Iran at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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

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 0 Silver 1 Bronze 2 Total 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
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

Medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Taekwondo		1	1	2
Wrestling		1	2	3
Total	0	1	2	3

Note: Demonstration sports indicated in italics.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
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

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men^[1]

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Semifinal			Final		Rank
		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
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hossein Shayan	High jump	2.10	33	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men^[2]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
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

Main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Road

Men^[3]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
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

Men^[4]

Athlete	Event	Eliminatory round		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		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
		Heat	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Majid Nasseri	Points race	2	Did not finish		Did not advance		—

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men^[5]

Athlete	Event	Group round		1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		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

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men^[6]

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Kazem Panjavi	67.5 kg	No mark	—	—	—
Abbas Talebi	75 kg	147.5	172.5	320.0	20
Alireza Azarpanahi	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

Main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's freestyle^[7]

Athlete	Event	Eliminatory						Final	Rank
		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
		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

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men^[9]

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
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

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External links

• International Olympic Committee results database