Iran at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Iran at the
1992 Summer Olympics

IOC code| IRI
NOC| National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Website| www.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Barcelona
Competitors| 40 in 7 sports
Flag bearer | Alireza Soleimani
Medals
Ranked 44th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

## Competitors

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Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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Athletics | 2 |  | 2
Boxing | 6 |  | 6
Cycling, Road | 4 |  | 4
Cycling, Track | 4 |  | 4
Table tennis | 1 |  | 1
Taekwondo | 3 |  | 3
Weightlifting | 5 |  | 5
Wrestling | 16 |  | 16
Total | 40 | 0 | 40

## Medal summary

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### Medal table

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Sport  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total

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Taekwondo |  | 1 | 1 | 2
Wrestling |  | 1 | 2 | 3
Total | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3

Note: Demonstration sports indicated in italics.

### Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Silver | Askari Mohammadian | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 62 kg
Bronze | Amir Reza Khadem | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 74 kg
Bronze | Rasoul Khadem | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 82 kg

## Results by event

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### Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men[1]
Athlete  | Event  | Round 1  | Semifinal  | Final  | Rank

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Heat  | Time  | Rank  | Heat  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Hamid Sajjadi | 5000 m |  | 2  | 14:04.54  | 8  | Did not advance  | 38
3000 m steeplechase | 3  | 8:36.87  | 9  | Did not advance  | 25
Athlete  | Event  | Qualifying  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Hossein Shayan | High jump | 2.10  | 33 | Did not advance

### Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men[2]
Athlete  | Event  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final  | Rank

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Anoushiravan Nourian | 63.5 kg |  Piccirillo (ITA)
L 5–23 | Did not advance  | 17
Yousef Khateri | 67 kg |  Chenglai (THA)
L 7–13 | Did not advance  | 17
Siamak Varzideh | 75 kg |  Isangula (TAN)
L RSC | Did not advance  | 17
Ali Asghar Kazemi | 81 kg |  Changezi (PAK)
L Walkover | Did not advance  | —
Morteza Shiri | 91 kg | Bye  |  Izonritei (NGR)
L RSC | Did not advance  | 9
Iraj Kiarostami | +91 kg |  Nijman (NED)
L 5–9 | Did not advance  | 17

### Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

#### Road

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Men[3]
Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Hossein Eslami | Road race | Did not finish
Khosro Ghamari | Road race | Did not finish
Hossein Mahmoudi | Road race | Did not finish
Nima Ebrahimnejad
Hossein Eslami
Khosro Ghamari
Hossein Mahmoudi | Team time trial | 2:24:44  | 21

#### Track

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Men[4]
Athlete  | Event  | Eliminatory round  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final  | Rank

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Time  | Rank
Mohammad Reza Banna | 1 km time trial |  | 1:11.036  | 28
Mehrdad Afsharian | Individual pursuit | 5:08.184  | 25  | Did not advance  | 25
Nima Ebrahimnejad
Mehrdad Afsharian
Mohammad Reza Banna
Majid Nasseri | Team pursuit | 4:45.745  | 19  | Did not advance  | 19
Athlete  | Event  | Eliminatory round  | Final  | Rank

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Heat  | Score  | Rank  | Score  | Rank
Majid Nasseri | Points race | 2  | Did not finish  | Did not advance  | —

### Table tennis

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Main article: Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men[5]
Athlete  | Event  | Group round  | 1/8 final  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final  | Rank

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Groups  | Rank
Ebrahim Alidokht | Singles |  Saive (BEL)
L 0–2
19–21, 9–21 | Group F
4  | Did not advance  | 49
Hoyama (BRA)
L 0–2
15–21, 16–21
Mazunov (EUN)
L 0–2
12–21, 10–21

### Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men[6]
Athlete  | Event  | Snatch  | Clean & Jerk  | Total  | Rank

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Kazem Panjavi | 67.5 kg | No mark  | —  | —  | —
Abbas Talebi | 75 kg | 147.5  | 172.5  | 320.0  | 20
Alireza Azari | 82.5 kg | 140.0  | 175.0  | 315.0  | 23
Abdollah Fatemi | 100 kg | 150.0  | 190.0  | 340.0  | 17
Mozaffar Ajali | 110 kg | 155.0  | 190.0  | 345.0  | 19

### Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's freestyle[7]
Athlete  | Event  | Eliminatory  | Final  | Rank

