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جمهوری اسلامی ایران Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān (Islamic Republic of Iran)
National Flag
Location on Map
IOC Code	IRI
Years Hosted Olympics	none
Years Attended Olympics	Summer: 1900, 1948-76, 1988-2012 Winter: 1956, 1964-76, 1998-2010
Medals 2012 Summer	4 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze
Medals 2010 Winter	none
Total Olympic Medals
Gold	Silver	Bronze
15	20	25
National Olympic Committee
National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran

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

Some sources consider Freydoun Malkom, a fencer who competed in the épée event in the 1900 Summer Olympics, of Persian nationality, and therefore, Iran's first Olympic competitor.

Iranian athletes have won a total of 60 medals, all in wrestling, weightlifting, taekwondo, and athletics.

The National Olympic Committee for Iran is the National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and was founded in 1947.

Medal tables Edit

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

Medals by Summer Games Edit

File:Mahmoud Namjoo 4.jpg

Mahmoud Namjoo, 1956 Melbourne

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
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 Moscow	Did not participate (Boycotted)
1984 Los Angeles	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 Edit

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 Torino	0	0	0	0
2010 Vancouver	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	—

Medals by sport Edit

Games	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 Edit

Name	Games	Sport	Event	Date
Jafar Salmasi	1948 London	Weightlifting	Men's 60 kg	019 August 1948
Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg	0223 July 1952
Abdollah Mojtabavi	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 73 kg	0323 July 1952
Gholamreza Takhti	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 79 kg	0423 July 1952
Nasser Givehchi	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 62 kg	0523 July 1952
Jahanbakht Tofigh	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 67 kg	0623 July 1952
Mahmoud Namjoo	1952 Helsinki	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	0725 July 1952
Ali Mirzaei	1952 Helsinki	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	0825 July 1952
Mahmoud Namjoo	1956 Melbourne	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	0923 November 1956
Mehdi Yaghoubi	1956 Melbourne	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg	101 December 1956
Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour	1956 Melbourne	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg	111 December 1956
Emam-Ali Habibi	1956 Melbourne	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 67 kg	121 December 1956
Gholamreza Takhti	1956 Melbourne	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 87 kg	131 December 1956
Mohammad Paziraei	1960 Rome	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg	1431 August 1960
Gholamreza Takhti	1960 Rome	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 87 kg	156 September 1960
Ebrahim Seifpour	1960 Rome	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg	166 September 1960
Esmaeil Elmkhah	1960 Rome	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	177 September 1960
Ali Akbar Heidari	1964 Tokyo	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg	1814 October 1964
Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran	1964 Tokyo	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 78 kg	1914 October 1964
Mohammad Nassiri	1968 Mexico City	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	2013 October 1968
Parviz Jalayer	1968 Mexico City	Weightlifting	Men's 67.5 kg	2115 October 1968
Abdollah Movahed	1968 Mexico City	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 70 kg	2220 October 1968
Aboutaleb Talebi	1968 Mexico City	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg	2320 October 1968
Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi	1968 Mexico City	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 63 kg	2420 October 1968
Mohammad Nassiri	1972 Munich	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	2528 August 1972
Ebrahim Javadi	1972 Munich	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 48 kg	2631 August 1972
Rahim Aliabadi	1972 Munich	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg	2710 September 1972
Mohammad Nassiri	1976 Montreal	Weightlifting	Men's 52 kg	2818 July 1976
Mansour Barzegar	1976 Montreal	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg	2931 July 1976
Askari Mohammadian	1988 Seoul	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg	301 October 1988
Amir Reza Khadem	1992 Barcelona	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg	316 August 1992
Askari Mohammadian	1992 Barcelona	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 62 kg	327 August 1992
Rasoul Khadem	1992 Barcelona	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 82 kg	337 August 1992
Amir Reza Khadem	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 82 kg	3431 July 1996
Abbas Jadidi	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 100 kg	3531 July 1996
Rasoul Khadem	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 90 kg	362 August 1996
Hossein Tavakkoli	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's 105 kg	3725 September 2000
Hossein Rezazadeh	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's +105 kg	3826 September 2000
Hadi Saei	2000 Sydney	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg	3928 September 2000
Alireza Dabir	2000 Sydney	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 58 kg	401 October 2000
Hossein Rezazadeh	2004 Athens	Weightlifting	Men's +105 kg	4125 August 2004
Hadi Saei	2004 Athens	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg	4227 August 2004
Yousef Karami	2004 Athens	Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg	4328 August 2004
Alireza Rezaei	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 120 kg	4428 August 2004
Masoud Mostafa-Jokar	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 60 kg	4529 August 2004
Alireza Heidari	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 96 kg	4629 August 2004
Morad Mohammadi	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 60 kg	4719 August 2008
Hadi Saei	2008 Beijing	Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg	4822 August 2008
Kianoush Rostami	2012 London	Weightlifting	Men's 85 kg	493 August 2012
Hamid Sourian	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 55kg	505 August 2012
Omid Norouzi	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 60kg	516 August 2012
Navab Nassirshalal	2012 London	Weightlifting	Men's 105 kg	526 August 2012
Ghasem Rezaei	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 96kg	537 August 2012
Behdad Salimi	2012 London	Weightlifting	Men's +105 kg	547 August 2012
Sajjad Anoushiravani	2012 London	Weightlifting	Men's +105 kg	557 August 2012
Ehsan Hadadi	2012 London	Athletics	Men's discus throw	567 August 2012
Mohammad Bagheri Motamed	2012 London	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg	579 August 2012
Sadegh Goudarzi	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg	5810 August 2012
Ehsan Lashgari	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 84 kg	5911 August 2012
Komeil Ghasemi	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 120 kg	6011 August 2012

Sport by year Edit

Summer Olympics Edit

Sport																	Years
Sport	00	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	Years
20px Aquatics, Diving						1											1
20px Aquatics, Swimming						1						1	1	1	1	1	6
20px Aquatics, Water polo									11								1
20px Archery															2	2	2
20px Athletics			1	2	1	8	1	3	4	1	2	1	1	2	6	10	14
20px Badminton															1		1
20px Basketball		13													12		2
20px Boxing		8	6		4	5		5	6		6	4	5	1	3	4	12
20px Canoeing, Sprint													1			2	2
20px Cycling, Road						4		4	6	6	4		2	2	3	3	9
20px Cycling, Track								4	2	2	4			2			5
20px Equestrian													1				1
20px Fencing	1					4		2	13							1	5
20px Football						17		19	17								3
20px Gymnastics, Artistic						2											1
20px Judo												1	3	7	6	1	5
20px Rowing															2	2	2
20px Shooting		3			1	4			4			1	1	1		3	8
20px Table tennis											1		1	1	1	2	5
20px Taekwondo										4	3		2	2	3	3	6
20px Weightlifting		5	7	7	7	5	4	3	7		5		6	6	3	6	13
20px Wrestling		7	8	8	12	12	9	14	17	15	16	10	11	13	12	13	15
Total	1	36	22	17	25	63	14	50	86	27	40	18	35	38	55	53	16

Winter Olympics Edit

Sport										Years
Sport	56	64	68	72	76	98	02	06	10	Years
20px Skiing, Alpine	3	4	4	4	4	1	1	1	3	9
20px Skiing, Cross-country							1	1	1	3
Total	3	4	4	4	4	1	2	2	4	9

References Edit

Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-04-06.
National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2011-07-13.

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