Iran at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Iran at the
1968 Summer Olympics

IOC code| IRI
(IRN used at these Games)
NOC| National Olympic Committee of Iran
Website| www.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Mexico City
Competitors| 14 in 3 sports
Flag bearer| Abolfazl Anvari
Medals
Ranked 19th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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Iran competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 14 athletes represented Iran in the 1968 Olympics.[1]

## Competitors[edit]

Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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Athletics | 1 |  | 1
Weightlifting | 4 |  | 4
Wrestling | 9 |  | 9
Total | 14 | 0 | 14

## Medal summary[edit]

### Medal table[edit]

Sport  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total

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Weightlifting | 1 | 1 |  | 2
Wrestling | 1 |  | 2 | 3
Total | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5

### Medalists[edit]

Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Mohammad Nassiri | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg
Gold | Abdollah Movahed | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 70 kg
Silver | Parviz Jalayer | Weightlifting | Men's 67.5 kg
Bronze | Aboutaleb Talebi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 57 kg
Bronze | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 63 kg

## Results by event[edit]

### Athletics[edit]

Main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men[2]
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Jalal Keshmiri | Shot put | Did not start  | Did not advance
Discus throw | 53.96  | 20 | Did not advance

### Weightlifting[edit]

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men[3]
Athlete  | Event  | Press  | Snatch  | Clean & Jerk  | Total  | Rank

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Mohammad Nassiri | 56 kg | 112.5  | 105.0  | 150.0 WR | 367.5  |
Nasrollah Dehnavi | 60 kg | 117.5  | 107.5  | 140.0  | 365.0  | 6
Parviz Jalayer | 67.5 kg | 125.0  | 132.5  | 165.0  | 422.5  |
Daniel Gevargiz | 75 kg | No mark  | —  | —  | —  | —

### Wrestling[edit]

Main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men's freestyle[4]
Athlete  | Event  | 1st round  | 2nd round  | 3rd round  | 4th round  | 5th round  | 6th round  | 7th / Final round  | Rank

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Mohammad Ghorbani | 52 kg |  Defran (DOM)
W Fall |  Solari (ECU)
W Fall |  Triantafyllidis (GRE)
W Fall |  Sanders (USA)
L Fall |  Nakata (JPN)
L Fall |  | Did not advance  | 7
Aboutaleb Talebi | 57 kg |  Raxon (GUA)
W Superiority  |  Ahmad (AFG)
W Points  |  Sardar (PAK)
W Points  | Bye  |  Behm (USA)
W Points  |  Aliyev (URS)
D Points  |  Uetake (JPN)
D Points  |
Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi | 63 kg |  Douglas (USA)
W Points  |  Luczak (GDR)
W Superiority  |  Engel (TCH)
W Fall |  Tedeyev (URS)
W Points  |  Karypidis (GRE)
W Fall |  |  Todorov (BUL)
D Points  |
Kaneko (JPN)
L Points
Abdollah Movahed | 70 kg |  Garvie (CAN)
W Superiority  |  Vario (ARG)
W Superiority  |  Marchand (FRA)
W Superiority  |  Rost (FRG)
W Superiority  |  Chand (IND)
W Points  |  Sereeter (MGL)
W Points  |  Valchev (BUL)
W Points  |
Ali-Mohammad Momeni | 78 kg |  Ayub (AFG)
W Superiority  |  Bajkó (HUN)
W Points  |  Atalay (TUR)
L Points  |  Heinze (GDR)
W Points  |  Sotirov (BUL)
W Points  |  | Did not advance  | 4
Mansour Mehdizadeh | 87 kg |  Balla (ROU)
L Disqualification  | Did not appear  | Did not advance  | 22
Moslem Eskandar-Filabi | 97 kg |  Vernik (ARG)
W Superiority  |  Jutzeler (SUI)
L Points  |  Lomidze (URS)
L Points  | Did not advance  |  | Did not advance  | 9
Abolfazl Anvari | +97 kg |  Nyers (HUN)
W Points  |  Robertsson (SWE)
W Points  |  Kristoff (USA)
L Points  |  Duraliev (BUL)
L Fall | Did not advance  |  | Did not advance  | 6

Men's Greco-Roman[5]
Athlete  | Event  | 1st round  | 2nd round  | 3rd round  | 4th round  | 5th round  | 6th round  | Final round  | Rank

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Hossein Moarreb | 63 kg |  Hassanein (EGY)
W DNF |  Alakoç (TUR)
L Points  |  Galinchev (BUL)
L Fall | Did not advance  | 11

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Iran at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
2. ^ "The Official Report of The Games of the XIV Olympiad Mexico City 1968, Volume III, Part 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. p. 112\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
3. ^ "The Official Report of The Games of the XIV Olympiad Mexico City 1968, Volume III, Part 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. p. 286\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
4. ^ "The Official Report of The Games of the XIV Olympiad Mexico City 1968, Volume III, Part 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 300–308. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
5. ^ "The Official Report of The Games of the XIV Olympiad Mexico City 1968, Volume III, Part 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. p. 311\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

## External links[edit]

* Official Olympic Reports
* International Olympic Committee results database
* National Olympic Committee of Iran - 1968 Summer Olympics Results for Iran

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