Iran at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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Iran at the
1976 Summer Olympics
State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg
IOC code IRI
(IRN used at these Games)
NOC National Olympic Committee of Iran
Website www.olympic.ir  (in Persian and English)
in Montreal
Competitors86 in 9 sports
Flag bearer Moslem Eskandar-Filabi
Medals
Ranked 33rd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Iran competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 86 competitors, 82 men and 4 women, took part in 50 events in 9 sports. [1] Moslem Eskandar-Filabi was the flagbearer for Iran in the opening ceremony. [2] This would be the last Olympics Iran would take part in until the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, due to the Iran Civil Unrests two years later and the eventual outbreak of the Iran–Iraq War.

Contents

Competitors

SportMenWomenTotal
Aquatics, Water polo 1111
Athletics 44
Boxing 66
Cycling, Road 66
Cycling, Track 22
Fencing 9413
Football 1717
Shooting 44
Weightlifting 77
Wrestling 1717
Total82486

Medal summary

Medal table

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Weightlifting 11
Wrestling 11
Total0112

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mansour Barzegar Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mohammad Nassiri Weightlifting Men's 52 kg

Results by event

Aquatics

Water polo

Men [3]
Squad listInitial roundFinal roundRank
Group ARankGroup E (7th–12th)Rank
Firouz Abdolmohammadian
Jahangir Tavakkoli
Heidar Shonjani
Ahmad Peidayesh
Dariush Movahedi
Bahram Tavakkoli
Reza Kamrani
Manouchehr Parchami
Hossein Nassim
Abdolreza Majdpour
Ahmad Yaghouti
Coach: Mansour Garousi
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
L 1–12
4Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
L 3–11
612
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
L 0–15
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
L 2–8
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
L 3–12
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
L 1–8
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
L 2–10
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
L 0–16

Athletics

Men [4]
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2SemifinalFinalRank
HeatTimeRankHeatTimeRankHeatTimeRankTimeRank
Ayoub Bodaghi 100 m 311.397Did not advance62
200 m 722.476Did not advance39
Hossein Rabbi 5000 m 214:47.1210Did not advance33
10000 m 331:44.2713Did not advance36
AthleteEventQualifyingFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Teymour Ghiasi High jump 2.1022Did not advance
Salman Hesam Discus throw 52.4028Did not advance

Boxing

Men [5]
AthleteEvent1/32 final1/16 final1/8 finalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
Saeid Bashiri 48 kg Flag of Hungary.svg  Gedó  (HUN)
L Knockout
Did not advance17
Behzad Ghaedi 57 kg ByeFlag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Sichula  (ZAM)
W Walkover
Flag of East Germany.svg  Nowakowski  (GDR)
LRSC
Did not advance9
Parviz Bahmani 60 kg ByeFlag of Libya (1972-1977).svg  El-Agely  (LBA)
W Walkover
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Tzvetkov  (BUL)
L 0–5
Did not advance9
Ali Bahri 67 kg Flag of East Germany.svg  Bachfeld  (GDR)
LRSC
Did not advance33
Mohammad Azarhazin 75 kg Flag of Austria.svg  Dorfer  (AUT)
W4–1
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Kačar  (YUG)
L 0–5
Did not advance9
Parviz Badpa +81 kg ByeFlag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg  Hill  (BER)
L Knockout
Did not advance9

Cycling

Road

Men [6]
AthleteEventTimeRank
Mohammad Ali Mohammadi Road race Did not finish
Hassan Arianfard Road race Did not finish
Mahmoud Delshad Road race Did not finish
Asghar Khodayari Road race Did not finish
Hassan Arianfard
Khosro Haghgosha
Gholam Hossein Kouhi
Asghar Khodayari
Team time trial 2:28:2524

Track

Men [7]
AthleteEventElimination1/8 finalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
TimeRank
Masoud Mobarakizadeh 1 km time trial 1:14.16925
Gholam Hossein Kouhi Individual pursuit OverlappedDid not advance

