Iran at the 2016 Asian Beach Games

Iran at multi-sport events

Sporting event delegation

Iran at the
2016 Asian Beach Games

IOC code| IRI
NOC| National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Website| www.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Da Nang
Competitors| 33 in 9 sports
Flag bearer| Kaveh Soleimani
Medals
Ranked 4th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Asian Beach Games appearances

* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2014
* 2016

Iran competed at the 2016 Asian Beach Games held in Danang, Vietnam from 24 September to 3 October 2016. Iran finished 4th in medal table with 21 medals including nine gold medals.[1]

## Competitors

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Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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Beach athletics | 3 |  | 3
Beach kurash | 3 |  | 3
Beach sambo | 3 |  | 3
Beach wrestling | 3 |  | 3
Ju-jitsu | 4 |  | 4
Muaythai | 4 |  | 4
Pencak silat | 4 |  | 4
Vocotruyen | 6 |  | 6
Vovinam | 3 |  | 3
Total | 33 | 0 | 33

## Medal summary

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### Medal table

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Sport  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total

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Beach athletics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3
Beach kurash | 2 | 1 |  | 3
Beach sambo |  | 1 | 1 | 2
Beach wrestling | 2 | 1 |  | 3
Ju-jitsu |  |  | 1 | 1
Muaythai | 2 |  |  | 2
Pencak silat |  | 1 | 1 | 2
Vocotruyen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4
Vovinam |  |  | 1 | 1
Total | 9 | 6 | 6 | 21

### Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Ali Samari | Beach athletics | Men's shot put
Gold | Hossein Sheikholeslami | Beach kurash | Men's 60 kg
Gold | Elias Aliakbari | Beach kurash | Men's 81 kg
Gold | Mohammad Naderi | Beach wrestling | Men's 70 kg
Gold | Omid Hassantabar | Beach wrestling | Men's 80 kg
Gold | Kaveh Soleimani | Muaythai | Men's 67 kg
Gold | Masoud Minaei | Muaythai | Men's 71 kg
Gold | Yaser Pormehr | Vocotruyen | Men's 50 kg
Gold | Mohsen Gholami | Vocotruyen | Men's open
Silver | Reza Ghasemi | Beach athletics | Men's 60 m
Silver | Ghanbar Ali Ghanbari | Beach kurash | Men's 66 kg
Silver | Yousef Karimian | Beach sambo | Men's 74 kg
Silver | Mohammad Sadati | Beach wrestling | Men's 90 kg
Silver | Akbar Kianian | Pencak silat | Men's tanding 70 kg
Silver | Hossein Yazdani | Vocotruyen | Men's 70 kg
Bronze | Sobhan Taherkhani | Beach athletics | Men's long jump
Bronze | Iraj Amirkhani | Beach sambo | Men's 90 kg
Bronze | Amir Hossein Khademian | Ju-jitsu | Men's ne-waza 69 kg
Bronze | Babak Hashemzadeh | Pencak silat | Men's tanding 85 kg
Bronze | Firouz Mokhtari | Vocotruyen | Men's 55 kg
Bronze | Meisam Jahanipour | Vovinam | Men's five-gate form

## Results by event

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### Beach athletics

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Main article: Beach athletics at the 2016 Asian Beach Games

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Round 1  | Final  | Rank

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Heat  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Reza Ghasemi | 60 m | 1  | 6.97  | 2 Q | 6.55  | 2  |
Sobhan Taherkhani | 60 m | 2  | Did not start  | Did not advance  | —
Athlete  | Event  | Result  | Rank

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Sobhan Taherkhani | Long jump | 7.35  |
Ali Samari | Shot put | 18.29  |

### Beach kurash

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Main article: Beach kurash at the 2016 Asian Beach Games

