Iran at the 1951 Asian Games

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Iran at the
1951 Asian Games
State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg
IOC code IRN
NOC National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Website www.olympic.ir  (in Persian and English)
in New Delhi
Competitors49 in 5 sports
Flag bearer Mahmoud Namjoo
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
8
Silver
6
Bronze
2
Total
16
Asian Games appearances (overview)

Iran participated in the 1951 Asian Games held in the capital city of New Delhi, India from March 4, 1951, to March 11, 1951. This country is ranked 3rd with 8 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad. Ahmad Ordoubadi was the flagbearer for Iran in the opening ceremony. [1]

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Competitors

SportMenWomenTotal
Aquatics, Diving 22
Aquatics, Swimming 22
Athletics 88
Basketball 1010
Cycling, Road / Track 11
Football 1717
Weightlifting 1111
Total49049

Medal summary

Medal table

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Aquatics, Diving 112
Athletics 112
Basketball 11
Football 11
Weightlifting 7310
Total86216

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ali Baghbanbashi Athletics Men's 5000 m
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mahmoud Namjoo Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jafar Salmasi Weightlifting Men's 60 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hassan Ferdos Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Firouz Pojhan Weightlifting Men's 75 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hassan Rahnavardi Weightlifting Men's 82.5 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Rasoul Raeisi Weightlifting Men's 90 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Leon Kurukchian Weightlifting Men's +90 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Taghi Askari Aquatics, Diving Men's 10 m platform
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ali Baghbanbashi Athletics Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Nader Afshar Alavinejad
Nader Afshar Naderi
Amir Aghahosseini
Mohsen Azad
Mahmoud Bayati
Masoud Boroumand
Amir Eraghi
Hossein Fekri
Aref Gholizadeh
Mansour Hajian
Parviz Kouzehkanani
George Markarian
Mehdi Masoud-Ansari
Mehdi Nassiroghloo
Mahmoud Shakibi
Hossein Soroudi
Ghorban Ali Tari
Football Men
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ali Mirzaei Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jalal Mansouri Weightlifting Men's 75 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ahmad Ordoubadi Weightlifting Men's +90 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Taghi Askari Aquatics, Diving Men's 3 m springboard
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hossein Soroudi
Kamal Mashhoun
Alireza Oshar
Reza Masoumi
Mashallah Safiyar
Kambiz Mokhberi
Abolfazl Solbi
Hossein Soudipour
Hossein Razi
Hassan Khaleghpour
Basketball Men

Results by event

Aquatics

Diving

Men [2]
AthleteEventScoreRank
Taghi Askari 3 m springboard271.45Bronze medal icon.svg
10 m platform325.35Silver medal icon.svg
Manouchehr Khamoush 10 m platform250.854

Swimming

Men [3]
AthleteEventTimeRank
Mousa Boroumand 100 m freestyle?
Tofigh Yousefzadeh 200 m breaststroke3:11.24

Athletics

Men [4]
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalRank
HeatTimeRankHeatTimeRankTimeRank
Hossein Ali Archin 100 m3325did not advance?
200 m33?
Ali Baghbanbashi 5000 m15:54.21Gold medal icon.svg
3000 m steeplechase9:31.82Silver medal icon.svg
AthleteEventResultRank
Ahmad Ordoubadi Shot put?
Discus throw?

Basketball

Men [5]
Squad listRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Rank
Hossein Soroudi
Kamal Mashhoun
Alireza Oshar
Reza Masoumi
Mashallah Safiyar
Kambiz Mokhberi
Abolfazl Solbi
Hossein Soudipour
Hossein Razi
Hassan Khaleghpour
Coach:
Kazem Rahbari
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
L 34–40
Flag of India.svg  India
W63–52
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines
L 41–65
Flag of Burma (1948-1974).svg  Burma
W84–38
Bronze medal icon.svg

Cycling

Road

Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Jasem Jasemzadeh Road race?

Track

Men
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalFinalRank
TimeRank
Jasem Jasemzadeh Sprintdid not startdid not advance

Football

Men [6]
Squad listQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
Nader Afshar Alavinejad
Nader Afshar Naderi
Amir Aghahosseini
Mohsen Azad
Mahmoud Bayati
Masoud Boroumand
Amir Eraghi
Hossein Fekri
Aref Gholizadeh
Mansour Hajian
Parviz Kouzehkanani
George Markarian
Mehdi Masoud-Ansari
Mehdi Nassiroghloo
Mahmoud Shakibi
Hossein Soroudi
Ghorban Ali Tari
Coach:
Mostafa Salimi
Flag of Burma (1948-1974).svg  Burma
W2–0
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
W 0–0, 3–2 Rep
Flag of India.svg  India
L 0–1
Silver medal icon.svg

Weightlifting

Men [7]
AthleteEventPress (lb)Snatch (lb)Clean & Jerk (lb)Total (lb)Rank
Ali Mirzaei 56 kg205200250655Silver medal icon.svg
Mahmoud Namjoo 56 kg205.25214.75280700Gold medal icon.svg
Arsham Khachikian 60 kg6206
Jafar Salmasi 60 kg210210255675Gold medal icon.svg
Hassan Ferdos 67.5 kg210220265695Gold medal icon.svg
Jalal Mansouri 75 kg230230295755Silver medal icon.svg
Firouz Pojhan 75 kg225230310765Gold medal icon.svg
Hassan Rahnavardi 82.5 kg265255325845Gold medal icon.svg
Rasoul Raeisi 90 kg255240310805Gold medal icon.svg
Leon Kurukchian +90 kg235230310775Gold medal icon.svg
Ahmad Ordoubadi +90 kg215225285725Silver medal icon.svg

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