جمهوری اسلامی ایران
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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
- See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count
Medals by Summer Games
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Jafar Salmasi | 1948 London | Weightlifting | Men's 60 kg | 9 August 1948 | |
Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | 1952 Helsinki | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 52 kg | 23 July 1952 | |
Abdollah Mojtabavi | 1952 Helsinki | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 73 kg | 23 July 1952 | |
Gholamreza Takhti | 1952 Helsinki | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 79 kg | 23 July 1952 | |
Nasser Givehchi | 1952 Helsinki | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 62 kg | 23 July 1952 | |
Jahanbakht Tofigh | 1952 Helsinki | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 67 kg | 23 July 1952 | |
Mahmoud Namjoo | 1952 Helsinki | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg | 25 July 1952 | |
Ali Mirzaei | 1952 Helsinki | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg | 25 July 1952 | |
Mahmoud Namjoo | 1956 Melbourne | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg | 23 November 1956 | |
Mehdi Yaghoubi | 1956 Melbourne | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 57 kg | 1 December 1956 | |
Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour | 1956 Melbourne | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 52 kg | 1 December 1956 | |
Emam-Ali Habibi | 1956 Melbourne | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 67 kg | 1 December 1956 | |
Gholamreza Takhti | 1956 Melbourne | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 87 kg | 1 December 1956 | |
Mohammad Paziraei | 1960 Rome | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg | 31 August 1960 | |
Gholamreza Takhti | 1960 Rome | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 87 kg | 6 September 1960 | |
Ebrahim Seifpour | 1960 Rome | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 52 kg | 6 September 1960 | |
Esmaeil Elmkhah | 1960 Rome | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg | 7 September 1960 | |
Ali Akbar Heidari | 1964 Tokyo | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 52 kg | 14 October 1964 | |
Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran | 1964 Tokyo | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 78 kg | 14 October 1964 | |
Mohammad Nassiri | 1968 Mexico City | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg | 13 October 1968 | |
Parviz Jalayer | 1968 Mexico City | Weightlifting | Men's 67.5 kg | 15 October 1968 | |
Abdollah Movahed | 1968 Mexico City | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 70 kg | 20 October 1968 | |
Aboutaleb Talebi | 1968 Mexico City | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 57 kg | 20 October 1968 | |
Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi | 1968 Mexico City | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 63 kg | 20 October 1968 | |
Mohammad Nassiri | 1972 Munich | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg | 28 August 1972 | |
Ebrahim Javadi | 1972 Munich | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 48 kg | 31 August 1972 | |
Rahim Aliabadi | 1972 Munich | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg | 10 September 1972 | |
Mohammad Nassiri | 1976 Montreal | Weightlifting | Men's 52 kg | 18 July 1976 | |
Mansour Barzegar | 1976 Montreal | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 74 kg | 31 July 1976 | |
Askari Mohammadian | 1988 Seoul | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 57 kg | 1 October 1988 | |
Amir Reza Khadem | 1992 Barcelona | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 74 kg | 6 August 1992 | |
Askari Mohammadian | 1992 Barcelona | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 62 kg | 7 August 1992 | |
Rasoul Khadem | 1992 Barcelona | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 82 kg | 7 August 1992 | |
Amir Reza Khadem | 1996 Atlanta | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 82 kg | 31 July 1996 | |
Abbas Jadidi | 1996 Atlanta | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 100 kg | 31 July 1996 | |
Rasoul Khadem | 1996 Atlanta | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 90 kg | 2 August 1996 | |
Hossein Tavakkoli | 2000 Sydney | Weightlifting | Men's 105 kg | 25 September 2000 | |
Hossein Rezazadeh | 2000 Sydney | Weightlifting | Men's +105 kg | 26 September 2000 | |
Hadi Saei | 2000 Sydney | Taekwondo | Men's 68 kg | 28 September 2000 | |
Alireza Dabir | 2000 Sydney | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 58 kg | 1 October 2000 | |
Hossein Rezazadeh | 2004 Athens | Weightlifting | Men's +105 kg | 25 August 2004 | |
Hadi Saei | 2004 Athens | Taekwondo | Men's 68 kg | 27 August 2004 | |
Yousef Karami | 2004 Athens | Taekwondo | Men's 80 kg | 28 August 2004 | |
Alireza Rezaei | 2004 Athens | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 120 kg | 28 August 2004 | |
Masoud Mostafa-Jokar | 2004 Athens | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 60 kg | 29 August 2004 | |
Alireza Heidari | 2004 Athens | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 96 kg | 29 August 2004 | |
Morad Mohammadi | 2008 Beijing | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 60 kg | 19 August 2008 | |
Hadi Saei | 2008 Beijing | Taekwondo | Men's 80 kg | 22 August 2008 | |
Kianoush Rostami | 2012 London | Weightlifting | Men's 85 kg | 3 August 2012 | |
Hamid Sourian | 2012 London | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 55kg | 5 August 2012 | |
Omid Norouzi | 2012 London | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 60kg | 6 August 2012 | |
Navab Nassirshalal | 2012 London | Weightlifting | Men's 105 kg | 6 August 2012 | |
Ghasem Rezaei | 2012 London | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 96kg | 7 August 2012 | |
Behdad Salimi | 2012 London | Weightlifting | Men's +105 kg | 7 August 2012 | |
Sajjad Anoushiravani | 2012 London | Weightlifting | Men's +105 kg | 7 August 2012 | |
Ehsan Hadadi | 2012 London | Athletics | Men's discus throw | 7 August 2012 | |
Mohammad Bagheri Motamed | 2012 London | Taekwondo | Men's 68 kg | 9 August 2012 | |
Sadegh Goudarzi | 2012 London | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 74 kg | 10 August 2012 | |
Ehsan Lashgari | 2012 London | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 84 kg | 11 August 2012 | |
Komeil Ghasemi | 2012 London | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 120 kg | 11 August 2012 |
Sport by year
Summer Olympics
Sport | Years | ||||||||||||||||
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00 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 88 | 92 | 96 | 00 | 04 | 08 | 12 | ||
Aquatics, Diving | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Aquatics, Swimming | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
Aquatics, Water polo | 11 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Archery | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Athletics | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | ||
Badminton | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Basketball | 13 | 12 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Boxing | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | ||||
Canoeing, Sprint | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Cycling, Road | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |||||||
Cycling, Track | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
Equestrian | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Fencing | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
Football | 17 | 19 | 17 | 3 | |||||||||||||
Gymnastics, Artistic | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Judo | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
Rowing | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Shooting | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||
Table tennis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
Taekwondo | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||
Weightlifting | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 13 | |||
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 | |||||||||
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56 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 76 | 98 | 02 | 06 | 10 | ||
Skiing, Alpine | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
Skiing, Cross-country | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
Total | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
References
- 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.