Fencing

Men [8]
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3EliminationFinalRank
PoolsRankPoolsRankPoolsRank
Sarkis Assadourian Individual épée Flag of the United States.svg  Masin  (USA)
L 2–5
Pool H
3 Q
Flag of Norway.svg  Mørch  (NOR)
L 2–5
Pool A
6
Did not advance32
Flag of Thailand.svg  Chousurin  (THA)
W5–4
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Szabo  (ROU)
L 2–5
Flag of Italy.svg  Bertinetti  (ITA)
W5–2
Flag of Hungary.svg  Fenyvesi  (HUN)
L 3–5
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Bourne  (GBR)
L 0–5
Flag of Austria.svg  Müller  (AUT)
L 4–5
Flag of Norway.svg  Koppang  (NOR)
W5–4
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Bykov  (URS)
L 3–5
Iraj Dastgerdi Individual épée Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Hernández  (PUR)
W5–1
Pool I
5
Did not advance49
Flag of Norway.svg  Normann  (NOR)
L 3–5
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Iorgu  (ROU)
L 2–5
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Giger  (SUI)
L 1–5
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Schiel  (LUX)
W5–4
Esfandiar Zarnegar Individual épée Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Vergara  (ARG)
L 4–5
Pool G
5
Did not advance58
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Suchanecki  (SUI)
L 1–5
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Wiech  (POL)
L 3–5
Flag of Sweden.svg  Edling  (SWE)
L 0–5
Ahmad Akbari Individual foil Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Vergara  (ARG)
W5–4
Pool H
5
Did not advance38
Flag of Germany.svg  Behr  (FRG)
W5–2
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Jurka  (TCH)
L 3–5
Flag of the United States.svg  Ballinger  (USA)
L 4–5
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Kawatsu  (JPN)
L 0–5
Hossein Niknam Individual foil Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Jingu  (JPN)
L 0–5
Pool G
4 Q
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Koziejowski  (POL)
L 1–5
Pool A
6
Did not advance33
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Fekete  (CAN)
W5–4
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Kuki  (ROU)
L 3–5
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Wojciechowski  (POL)
L 1–5
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Jurka  (TCH)
L 2–5
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Romankov  (URS)
L 0–5
Flag of France.svg  Noël  (FRA)
L 3–5
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Petruş  (ROU)
W5–3
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Stankovich  (URS)
W5–4
Ali Asghar Pashapour Individual foil Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Feraud  (ARG)
W5–2
Pool I
5
Did not advance38
Flag of Germany.svg  Reichert  (FRG)
L 0–5
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Koziejowski  (POL)
W5–4
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Kuki  (ROU)
L 3–5
Flag of Cuba.svg  Jhons  (CUB)
L 4–5
Ahmad Eskandarpour Individual sabre Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Deanfield  (GBR)
W5–4
Pool B
5
Did not advance37
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Bierkowski  (POL)
L 2–5
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Mikhailov  (BUL)
L 1–5
Flag of the United States.svg  Apostol  (USA)
L 3–5
Abdolhamid Fathi Individual sabre Flag of France.svg  Bonissent  (FRA)
L 0–5
Pool A
5
Did not advance43
Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Méndez  (ARG)
L 4–5
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nazlymov  (URS)
L 0–5
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Nowara  (POL)
L 1–5
Esmaeil Pashapour Individual sabre Flag of Cuba.svg  Ortíz  (CUB)
L 1–5
Pool F
4 Q
Flag of the United States.svg  Westbrook  (USA)
L 1–5
Pool D
6
Did not advance34
Flag of Italy.svg  Maffei  (ITA)
L 2–5
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Marin  (ROU)
L 3–5
Flag of Austria.svg  Brandstätter  (AUT)
W5–1
Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Méndez  (ARG)
L 0–5
Flag of the United States.svg  Kaplan  (USA)
L 2–5
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Jabłonowski  (POL)
L 2–5
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sidyak  (URS)
L 0–5
AthleteEventRound 11/8 finalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
PoolsRank
Sarkis Assadourian
Iraj Dastgerdi
Ali Asghar Pashapour
Esfandiar Zarnegar
Team épée Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
L 5–11
Pool C
3
Did not advance11
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
L 4–11
Ali Asghar Pashapour
Sarkis Assadourian
Hossein Niknam
Ahmad Akbari
Team foil Flag of the United States.svg  United States
L 4–12
Pool D
3
Did not advance9
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
L 3–13
Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong
W9–7
Abdolhamid Fathi
Ahmad Eskandarpour
Ahmad Akbari
Esmaeil Pashapour
Team sabre Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
L 2–14
Pool D
4
Did not advance9
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
L 7–9
Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina
L 4–9
Women [9]
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3EliminationFinalRank
PoolsRankPoolsRankPoolsRank
Jila Almasi Individual foil Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Enríquez  (PUR)
W5–4
Pool I
5
Did not advance37
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Wrigglesworth  (GBR)
L 3–5
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Borghs  (BEL)
L 3–5
Flag of France.svg  Latrille  (FRA)
L 3–5
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Staszak  (POL)
W5–2
Giti Mohebban Individual foil Flag of the United States.svg  Armstrong  (USA)
W5–4
Pool G
6
Did not advance42
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Oka  (JPN)
L 3–5
Flag of France.svg  Dumont  (FRA)
L 1–5
Flag of Hungary.svg  Rejtő  (HUN)
L 0–5
Flag of Italy.svg  Mangiarotti  (ITA)
L 0–5
Mahvash Shafaei Individual foil Flag of Israel.svg  Drori  (ISR)
L 3–5
Pool H
6
Did not advance45
Flag of the United States.svg  Franke  (USA)
L 4–5
Flag of Italy.svg  Collino  (ITA)
L 1–5
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Halsted  (GBR)
L 2–5
Flag of Germany.svg  Hanisch  (FRG)
L 2–5
AthleteEventRound 1QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
PoolsRank
Giti Mohebban
Jila Almasi
Mahvash Shafaei
Maryam Achak
Team foil Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
L 3–13
Pool D
4
Did not advance9
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
L 7–9
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
L 5–11

