Iran at the 1951 Asian Games

Iran at the
1951 Asian Games
Iran at the; 1951 Asian Games
IOC code	IRN
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Website	www.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in New Delhi
Competitors	49 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Mahmoud Namjoo
Medals ; Ranked 3rd	Gold8Silver6Bronze2Total16
Asian Games appearances (overview)
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Last updated August 03, 2025

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]

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Aquatics, Diving	2		2
Aquatics, Swimming	2		2
Athletics	8		8
Basketball	10		10
Cycling, Road / Track	1		1
Football	17		17
Weightlifting	11		11
Total	49	0	49

Ahmad Ordoubadi participated in both athletics and weightlifting.
Hossein Soroudi participated in both basketball and football.

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Aquatics, Diving		1	1	2
Athletics	1	1		2
Basketball			1	1
Football		1		1
Weightlifting	7	3		10
Total	8	6	2	16

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Ali Baghbanbashi	Athletics	Men's 5000 m
Gold	Mahmoud Namjoo	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg
Gold	Jafar Salmasi	Weightlifting	Men's 60 kg
Gold	Hassan Ferdos	Weightlifting	Men's 67.5 kg
Gold	Firouz Pojhan	Weightlifting	Men's 75 kg
Gold	Hassan Rahnavardi	Weightlifting	Men's 82.5 kg
Gold	Rasoul Raeisi	Weightlifting	Men's 90 kg
Gold	Leon Kurukchian	Weightlifting	Men's +90 kg
Silver	Taghi Askari	Aquatics, Diving	Men's 10 m platform
Silver	Ali Baghbanbashi	Athletics	Men's 3000 m steeplechase
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	Ali Mirzaei	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg
Silver	Jalal Mansouri	Weightlifting	Men's 75 kg
Silver	Ahmad Ordoubadi	Weightlifting	Men's +90 kg
Bronze	Taghi Askari	Aquatics, Diving	Men's 3 m springboard
Bronze	Hossein Soroudi Kamal Mashhoun Alireza Oshar Reza Masoumi Mashallah Safiyar Kambiz Mokhberi Abolfazl Solbi Hossein Saoudipour Hossein Razi Hassan Khaleghpour	Basketball	Men

Results by event

Aquatics

Diving

Men^[2]

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Taghi Askari	3 m springboard	271.45
Taghi Askari	10 m platform	325.35
Manouchehr Khamoush	10 m platform	250.85	4

Swimming

Men^[3]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mousa Boroumand	100 m freestyle		?
Tofigh Yousefzadeh	200 m breaststroke	3:11.2	4

Athletics

Men^[4]

Athlete	Event	Heat			Semifinal			Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank
Hossein Ali Archin	100 m	3		3	2		5	did not advance		?
Hossein Ali Archin	200 m	3		3						?
Ali Baghbanbashi	5000 m							15:54.2	1
Ali Baghbanbashi	3000 m steeplechase							9:31.8	2

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Ahmad Ordoubadi	Shot put		?
Ahmad Ordoubadi	Discus throw		?

Basketball

Men ^[5]

Squad list	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Rank
Hossein Soroudi Kamal Mashhoun Alireza Oshar Reza Masoumi Mashallah Safiyar Kambiz Mokhberi Abolfazl Solbi Hossein Saoudipour Hossein Razi Hassan Khaleghpour Coach: Kazem Rahbari	Japan L 34–40	India W63–52	Philippines L 41–65	Burma W84–38

Cycling

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jasem Jasemzadeh	Road race		?

Track

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Jasem Jasemzadeh	Sprint	did not start		did not advance		—

Football

Men ^[6]

Squad list	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
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	Burma W2–0	Japan W 0–0, 3–2 Rep	India L 0–1

Weightlifting

Men^[7]

Athlete	Event	Press (lb)	Snatch (lb)	Clean & Jerk (lb)	Total (lb)	Rank
Ali Mirzaei	56 kg	205	200	250	655
Mahmoud Namjoo	56 kg	205.25	214.75	280	700
Arsham Khachikian	60 kg				620	6
Jafar Salmasi	60 kg	210	210	255	675
Hassan Ferdos	67.5 kg	210	220	265	695
Jalal Mansouri	75 kg	230	230	295	755
Firouz Pojhan	75 kg	225	230	310	765
Hassan Rahnavardi	82.5 kg	265	255	325	845
Rasoul Raeisi	90 kg	255	240	310	805
Leon Kurukchian	+90 kg	235	230	310	775
Ahmad Ordoubadi	+90 kg	215	225	285	725

References

↑ Roueinpour, Bijan (1998). "2". Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). Vol. 1. Kayhān. p. 52. ISBN 964-458-089-3.
↑ Roueinpour, Bijan (1998). "2". Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). Vol. 1. Kayhān. pp. 34–37. ISBN 964-458-089-3.
↑ Roueinpour, Bijan (1998). "2". Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). Vol. 1. Kayhān. pp. 36–37. ISBN 964-458-089-3.
↑ Roueinpour, Bijan (1998). "2". Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). Vol. 1. Kayhān. pp. 46–49. ISBN 964-458-089-3.
↑ "Report of the first Asian Games held at New Delhi" (PDF). LA84 Foundation . Retrieved 9 January 2012.
↑ Roueinpour, Bijan (1998). "2". Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). Vol. 1. Kayhān. pp. 42–46. ISBN 964-458-089-3.
↑ Roueinpour, Bijan (1998). "2". Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). Vol. 1. Kayhān. p. 40. ISBN 964-458-089-3.

External links

(in Persian) Iran Olympic Committee - Asian Games Medalists
(in Persian) Iran National Sports Organization - Asian Games Medalists
(in Persian) Pars Sport

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[1] Roueinpour, Bijan (1998). "2". Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). Vol. 1. Kayhān. p. 52. ISBN 964-458-089-3.

[2] Roueinpour, Bijan (1998). "2". Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). Vol. 1. Kayhān. pp. 34–37. ISBN 964-458-089-3.

[3] Roueinpour, Bijan (1998). "2". Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). Vol. 1. Kayhān. pp. 36–37. ISBN 964-458-089-3.

[4] Roueinpour, Bijan (1998). "2". Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). Vol. 1. Kayhān. pp. 46–49. ISBN 964-458-089-3.

[5] "Report of the first Asian Games held at New Delhi" (PDF). LA84 Foundation . Retrieved 9 January 2012.

[6] Roueinpour, Bijan (1998). "2". Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). Vol. 1. Kayhān. pp. 42–46. ISBN 964-458-089-3.

[7] Roueinpour, Bijan (1998). "2". Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). Vol. 1. Kayhān. p. 40. ISBN 964-458-089-3.

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