Iran at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Iran at the 1952 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IRI (IRN used at these Games)
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Iran
in Helsinki
Competitors	22 in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Mahmoud Namjoo
Medals Ranked 30th	Gold 0 Silver 3 Bronze 4 Total 7
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Iran competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 22 athletes represented Iran in the 1952 Olympics. ^{[1] [2]}

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1		1
Boxing	6		6
Weightlifting	7		7
Wrestling	8		8
Total	22	0	22

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Weightlifting		1	1	2
Wrestling		2	3	5
Total	0	3	4	7

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Mahmoud Namjoo	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg
Silver	Nasser Givehchi	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 62 kg
Silver	Gholamreza Takhti	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 79 kg
Bronze	Ali Mirzaei	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg
Bronze	Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg
Bronze	Tofigh Jahanbakht	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 67 kg
Bronze	Abdollah Mojtabavi	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 73 kg

Results by event

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men ^[3]

Athlete	Event	First round			Final		Rank
		Heat	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ali Baghbanbashi	5000 m	2	15:03.0	11	Did not advance		36
	3000 m steeplechase	2	9:13.2	6	Did not advance		17

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men ^[4]

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Fazlollah Nikkhah	54 kg	Bye	Kang  (KOR) L 0–3	Did not advance			9
Emmanuel Agassi	57 kg	Leisching  (RSA) L 0–3	Did not advance				17
Petros Nazarbegian	60 kg	Bye	Pakkanen  (FIN) L 0–3	Did not advance			9
Ebrahim Afsharpour	63.5 kg	Milligan  (IRL) L 0–3	Did not advance				17
George Issabeg	67 kg	Abdelrahman  (EGY) W Disqualification	Linneman  (NED) L 1–2	Did not advance			9
Ardashes Saginian	71 kg	Herrera  (ARG) L 0–3	Did not advance				17

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men ^[5]

Athlete	Event	Press	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Ali Mirzaei	56 kg	95.0	92.5	112.5	300.0
Mahmoud Namjoo	56 kg	90.0	95.0	122.5	307.5
Mohsen Tabatabaei	60 kg	90.0	97.5	120.0	307.5	8
Hassan Ferdos	67.5 kg	102.5	107.5	135.0	345.0	5
Jalal Mansouri	75 kg	110.0	107.5	140.0	357.5	8
Hassan Rahnavardi	82.5 kg	120.0	122.5	160.0	402.5	4
Firouz Pojhan	90 kg	112.5	120.0	155.0	387.5	5

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Men's freestyle ^[6]

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Fifth round	Final round	Rank
Mahmoud Mollaghasemi	52 kg	Das  (IND) W Fall	Baise  (RSA) W Fall	Weber  (GER) W3–0	Gemici  (TUR) W2–1	Sayadov  (URS) W2–1	Kitano  (JPN) L 0–3
Mehdi Yaghoubi	57 kg	Mammadbeyov  (URS) L Fall	Borders  (USA) W3–0	Shehata  (EGY) W3–0	Did not advance			8
Nasser Givehchi	62 kg	Hall  (GBR) W3–0	Bye	Mangave  (IND) W3–0	Essawi  (EGY) W2–1	Tominaga  (JPN) W2–1	Şit  (TUR) L 0–3
							Henson  (USA) W2–1
Tofigh Jahanbakht	67 kg	Gál  (HUN) W3–0	Myland  (GBR) W Fall	Yüce  (TUR) W2–1	Nettesheim  (GER) W2–1	Yaltyryan  (URS) W3–0	Anderberg  (SWE) L 0–3
							Evans  (USA) L 0–3
Abdollah Mojtabavi	73 kg	Keisala  (FIN) W2–1	Rybalko  (URS) W2–1	Scott  (AUS) W3–0	Yamazaki  (JPN) W3–0		Berlin  (SWE) W3–0
							Smith  (USA) L 0–3
Gholamreza Takhti	79 kg	Brunaud  (FRA) W Fall	Lahti  (FIN) W Fall	Genuth  (ARG) W Fall	Zafer  (TUR) W3–0	Gocke  (GER) W3–0	Tsimakuridze  (URS) L 1–2
							Gurics  (HUN) W Walkover
Abbas Zandi	87 kg	Bye	Coote  (AUS) W3–0	Sepponen  (FIN) W3–0	Palm  (SWE) L 1–2	Did not advance		5
Ahmad Vafadar	+87 kg	Kangasniemi  (FIN) L Fall	Atan  (TUR) L 1–2	Did not advance			Did not advance	9

References

1. "Iran at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
2. "The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. p. 247. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
3. "The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 288 and 301. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
4. "The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 404–421. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
5. "The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 388–398. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
6. "The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 353–368. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2011.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database