Football

Men [10]
Squad listEightfinalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
Group CRank
Mansour Rashidi
Hassan Nazari
Andranik Eskandarian
Bijan Zolfagharnasab
Parviz Ghelichkhani
Ebrahim Ghasempour
Ali Parvin
Nasrollah Abdollahi
Nasser Nouraei
Hassan Roshan
Alireza Khorshidi
Hassan Nayebagha
Gholam Hossein Mazloumi
Sahameddin Mirfakhraei
Ghafour Jahani
Alireza Azizi
Nasser Hejazi
Coach: Heshmat Mohajerani
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
W1–0
2 QFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
L 1–2
Did not advance5
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
L 2–3

Shooting

Open [11]
AthleteEventScoreRank
Mohammad Ali Alijani Trap 15041
Houshang Ghazvini Trap 71, DNF43
Kamil Jafari Skeet 17062
Esfandiar Lari Skeet 17954

Weightlifting

Men [12]
AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRank
Mohammad Nassiri 52 kg 100.0135.0235.0Bronze medal icon.svg
Fazlollah Dehkhoda 56 kg 105.0135.0240.08
Feizollah Nasseri 56 kg 100.0132.5232.510
Davoud Maleki 60 kg 115.0145.0260.06
Mehdi Attar-Ashrafi 75 kg 130.0165.0295.013
Houshang Kargarnejad 110 kg 142.5180.0322.517
Ali Vali 110 kg 140.0No mark

