Iran at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Iran at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIRI
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Websitewww.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors18 in 6 sports
Flag bearer Lida Fariman
Medals
Ranked 43rd
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA. This was for the first time after the Iran Civil Unrests of 1979 that Iran had a female athlete in its team.

Competitors[edit]

Sport Men Women Total
Aquatics, Swimming 1 1
Athletics 1 1
Boxing 4 4
Judo 1 1
Shooting 1 1
Wrestling 10 10
Total 17 1 18

Medal summary[edit]

Medal table[edit]

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Wrestling 1 1 1 3
Total 1 1 1 3

Medalists[edit]

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Rasoul Khadem Wrestling Men's freestyle 90 kg
 Silver Abbas Jadidi Wrestling Men's freestyle 100 kg
 Bronze Amir Reza Khadem Wrestling Men's freestyle 82 kg

Results by event[edit]

Aquatics[edit]

Swimming[edit]

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men[1]
Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Hamed Rezakhani 1500 m freestyle 17:22.86 33 Did not advance

Athletics[edit]

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men[2]
Athlete Event Round 1 Final Rank
Heat Time Rank Time Rank
Hamid Sajjadi 10000 m 1 29:22.65 20 Did not advance 35

Boxing[edit]

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men[3]
Athlete Event 1/16 elimination 1/8 elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Babak Moghimi 63.5 kg  Suslekov (BUL)
W 11–3 		 Legras (SEY)
W 16–7 		 Niyazymbetov (KAZ)
L 8–13 		Did not advance 5
Kourosh Molaei 75 kg  Wells (USA)
L 7–24 		Did not advance 17
Ayoub Pourtaghi 81 kg  Mandengue (FRA)
L 9–21 		Did not advance 17
Mohammad Reza Samadi +91 kg  Dokiwari (NGR)
L RSCI 		Did not advance 17

Judo[edit]

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men[4]
Athlete Event 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final Rank
Amir Ghomi 71 kg Bye  Núñez (CRC)
W Hansukomake 		 Kwak (KOR)
L Ippon 		Repechage
 Kouassi (CIV)
W Shido 		Repechage
 Shturbabin (UZB)
L Ippon 		Did not advance 9

Shooting[edit]

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Women[5]
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Lida Fariman 10 m air rifle 379 46 Did not advance

Wrestling[edit]

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men's freestyle[6]
Athlete Event Round 1 1/8 final Quarterfinal Semifinal Round 5 Round 6 Final Rank
Gholamreza Mohammadi 52 kg  Varela (CUB)
W 4–0 		 Legrand (FRA)
W 5–0 		Bye  Abdullayev (AZE)
L 0–10 		Repechage
 Mongush (RUS)
L 1–3 		5th place match
 Topaktaş (TUR)
W 4–2 		5
Mohammad Talaei 57 kg  Abdullayev (AZE)
W 4–1 		 Guzov (BLR)
L 3–5 		Repechage
 Puerto (CUB)
W 5–0 		Repechage
 Umakhanov (RUS)
W 1–0 		Repechage
 Zakhartdinov (UZB)
W 4–2 		Repechage
 Ri (PRK)
L Fall 		5th place match
 Trstena (MKD)
L 3–4 		6
Abbas Hajkenari 62 kg  Brands (USA)
L 0–3 		Repechage
 Nieves (PUR)
L 3–8 		Did not advance 19
Akbar Fallah 68 kg  Fadzaev (UZB)
L 2–2 		Repechage
 Oziti (NGR)
W 1–0 		Repechage
 Weiss (AUS)
W 5–0 		Repechage
 Sánchez (CUB)
L 1–3 		Did not advance 10
Issa Momeni 74 kg  Saitiev (RUS)
L 0–8 		Repechage
 Loizidis (GRE)
W 3–0 		Repechage
 Rodríguez (CUB)
L 1–4 		Did not advance 16
Amir Reza Khadem 82 kg  Gogolishvili (GEO)
W 3–0 		 Khinchagov (UZB)
W 1–0 		Bye  Magomedov (RUS)
L 0–4 		Repechage
 Ibragimov (AZE)
W 3–0 		3rd place match
 Öztürk (TUR)
W 0–0 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Rasoul Khadem 90 kg  Kodei (NGR)
W 6–1 		 Bayramukov (KAZ)
W 4–3 		Bye  Tedeyev (UKR)
W 3–0 		 Khadartsev (RUS)
W 3–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Abbas Jadidi 100 kg  Magomedov (AZE)
W 4–0 		 Khabelov (RUS)
W 4–0 		Bye  Garmulewicz (POL)
W 4–1 		 Angle (USA)
L 1–1 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ebrahim Mehraban 130 kg  Singh (GBR)
W 6–2 		 Gombos (HUN)
L 0–3 		Repechage
 Kovalevsky (KGZ)
L 2–3 		Did not advance 12
Men's Greco-Roman[7]
Athlete Event Round 1 1/8 final Quarterfinal Semifinal Round 5 Round 6 Final Rank
Ahad Pazaj 62 kg  Marén (CUB)
L 2–5 		Bye Repechage
 Petrenko (BLR)
W Fall 		Repechage
 Pirim (TUR)
L 0–4 		Did not advance 11

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Olympic Report Atlanta 1996 Volume III: The Competition Results" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Olympic Report Atlanta 1996 Volume III: The Competition Results" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 95. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Olympic Report Atlanta 1996 Volume III: The Competition Results" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 171–174. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Olympic Report Atlanta 1996 Volume III: The Competition Results" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 315. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Olympic Report Atlanta 1996 Volume III: The Competition Results" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 362. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  6. ^ "Olympic Report Atlanta 1996 Volume III: The Competition Results" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 439–443. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Olympic Report Atlanta 1996 Volume III: The Competition Results" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 445. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2011.

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