Iran at the 1958 Asian Games

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Iran at the
1958 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 Tokyo
Competitors79 in 11 sports
Flag bearer Mahmoud Namjoo
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
7
Silver
14
Bronze
11
Total
32
Asian Games appearances (overview)

Iran participated in the 1958 Asian Games held in the capital city of Tokyo, Japan. This country is ranked 4th with 7 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad. [1]

Contents

Competitors

SportMenWomenTotal
Aquatics, Diving 22
Aquatics, Swimming 33
Athletics 8210
Boxing 99
Cycling, Road / Track 11
Football 1717
Shooting 33
Table tennis 426
Tennis 44
Volleyball 88
Weightlifting 88
Wrestling 88
Total75479

Medal summary

Medal table

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Aquatics, Diving 0022
Athletics 1124
Boxing 0336
Cycling, Track 0202
Table tennis 0011
Volleyball 0101
Weightlifting 3418
Wrestling 3328
Total7141132

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mahmoud Khaligh Razavi Athletics Men's 1500 m
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jalal Mansouri Weightlifting Men's 82.5 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hassan Rahnavardi Weightlifting Men's 90 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Firouz Pojhan Weightlifting Men's +90 kg
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
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Abbas Zandi Wrestling Men's freestyle +87 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mahmoud Khaligh Razavi Athletics Men's 800 m
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Vazik Kazarian Boxing Men's 63.5 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Soren Pirjanian Boxing Men's 67 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ghasem Amiryavari Boxing Men's 71 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jafar Goltalab Cycling, Track Men's sprint
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jafar Goltalab Cycling, Track Men's 1 km time trial
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Abdolmonem Kamal
Siavash Farrokhi
Mahmoud Adl
Mohammad Sharifzadeh
Hossein Ali Amiri
Esmaeil Ashtari
Abbas Tehrani
Kamal Pourhashemi
Volleyball Men
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Esmaeil Elmkhah Weightlifting Men's 52 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mahmoud Namjoo Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ali Safa-Sonboli Weightlifting Men's 60 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ebrahim Peiravi Weightlifting Men's 75 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Khalil Rayatpanah Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Tofigh Jahanbakht Wrestling Men's freestyle 73 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Nabi Sorouri Wrestling Men's freestyle 79 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Manouchehr Fasihi Aquatics, Diving Men's 3 m springboard
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hassan Azami Aquatics, Diving Men's 10 m platform
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ali Baghbanbashi Athletics Men's 5000 m
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ali Baghbanbashi Athletics Men's 10,000 m
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ezaria Ilkhanoff Boxing Men's 51 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Leon Khachatourian Boxing Men's 75 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Akbar Khojini Boxing Men's 81 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Edmond Beitkhoda
Houshang Bozorgzadeh
Amir Ehteshamzadeh
Hamid Korloo
Table tennis Men's team
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Henrik Tamraz Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Gholam Hossein Zandi Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Nasser Givehchi Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg

Results by event

Aquatics

Diving

Swimming

Athletics

Boxing

The National Iranian Boxing Team standing, prior to being sent to The Third Asian Games in Tokyo 1958 National boxing team of Iran, selected for 1958 Tokyo, Third Asian Games-1.jpg
The National Iranian Boxing Team standing, prior to being sent to The Third Asian Games in Tokyo 1958

This was the first time Iranian boxers were participating in an official Asian tournament, such as the Asian Games, with 9 boxers, the most boxers after the Japanese boxing team. In the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, the Iranian boxing team managed to bag a total of 6 medals, including three silver medals, three bronze medals, and also obtained three fifth places. [2] The consequence of this participation resulted in Iran's boxing team to rank second, considering medal counts, and fifth, in the overall boxing table, helping Iran Sports Convoy to rank fourth, overall in the Third Asian Games, which was applauded by the Iranian officials. [3]

The Iranian national boxing team, which consisted of boxers from Tehran Taj club and Tehran Jafari club, was coached by Petros Nazarbegian, [4] [5] and the team members were: Ezaria Ilkhanoff (Persian: ایزاریا ایلخانوف) in the Flyweight division (bronze medal), [6] Karapet Kochar (Persian: کاراپت کوچار) in the Bantamweight division (fifth place), Sadegh Aliakbarzadeh (Persian: صادق علی اکبرزاده) in the Featherweight division (fifth place), [7] Hassan Pakandam (Persian: حسن پاک اندام) in the Lightweight division (fifth place), [8] Vazik Kazarian (Persian: وازیک قازاریان) in the Light-Welterweight division (silver medal), [9] Soren Pirjanian (Persian: سورن پیرجانیان) in the Welterweight division (silver medal), [10] Ghasem Amiryavari (captain) (Persian: امیر یاوری) in the Light-middleweight division (silver medal), [11] Leon Khachatourian (Persian: لئون خاچاطوریان) in the Middleweight division (bronze medal), [12] Akbar Khojini (Persian: اکبرخوجینی) in the Light heavyweight division (bronze medal), (no participant in the Heavyweight division). [13]

