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Iran first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, after which the nation only missed the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984. Iran has also competed at several Winter Olympic Games, of which every edition since 1998.

Iran has won 76 medals at the Olympic Games, of which the big majority in wrestling and weightlifting. The remaining medals were won in taekwondo, athletics, and karate.

The National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran was created and recognized in 1947.

Medal Table[]

Medals by Summer Games[]

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
London 1948 36 0 0 1 1 34
Helsinki 1952 22 0 3 4 7 30
Melbourne 1956 17 2 2 1 5 14
Rome 1960 23 0 1 3 4 27
Tokyo 1964 62 0 0 2 2 34
Mexico City 1968 14 2 1 2 5 19
Munich 1972 48 0 2 1 3 28
Montreal 1976 84 0 1 1 2 33
Moscow 1980 Did not participate
Los Angeles 1984
Seoul 1988 23 0 1 0 1 36
Barcelona 1992 36 0 1 2 3 44
Atlanta 1996 18 1 1 1 3 43
Sydney 2000 33 3 0 1 4 27
Athens 2004 37 2 2 2 6 29
Beijing 2008 54 1 0 1 2 51
London 2012 52 7 5 1 13 12
Rio de Janeiro 2016 63 3 1 4 8 25
Tokyo 2020 65 3 2 2 7 27
Total 21 21 27 69

Medals by Winter Games[]

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 3 0 0 0 0
Squaw Valley 1960 Did not participate
Innsbruck 1964 4 0 0 0 0
Grenoble 1968 4 0 0 0 0
Sapporo 1972 4 0 0 0 0
Innsbruck 1976 4 0 0 0 0
Lake Placid 1980 Did not participate
Sarajevo 1984
Calgary 1988
Albertville 1992
Lillehammer 1994
Nagano 1998 1 0 0 0 0
Salt Lake City 2002 2 0 0 0 0
Turin 2006 2 0 0 0 0
Vancouver 2010 4 0 0 0 0
Sochi 2014 5 0 0 0 0
Pyeongchang 2018 4 0 0 0 0
Beijing 2022 3 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0

Medal winners[]

