Iran at the Olympics

Iran was first at the Olympic Games in 1948. They have been in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for 1980 and 1984. Iran has also been in some Winter Olympic Games since 1956.

Iran at the
Olympics
IOC codeIRI
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Websitewww.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
Medals
Gold
19
Silver
22
Bronze
28
Total
69
Summer appearances
  • 1900
  • 1904–1936
  • 1948
  • 1952
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
  • 1980–1984
  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1996
  • 2000
  • 2004
  • 2008
  • 2012
  • 2016
  • 2020
Winter appearances
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
  • 1980–1994
  • 1998
  • 2002
  • 2006
  • 2010
  • 2014
  • 2018
  • 2022

The National Olympic Committee for Iran is the National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It was formed in 1947.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games
Iran at Summer Olympic Games
The first olympic medal for Iran, Jafar Salmasi
Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
France 1900 Paris0000—
1904–1936Did not participate
United Kingdom 1948 London001134
Finland 1952 Helsinki034730
Australia 1956 Melbourne221514
Italy 1960 Rome013427
Japan 1964 Tokyo002234
Mexico 1968 Mexico City212519
West Germany 1972 Munich021328
Canada 1976 Montreal011233
Soviet Union 1980 MoscowDid not participate (Boycotted)
United States 1984 Los AngelesDid not participate (Boycotted)
South Korea 1988 Seoul010136
Spain 1992 Barcelona012344
United States 1996 Atlanta111343
Australia 2000 Sydney301427
Greece 2004 Athens222629
China 2008 Beijing101252
United Kingdom 2012 London7511312
2016 Rio de Janeiro 3 1 4 8 25
2020 Tokyo 3 2 2 7
Total2423297642

Medals by Winter Games
Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Italy 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo0000—
United States 1960 Squaw ValleyDid not participate
Austria 1964 Innsbruck0000—
France 1968 Grenoble0000—
Japan 1972 Sapporo0000—
Austria 1976 Innsbruck0000—
1980–1994Did not participate
Japan 1998 Nagano0000—
United States 2002 Salt Lake City0000—
Italy 2006 Turin0000—
Canada 2010 Vancouver0000—
Total0000—

Medals by sport
Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics0101
Karate 1 0 0 1
Shooting 1 0 0 1
Taekwondo2125
Weightlifting55616
Wrestling8131738
Total15202560

