| Iran at the 1960 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | IRI (IRN used at these Games) |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of Iran |
| Website | www |
| in Rome | |
| Competitors | 25 in 5 sports |
| Flag bearer | Jafar Salmasi |
| Medals Ranked 27th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Iran competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 25 athletes represented Iran in the 1960 Olympics. [1]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | |
| Boxing | 4 | 4 | |
| Shooting | 1 | 1 | |
| Weightlifting | 7 | 7 | |
| Wrestling | 12 | 12 | |
| Total | 25 | 0 | 25 |
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | ||
| Wrestling | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Silver | Gholamreza Takhti | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 87 kg |
 Bronze | Esmaeil Elmkhah | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg |
| Bronze | Ebrahim Seifpour | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 52 kg |
| Bronze | Mohammad Paziraei | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Rouhollah Rahmani | Triple jump | 14.70 | 30 | Did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | 1/32 final | 1/16 final | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ezaria Ilkhanoff | 51 kg | Bye |  Badrian (RHO)W4–1 |  Botta (ARG)L Walkover | Did not advance | 9 | ||
| Sadegh Aliakbarzadeh | 54 kg | Bye |  Nasir (PAK)L 1–4 | Did not advance | 17 | |||
| Vazik Kazarian | 63.5 kg | Bye |  Kelsey (GBR)L 2–3 | Did not advance | 17 | |||
| Amir Yavari | 67 kg | Bye |  Cornejo (CHI)W3–2 |  Drogosz (POL)L 0–5 | Did not advance | 9 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Elimination round | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
| Gholam Hossein Mobaser | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 471 | 71 | did not advance | |
| 50 m rifle prone | 384 | 33 Q | 567 | 50 | |
| Athlete | Event | Press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esmaeil Elmkhah | 56 kg | 97.5 | 100.0 | 132.5 | 330.0 | |
| Ali Safa-Sonboli | 60 kg | 92.5 | No mark | — | — | — |
| Henrik Tamraz | 67.5 kg | 112.5 | 105.0 | 130.0 | 347.5 | 14 |
| Mohammad Ami-Tehrani | 75 kg | 117.5 | 120.0 | 155.0 | 392.5 | 6 |
| Ebrahim Peiravi | 75 kg | did not start | ||||
| Mangashti Amirian | 82.5 kg | 120.0 | 120.0 | 150.0 | 390.0 | 10 |
| Manouchehr Boroumand | 90 kg | did not start | ||||
| Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round | Fifth round | Sixth round | Final round | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Paziraei | 52 kg |  Mewis (BEL)W Points |  El-Sayed (EGY)L Points | Hajduk (POL) W Points | Bye |  Kochergin (URS)W Points | | ||
| Ali Banihashemi | 57 kg |  Švec (TCH)L Points |  Dora (YUG)L Points | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 | |||
| Hossein Mollaghasemi | 62 kg |  Mäkinen (FIN)W Points |  Gregório (POR)W Fall |  Allen (USA)W Points |  Şulţ (ROU)W Points | Vyrupayev (URS) L Fall | Did not advance | 6 | |
| Mansour Hazrati | 79 kg | Punkari (FIN) D Points | Kormaník (TCH) L Points |  Ayvaz (TUR)L Points | Did not advance | 14 | |||
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