Iran at the 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)
Olympic history
Summer Games
1896 1900 1904–1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter Games
1924–1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980–1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for 1980 and 1984 due to boycotts. Iran has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games on several occasions since 1956.

Freydoun Malkom, a fencer who competed in the épée event in the 1900 Summer Olympics, was the first Iranian Olympic competitor. Iranian athletes have won a total of 60 medals, all in wrestling, weightlifting, taekwondo, and athletics.

Iran's National Olympic Committee was founded in 1947.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

The first olympic medal for Iran, Jafar Salmasi

Mahmoud Namjoo, 1956 Melbourne

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1900 Paris	0	0	0	0	—
1904–1936	Did not participate
1948 London	0	0	1	1	34
1952 Helsinki	0	3	4	7	30
1956 Melbourne	2	2	1	5	14
1960 Rome	0	1	3	4	27
1964 Tokyo	0	0	2	2	34
1968 Mexico City	2	1	2	5	19
1972 Munich	0	2	1	3	28
1976 Montreal	0	1	1	2	33
1980–1984	Did not participate (Boycotted)
1988 Seoul	0	1	0	1	36
1992 Barcelona	0	1	2	3	44
1996 Atlanta	1	1	1	3	43
2000 Sydney	3	0	1	4	27
2004 Athens	2	2	2	6	29
2008 Beijing	1	0	1	2	51
2012 London	4	5	3	12	17
Total	15	20	25	60	42

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	0	0	0	0	—
1960 Squaw Valley	Did not participate
1964 Innsbruck	0	0	0	0	—
1968 Grenoble	0	0	0	0	—
1972 Sapporo	0	0	0	0	—
1976 Innsbruck	0	0	0	0	—
1980–1994	Did not participate
1998 Nagano	0	0	0	0	—
2002 Salt Lake City	0	0	0	0	—
2006 Turin	0	0	0	0	—
2010 Vancouver	0	0	0	0	—
2014 Sochi	0	0	0	0	—
Total	0	0	0	0	—

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	0	1	0	1
Taekwondo	2	1	2	5
Weightlifting	5	5	6	16
Wrestling	8	13	17	38
Total	15	20	25	60

