Iran at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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Iran at the
1956 Summer Olympics
State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg
IOC code IRI
(IRN used at these Games)
NOC National Olympic Committee of Iran
Website www.olympic.ir  (in Persian and English)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors17 in 3 sports
Flag bearer Mahmoud Namjoo
Medals
Ranked 14th
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Iran competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia; 17 athletes competed. Emam-Ali Habibi and Gholamreza Takhti won the nation's first gold medal in the Olympics, all in wrestling. [1] [2]

Contents

Competitors

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 22
Weightlifting 77
Wrestling 88
Total17017

Medal summary

Medal table

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Weightlifting 11
Wrestling 224
Total2215

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Emam-Ali Habibi Wrestling Men's freestyle 67 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Gholamreza Takhti Wrestling Men's freestyle 87 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mehdi Yaghoubi Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mahmoud Namjoo Weightlifting Men's 56 kg

Results by event

Athletics

Men [3]
AthleteEventTimeRank
Ali Baghbanbashi Marathon Did not finish
AthleteEvent 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m TotalRank
Najmeddin Farabi Decathlon 12.1
572		6.25
575		11.31
524		1.70
656		52.3
684		17.4
372		28.73
347		3.30
438		41.23
375		4:24.8
560		510312

Weightlifting

Men [4]
AthleteEventPressSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
Mahmoud Namjoo 56 kg 100.0102.5130.0332.5Bronze medal icon.svg
Hossein Zarini 60 kg 92.592.5120.0305.013
Henrik Tamraz 67.5 kg 115.0105.0145.0365.05
Ebrahim Peiravi 75 kg 107.5117.5147.5372.57
Jalal Mansouri 82.5 kg 132.5122.5162.5417.54
Hassan Rahnavardi 90 kg 140.0127.5157.5425.04
Firouz Pojhan +90 kg 147.5132.5170.0450.04

Wrestling

Men's freestyle [5]
AthleteEventFirst roundSecond roundThird roundFourth roundFifth roundFinal roundRank
Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour 52 kg ByeFlag of Italy.svg  Chinazzo  (ITA)
W3–0		US flag 48 stars.svg  Delgado  (USA)
W3–0		Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Asai  (JPN)
W3–0		Flag of Turkey.svg  Akbaş  (TUR)
W3–0		Silver medal icon.svg
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Tsalkalamanidze  (URS)
L Fall
Mehdi Yaghoubi 57 kg Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Shakhov  (URS)
W3–0		Flag of Australia.svg  Jameson  (AUS)
W Fall 		Flag of India.svg  Pandey  (IND)
W Fall 		Flag of Turkey.svg  Dağıstanlı  (TUR)
L 1–2		Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Lee  (KOR)
W3–0		Silver medal icon.svg
Nasser Givehchi 62 kg Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  Geldenhuys  (RSA)
W3–0		Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Hall  (GBR)
W Fall 		Flag of Finland.svg  Penttilä  (FIN)
L 1–2		Flag of Turkey.svg  Şit  (TUR)
L 0–3		Did not advance6
Emam-Ali Habibi 67 kg Flag of Sweden.svg  Anderberg  (SWE)
W Fall 		Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957).svg  Tóth  (HUN)
W3–0		Flag of France.svg  Bielle  (FRA)
W3–0		Flag of Italy.svg  Nizzola  (ITA)
W3–0		Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Kasahara  (JPN)
W3–0		Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Bestaev  (URS)
W Fall 		Gold medal icon.svg
Nabi Sorouri 73 kg Flag of India.svg  Singh  (IND)
W Fall 		US flag 48 stars.svg  Fischer  (USA)
L 0–3		Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Petkov  (BUL)
W3–0		Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  de Villiers  (RSA)
W3–0		Did not advance4
Abbas Zandi 79 kg Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Katsuramoto  (JPN)
W3–0		ByeFlag of Turkey.svg  Atlı  (TUR)
L 0–3		US flag 48 stars.svg  Hodge  (USA)
L Fall 		Did not advance7
Gholamreza Takhti 87 kg Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  Theron  (RSA)
W Fall 		Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Steckle  (CAN)
W Fall 		Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Ohira  (JPN)
W Fall 		Flag of Australia.svg  Coote  (AUS)
W Fall 		Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Kulayev  (URS)
W3–0		Gold medal icon.svg
US flag 48 stars.svg  Blair  (USA)
W3–0
Hossein Nouri +87 kg Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Mehmedov  (BUL)
L 0–3		Flag of New Zealand.svg  da Silva  (NZL)
W3–0		Flag of Turkey.svg  Kaplan  (TUR)
L Fall 		Did not advanceDid not advance9

References

  1. ↑ "Iran at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. p. 262. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  3. ↑ "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 303 and 344. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 636–648. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  5. ↑ "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 660–675. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
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