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

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Hossein Sheikholeslami | 60 kg |  |  Tokas (IND)
W 101–000  |  Võ (VIE)
W 101–011  |  Chinbat (MGL)
W 001–001  |
Ghanbar Ali Ghanbari | 66 kg |  Allaberdiýew (TKM)
W 011–003  |  Suwannawong (THA)
W 101–000  |  Trịnh (VIE)
W 101–001  |  Tukhtaev (UZB)
L 002–002 |
Elias Aliakbari | 81 kg |  Balayan (IND)
W 101–000  |  Suwannaphueng (THA)
W 100–000  |  Abdyrahmanow (TKM)
W 001–001  |  Shamsidinov (UZB)
W 002–001  |

### Beach sambo

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Main article: Beach sambo at the 2016 Asian Beach Games

Men[3]
Athlete  | Event  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final  | Rank

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Yousef Karimian | 74 kg |  Qaddoori (IRQ)
W 0–0  |  Trịnh (VIE)
W Throw  |  Kudratov (UZB)
W Throw  |  Mambetzhan Uulu (KGZ)
L Throw  |
Iraj Amirkhani | 90 kg |  Noori (AFG)
W Throw  |  Phạm (VIE)
W Throw  |  Yuldashev (UZB)
L Throw  | 3rd place match
Nicolaos (LIB)
W Throw  |
Behnam Hodhodi | +90 kg |  Gulyamov (UZB)
W Throw  |  Issa (IRQ)
W 0–0  |  Önörjargal (MGL)
L Throw  | 3rd place match
Fadel (LIB)
L Throw  | 5

### Beach wrestling

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Main article: Beach wrestling at the 2016 Asian Beach Games

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final  | Rank

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Mohammad Naderi | 70 kg |  Nguon (CAM)
W 3–0  |  Batzorig (MGL)
W 3–0  |  Afzalzada (AFG)
W 3–0  |  Nazir (PAK)
W 3–0  |
Omid Hassantabar | 80 kg |  Nairisiga (CHN)
W 3–0  |  Ankhbayar (MGL)
W 3–1  |  Butt (PAK)
W 3–0  |  Aunjai (THA)
W 3–0  |
Athlete  | Event  | Pools  | Final  | Rank

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Pools  | Rank
Mohammad Sadati | 90 kg |  Kerimkulov (KGZ)
W 3–1  | Pool B
1 Q |  Inam (PAK)
L 0–3 |
Khan (QAT)
W 3–0
Naseri (AFG)
W 3–0
Lin (CHN)
W 3–0

### Ju-jitsu

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Main article: Ju-jitsu at the 2016 Asian Beach Games

Men's ne-waza[4]
Athlete  | Event  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final  | Rank

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Mehran Sattar
Ahmad Reza Eidi  | Duo show |  |  Taňryberdiýew (TKM)
Taňryberdiýew (TKM)
L 35.5–37.5 | Did not advance  | 9
Mehran Sattar  | 56 kg |  |  Taňryberdiýew (TKM)
W Disqualification  |  Siddique (PAK)
W 99–0  |  Erdenebaatar (MGL)
L 0–12 | 3rd place match
Singchalad (THA)
L 6–99 | 5
Ahmad Reza Eidi  | 62 kg | Bye  |  Taňryberdiýew (TKM)
W 13–0  |  Yahya (IRQ)
L 0–99 | Repechage
Bualuang (THA)
W 18–0  | 3rd place match
Petsing (THA)
L 0–2 | 5
Amir Hossein Khademian | 69 kg |  |  Raman (IND)
W 99–0  |  Ahmed (IRQ)
L 0–16 | Repechage
Davaadorj (MGL)
W 99–0  | 3rd place match
Lim (PHI)
W 99–2  |
Open |  |  Al-Hammadi (UAE)
L 0–3 | Did not advance  | 9
Mohammad Mansouri Davar  | 85 kg | Bye  |  Kasymow (TKM)
W 99–0  |  Al-Bilbaisi (JOR)
L 0–8 | Repechage
Murtazaliev (KGZ)
L 0–99 | Did not advance  | 7