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Salmasi, JafarJafar Salmasi	1948 London	Weightlifting	Men's 60 kg	9 August 1948
Bronze	Mollaghasemi, MahmoudMahmoud Mollaghasemi	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg	23 July 1952
Bronze	Mojtabavi, AbdollahAbdollah Mojtabavi	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 73 kg	23 July 1952
Silver	Takhti, GholamrezaGholamreza Takhti	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 79 kg	23 July 1952
Silver	Givehchi, NasserNasser Givehchi	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 62 kg	23 July 1952
Bronze	Tofigh, JahanbakhtJahanbakht Tofigh	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 67 kg	23 July 1952
Silver	Namjoo, MahmoudMahmoud Namjoo	1952 Helsinki	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	25 July 1952
Bronze	Mirzaei, AliAli Mirzaei	1952 Helsinki	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	25 July 1952
Bronze	Namjoo, MahmoudMahmoud Namjoo	1956 Melbourne	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	23 November 1956
Silver	Yaghoubi, MehdiMehdi Yaghoubi	1956 Melbourne	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg	1 December 1956
Silver	Khojastehpour, Mohammad AliMohammad Ali Khojastehpour	1956 Melbourne	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg	1 December 1956
Gold	Habibi, Emam-AliEmam-Ali Habibi	1956 Melbourne	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 67 kg	1 December 1956
Gold	Takhti, GholamrezaGholamreza Takhti	1956 Melbourne	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 87 kg	1 December 1956
Bronze	Paziraei, MohammadMohammad Paziraei	1960 Rome	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg	31 August 1960
Silver	Takhti, GholamrezaGholamreza Takhti	1960 Rome	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 87 kg	6 September 1960
Bronze	Seifpour, EbrahimEbrahim Seifpour	1960 Rome	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg	6 September 1960
Bronze	Elmkhah, EsmaeilEsmaeil Elmkhah	1960 Rome	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	7 September 1960
Bronze	Heidari, Ali AkbarAli Akbar Heidari	1964 Tokyo	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg	14 October 1964
Bronze	Sanatkaran, Mohammad AliMohammad Ali Sanatkaran	1964 Tokyo	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 78 kg	14 October 1964
Gold	Nassiri, MohammadMohammad Nassiri	1968 Mexico City	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	13 October 1968
Silver	Jalayer, ParvizParviz Jalayer	1968 Mexico City	Weightlifting	Men's 67.5 kg	15 October 1968
Gold	Movahed, AbdollahAbdollah Movahed	1968 Mexico City	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 70 kg	20 October 1968
Bronze	Talebi, AboutalebAboutaleb Talebi	1968 Mexico City	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg	20 October 1968
Bronze	Seyed-Abbasi, ShamseddinShamseddin Seyed-Abbasi	1968 Mexico City	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 63 kg	20 October 1968
Silver	Nassiri, MohammadMohammad Nassiri	1972 Munich	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	28 August 1972
Bronze	Javadi, EbrahimEbrahim Javadi	1972 Munich	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 48 kg	31 August 1972
Silver	Aliabadi, RahimRahim Aliabadi	1972 Munich	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg	10 September 1972
Bronze	Nassiri, MohammadMohammad Nassiri	1976 Montreal	Weightlifting	Men's 52 kg	18 July 1976
Silver	Barzegar, MansourMansour Barzegar	1976 Montreal	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg	31 July 1976
Silver	Mohammadian, AskariAskari Mohammadian	1988 Seoul	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg	1 October 1988
Bronze	Khadem, Amir RezaAmir Reza Khadem	1992 Barcelona	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg	6 August 1992
Silver	Mohammadian, AskariAskari Mohammadian	1992 Barcelona	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 62 kg	7 August 1992
Bronze	Khadem, RasoulRasoul Khadem	1992 Barcelona	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 82 kg	7 August 1992
Bronze	Khadem, Amir RezaAmir Reza Khadem	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 82 kg	31 July 1996
Silver	Jadidi, AbbasAbbas Jadidi	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 100 kg	31 July 1996
Gold	Khadem, RasoulRasoul Khadem	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 90 kg	2 August 1996
Gold	Tavakkoli, HosseinHossein Tavakkoli	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's 105 kg	25 September 2000
Gold	Rezazadeh, HosseinHossein Rezazadeh	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's +105 kg	26 September 2000
Bronze	Saei, HadiHadi Saei	2000 Sydney	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg	28 September 2000
Gold	Dabir, AlirezaAlireza Dabir	2000 Sydney	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 58 kg	1 October 2000
Gold	Rezazadeh, HosseinHossein Rezazadeh	2004 Athens	Weightlifting	Men's +105 kg	25 August 2004
Gold	Saei, HadiHadi Saei	2004 Athens	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg	27 August 2004
Bronze	Karami, YousefYousef Karami	2004 Athens	Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg	28 August 2004
Silver	Rezaei, AlirezaAlireza Rezaei	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 120 kg	28 August 2004
Silver	Mostafa-Jokar, MasoudMasoud Mostafa-Jokar	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 60 kg	29 August 2004
Bronze	Heidari, AlirezaAlireza Heidari	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 96 kg	29 August 2004
Bronze	Mohammadi, MoradMorad Mohammadi	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 60 kg	19 August 2008
Gold	Saei, HadiHadi Saei	2008 Beijing	Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg	22 August 2008
Bronze	Rostami, KianoushKianoush Rostami	2012 London	Weightlifting	Men's 85 kg	3 August 2012
Gold	Sourian, HamidHamid Sourian	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg	5 August 2012
Gold	Norouzi, OmidOmid Norouzi	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg	6 August 2012
Silver	Nassirshalal, NavabNavab Nassirshalal	2012 London	Weightlifting	Men's 105 kg	6 August 2012
Gold	Rezaei, GhasemGhasem Rezaei	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg	7 August 2012
Gold	Salimi, BehdadBehdad Salimi	2012 London	Weightlifting	Men's +105 kg	7 August 2012
Silver	Anoushiravani, SajjadSajjad Anoushiravani	2012 London	Weightlifting	Men's +105 kg	7 August 2012
Silver	Haddadi, EhsanEhsan Haddadi	2012 London	Athletics	Men's discus throw	7 August 2012
Silver	Bagheri Motamed, MohammadMohammad Bagheri Motamed	2012 London	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg	9 August 2012
Silver	Goudarzi, SadeghSadegh Goudarzi	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg	10 August 2012
Bronze	Lashgari, EhsanEhsan Lashgari	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 84 kg	11 August 2012
Bronze	Ghasemi, KomeilKomeil Ghasemi	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 120 kg	11 August 2012

Sport by year

Summer Olympics

Sport	00	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	Years
Aquatics, Diving						1												1
Aquatics, Swimming						1						1	1	1	1	1		6
Aquatics, Water polo									11									1
Archery															2	2	1	3
Athletics			1	2	1	8	1	3	4	1	2	1	1	2	6	10	7	15
Badminton															1			1
Basketball		13													12			2
Boxing		8	6		4	5		5	6		6	4	5	1	3	4	1	13
Canoeing, Sprint													1			2		2
Cycling, Road						4		4	6	6	4		2	2	3	3	3	10
Cycling, Track								4	2	2	4			2				5
Equestrian													1					1
Fencing	1					4		2	13							1	2	6
Football						17		19	17									3
Gymnastics, Artistic						2												1
Judo												1	3	7	6	1		5
Rowing															2	2	1	3
Shooting		3			1	4			4			1	1	1		3	5	9
Table tennis											1		1	1	1	2	3	6
Taekwondo										4	3		2	2	3	3	4	5
Weightlifting		5	7	7	7	5	4	3	7		5		6	6	3	6	5	14
Wrestling		7	8	8	12	12	9	14	17	15	16	10	11	13	12	13	12	16
Total	1	36	22	17	25	63	14	50	86	27	40	18	35	38	55	53	44	17

Winter Olympics

Sport	56	64	68	72	76	98	02	06	10	14	Years
Skiing, Alpine	3	4	4	4	4	1	1	1	3	3	10
Skiing, Cross-country							1	1	1	2	4
Total	3	4	4	4	4	1	2	2	4	5	10

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for Iran
• Iran at the Asian Games

External links

• "Islamic Republic of Iran". International Olympic Committee.
• "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
• "Iran". Sports-Reference.com.