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Iran at the Olympics

Iran at the Olympics
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NOCIRI
NOCnameNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
gamesOlympics
website
rank41
gold27
silver29
bronze32
summerappearances
winterappearances

Iran, formerly known as Persia before 1935 and officially the Islamic Republic of Iran since 1979, first participated in the Olympic Games in 1900. Iran has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since 1948, except for 1980 and 1984 due to political boycotts. Iran has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games on several occasions since 1956.

Iran has participated in 19 Summer Olympics and 12 Winter Olympics so far. Iran participated in 9 Summer Olympics and gained 4 gold medals before the 1979 Revolution, and participated in 10 Summer Olympics and won 23 gold medals after the revolution.

Freydoun Malkom, a fencer who competed in the épée event at the 1900 Summer Olympics, was the first Iranian Olympic competitor. Jafar Salmasi won Iran's first Olympic medal in 1948, and Kimia Alizadeh was the first Iranian female Olympic medalist, having done so in 2016. Iranian athletes have won a total of 88 Summer Olympic medals, all in wrestling, weightlifting, taekwondo, athletics, shooting, and karate. Iran's National Olympic Committee was founded in 1947.

Medal tables

Former logo of the National Olympic Committee of Iran (Before the Iranian Revolution of 1979)
Iran at Summer Olympic Games
The first olympic medal for Iran, [[Jafar Salmasi

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by Winter Games

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotalTotal (6)27293288
13192355
96520
33410
1001
1001
0101

List of medalists

MedalNameGamesSportEventDate
WeightliftingMen's 60 kgurl=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/magazine-19019742title=Salmassi: The teacher who won Iran's first Olympic medalaccess-date=2 October 2023}}
WrestlingMen's freestyle 79 kg0423 July 1952
WrestlingMen's freestyle 62 kg0523 July 1952
WeightliftingMen's 56 kg0725 July 1952
WrestlingMen's freestyle 52 kg0223 July 1952
WrestlingMen's freestyle 73 kg0323 July 1952
WrestlingMen's freestyle 67 kg0623 July 1952
WeightliftingMen's 56 kg0825 July 1952
WrestlingMen's freestyle 67 kg121 December 1956
WrestlingMen's freestyle 87 kg131 December 1956
WrestlingMen's freestyle 57 kg101 December 1956
WrestlingMen's freestyle 52 kg111 December 1956
WeightliftingMen's 56 kg0923 November 1956
WrestlingMen's freestyle 87 kg156 September 1960
WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 52 kg1431 August 1960
WrestlingMen's freestyle 52 kg166 September 1960
WeightliftingMen's 56 kg177 September 1960
WrestlingMen's freestyle 52 kg1814 October 1964
WrestlingMen's freestyle 78 kg1914 October 1964
WeightliftingMen's 56 kg2013 October 1968
WrestlingMen's freestyle 70 kg2220 October 1968
WeightliftingMen's 67.5 kg2115 October 1968
WrestlingMen's freestyle 57 kg2320 October 1968
WrestlingMen's freestyle 63 kg2420 October 1968
WeightliftingMen's 56 kg2528 August 1972
WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 48 kg2710 September 1972
WrestlingMen's freestyle 48 kg2631 August 1972
WrestlingMen's freestyle 74 kg2931 July 1976
WeightliftingMen's 52 kg2818 July 1976
WrestlingMen's freestyle 57 kg301 October 1988
WrestlingMen's freestyle 62 kg327 August 1992
WrestlingMen's freestyle 74 kg316 August 1992
WrestlingMen's freestyle 82 kg337 August 1992
WrestlingMen's freestyle 90 kg362 August 1996
WrestlingMen's freestyle 100 kg3531 July 1996
WrestlingMen's freestyle 82 kg3431 July 1996
WeightliftingMen's 105 kg3725 September 2000
WeightliftingMen's +105 kg3826 September 2000
WrestlingMen's freestyle 58 kg401 October 2000
TaekwondoMen's 68 kg3928 September 2000
WeightliftingMen's +105 kg4125 August 2004
TaekwondoMen's 68 kg27 August 2004}}
WrestlingMen's freestyle 120 kg28 August 2004}}
WrestlingMen's freestyle 60 kg29 August 2004}}
TaekwondoMen's 80 kg28 August 2004}}
WrestlingMen's freestyle 96 kg29 August 2004}}
TaekwondoMen's 80 kg22 August 2008}}
WrestlingMen's freestyle 60 kg19 August 2008}}
WeightliftingMen's 94 kg4 August 2012}}
WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 55 kg5 August 2012}}
WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 60 kg6 August 2012}}
WeightliftingMen's 105 kg6 August 2012}}
WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 96 kg7 August 2012}}
WeightliftingMen's +105 kg7 August 2012}}
WrestlingMen's freestyle 120 kg11 August 2012}}
WeightliftingMen's 85 kg3 August 2012}}
WeightliftingMen's +105 kg7 August 2012}}
AthleticsMen's discus throw7 August 2012}}
TaekwondoMen's 68 kg9 August 2012}}
WrestlingMen's freestyle 74 kg10 August 2012}}
WrestlingMen's freestyle 84 kg11 August 2012}}
WeightliftingMen's 85 kg12 August 2016}}
WeightliftingMen's 94 kg13 August 2016}}
WrestlingMen's freestyle 74 kg19 August 2016}}
WrestlingMen's freestyle 125 kg20 August 2016}}
WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 75 kg14 August 2016}}
WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 98 kg16 August 2016}}
TaekwondoWomen's 57 kg18 August 2016}}
WrestlingMen's freestyle 57 kg19 August 2016}}
ShootingMen's 10 m air pistol24 July 2021}}
WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 67 kg4 August 2021}}
KarateMen's kumite +75 kg7 August 2021}}
WeightliftingMen's +109 kg4 August 2021}}
WrestlingMen's freestyle 86 kg5 August 2021}}
WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 97 kg3 August 2021}}
WrestlingMen's freestyle 125 kg6 August 2021}}
Mohammad Hadi SaraviWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman −97 kg7 August 2024}}
Saeid EsmaeiliWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman −67 kg8 August 2024}}
Arian SalimiTaekwondoMen's +80 kg10 August 2024}}
Alireza MohmadiWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman −87 kg8 August 2024}}
Nahid KianiTaekwondoWomen's 57 kg8 August 2024}}
WrestlingMen's freestyle 86 kg9 August 2024}}
Mehran BarkhordariTaekwondoMen's 80 kg9 August 2024}}
WrestlingMen's freestyle 125 kg10 August 2024}}
Rahman AmouzadWrestlingMen's freestyle 65 kg11 August 2024}}
Amin MirzazadehWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 130 kg6 August 2024}}
Mobina NematzadehTaekwondoWomen's 49 kg7 August 2024}}
Amir Ali AzarpiraWrestlingMen's 97 kg11 August 2024}}
  • Kianoush Rostami originally won the bronze medal, but was upgraded to silver on 26 November 2016 after the original silver medalist tested positive for doping.
  • Saeid Mohammadpour originally finished 5th, but was upgraded to the gold medal position on 20 December 2016 since the top four weightlifters tested positive for doping.
  • Komeil Ghasemi originally won the bronze medal, but was upgraded to gold on 26 July 2019 after the original gold and silver medalists tested positive for doping.
  • Navab Nassirshalal originally won the silver medal, but was upgraded to gold on 19 December 2019 after the original gold medalist tested positive for doping.

