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 code	IRI
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Website	www.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.

Medals by Summer Games

Iran at Summer Olympic Games

The first olympic medal for Iran, Jafar Salmasi

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1900 Paris	0	0	0	0	99 —
1904–1936	Did not participate
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	52
2012 London	7	5	1	13	12
2016 Rio de Janeiro	3	1	4	8	25
2020 Tokyo	3	2	2	7
Total	24	23	29	76	42

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	0	0	0	0	99 —
1960 Squaw Valley	Did not participate
1964 Innsbruck	0	0	0	0	99 —
1968 Grenoble	0	0	0	0	99 —
1972 Sapporo	0	0	0	0	99 —
1976 Innsbruck	0	0	0	0	99 —
1980–1994	Did not participate
1998 Nagano	0	0	0	0	99 —
2002 Salt Lake City	0	0	0	0	99 —
2006 Turin	0	0	0	0	99 —
2010 Vancouver	0	0	0	0	99 —
Total	0	0	0	0	—

Medals by sport

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	0	1	0	1
Karate	1	0	0	1
Shooting	1	0	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
3 Bronze	Jafar Salmasi	1948 London	Weightlifting	Men's featherweight	August 9
3 Bronze	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle flyweight	July 23
3 Bronze	Abdollah Mojtabavi	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle welterweight	July 23
2 Silver	Gholamreza Takhti	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle middleweight	July 23
2 Silver	Nasser Givehchi	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle featherweight	July 23
3 Bronze	Jahanbakht Tofigh	1952 Helsinki	Wrestling	Men's freestyle lightweight	July 23
2 Silver	Mahmoud Namjoo	1952 Helsinki	Weightlifting	Men's bantamweight	July 25
3 Bronze	Ali Mirzaei	1952 Helsinki	Weightlifting	Men's bantamweight	July 25
3 Bronze	Mahmoud Namjoo	1956 Melbourne	Weightlifting	Men's bantamweight	November 23
2 Silver	Mehdi Yaghoubi	1956 Melbourne	Wrestling	Men's freestyle bantamweight	December 1
2 Silver	Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour	1956 Melbourne	Wrestling	Men's freestyle flyweight	December 1
1 Gold	Emam-Ali Habibi	1956 Melbourne	Wrestling	Men's freestyle lightweight	December 1
1 Gold	Gholamreza Takhti	1956 Melbourne	Wrestling	Men's freestyle light heavyweight	December 1
3 Bronze	Mohammad Paziraei	1960 Rome	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman flyweight	August 31
2 Silver	Gholamreza Takhti	1960 Rome	Wrestling	Men's freestyle light heavyweight	September 6
3 Bronze	Ebrahim Seifpour	1960 Rome	Wrestling	Men's freestyle flyweight	September 6
3 Bronze	Esmaeil Elmkhah	1960 Rome	Weightlifting	Men's bantamweight	September 7
3 Bronze	Ali Akbar Heidari	1964 Tokyo	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg	October 14
3 Bronze	Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran	1964 Tokyo	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 78 kg	October 14
1 Gold	Mohammad Nassiri	1968 Mexico City	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	October 13
2 Silver	Parviz Jalayer	1968 Mexico City	Weightlifting	Men's 67.5 kg	October 15
1 Gold	Abdollah Movahed	1968 Mexico City	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 70 kg	October 20
3 Bronze	Aboutaleb Talebi	1968 Mexico City	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg	October 20
3 Bronze	Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi	1968 Mexico City	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 63 kg	October 20
2 Silver	Mohammad Nassiri	1972 Munich	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg	August 28
3 Bronze	Ebrahim Javadi	1972 Munich	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 48 kg	August 31
2 Silver	Rahim Aliabadi	1972 Munich	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg	September 10
3 Bronze	Mohammad Nassiri	1976 Montreal	Weightlifting	Men's 52 kg	July 18
2 Silver	Mansour Barzegar	1976 Montreal	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg	July 31
2 Silver	Askari Mohammadian	1988 Seoul	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg	October 1
3 Bronze	Amir Reza Khadem	1992 Barcelona	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg	August 6
2 Silver	Askari Mohammadian	1992 Barcelona	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 62 kg	August 7
3 Bronze	Rasoul Khadem	1992 Barcelona	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 82 kg	August 7
3 Bronze	Amir Reza Khadem	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 82 kg	July 31
2 Silver	Abbas Jadidi	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 100 kg	July 31
1 Gold	Rasoul Khadem	1996 Atlanta	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 90 kg	August 2
1 Gold	Hossein Tavakkoli	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's 105 kg	September 25
1 Gold	Hossein Rezazadeh	2000 Sydney	Weightlifting	Men's +105 kg	September 26
3 Bronze	Hadi Saei	2000 Sydney	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg	September 28
1 Gold	Alireza Dabir	2000 Sydney	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 58 kg	October 1
1 Gold	Hossein Rezazadeh	2004 Athens	Weightlifting	Men's +105 kg	August 25
1 Gold	Hadi Saei	2004 Athens	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg	August 27
3 Bronze	Yousef Karami	2004 Athens	Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg	August 28
2 Silver	Alireza Rezaei	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 120 kg	August 28
2 Silver	Masoud Mostafa-Jokar	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 60 kg	August 29
3 Bronze	Alireza Heidari	2004 Athens	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 96 kg	August 29
3 Bronze	Morad Mohammadi	2008 Beijing	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 60 kg	August 19
1 Gold	Hadi Saei	2008 Beijing	Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg	August 22
3 Bronze	Kianoush Rostami	2012 London	Weightlifting	Men's 85 kg	493 August 2012
1 Gold	Hamid Sourian	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg	505 August 2012
1 Gold	Omid Norouzi	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg	516 August 2012
2 Silver	Navab Nassirshalal	2012 London	Weightlifting	Men's 105 kg	526 August 2012
1 Gold	Ghasem Rezaei	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg	537 August 2012
1 Gold	Behdad Salimi	2012 London	Weightlifting	Men's +105 kg	547 August 2012
2 Silver	Sajjad Anoushiravani	2012 London	Weightlifting	Men's +105 kg	557 August 2012
2 Silver	Ehsan Haddadi	2012 London	Athletics	Men's discus throw	567 August 2012
2 Silver	Mohammad Bagheri Motamed	2012 London	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg	579 August 2012
2 Silver	Sadegh Goudarzi	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg	5810 August 2012
3 Bronze	Ehsan Lashgari	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 84 kg	5911 August 2012
3 Bronze	Komeil Ghasemi	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 120 kg	6011 August 2012

Iran At The Olympics Media

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  Emam-Ali Habibi, 1956 Melbourne

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  Sohrab Moradi, 2016 Summer Olympics

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  Pictograms of Olympic sports - Diving. This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.

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  Pictograms of Olympic sports - Swimming. This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.

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  Pictograms of Olympic sports - Water polo. This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.

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  Pictograms of Olympic sports - Archery. This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.

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  Pictograms of Olympic sports – . This is an unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports.

Related pages

• List of IOC country codes

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