Iran at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Iran at the
1996 Summer Paralympics

IPC code| IRI
NPC| I.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee
Website| www.paralympic.ir
in Atlanta
Competitors| 30 in 4 sports
Medals
Ranked 20th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States.

## Competitors[edit]

Sport | Men | Women | Total

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Athletics | 7 |  | 7
Powerlifting | 6 |  | 6
Shooting | 3 | 2 | 5
Volleyball | 12 |  | 12
Total | 28 | 2 | 30

## Medal summary[edit]

### Medal table[edit]

Sport  | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total

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Athletics | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12
Powerlifting |  | 1 | 2 | 3
Shooting | 1 |  |  | 1
Volleyball | 1 |  |  | 1
Total | 9 | 5 | 3 | 17

### Medalists[edit]

Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Ghader Modabber | Athletics | Men's shot put F51
Gold | Hossein Agha-Barghchi | Athletics | Men's discus throw F35
Gold | Ghader Modabber | Athletics | Men's discus throw F51
Gold | Abdolreza Jokar | Athletics | Men's discus throw F52
Gold | Ghader Modabber | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F51
Gold | Mokhtar Nourafshan | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F53
Gold | Mohammad Reza Mirzaei | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F56
Gold | Enayatollah Bokharaei | Shooting | Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1
Gold | Gholam Akhavan
Farshid Ashouri
Mohsen Barati
Jalil Imeri
Ali Golkar
Parviz Firouzi
Ali Kashfia
Hadi Rezaei
Ali Akbar Salavatian
Hassan Shahi
Ahmad Shivani
Majid Soleimani | Volleyball | Men's sitting
Silver | Mokhtar Nourafshan | Athletics | Men's shot put F53
Silver | Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar | Athletics | Men's shot put F55
Silver | Mokhtar Nourafshan | Athletics | Men's discus throw F53
Silver | Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar | Athletics | Men's discus throw F55
Silver | Fereydoun Karimipour | Powerlifting | Men's 56 kg
Bronze | Abdolreza Jokar | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F52
Bronze | Allahbakhsh Akbari | Powerlifting | Men's 60 kg
Bronze | Zeinal Siavoshani | Powerlifting | Men's 67.5 kg

## Results by event[edit]

### Athletics[edit]

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete  | Event  | Result  | Rank

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Hossein Agha-Barghchi | Shot put F35  | Did not start
Discus throw F35  | 35.92 WR |
Mohammad Hassani | Shot put F43/44  | 12.74  | 9
Pentathlon P44  | Did not finish
Ghader Modabber | Shot put F51  | 7.17 WR |
Discus throw F51  | 16.48 PR |
Javelin throw F51  | 15.68 WR |
Abdolreza Jokar | Shot put F52  | 6.13  | 5
Discus throw F52  | 20.34 WR |
Javelin throw F52  | 15.08  |
Mokhtar Nourafshan | Shot put F53  | 8.77  |
Discus throw F53  | 27.12  |
Javelin throw F53  | 25.78 PR |
Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar | Shot put F55  | 9.77  |
Discus throw F55  | 35.52  |
Mohammad Reza Mirzaei | Shot put F56  | 11.08  | 5
Javelin throw F56  | 40.42 PR |

### Powerlifting[edit]

Main article: Powerlifting at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete  | Event  | Result  | Rank

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Saeid Mokhtarian | 52 kg  | 145.0  | 5
Fereydoun Karimipour | 56 kg  | 170.0  |
Allahbakhsh Akbari | 60 kg  | 177.5  |
Zeinal Siavoshani | 67.5 kg  | 185.0  |
Amrollah Dehghani | 90 kg  | 197.5  | 4
Mahmoud Kordkhili | +100 kg  | 200.0  | 9

### Shooting[edit]

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Score  | Rank  | Score  | Total  | Rank
Mohammad Mohammadi | 10 m air rifle 3×40 SH1  | 1170  | 10 | Did not advance

Women

Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Score  | Rank  | Score  | Total  | Rank
Zahra Alibeigi | 10 m air rifle standing SH1  | 368  | 15 | Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Score  | Rank  | Score  | Total  | Rank
Enayatollah Bokharaei | 10 m air rifle prone SH1  | 600 =WR | 1 Q | 105.8  | 705.8 PR |
Mohammad Mohammadi | 10 m air rifle prone SH1  | 599  | 5 Q | 103.3  | 702.3  | 8
Ramezan Salehnejad | 10 m air rifle prone SH1  | 597  | 11 | Did not advance
Fatemeh Raef | 10 m air rifle prone SH2  | 546  | 26 | Did not advance

### Volleyball[edit]

Main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Men's sitting

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

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Pool A  | Rank
Gholam Akhavan
Farshid Ashouri
Mohsen Barati
Jalil Imeri
Ali Golkar
Parviz Firouzi
Ali Kashfia
Hadi Rezaei
Ali Akbar Salavatian
Hassan Shahi
Ahmad Shivani
Majid Soleimani |  Hungary
W 3–0  | 1 Q |  Ukraine
W 3–0  |  Netherlands
W 3–0  |  Norway
W 3–1  |
Kazakhstan
W 3–0
Finland
W 3–1
Russia
W 3–0
Argentina
W 3–0

## References[edit]

* International Paralympic Committee

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Nations at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States

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