Athletes with most medals

  • Athletes in bold are still active with Iran.
#AthleteSportGames[[File:Gold medal olympic.svg20px]][[File:Silver medal olympic.svg20px]][[File:Bronze medal olympic.svg20px]]Total
1Hadi Saei2000–2008201**3**
2Hossein Rezazadeh2000–2004200**2**
3Gholamreza Takhti1952–1964120**3**
**Hassan Yazdani**2016–2024120**3**
5Mohammad Nassiri1968–1976111**3**
6Komeil Ghasemi2012–2016110**2**
Kianoush Rostami2012–2016110**2**
8Rasoul Khadem1992–1996101**2**
Ghasem Rezaei2012–2016101**2**
**Mohammad Hadi Saravi**2020–2024101**2**
11Askari Mohammadian1988–1992020**2**
12Mahmoud Namjoo1952–1956011**2**
**Amir Hossein Zare**2020–2024011**2**
14Amir Reza Khadem1992–1996002**2**

Sport by year

Summer Olympics

Sportwidth=2500width=2548width=2552width=2556width=2560width=2564width=2568width=2572width=2576width=2588width=2592width=2596width=2500width=2504width=2508width=2512width=2516width=2520width=2524width=40YearsTotal136221723631450862740183538555363654119
[[Image:Diving pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Aquatics, Diving
[[Image:Swimming pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Aquatics, Swimming
[[Image:Water polo pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Aquatics, Water polo
[[Image:Archery pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Archery
[[Image:Athletics pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Athletics
[[Image:Badminton pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Badminton
[[Image:Basketball pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Basketball13
[[Image:Boxing pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Boxing8
[[Image:Canoeing (flatwater) pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Canoeing, Sprint
[[Image:Cycling (road) pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Cycling, Road
[[Image:Cycling (track) pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Cycling, Track
[[Image:Equestrian pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Equestrian
[[Image:Fencing pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Fencing1
[[Image:Football pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Football
[[Image:Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Gymnastics, Artistic
[[Image:Judo pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Judo
[[Image:Karate pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Karate
[[Image:Rowing pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Rowing
[[Image:Shooting pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Shooting3
[[Image:Sport climbing pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Sport climbing
[[Image:Table tennis pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Table tennis
[[Image:Taekwondo pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Taekwondo
[[Image:Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Volleyball
[[Image:Weightlifting pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Weightlifting5
[[Image:Wrestling pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Wrestling7

Winter Olympics

Sportwidth=2556width=2564width=2568width=2572width=2576width=2598width=2502width=2506width=2510width=2514width=2518width=2522width=2526width=40YearsTotal344441224542411
[[Image:Alpine skiing pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Alpine skiing3
[[Image:Cross country skiing pictogram.svg15pxalt=link=]] Cross-country skiing

References

References

  1. "Olympics wrestling: Omid Noroozi wins Iran's second Greco gold".
  2. "Rio Olympics 2016: Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin wins landmark bronze for Iran".
  3. "Salmassi: The teacher who won Iran's first Olympic medal".
  4. "Rio Olympics 2016: Iran's Hassan Yazdani wins -74kg gold after stunning fightback".
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