Wrestling

Men's freestyle [13]
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6FinalRank
Sobhan Rouhi 48 kg Flag of Mexico.svg  Frías  (MEX)
W Fall
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Isaev  (BUL)
L Fall
Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  Ri  (PRK)
W14–13
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Kim  (KOR)
L Fall
Did not advanceDid not advance9
Habib Fattahi 52 kg Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Jeon  (KOR)
L Fall
Flag of Italy.svg  Bognanni  (ITA)
W24–2
Flag of Hungary.svg  Gál  (HUN)
L Fall
Did not advanceDid not advance10
Ramezan Kheder 57 kg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Barry  (CAN)
W23–5
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Anghel  (ROU)
W18–15
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Jung  (KOR)
W24–9
Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Hatziioannidis  (GRE)
W26–8
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Dukov  (BUL)
L 8–12
Flag of East Germany.svg  Brüchert  (GDR)
L Fall
Did not advance5
Mohsen Farahvashi 62 kg Flag of Turkey.svg  Akdağ  (TUR)
L 6–8
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Maekawa  (JPN)
W4–4
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Beiler  (CAN)
W9–5
ByeFlag of the United States.svg  Davis  (USA)
W18–12
Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Oidov  (MGL)
LDSQP
Did not advance4
Mohammad Reza Navaei 68 kg Flag of Germany.svg  Weisenberger  (FRG)
W19–7
Flag of the United States.svg  Keaser  (USA)
L Fall
Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Fiszman  (ARG)
W Fall
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Sugawara  (JPN)
L 1–16
Did not advance10
Mansour Barzegar 74 kg Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Ashuraliyev  (URS)
W6–6
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Pavlov  (BUL)
W11–5
Flag of Italy.svg  Spagnoli  (ITA)
WDSQP
Flag of Finland.svg  Övermark  (FIN)
WDSQP
Flag of East Germany.svg  Hempel  (GDR)
W23–8
Flag of the United States.svg  Dziedzic  (USA)
W11–8
Silver medal icon.svg
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Date  (JPN)
L Fall
Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi 82 kg Flag of Hungary.svg  Kovács  (HUN)
LDSQP
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Mazur  (POL)
L 10–13
Did not advance13
Alireza Soleimani 90 kg Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Yatsu  (JPN)
L Fall
Flag of France.svg  Grangier  (FRA)
W21–7
Flag of Cuba.svg  Morgan  (CUB)
L Fall
Did not advance12
Reza Soukhtehsaraei 100 kg Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Shimizu  (JPN)
L 6–8
Flag of Germany.svg  Stratz  (FRG)
W10–4
Flag of the United States.svg  Hellickson  (USA)
L Fall
Did not advanceDid not advance9
Moslem Eskandar-Filabi +100 kg ByeFlag of Hungary.svg  Balla  (HUN)
LDSQP
Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Adiyaatömör  (MGL)
W Fall
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Șimon  (ROU)
LDSQP
Did not advance7
Men's Greco-Roman [14]
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7 / FinalRank
Khalil Rashid-Mohammadzadeh 48 kg Flag of Italy.svg  Quistelli  (ITA)
W Fall
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Moriwaki  (JPN)
L Fall
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Angelov  (BUL)
LDSQP
Did not advanceDid not advance8
Morad Ali Shirani 52 kg ByeFlag of Hungary.svg  Rácz  (HUN)
L 6–9
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Hirayama  (JPN)
W15–12
Flag of Germany.svg  Krauß  (FRG)
L 10–16
Did not advanceDid not advance6
Gholamreza Ghassab 62 kg Flag of Hungary.svg  Réczi  (HUN)
L Fall
Flag of Italy.svg  Giuffrida  (ITA)
W27–14
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Miyahara  (JPN)
L Fall
Did not advance9
Jafar Alizadeh 68 kg Flag of Senegal.svg  Mané  (SEN)
W Fall
Flag of Sweden.svg  Skiöld  (SWE)
L 8–22
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Nalbandyan  (URS)
L Fall
Did not advance14
Houshang Montazeralzohour 82 kg Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Petković  (YUG)
LDSQP
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Takanishi  (JPN)
L Fall
Did not advance13
Hashem Kolahi 90 kg Flag of Sweden.svg  Andersson  (SWE)
L 9–25
ByeFlag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Kwieciński  (POL)
L Fall
Did not advanceDid not advance9
Bahram Moshtaghi 100 kg Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Skrzydlewski  (POL)
L Fall
Flag of the United States.svg  Rheingans  (USA)
L Fall
Did not advanceDid not advance11

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