Iran at the 1958 Asian Games

Sporting event delegation

Iran at the
1958 Asian Games

IOC code| IRN
NOC| National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Website| www.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Tokyo
Competitors| 79 in 11 sports
Flag bearer| Mahmoud Namjoo
Medals
Ranked 4th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Asian Games appearances (overview)

* 1951
* 1954
* 1958
* 1962
* 1966
* 1970
* 1974
* 1978
* 1982
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* 2022
* 2026

Iran participated in the 1958 Asian Games held in the capital city of Tokyo, Japan. This country is ranked 4th with 7 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad.[1]

## Competitors

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Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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Aquatics, Diving | 2 |  | 2
Aquatics, Swimming | 3 |  | 3
Athletics | 8 | 2 | 10
Boxing | 9 |  | 9
Cycling, Road / Track | 1 |  | 1
Football | 17 |  | 17
Shooting | 3 |  | 3
Table tennis | 4 | 2 | 6
Tennis | 4 |  | 4
Volleyball | 8 |  | 8
Weightlifting | 8 |  | 8
Wrestling | 8 |  | 8
Total | 75 | 4 | 79

## Medal summary

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### Medal table

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Sport  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total

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Aquatics, Diving | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2
Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4
Boxing | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6
Cycling, Track | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2
Table tennis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
Volleyball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
Weightlifting | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8
Wrestling | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8
Total | 7 | 14 | 11 | 32

### Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Mahmoud Khaligh Razavi | Athletics | Men's 1500 m
Gold | Jalal Mansouri | Weightlifting | Men's 82.5 kg
Gold | Hassan Rahnavardi | Weightlifting | Men's 90 kg
Gold | Firouz Pojhan | Weightlifting | Men's +90 kg
Gold | Emam-Ali Habibi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 67 kg
Gold | Gholamreza Takhti | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 87 kg
Gold | Abbas Zandi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle +87 kg
Silver | Mahmoud Khaligh Razavi | Athletics | Men's 800 m
Silver | Vazik Kazarian | Boxing | Men's 63.5 kg
Silver | Soren Pirjanian | Boxing | Men's 67 kg
Silver | Ghasem Amiryavari | Boxing | Men's 71 kg
Silver | Jafar Goltalab | Cycling, Track | Men's sprint
Silver | Jafar Goltalab | Cycling, Track | Men's 1 km time trial
Silver | Abdolmonem Kamal
Siavash Farrokhi
Mahmoud Adl
Mohammad Sharifzadeh
Hossein Ali Amiri
Esmaeil Ashtari
Abbas Tehrani
Kamal Pourhashemi | Volleyball | Men
Silver | Esmaeil Elmkhah | Weightlifting | Men's 52 kg
Silver | Mahmoud Namjoo | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg
Silver | Ali Safa-Sonboli | Weightlifting | Men's 60 kg
Silver | Ebrahim Peiravi | Weightlifting | Men's 75 kg
Silver | Khalil Rayatpanah | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 52 kg
Silver | Tofigh Jahanbakht | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 73 kg
Silver | Nabi Sorouri | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 79 kg
Bronze | Manouchehr Fasihi | Aquatics, Diving | Men's 3 m springboard
Bronze | Hassan Azami | Aquatics, Diving | Men's 10 m platform
Bronze | Ali Baghbanbashi | Athletics | Men's 5000 m
Bronze | Ali Baghbanbashi | Athletics | Men's 10,000 m
Bronze | Ezaria Ilkhanoff | Boxing | Men's 51 kg
Bronze | Leon Khachatourian | Boxing | Men's 75 kg
Bronze | Akbar Khojini | Boxing | Men's 81 kg
Bronze | Edmond Beitkhoda
Houshang Bozorgzadeh
Amir Ehteshamzadeh
Hamid Korloo | Table tennis | Men's team
Bronze | Henrik Tamraz | Weightlifting | Men's 67.5 kg
Bronze | Gholam Hossein Zandi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 57 kg
Bronze | Nasser Givehchi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 62 kg

## Results by event

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### Aquatics

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#### Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1958 Asian Games

#### Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1958 Asian Games

### Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1958 Asian Games

### Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1958 Asian Games

The National Iranian Boxing Team standing, prior to being sent to The Third Asian Games in Tokyo 1958

This was the first time Iranian boxers were participating in an official Asian tournament, such as the Asian Games, with 9 boxers, the most boxers after the Japanese boxing team. In the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, the Iranian boxing team managed to bag a total of 6 medals, including three silver medals, three bronze medals, and also obtained three fifth places.[2] The consequence of this participation resulted in Iran's boxing team to rank second, considering medal counts, and fifth, in the overall boxing table, helping Iran Sports Convoy to rank fourth, overall in the Third Asian Games, which was applauded by the Iranian officials.[3]

