Table tennis 2 1 3
Taekwondo 3 1 4
Weightlifting 5 0 5
Wrestling 12 0 12
Total 35 9 44

Archery

One Iranian archer qualified for the women's individual recurve by obtaining one of the three Olympic places available from the 2015 Asian Archery Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.[2]

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Zahra Nemati Women's individual

Athletics

Iranian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[3][4]

Boxing

Iran has entered one boxer to compete in the men's light heavyweight division into the Olympic boxing tournament. 2012 Olympian Ehsan Rouzbahani was the only Iranian finishing among the top two of his respective division in the AIBA Pro Boxing series.[5][6]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Ehsan Rouzbahani Light heavyweight

Cycling

Road

Iranian riders qualified for a maximum of three quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 4 national ranking in the 2015 UCI Asia Tour.[7]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Men's road race
Men's road race
Men's time trial
Men's road race

Fencing

Following the completion of the Grand Prix finals, Iran has entered two fencers into the Olympic competition. Sabre fencers Ali Pakdaman and 2012 Olympian Mojtaba Abedini had claimed their spots on the Iranian team by finishing among the top 14 individuals in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.[8]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Mojtaba Abedini Individual sabre
Ali Pakdaman

Rowing

Iran has qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Olympics at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea.[9]

Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mahsa Javar Single sculls

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

Iranian shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.[10]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Pouria Norouzian 10 m air rifle
50 m rifle 3 positions
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Elaheh Ahmadi 10 m air rifle N/A
50 m rifle 3 positions N/A
Mahlagha Jambozorg 50 m rifle 3 positions N/A
Najmeh Khedmati 10 m air rifle N/A
Golnoush Sebghatollahi 10 m air pistol N/A
25 m pistol

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Table tennis

Iran has entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Nima Alamian and 2012 Olympian Neda Shahsavari secured the Olympic spot each in the men's and women's singles as the highest-ranked table tennis player coming from the Middle Asia zone, while Nima's elder brother Noshad Alamian scored a second-stage victory to take the remaining spot on the Iranian team at the Asian Qualification Tournament in Hong Kong.[11]

Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Nima Alamian Men's singles
Noshad Alamian
Neda Shahsavari Women's singles

Taekwondo

Iran entered four athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Farzan Ashourzadeh, Mehdi Khodabakhshi, and Sajjad Mardani qualified automatically for their respective weight classes by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings.[12] Meanwhile, Kimia Alizadeh was the only Iranian female finishing among the top two in the women's lightweight category (57 kg) at the 2016 Asian Qualification Tournament in Manila, Philippines.[13]

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze Medal Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Farzan Ashourzadeh Men's −58 kg
Mehdi Khodabakhshi Men's −80 kg
Sajjad Mardani Men's +80 kg
Kimia Alizadeh Women's −57 kg

Weightlifting

Iranian weightlifters have qualified five men's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
 
 
 
 
 

Wrestling

Iran has qualified twelve wrestlers for each the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. The majority of the berths had been awarded to the Iranian wrestlers, who finished among the top six at the 2015 World Championships, while two other wrestlers progressed to the top two finals to book Olympic spots each in the men's freestyle 120 kg and men's Greco-Roman 66 kg at the 2016 Asian Qualification Tournament.[14]

Two further wrestlers had claimed the remaining Olympic slots to round out the Iranian roster in separate World Qualification Tournaments: one of them (men's Greco Roman 120 kg) at the first meet, while the other (men's Greco Roman 59 kg) at the second.

Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Hassan Rahimi −57 kg
−65 kg
Hassan Yazdani −74 kg
Alireza Karimi −86 kg
−97 kg
Komeil Ghasemi −125 kg
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Hamid Sourian −59 kg
Omid Norouzi −66 kg
Saeid Abdevali −75 kg
−85 kg
−98 kg
−130 kg

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Zahra Nemati Named Iran Flagbearer at Olympics". Tasnim News Agency. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "First Rio 2016 continental qualifier adds 5 more nations from Asia". World Archery Federation. 8 November 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Ehsan Rouzbahani first Iranian to win 2016 Rio Olympics quota". Tehran Times. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "First 60 boxers from 24 countries confirmed for Rio 2016 as early Olympic quota places taken up". AIBA. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas". Cyclingnews.com. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Russia top as Olympic qualification by ranking ends". FIE. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "Iranian female rower Javer earns Rio Olympics berth". Press TV. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  10. ↑ "Quota places by Nation and Name". ISSF. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  11. ↑ Marshall, Ian (14 April 2016). "Dramatic Decider, Neda Shahsavari Recovers from Brink to Secure Olympic Place". ITTF. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  12. ↑ "Four Iranians named among 2015 top taekwondo fighters, coaches". World Taekwondo Federation. 27 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Ten Countries Secure Rio 2016 Berths at Asian Qualification Tournament". World Taekwondo Federation. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  14. ↑ "Wrestling for Rio 2016". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
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