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جمهوری اسلامی ایران
Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān
(Islamic Republic of Iran)

File:Flag of Iran.svg.png
National Flag
File:Iran (orthographic projection).svg.png
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 medal iconGold Silver medal iconSilver Bronze medal iconBronze
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

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

Medals by Summer Games

Jafar Salmasi 1

The first olympic medal for Iran, Jafar Salmasi

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

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
Total 0 0 0 0

Medals by sport

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

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

Sport by year

Summer Olympics

Sport   Years
00 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 88 92 96 00 04 08 12
Diving pictogram Aquatics, Diving 1 1
Swimming pictogram Aquatics, Swimming 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
Water polo pictogram Aquatics, Water polo 11 1
Archery pictogram Archery 2 2 2
Athletics pictogram Athletics 1 2 1 8 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 2 6 10 14
Badminton pictogram Badminton 1 1
Basketball pictogram Basketball 13 12 2
Boxing pictogram Boxing 8 6 4 5 5 6 6 4 5 1 3 4 12
Canoeing (flatwater) pictogram Canoeing, Sprint 1 2 2
Cycling (road) pictogram Cycling, Road 4 4 6 6 4 2 2 3 3 9
Cycling (track) pictogram Cycling, Track 4 2 2 4 2 5
Equestrian pictogram Equestrian 1 1
Fencing pictogram Fencing 1 4 2 13 1 5
Football pictogram Football 17 19 17 3
Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram Gymnastics, Artistic 2 1
Judo pictogram Judo 1 3 7 6 1 5
Rowing pictogram Rowing 2 2 2
Shooting pictogram Shooting 3 1 4 4 1 1 1 3 8
Table tennis pictogram Table tennis 1 1 1 1 2 5
Taekwondo pictogram Taekwondo 4 3 2 2 3 3 6
Weightlifting pictogram Weightlifting 5 7 7 7 5 4 3 7 5 6 6 3 6 13
Wrestling pictogram 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

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

References

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