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Round 1  | Round 2  | Round 3  | Round 4  | Round 5  | Round 6
Nader Rahmati | 48 kg |  Chen (CHN)
L 3–6 |  Pangelinan (GUM)
W Fall |  Vanni (USA)
L 7–9 | Did not advance  | 11
Majid Torkan | 52 kg |  Stannett (NZL)
W Fall |  Kumar (IND)
W 16–1  |  Yordanov (BUL)
L 2–3 |  Ri (PRK)
L 0–4 | Did not advance  | 7th place match
Woodcroft (CAN)
W 2–1  | 7
Oveis Mallah | 57 kg |  Garg (IND)
W 6–2  |  Dawson (CAN)
L 1–5 |  Cross (USA)
L 3–5 | Did not advance  | 9th place match
Tsogtbayar (MGL)
W Walkover | 9
Askari Mohammadian | 62 kg |  Müller (SUI)
W 5–1  |  Moustopoulos (GRE)
W 4–0  |  Žukovs (LAT)
W 11–0  |  Vasilev (BUL)
W 4–2  |  Ilhan (AUS)
W 6–0  | Bye  |  Smith (USA)
L 0–6 |
Ali Akbarnejad | 68 kg |  Getsov (BUL)
L 2–3 |  Brown (AUS)
W 4–0  |  Athanasiadis (GRE)
W 5–1  |  Sartoro (FRA)
W 3–0  |  Wilson (CAN)
W 1–0  |  | 3rd place match
Akaishi (JPN)
L 0–4 | 4
Amir Reza Khadem | 74 kg |  Labuschagne (RSA)
W 10–0  | Bye  |  Vasiliadis (GRE)
W 4–2  |  Holmes (CAN)
W 3–0  |  Park (KOR)
L 1–2 |  | 3rd place match
Gadzhiev (EUN)
W 1–0  |
Rasoul Khadem | 82 kg |  Kostecki (POL)
W 9–0  |  Hohl (CAN)
W 5–2  |  Rauhala (FIN)
W 8–0  |  Öztürk (TUR)
W 3–0  |  Jackson (USA)
L 1–3 |  | 3rd place match
Gstöttner (GER)
W 6–0  |
Ayoub Baninosrat | 90 kg |  Sükhbat (MGL)
L 0–1 |  Deskoulidis (GRE)
W 4–0  |  Tóth (HUN)
W 4–0  |  Şimşek (TUR)
L 0–4 | Did not advance  |  | 5th place match
Limonta (CUB)
W 3–1  | 5
Kazem Gholami | 100 kg |  Balz (GER)
L 0–1 |  Carrow (CAN)
W 2–0  |  Verma (IND)
L 2–3 | Play-off
Aavik (EST)
W Walkover | Did not advance  |  | 9th place match
Makaveev (BUL)
W Fall | 9
Alireza Soleimani | 130 kg |  Honda (JPN)
W Fall |  Park (KOR)
W Fall |  Figueroa (PUR)
W Fall |  Demir (TUR)
L 1–2 | Bye  |  Thue (CAN)
L 0–0, DSQ2 | 5th place match
Schröder (GER)
L Walkover | 6

Men's Greco-Roman[8]
Athlete  | Event  | Eliminatory  | Final  | Rank

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Round 1  | Round 2  | Round 3  | Round 4  | Round 5  | Round 6
Reza Simkhah | 48 kg |  Pelikyan (BUL)
W 7–5  |  Faragó (HUN)
W 12–1  |  Yadav (IND)
W 11–1  |  Yıldız (GER)
W 3–0  | Failed to make weight  |  | 5th place match
Dăscălescu (ROM)
L Walkover | 6
Majid Jahandideh | 52 kg |  Min (KOR)
L DNF |  Kamesaki (FIN)
L 0–6 | Did not advance  |  | Did not advance  | 15
Ahad Pazaj | 62 kg |  Patil (IND)
W 14–3  | Withdrew  | Did not advance  |  | Did not advance  | 13
Abdollah Chamangoli | 68 kg |  Ben Djedaa (ALG)
W 6–0  |  Nikitin (EST)
W 7–5  |  Kim (KOR)
L 1–5 |  Passarelli (GER)
W 1–0  |  Dugushiev (EUN)
L 0–8 |  Rodríguez (CUB)
L 2–10 | 5th place match
Yalouz (FRA)
L Walkover | 6
Ahad Javansalehi | 74 kg |  Zeman (TCH)
L 0–4 |  Balcı (TUR)
L 0–2 | Did not advance  | 18
Hassan Babak | 90 kg | Bye  |  Eom (KOR)
W 2–0  |  Hussein (EGY)
W 2–1  |  Peña (CUB)
W 2–0  |  Bullmann (GER)
L 1–3 |  Ljungberg (SWE)
L 0–2 | 5th place match
Foy (USA)
W 17–1  | 5

## Demonstration sports

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### Taekwondo

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Main article: Taekwondo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men[9]
Athlete  | Event  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final  | Rank

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Fariborz Askari | 70 kg |  Villasana (USA)
W 3–3  |  Khali (FRA)
W 3–2  |  Santolaria (ESP)
L 1–4 |
Reza Mehmandoust | 76 kg |  Hasan (BRN)
W |  Lee (CAN)
L | Did not advance  |
Mansour Bagheri | 83 kg |  Sbeihi (JOR)
L 2–3 | Did not advance  | 5

## References

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1. ^ "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992 – Volume 5" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 44–48\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
2. ^ "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992 – Volume 5" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 130–132\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
3. ^ "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992 – Volume 5" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 161\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
4. ^ "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992 – Volume 5" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 154–159\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
5. ^ "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992 – Volume 5" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 408\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
6. ^ "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992 – Volume 5" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 441–444\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
7. ^ "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992 – Volume 5" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 460–475\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
8. ^ "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992 – Volume 5" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 446–457\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
9. ^ "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992 – Volume 5" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 529\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2011.

## External links

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