List of medalists
Medal Name Games Sport Event Date
33 BronzeJafar Salmasi1948 LondonWeightliftingMen's featherweightAugust 9
33 BronzeMahmoud Mollaghasemi1952 HelsinkiWrestlingMen's freestyle flyweightJuly 23
33 BronzeAbdollah Mojtabavi1952 HelsinkiWrestlingMen's freestyle welterweightJuly 23
22 Silver Gholamreza Takhti1952 HelsinkiWrestlingMen's freestyle middleweightJuly 23
22 Silver Nasser Givehchi1952 HelsinkiWrestlingMen's freestyle featherweightJuly 23
33 BronzeJahanbakht Tofigh1952 HelsinkiWrestlingMen's freestyle lightweightJuly 23
22 Silver Mahmoud Namjoo1952 HelsinkiWeightliftingMen's bantamweightJuly 25
33 BronzeAli Mirzaei1952 HelsinkiWeightliftingMen's bantamweightJuly 25
33 BronzeMahmoud Namjoo1956 MelbourneWeightliftingMen's bantamweightNovember 23
22 Silver Mehdi Yaghoubi1956 MelbourneWrestlingMen's freestyle bantamweightDecember 1
22 Silver Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour1956 MelbourneWrestlingMen's freestyle flyweightDecember 1
11 Gold Emam-Ali Habibi1956 MelbourneWrestlingMen's freestyle lightweightDecember 1
11 Gold Gholamreza Takhti1956 MelbourneWrestlingMen's freestyle light heavyweightDecember 1
33 BronzeMohammad Paziraei1960 RomeWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman flyweightAugust 31
22 Silver Gholamreza Takhti1960 RomeWrestlingMen's freestyle light heavyweightSeptember 6
33 BronzeEbrahim Seifpour1960 RomeWrestlingMen's freestyle flyweightSeptember 6
33 BronzeEsmaeil Elmkhah1960 RomeWeightliftingMen's bantamweightSeptember 7
33 BronzeAli Akbar Heidari1964 TokyoWrestlingMen's freestyle 52 kgOctober 14
33 BronzeMohammad Ali Sanatkaran1964 TokyoWrestlingMen's freestyle 78 kgOctober 14
11 Gold Mohammad Nassiri1968 Mexico CityWeightliftingMen's 56 kgOctober 13
22 Silver Parviz Jalayer1968 Mexico CityWeightliftingMen's 67.5 kgOctober 15
11 Gold Abdollah Movahed1968 Mexico CityWrestlingMen's freestyle 70 kgOctober 20
33 BronzeAboutaleb Talebi1968 Mexico CityWrestlingMen's freestyle 57 kgOctober 20
33 BronzeShamseddin Seyed-Abbasi1968 Mexico CityWrestlingMen's freestyle 63 kgOctober 20
22 Silver Mohammad Nassiri1972 MunichWeightliftingMen's 56 kgAugust 28
33 BronzeEbrahim Javadi1972 MunichWrestlingMen's freestyle 48 kgAugust 31
22 Silver Rahim Aliabadi1972 MunichWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 48 kgSeptember 10
33 BronzeMohammad Nassiri1976 MontrealWeightliftingMen's 52 kgJuly 18
22 Silver Mansour Barzegar1976 MontrealWrestlingMen's freestyle 74 kgJuly 31
22 Silver Askari Mohammadian1988 SeoulWrestlingMen's freestyle 57 kgOctober 1
33 BronzeAmir Reza Khadem1992 BarcelonaWrestlingMen's freestyle 74 kgAugust 6
22 Silver Askari Mohammadian1992 BarcelonaWrestlingMen's freestyle 62 kgAugust 7
33 BronzeRasoul Khadem1992 BarcelonaWrestlingMen's freestyle 82 kgAugust 7
33 BronzeAmir Reza Khadem1996 AtlantaWrestlingMen's freestyle 82 kgJuly 31
22 Silver Abbas Jadidi1996 AtlantaWrestlingMen's freestyle 100 kgJuly 31
11 Gold Rasoul Khadem1996 AtlantaWrestlingMen's freestyle 90 kgAugust 2
11 Gold Hossein Tavakkoli2000 SydneyWeightliftingMen's 105 kgSeptember 25
11 Gold Hossein Rezazadeh2000 SydneyWeightliftingMen's +105 kgSeptember 26
33 BronzeHadi Saei2000 SydneyTaekwondoMen's 68 kgSeptember 28
11 Gold Alireza Dabir2000 SydneyWrestlingMen's freestyle 58 kgOctober 1
11 Gold Hossein Rezazadeh2004 AthensWeightliftingMen's +105 kgAugust 25
11 Gold Hadi Saei2004 AthensTaekwondoMen's 68 kgAugust 27
33 BronzeYousef Karami2004 AthensTaekwondoMen's 80 kgAugust 28
22 Silver Alireza Rezaei2004 AthensWrestlingMen's freestyle 120 kgAugust 28
22 Silver Masoud Mostafa-Jokar2004 AthensWrestlingMen's freestyle 60 kgAugust 29
33 BronzeAlireza Heidari2004 AthensWrestlingMen's freestyle 96 kgAugust 29
33 BronzeMorad Mohammadi2008 BeijingWrestlingMen's freestyle 60 kgAugust 19
11 Gold Hadi Saei2008 BeijingTaekwondoMen's 80 kgAugust 22
33 BronzeKianoush Rostami2012 LondonWeightliftingMen's 85 kg493 August 2012
11 Gold Hamid Sourian2012 LondonWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 55 kg505 August 2012
11 Gold Omid Norouzi2012 LondonWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 60 kg516 August 2012
22 Silver Navab Nassirshalal2012 LondonWeightliftingMen's 105 kg526 August 2012
11 Gold Ghasem Rezaei2012 LondonWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 96 kg537 August 2012
11 Gold Behdad Salimi2012 LondonWeightliftingMen's +105 kg547 August 2012
22 Silver Sajjad Anoushiravani2012 LondonWeightliftingMen's +105 kg557 August 2012
22 Silver Ehsan Haddadi2012 LondonAthleticsMen's discus throw567 August 2012
22 Silver Mohammad Bagheri Motamed2012 LondonTaekwondoMen's 68 kg579 August 2012
22 Silver Sadegh Goudarzi2012 LondonWrestlingMen's freestyle 74 kg5810 August 2012
33 BronzeEhsan Lashgari2012 LondonWrestlingMen's freestyle 84 kg5911 August 2012
33 BronzeKomeil Ghasemi2012 LondonWrestlingMen's freestyle 120 kg6011 August 2012

References

    Other websites
    • "National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
    • Islamic Republic of Iran profile at London2012.com Archived 2012-08-09 at the Wayback Machine
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