Men
AthleteEventRound 1QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
Ezaria Ilkhanoff 51 kgFlag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Bonus  (PHI)
W Points
Flag of Burma (1948-1974).svg  Hla  (BIR)
L Points
Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg
Karapet Kochar 54 kgByeFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Suzuki  (JPN)
L Points
Did not advance5
Sadegh Aliakbarzadeh 57 kgByeFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Ikeyama  (JPN)
L Points
Did not advance5
Hassan Pakandam 60 kgFlag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Chung  (KOR)
L Points
Did not advance5
Vazik Kazarian 63.5 kgByeFlag of Thailand.svg  Chundakowsolaya  (THA)
W Points
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Kawakami  (JPN)
L Points
Silver medal icon.svg
Soren Pirjanian 67 kgFlag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  David  (PHI)
W Points
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Onuki  (JPN)
W Points
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Kim  (KOR)
L Points
Silver medal icon.svg
Ghasem Amiryavari 71 kgByeFlag of Pakistan.svg  Hussain  (PAK)
W Points
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Takahashi  (JPN)
L Points
Silver medal icon.svg
Leon Khachatourian 75 kgFlag of India.svg  Thapa  (IND)
L Points
Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg
Akbar Khojini 81 kgFlag of Pakistan.svg  Mahmood  (PAK)
L Points
Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg

Cycling

Road

Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Jafar Goltalab Road raceDid not finish

Football

Men
Squad listPreliminary roundQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
Group DRank
Nader Afshar Alavinejad
Davoud Arghavani
Mahmoud Bayati
Mohammad Bayati
Javad Beheshti
Masoud Boroumand
Parviz Dehdari
Amir Eraghi
Iraj Erfan
Aref Gholizadeh
Nasser Haji Mokhtar
Mohsen Haji Nasrollah
Iraj Hatam
Davoud Heidari
Ali Jafarzadeh
Parviz Kouzehkanani
Jafar Namdar
Coach: Hossein Sadaghiani
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
L 0–4
4Did not advance14
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea
L 0–5

Shooting

Table tennis

Tennis

Men
AthleteEvent1st round2nd round3rd roundQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
George Aftandilian SinglesByeFlag of Ceylon (1951-1972).svg  Pinto  (CEY)
L 0–2
2–6, 2–6
Did not advance17
Enoud Jasemzadeh SinglesFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Ishiguro  (JPN)
L 0–2
0–6, 2–6
Did not advance33
Henry Johanes SinglesFlag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Dungo  (PHI)
L 0–2
1–6, 2–6
Did not advance33
Arsham Yasaei SinglesByeFlag of Hong Kong (1955-1959).svg  Tsai  (HKG)
L 1–2
9–7, 2–6, 1–6
Did not advance17
George Aftandilian
Enoud Jasemzadeh
DoublesFlag of Singapore (1946-1959).svg  Lim  (SIN)
Flag of Singapore (1946-1959).svg  Pakir  (SIN)
L 1–2
9–7, 4–6, 0–6
Did not advance17
Henry Johanes
Arsham Yasaei
DoublesFlag of South Vietnam.svg   (VNM)
Flag of South Vietnam.svg   (VNM)
L 1–2
9–7, 4–6, 3–6
Did not advance17

Volleyball

Weightlifting

Men
AthleteEventPressSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
Esmaeil Elmkhah 52 kg 87.585.0105.0277.5Silver medal icon.svg
Mahmoud Namjoo 56 kg 100.095.0120.0315.0Silver medal icon.svg
Ali Safa-Sonboli 60 kg 107.5102.5132.5342.5Silver medal icon.svg
Henrik Tamraz 67.5 kg 112.5112.5145.0370.0Bronze medal icon.svg
Ebrahim Peiravi 75 kg 115.0117.5147.5380.0Silver medal icon.svg
Jalal Mansouri 82.5 kg 127.5122.5150.0400.0Gold medal icon.svg
Hassan Rahnavardi 90 kg 140.0127.5165.0432.5Gold medal icon.svg
Firouz Pojhan +90 kg 152.5132.5175.0460.0Gold medal icon.svg

Wrestling

Men's freestyle
AthleteEventFirst roundSecond roundThird roundFinal roundRank
Khalil Rayatpanah 52 kg ByeFlag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Alcantara  (PHI)
W Fall
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Yoshida  (JPN)
L Points
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Din  (PAK)
W Points
Silver medal icon.svg
Gholam Hossein Zandi 57 kg Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Im  (KOR)
W Points
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Iizuka  (JPN)
D Points
Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Tumasis  (PHI)
W Fall
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Akhtar  (PAK)
L Points
Bronze medal icon.svg
Nasser Givehchi 62 kg Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Perez  (PHI)
W Fall
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Din  (PAK)
D Points
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Nakagawa  (JPN)
L Points
ByeBronze medal icon.svg
Emam-Ali Habibi 67 kg Flag of Pakistan.svg  Ashraf  (PAK)
W Fall
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Bong  (KOR)
W Points
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Abe  (JPN)
W Points
ByeGold medal icon.svg
Tofigh Jahanbakht 73 kg Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Choi  (KOR)
W Fall
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Kaneko  (JPN)
D Points
ByeFlag of Pakistan.svg  Bashir  (PAK)
W Points
Silver medal icon.svg
Nabi Sorouri 79 kg Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Nagai  (JPN)
D Points
Flag of Afghanistan (1931-1973).svg  Rahim  (AFG)
W Fall
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Rasool  (PAK)
W Points
Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Arcales  (PHI)
W Fall
Silver medal icon.svg
Gholamreza Takhti 87 kg Flag of Afghanistan (1931-1973).svg  Naseri  (AFG)
W Fall
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Hwang  (KOR)
W Fall
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Ali  (PAK)
W Fall
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Takagi  (JPN)
W Fall
Gold medal icon.svg
Abbas Zandi +87 kg Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Ohira  (JPN)
W Points
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Nazir  (PAK)
D Points
ByeGold medal icon.svg

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