Games Medal Athlete Sport Discipline
London 1948 Bronze Jafar Salmasi Weightlifting Men's 60 kg
Helsinki 1952 Silver Mahmoud Namjoo Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
Helsinki 1952 Silver Nasser Givehchi Wrestling Men's Freestyle 62 kg
Helsinki 1952 Silver Gholamreza Takhti Wrestling Men's Freestyle 79 kg
Helsinki 1952 Bronze Ali Mirzaei Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
Helsinki 1952 Bronze Mahmoud Mollaghasemi Wrestling Men's Freestyle 52 kg
Helsinki 1952 Bronze Jahanbakht Tofigh Wrestling Men's Freestyle 67 kg
Helsinki 1952 Bronze Abdollah Mojtabavi Wrestling Men's Freestyle 73 kg
Melbourne 1956 Gold Emam-Ali Habibi Wrestling Men's Freestyle 67 kg
Melbourne 1956 Gold Gholamreza Takhti Wrestling Men's Freestyle 87 kg
Melbourne 1956 Silver Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour Wrestling Men's Freestyle 52 kg
Melbourne 1956 Silver Mehdi Yaghoubi Wrestling Men's Freestyle 57 kg
Melbourne 1956 Bronze Mahmoud Namjoo Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
Rome 1960 Silver Gholamreza Takhti Wrestling Men's Freestyle 87 kg
Rome 1960 Bronze Esmaeil Elmkhah Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
Rome 1960 Bronze Mohammad Paziraei Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg
Rome 1960 Bronze Ebrahim Seifpour Wrestling Men's Freestyle 52 kg
Tokyo 1964 Bronze Ali Akbar Heidari Wrestling Men's Freestyle 52 kg
Tokyo 1964 Bronze Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran Wrestling Men's Freestyle 78 kg
Mexico City 1968 Gold Mohammad Nassiri Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
Mexico City 1968 Gold Abdollah Movahed Wrestling Men's Freestyle 70 kg
Mexico City 1968 Silver Parviz Jalayer Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg
Mexico City 1968 Bronze Aboutaleb Talebi Wrestling Men's Freestyle 57 kg
Mexico City 1968 Bronze Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi Wrestling Men's Freestyle 63 kg
Munich 1972 Silver Mohammad Nassiri Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
Munich 1972 Silver Rahim Aliabadi Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg
Munich 1972 Bronze Ebrahim Javadi Wrestling Men's Freestyle 48 kg
Montreal 1976 Silver Mansour Barzegar Wrestling Men's Freestyle 74 kg
Montreal 1976 Bronze Mohammad Nassiri Weightlifting Men's 52 kg
Seoul 1988 Silver Askari Mohammadian Wrestling Men's Freestyle 57 kg
Barcelona 1992 Silver Askari Mohammadian Wrestling Men's Freestyle 62 kg
Barcelona 1992 Bronze Amir Reza Kahdem Wrestling Men's Freestyle 74 kg
Barcelona 1992 Bronze Rasoul Khadem Wrestling Men's Freestyle 82 kg
Atlanta 1996 Gold Rasoul Khadem Wrestling Men's Freestyle 90 kg
Atlanta 1996 Silver Abbas Jadidi Wrestling Men's Freestyle 100 kg
Atlanta 1996 Bronze Amir Reza Khadem Wrestling Men's Freestyle 82 kg
Sydney 2000 Gold Hossein Tavakkoli Weightlifting Men's 105 kg
Sydney 2000 Gold Hossein Rezazadeh Weightlifting Men's 105 kg+
Sydney 2000 Gold Alireza Dabir Wrestling Men's Freestyle 58 kg
Sydney 2000 Bronze Hadi Saei Taekwondo Men's 68 kg
Athens 2004 Gold Hadi Saei Taekwondo Men's 68 kg
Athens 2004 Gold Hossein Rezazadeh Weightlifting Men's 105 kg+
Athens 2004 Silver Masoud Mostafa-Jokar Wrestling Men's Freestyle 60 kg
Athens 2004 Silver Alireza Rezaei Wrestling Men's Freestyle 120 kg
Athens 2004 Bronze Yousef Karami Taekwondo Men's 80 kg
Athens 2004 Bronze Alireza Heidari Wrestling Men's Freestyle 96 kg
Beijing 2008 Gold Hadi Saei Taekwondo Men's 80 kg
Beijing 2008 Bronze Morad Mohammadi Wrestling Men's Freestyle 60 kg
London 2012 Gold Saeid Mohammadpour Weightlifting Men's 94 kg
London 2012 Gold Navab Nassirshalal Weightlifting Men's 105 kg
London 2012 Gold Behdad Salimi Weightlifting Men's 105 kg+
London 2012 Gold Hamid Sourian Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg
London 2012 Gold Omid Norouzi Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg
London 2012 Gold Ghasem Rezaei Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg
London 2012 Gold Komeil Ghasemi Wrestling Men's Freestyle 120 kg
London 2012 Silver Ehsan Haddadi Athletics Men's Discus Throw
London 2012 Silver Mohammad Bagheri Motamed Taekwondo Men's 68 kg
London 2012 Silver Kianoush Rostami Weightlifting Men's 85 kg
London 2012 Silver Sajjad Anoushiravani Weightlifting Men's 105kg+
London 2012 Silver Sadegh Goudarzi Wrestling Men's Freestyle 74 kg
London 2012 Bronze Ehsan Lashgari Wrestling Men's Freestyle 84 kg
Rio de Janeiro 2016 Gold Kianoush Rostami Weightlifting Men's 85 kg
Rio de Janeiro 2016 Gold Sohram Moradi Weightlifting Men's 94 kg
Rio de Janeiro 2016 Gold Hassan Yaazdani Wrestling Men's Freestyle 74 kg
Rio de Janeiro 2016 Silver Komeil Ghasemi Wrestling Men's Freestyle 125 kg
Rio de Janeiro 2016 Bronze Kimia Alizadeh Taekwondo Women's 57 kg
Rio de Janeiro 2016 Bronze Saeid Abdevali Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 75 kg
Rio de Janeiro 2016 Bronze Ghasem Rezaei Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg
Rio de Janeiro 2016 Bronze Hassan Rahimi Wrestling Men's Freestyle 57 kg
Tokyo 2020 Gold Sajad Ganjzadeh Karate Men's Kumite 75+ kg
Tokyo 2020 Gold Javad Foroughi Shooting Men's 10 metres Air Pistol
Tokyo 2020 Gold Mohammadreza Geraei Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg
Tokyo 2020 Silver Ali Davoudi Weightlifting Men's 109+ kg
Tokyo 2020 Silver Hassan Yazdanicharati Wrestling Men's Freestyle 86 kg
Tokyo 2020 Bronze Amir Hossein Zare Wrestling Men's Freestyle 125 kg
Tokyo 2020 Bronze Mohammadhadi Saravi Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg
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