Iran at the Asian Games
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Iran first participated at the Asian Games in 1951, and has sent athletes to compete in every Asian Games since then, except for 1958, 1962 and 1978.[1]
The National Olympic Committee for Iran is the National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and was founded in 1947.
Medals by games
Asian Games
See also: All-time Asian Games medal table
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1951 New Delhi | 8 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 3 |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1954 Manila | Did not participate | ||||
 1958 Tokyo | 7 | 14 | 11 | 32 | 4 |
 1962 Jakarta | Did not participate | ||||
 1966 Bangkok | 6 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 6 |
| 1970 Bangkok | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 4 |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1974 Tehran | 36 | 28 | 17 | 81 | 2 |
| 1978 Bangkok | Did not participate | ||||
| 1982 New Delhi | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 7 |
.svg.png){kind=small} 1986 Seoul | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 4 |
 1990 Beijing | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 |
| 1994 Hiroshima | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 6 |
| 1998 Bangkok | 10 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 7 |
 2002 Busan | 8 | 14 | 14 | 36 | 10 |
 2006 Doha | 11 | 15 | 22 | 48 | 6 |
| 2010 Guangzhou | 20 | 15 | 24 | 59 | 4 |
| 2014 Incheon | 21 | 18 | 18 | 57 | 5 |
| Total | 159 | 161 | 175 | 495 | 4 |
Asian Winter Games
See also: All-time Asian Winter Games medal table
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 Sapporo | Did not participate | ||||
| 1990 Sapporo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1996 Harbin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1999 Kangwon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2003 Aomori | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 Changchun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
 2011 Astana–Almaty | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Bangkok | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 |
 2007 Macau | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 8 |
| 2009 Bangkok | Did not participate | ||||
 2009 Hanoi | 17 | 15 | 13 | 45 | 5 |
| 2013 Incheon | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 6 |
| Total | 27 | 30 | 26 | 83 | 7 |
Asian Beach Games
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Bali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
 2010 Muscat | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| 2012 Haiyang | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2014 Phuket | 9 | 15 | 7 | 31 | 3 |
| Total | 11 | 15 | 9 | 35 | 6 |
Asian Youth Games
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2009 Singapore | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 2013 Nanjing | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| Total | 1 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 15 |
Medals by sport
Asian Games
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aquatics, Diving | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Aquatics, Water polo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Archery | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Athletics | 10 | 14 | 10 | 34 |
| Basketball | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Board games, Chess | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Boxing | 5 | 11 | 26 | 42 |
| Canoeing, Slalom | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Canoeing, Sprint | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Cycling, Road | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| Cycling, Track | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 |
| Equestrian | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fencing | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| Football | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Handball | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Judo | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 |
| Kabaddi | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Karate | 12 | 8 | 7 | 27 |
| Rowing | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Shooting | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| Table tennis | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Taekwondo | 12 | 11 | 16 | 39 |
| Tennis | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Volleyball, Indoor | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Weightlifting | 31 | 29 | 19 | 79 |
| Wrestling | 64 | 40 | 33 | 137 |
| Wushu | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| Total | 159 | 161 | 175 | 495 |
Asian Winter Games
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ski orienteering | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Skiing, Alpine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-on-3 basketball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Board games, Chess | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Cue sports | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Electronic sports | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Futsal | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Indoor archery | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Indoor athletics | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| Indoor hockey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kabaddi | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Kickboxing | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Kurash | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Muay | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| Pencak silat | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Sepak takraw | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Short course swimming | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Sport climbing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vovinam | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Wushu | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 27 | 30 | 26 | 83 |
Asian Beach Games
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aquatics, Beach water polo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Beach athletics | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Beach kabaddi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Beach kurash | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Beach sambo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Beach sepak takraw | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Beach soccer | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Beach volleyball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Beach wrestling | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bodybuilding | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Footvolley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ju-jitsu | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Muay | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Total | 11 | 15 | 9 | 35 |
Asian Youth Games
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-on-3 basketball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Athletics | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| Football | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Judo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 9 | 4 | 14 |
West Asian Games
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1997 Tehran | 63 | 37 | 56 | 156 | 1 |
 2002 Kuwait City | 9 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 3 |
| 2005 Doha | 20 | 25 | 16 | 61 | 3 |
| Total | 92 | 73 | 88 | 253 | 1 |
Multiple Asian Games gold medalists
This is a list of multiple Asian Games gold medalists for Iran, listing people who have won more than two gold medals.
Athletes in bold are still active.
| Athlete | Sport | Asian Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Nassiri | Weightlifting | 1966–1974 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Moslem Eskandar-Filabi | Wrestling | 1966–1974 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Reza Soukhteh-Saraei | Wrestling | 1974–1990 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Houshang Kargarnejad | Weightlifting | 1970–1974 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Ehsan Haddadi | Athletics | 2006–2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Alireza Heidari | Wrestling | 1998–2006 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Reza Yazdani | Wrestling | 2006–2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jalal Keshmiri | Athletics | 1966–1974 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Hassan Arianfard | Cycling | 1970–1974 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Jasem Vishgahi | Karate | 2002–2010 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Akbar Shokrollahi | Weightlifting | 1974 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Ali Vali | Weightlifting | 1974 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Teymour Ghiasi | Athletics | 1966–1974 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Hossein Rezazadeh | Weightlifting | 1998–2006 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
References
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