### Muaythai

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Main article: Muaythai at the 2016 Asian Beach Games

Men[5]
Athlete  | Event  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final  | Rank

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Jamal Madani | 57 kg |  Bayaras (PHI)
W RSCB |  Khamtha (THA)
L 27–30 | Did not advance  | 5
Mehrdad Sayyadi | 60 kg |  Dobrynin (KAZ)
W 30–27  |  Nguyễn (VIE)
L 27–30 | Did not advance  | 5
Kaveh Soleimani | 67 kg | Bye  |  Tagaev (UZB)
W Walkover |  Wang (CHN)
W RSCO |  Kanatbayev (KAZ)
W KOH |
Masoud Minaei | 71 kg |  |  Na (KOR)
W DNF |  Shan (CHN)
W RSCO |  Trương (VIE)
W RSCH |

### Pencak silat

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Main article: Pencak silat at the 2016 Asian Beach Games

Men's tanding[6]
Athlete  | Event  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final  | Rank

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Akbar Kianian | 70 kg |  |  Shekhar (IND)
W RSC |  Jamari (MAS)
L 0–5 |
Mohsen Ranjdoust | 75 kg |  Rashid (SGP)
L 0–5 | Did not advance  | 5
Masoud Ghiasifar | 80 kg |  Sanjaya (INA)
L Disqualification  | Did not advance  | 5
Babak Hashemzadeh | 85 kg | Bye  |  Alau'ddin (SGP)
L 0–5 | Did not advance  |

### Vocotruyen

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Main article: Vocotruyen at the 2016 Asian Beach Games

Men[7]
Athlete  | Event  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final  | Rank

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Yaser Pormehr | 50 kg | Bye  |  Jadhav (IND)
W Knockout |  Đặng (VIE)
W Disqualification  |
Firouz Mokhtari | 55 kg | Bye  |  Phommakhamthong (LAO)
L 0–2 | Did not advance  |
Mohammad Salehi | 60 kg |  Soukaphone (LAO)
L 0–2 | Did not advance  | 5
Ali Aghajari | 65 kg |  Latsaphao (LAO)
L 0–2 | Did not advance  | 5
Hossein Yazdani | 70 kg |  Oeun (CAM)
W 2–0  |  Garad (IND)
W RSC |  Nguyễn (VIE)
L 1–2 |
Mohsen Gholami | Open |  Has (CAM)
W 2–0  |  Chavan (IND)
W RSC |  Trần (VIE)
W Knockout |

### Vovinam

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Main article: Vovinam at the 2016 Asian Beach Games

Men's performance[8]
Athlete  | Event  | Score  | Rank

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Meisam Jahanipour | Five-gate form | 260  |
Saeid Ahmadi
Mehdi Amirifar | Dual machete form | 255  | 5

## References

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1. ^ ايران با 21 مدال بعنوان چهارمي بازيهاي آسيايي ساحلي دست يافت (in Persian). Iran NOC. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
2. ^ "Results of Kurash competitions at 5th Asian Beach Games in Vietnam". International Kurash Association. 27 September 2016. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
3. ^ "Sambo Tournament at the 5th Asian Beach Games in Danang, Vietnam". FIAS. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
4. ^ "Ju-Jitsu Event in Asian Beach Games" (PDF). JJAU. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
5. ^ "ABG5 Results". International Federation of Muaythai Amateur. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
6. ^ "Asian Beach Games Pencak Silat". Danang 2016 official website. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
7. ^ "Asian Beach Games Traditional Martial Art". Danang 2016 official website. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
8. ^ "Asian Beach Games Vovinam". Danang 2016 official website. Retrieved 11 October 2016.

## External links

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* Official website

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Nations at the 2016 Asian Beach Games in Da Nang, Vietnam

* Afghanistan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* China
* Chinese Taipei
* Hong Kong
* India
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* Iran
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* Kazakhstan
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* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
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* Pakistan
* Palestine
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Timor-Leste
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Independent Olympic Athletes

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