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
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
Athletics 8210
Boxing 99
Cycling 11
Diving 22
Football 1717
Shooting 33
Swimming 33
Table tennis 426
Tennis 44
Volleyball 88
Weightlifting 88
Wrestling 88
Total75479

Medal summary

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Athletics 1124
Boxing 0336
Cycling track 0202
Diving 0022
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
 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 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 Manouchehr Fasihi Diving Men's 3 m springboard
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hassan Azami Diving Men's 10 m platform
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze
 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

AthleteEventScoreRank
Manouchehr Fasihi Men's 3 m springboard112.74Bronze medal icon.svg
Hassan Azami Men's 10 m platform104.45Bronze medal icon.svg

Swimming

Athletics

Boxing

The boxing team National boxing team of Iran, selected for 1958 Tokyo, Third Asian Games-1.jpg
The boxing team
Athlete [2] EventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
Ezaria Ilkhanoff Men's 51 kg N/aFlag 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 Men's 54 kg ByeFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Suzuki  (JPN)
L Points		Did not advance5
Sadegh Aliakbarzadeh Men's 57 kg ByeFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Ikeyama  (JPN)
L Points		Did not advance5
Hassan Pakandam Men's 60 kg N/aFlag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Chung  (KOR)
L Points		Did not advance5
Vazik Kazarian Men's 63.5 kg N/aByeFlag of Thailand.svg  Chundakowsolaya  (THA)
W Points		Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Kawakami  (JPN)
L Points		Silver medal icon.svg
Soren Pirjanian Men's 67 kg N/aFlag 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 Men's 71 kg N/aByeFlag of Pakistan.svg  Hussain  (PAK)
W Points		Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Takahashi  (JPN)
L Points		Silver medal icon.svg
Leon Khachatourian Men's 75 kg N/aFlag of India.svg  Thapa  (IND)
L Points		Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg
Akbar Khojini Men's 81 kg N/aFlag of Pakistan.svg  Mahmood  (PAK)
L Points		Did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg

Cycling

Road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Jafar Goltalab Men's 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

Individual
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
Edmond Beitkhoda Men's singles Flag of South Vietnam.svg  Lê  (VNM)
L 0–3		Did not advance17
Houshang Bozorgzadeh Flag of Hong Kong (1955-1959).svg  Li  (HKG)
W3–0		Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Ybanez  (PHI)
W3–0		Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Ogimura  (JPN)
L 0–3		Did not advance5
Amir Ehteshamzadeh Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Narita  (JPN)
L 1–3		Did not advance17
Hamid Korloo Flag of South Vietnam.svg  Trần  (VNM)
L 2–3		Did not advance17
Amir Ehteshamzadeh
Houshang Bozorgzadeh 		Men's doubles N/aFlag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Tsunoda
and Narita  (JPN)
L 2–3		Did not advance9
Hamid Korloo
Edmond Beitkhoda 		N/aFlag of the Republic of China.svg  Li
and Sou  (ROC)
L 0–3		Did not advance9
Atieh Derakhshan Women's singles Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Park  (KOR)
W3–1		Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Eguchi  (JPN)
L 0–3		Did not advance9
Azam Khatib Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Chiang  (ROC)
L 0–3		Did not advance17
Azam Khatib
Atieh Derakhshan 		Women's doubles N/aFlag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Park
and Cho  (KOR)
L 0–3		Did not advance9
Team
AthleteEventRound robinRank
Round 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Tiebreak playoff
Edmond Beitkhoda
Houshang Bozorgzadeh
Amir Ehteshamzadeh
Hamid Korloo 		Men's team Flag of Hong Kong (1955-1959).svg  Hong Kong
W5–1		Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China
L 3–5		Flag of South Vietnam.svg  South Vietnam
L 2–5		Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
L 2–5		Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea
W5–3		Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines
W5–1		Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China
W5–3		Bronze medal icon.svg
Atieh Derakhshan
Azam Khatib 		Women's team Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China
L 0–3		Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
L 0–3		Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea
L 0–3		Flag of Hong Kong (1955-1959).svg  Hong Kong
L 0–3		N/a5

Tennis

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
George Aftandilian Men's singles ByeFlag of Ceylon (1951-1972).svg  Pinto  (CEY)
L 0–2(2–6, 2–6)		Did not advance17
Enoud Jasemzadeh Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Ishiguro  (JPN)
L 0–2(0–6, 2–6)		Did not advance33
Henry Johanes Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Dungo  (PHI)
L 0–2(1–6, 2–6)		Did not advance33
Arsham Yasaei ByeFlag of Hong Kong (1955-1959).svg  Tsai  (HKG)
L 1–2(9–7, 2–6, 1–6)		Did not advance17
George Aftandilian
Enoud Jasemzadeh 		Men's doubles N/aFlag of Singapore (1946-1959).svg  Lim
and Pakir  (SIN)
L 1–2(9–7, 4–6, 0–6)		Did not advance17
Henry Johanes
Arsham Yasaei 		N/aFlag of South Vietnam.svg  Võ
and Võ  (VNM)
L 1–2(9–7, 4–6, 2–6)		Did not advance17

Volleyball

Team [3] EventRound robinRank
Round 1Round 2Round 3Round 4
State Flag of Iran (1925).svg  Iran Men Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines
W3–2
(15–12, 13–15, 8–15, 15–13, 15–2)		Flag of India.svg  India
W3–1
(16–14, 15–11, 9–15, 15–8)		Flag of Hong Kong 1955.svg  Hong Kong
W3–0
(15–9, 15–9, 15–6)		Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
L 0–3
(17–19, 12–15, 8–15)		Silver medal icon.svg
Roster

Coach: Flag of Pakistan.svg Sardar Nasrullah Khan

Weightlifting

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

Wrestling

Freestyle
AthleteEventElimination roundRank
Round 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5
Khalil Rayatpanah Men's 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		N/aSilver medal icon.svg
Gholam Hossein Zandi Men's 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		N/aBronze medal icon.svg
Nasser Givehchi Men's 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		ByeN/aBronze medal icon.svg
Emam-Ali Habibi Men's 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		ByeN/aGold medal icon.svg
Tofigh Jahanbakht Men's 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		ByeSilver medal icon.svg
Nabi Sorouri Men's 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		N/aSilver medal icon.svg
Gholamreza Takhti Men's 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		N/aGold medal icon.svg
Abbas Zandi Men's +87 kg Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Ohira  (JPN)
W Points		Flag of Pakistan.svg  Nazir  (PAK)
D Points		ByeN/aGold medal icon.svg

References

  1. ↑ 3rd Asian Games medal tally Archived 2007-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Boxing Report" (PDF). amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "Men Volleyball Asia Games 1958 Tokyo, Japan". todor66.com. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
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