| Iran at the 1968 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | IRI (IRN used at these Games) |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of Iran |
| Website | www |
| in Mexico City | |
| Competitors | 14 in 3 sports |
| Flag bearer | Abolfazl Anvari |
| Medals Ranked 19th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Iran competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 14 athletes represented Iran in the 1968 Olympics. [1]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | |
| Weightlifting | 4 | 4 | |
| Wrestling | 9 | 9 | |
| Total | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wrestling | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Total | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Mohammad Nassiri | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg |
| Gold | Abdollah Movahed | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 70 kg |
 Silver | Parviz Jalayer | Weightlifting | Men's 67.5 kg |
 Bronze | Aboutaleb Talebi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 57 kg |
| Bronze | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 63 kg |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Jalal Keshmiri | Shot put | Did not start | Did not advance | ||
| Discus throw | 53.96 | 20 | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Nassiri | 56 kg | 112.5 | 105.0 | 150.0 WR | 367.5 | |
| Nasrollah Dehnavi | 60 kg | 117.5 | 107.5 | 140.0 | 365.0 | 6 |
| Parviz Jalayer | 67.5 kg | 125.0 | 132.5 | 165.0 | 422.5 | |
| Daniel Gevargiz | 75 kg | No mark | — | — | — | — |
| Athlete | Event | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | 4th round | 5th round | 6th round | 7th / Final round | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Ghorbani | 52 kg |  Defran (DOM)W Fall |  Solari (ECU)W Fall |  Triantafyllidis (GRE)W Fall |  Sanders (USA)L Fall |  Nakata (JPN)L Fall | Did not advance | 7 | |
| Aboutaleb Talebi | 57 kg |  Raxon (GUA)W Superiority |  Ahmad (AFG)W Points |  Sardar (PAK)W Points | Bye | Behm (USA) W Points |  Aliyev (URS)D Points | Uetake (JPN) D Points | |
| Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi | 63 kg | Douglas (USA) W Points |  Luczak (GDR)W Superiority |  Engel (TCH)W Fall | Tedeyev (URS) W Points | Karypidis (GRE) W Fall |  Todorov (BUL)D Points | | |
| Kaneko (JPN) L Points | |||||||||
| Abdollah Movahed | 70 kg |  Garvie (CAN)W Superiority |  Vario (ARG)W Superiority |  Marchand (FRA)W Superiority | Rost (FRG) W Superiority |  Chand (IND)W Points |  Sereeter (MGL)W Points | Valchev (BUL) W Points | |
| Ali-Mohammad Momeni | 78 kg | Ayub (AFG) W Superiority |  Bajkó (HUN)W Points |  Atalay (TUR)L Points | Heinze (GDR) W Points | Sotirov (BUL) W Points | Did not advance | 4 | |
| Mansour Mehdizadeh | 87 kg |  Balla (ROU)L Disqualification | Did not appear | Did not advance | 22 | ||||
| Moslem Eskandar-Filabi | 97 kg | Vernik (ARG) W Superiority |  Jutzeler (SUI)L Points | Lomidze (URS) L Points | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 | ||
| Abolfazl Anvari | +97 kg | Nyers (HUN) W Points |  Robertsson (SWE)W Points | Kristoff (USA) L Points | Duraliev (BUL) L Fall | Did not advance | Did not advance | 6 | |
| Athlete | Event | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | 4th round | 5th round | 6th round | Final round | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hossein Moarreb | 63 kg |  Hassanein (EGY)WDNF | Alakoç (TUR) L Points | Galinchev (BUL) L Fall | Did not advance | 11 | |||
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