The Iranian national boxing team, which consisted of boxers from Tehran Taj club and Tehran Jafari club, was coached by Petros Nazarbegian,[4][5] and the team members were: Ezaria Ilkhanoff (Persian: ایزاریا ایلخانوف) in the Flyweight division (bronze medal),[6] Karapet Kochar (Persian: کاراپت کوچار) in the Bantamweight division (fifth place), Sadegh Aliakbarzadeh (Persian: صادق علی اکبرزاده) in the Featherweight division (fifth place),[7] Hassan Pakandam (Persian: حسن پاک اندام) in the Lightweight division (fifth place),[8] Vazik Kazarian (Persian: وازیک قازاریان) in the Light-Welterweight division (silver medal),[9] Soren Pirjanian (Persian: سورن پیرجانیان) in the Welterweight division (silver medal),[10] Ghasem Amiryavari (captain) (Persian: امیر یاوری) in the Light-middleweight division (silver medal),[11] Leon Khachatourian (Persian: لئون خاچاطوریان) in the Middleweight division (bronze medal),[12] Akbar Khojini (Persian: اکبرخوجینی) in the Light heavyweight division (bronze medal), (no participant in the Heavyweight division).[13]

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Round 1  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final  | Rank

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Ezaria Ilkhanoff | 51 kg  |  |  Bonus (PHI)
W Points  |  Hla (BIR)
L Points  | Did not advance  |
Karapet Kochar | 54 kg  | Bye  |  Suzuki (JPN)
L Points  | Did not advance  | 5
Sadegh Aliakbarzadeh | 57 kg  | Bye  |  Ikeyama (JPN)
L Points  | Did not advance  | 5
Hassan Pakandam | 60 kg  |  |  Chung (KOR)
L Points  | Did not advance  | 5
Vazik Kazarian | 63.5 kg  |  | Bye  |  Chundakowsolaya (THA)
W Points  |  Kawakami (JPN)
L Points  |
Soren Pirjanian | 67 kg  |  |  David (PHI)
W Points  |  Onuki (JPN)
W Points  |  Kim (KOR)
L Points  |
Ghasem Amiryavari | 71 kg  |  | Bye  |  Hussain (PAK)
W Points  |  Takahashi (JPN)
L Points  |
Leon Khachatourian | 75 kg  |  |  Thapa (IND)
L Points  | Did not advance  |
Akbar Khojini | 81 kg  |  |  Mahmood (PAK)
L Points  | Did not advance  |

### Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1958 Asian Games

#### Road

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Men
Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Jafar Goltalab | Road race  | Did not finish

### Football

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Main article: Football at the 1958 Asian Games

Men
Squad list  | Preliminary round  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final  | Rank

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Group D  | Rank
Nader Afshar Alavinejad
Davoud Arghavani
Mahmoud Bayati
Mohammad Bayati
Javad Beheshti
Masoud Boroumand
Parviz Dehdari
Amir Eraghi
Iraj Erfan
Aref Gholizadeh
Nasser Haji Mokhtar
Mohsen Haji Nasrollah
Iraj Hatam
Davoud Heidari
Ali Jafarzadeh
Parviz Kouzehkanani
Jafar Namdar
Coach: Hossein Sadaghiani |  Israel
L 0–4 | 4  | Did not advance  | 14
South Korea
L 0–5

### Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1958 Asian Games

### Table tennis

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Main article: Table tennis at the 1958 Asian Games

### Tennis

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Main article: Tennis at the 1958 Asian Games

Men
Athlete  | Event  | 1st round  | 2nd round  | 3rd round  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final  | Rank

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George Aftandilian | Singles | Bye  |  Pinto (CEY)
L 0–2
2–6, 2–6 | Did not advance  | 17
Enoud Jasemzadeh | Singles |  Ishiguro (JPN)
L 0–2
0–6, 2–6 | Did not advance  | 33
Henry Johanes | Singles |  Dungo (PHI)
L 0–2
1–6, 2–6 | Did not advance  | 33
Arsham Yasaei | Singles | Bye  |  Tsai (HKG)
L 1–2
9–7, 2–6, 1–6 | Did not advance  | 17
George Aftandilian
Enoud Jasemzadeh | Doubles |  |  Lim (SIN)
Pakir (SIN)
L 1–2
9–7, 4–6, 0–6 | Did not advance  | 17
Henry Johanes
Arsham Yasaei | Doubles |  |  Võ (VNM)
Võ (VNM)
L 1–2
9–7, 4–6, 2–6 | Did not advance  | 17

### Volleyball

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Main article: Volleyball at the 1958 Asian Games

### Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1958 Asian Games

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Press  | Snatch  | Clean & Jerk  | Total  | Rank

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Esmaeil Elmkhah | 52 kg | 87.5  | 85.0  | 105.0  | 277.5  |
Mahmoud Namjoo | 56 kg | 100.0  | 95.0  | 120.0  | 315.0  |
Ali Safa-Sonboli | 60 kg | 107.5  | 102.5  | 132.5  | 342.5  |
Henrik Tamraz | 67.5 kg | 112.5  | 112.5  | 145.0  | 370.0  |
Ebrahim Peiravi | 75 kg | 115.0  | 117.5  | 147.5  | 380.0  |
Jalal Mansouri | 82.5 kg | 127.5  | 122.5  | 150.0  | 400.0  |
Hassan Rahnavardi | 90 kg | 140.0  | 127.5  | 165.0  | 432.5  |
Firouz Pojhan | +90 kg | 152.5  | 132.5  | 175.0  | 460.0  |

### Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1958 Asian Games

Men's freestyle
Athlete  | Event  | First round  | Second round  | Third round  | Final round  | Rank

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Khalil Rayatpanah | 52 kg | Bye  |  Alcantara (PHI)
W Fall |  Yoshida (JPN)
L Points  |  Din (PAK)
W Points  |
Gholam Hossein Zandi | 57 kg |  Im (KOR)
W Points  |  Iizuka (JPN)
D Points  |  Tumasis (PHI)
W Fall |  Akhtar (PAK)
L Points  |
Nasser Givehchi | 62 kg |  Perez (PHI)
W Fall |  Din (PAK)
D Points  |  Nakagawa (JPN)
L Points  | Bye  |
Emam-Ali Habibi | 67 kg |  Ashraf (PAK)
W Fall |  Bong (KOR)
W Points  |  Abe (JPN)
W Points  | Bye  |
Tofigh Jahanbakht | 73 kg |  Choi (KOR)
W Fall |  Kaneko (JPN)
D Points  | Bye  |  Bashir (PAK)
W Points  |
Nabi Sorouri | 79 kg |  Nagai (JPN)
D Points  |  Rahim (AFG)
W Fall |  Rasool (PAK)
W Points  |  Arcales (PHI)
W Fall |
Gholamreza Takhti | 87 kg |  Naseri (AFG)
W Fall |  Hwang (KOR)
W Fall |  Ali (PAK)
W Fall |  Takagi (JPN)
W Fall |
Abbas Zandi | +87 kg |  Ohira (JPN)
W Points  |  Nazir (PAK)
D Points  | Bye  |  |

## References

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1. ^ 3rd Asian Games medal tally  Archived 2007-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ http://vista.ir/article/278400("Iranian Boxing in the Asian Games", Vista News Hub, The Online Source for the Most Important Iranian News Headlines)(Persian)
3. ^ http://www.ghahremanan.ir/d.asp?id=25398("Iranian Sport Convoy Shines in the 1958 Asian Games", Official Web-site for Iranian Sports Retired Champions, Days in History, June 16, 1958)(Persian)
4. ^ www.sports-reference.com SR/OLYMPIC SPORTS Archived 2014-04-23 at the Wayback Machine
5. ^ کتاب تاریخچه بوکس ایران از 1324 تا 1357، جلد اول، ناشر: بامداد کتاب، نویسنده محمود مساعدیان، چاپ اول، 1388، شابک 9789642060337، تعداد صفحه 430 (History of Boxing in Iran from 1945 to 1979,First Volume,First Edition,By: Bamdad Ketaab, Author: Mahmood Mosaadian,2009,ISBN 9789642060337,430 pages)(Persian)
6. ^ www.sports-reference.com SR/OLYMPIC SPORTS Archived 2016-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
7. ^ www.sports-reference.com SR/OLYMPIC SPORTS Archived 2014-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
8. ^ www.sports-reference.com SR/OLYMPIC SPORTS Archived 2013-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
9. ^ www.sports-reference.com SR/OLYMPIC SPORTS Archived 2014-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
10. ^ www.middleeastexplorer.com Archived 2014-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
11. ^ www.sports-reference.com SR/OLYMPIC SPORTS Archived 2014-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
12. ^ www.middleeastexplorer.com Archived 2014-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
13. ^ "3.Asian Games - Tokyo, Japan - May 28-31 1958".

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