| Iran at the 1986 Asian Games | |
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| IOC code | IRN |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
| Website | www |
| in Seoul | |
| Competitors | 94 in 9 sports |
| Flag bearer | Reza Soukhtehsaraei |
| Medals Ranked 4th |
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| Asian Games appearances (overview) | |
Iran participated in the 1986 Asian Games held in the capital city of Seoul. This country is ranked 4th with 6 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad.
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Wrestling | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
 Taekwondo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Cycling | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Weightlifting | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Judo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 |
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Ali Zangiabadi | Cycling (Track) | Men's 30 km points race |
| Gold | Ebrahim Ghaderi | Taekwondo | Men's bantamweight –58 kg |
| Gold | Majid Torkan | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 48 kg |
| Gold | Askari Mohammadian | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 57 kg |
| Gold | Alireza Soleimani | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 130 kg |
| Gold | Reza Soukhtehsaraei | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg |
 Silver | Ali Hajipour | Taekwondo | Men's lightweight –70 kg |
| Silver | Yaghoub Najafi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 52 kg |
| Silver | Allahmorad Zarini | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 74 kg |
| Silver | Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 90 kg |
| Silver | Abdolkarim Kakahaji | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg |
| Silver | Reza Andouz | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg |
 Bronze | Mehrdad Afsharian | Cycling (Track) | Men's 4 km individual pursuit |
| Bronze | Morteza Khodadadi | Judo | Men's –60 kg |
| Bronze | Darab Riahi | Weightlifting | Men's 90 kg |
| Bronze | Mehdi Rezvani | Weightlifting | Men's +110 kg |
| Bronze | Akbar Fallah | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 62 kg |
| Bronze | Ali Akbarnejad | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 68 kg |
| Bronze | Mohammad Hossein Mohebbi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 82 kg |
| Bronze | Kazem Gholami | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 100 kg |
| Bronze | Ahad Javansalehi | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg |
| Bronze | Fereydoun Behnampour | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg |
Men
| Squad list | Round robin | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmad Yaghouti Ali Moheb Davoud Reza Soltani Hassan-Ali Shahidi Abdolnasser Hardani Hamid Shab-Angiz Farshad Molatalab Gholamreza Soleimani Mehrdad Saleh Hossein Nasim Hossein Rezaei Mehrzad Eidipour Coach: Mansour Garrousi |  Kuwait W6–4 | 4 |
 India W15–4 | ||
 South Korea L 6–10 | ||
 Singapore D 8–8 | ||
 China L 3–21 |
Men
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | ||
| Ardeshir Ghandoumi | High jump | 2.05 | 7 |
Men
| Athlete | Event | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mehrdad Afsharian | 4 km individual pursuit | 4:55:38 | |
| Ali Zangiabadi | 30 km points race | 34 pts | |
| Squad list | Preliminary round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group D | Rank | |||||
| Ahmad Sajjadi Asghar Hajiloo Shahin Bayani Mohammad Panjali Shahrokh Bayani Majid Namjoo-Motlagh Nasser Mohammadkhani Zia Arabshahi Mehdi Abtahi Karim Bavi Hamid Derakhshan Gholamreza Fathabadi Farshad Pious Abdolali Changiz Morteza Yekkeh Hossein Mesgar Saravi Majid Rezaei Morteza Fonounizadeh Siamak Rahimpour Sirous Ghayeghran Coach: Parviz Dehdari |  Japan W2–0 | 2 Q | South Korea L 1–1, 4–5 Pen | Did not advance | 5 | |
 Bangladesh W4–0 | ||||||
| Kuwait L 0–1 | ||||||
 Nepal W6–0 | ||||||
Men
| Squad list | Round robin | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Ghasem Shaabanpour Majid Soleimani Hossein Esmaeilzadeh Masoud Fatehi Abolfazl Ahmadi Mohammad Reza Garshasebi Ezzatollah Razmgar Mostafa Baghal Ali Souri Keivan Sadeghi Mohammad Reza Hosseinzadeh Asadollah Reihani Coach: Khosro Nassiri | Japan L 16–38 | 5 |
| China L 11–35 | ||
| Kuwait L 24–46 | ||
| South Korea L 17–48 | ||
 Hong Kong W22–18 |
Men
| Athlete | Event | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Morteza Khodadadi | –60 kg | |
Men
| Athlete | Event | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manouchehr Nazari | Flyweight –54 kg | Did not advance | EL | |
| Ebrahim Ghaderi | Bantamweight –58 kg | Ghachhe (NEP) W |  Rozak (INA)W | |
| Mohammad Ali Ghaderi | Featherweight –64 kg | Did not advance | EL | |
| Ali Hajipour | Lightweight –70 kg |  Al-Fadhel (KUW)W |  ? (KOR)L | |
| Hassan Zahedi | Welterweight –76 kg | Did not advance | EL | |
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samad Montazeri | 52 kg | 100.0 | 120.0 | 220.0 | 4 |
| Abbas Talebi | 67.5 kg | 127.5 | 160.0 | 287.5 | 5 |
| Ardeshir Bahmanyar | 82.5 kg | 137.5 | 175.0 | 312.5 | 4 |
| Rasoul Javidasa | 82.5 kg | No mark | — | — | — |
| Abdollah Fatemi | 90 kg | 150.0 | 180.0 | 330.0 | 4 |
| Darab Riahi | 90 kg | 155.0 | 175.0 | 330.0 | |
| Siamak Bajand | 100 kg | 150.0 | No mark | — | — |
| Ali Moradi | 100 kg | 157.5 | 185.0 | 342.5 | 6 |
| Aziz Alihosseini | 110 kg | 147.5 | 165.0 | 312.5 | 7 |
| Mehdi Rezvani | +110 kg | 155.0 | 190.0 | 345.0 | |
Men's freestyle
| Athlete | Event | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Majid Torkan | 48 kg |  Gao (CHN)W12–0 | |
| Yaghoub Najafi | 52 kg | Sato (JPN) L Fall | |
| Askari Mohammadian | 57 kg | Kong (KOR) W | |
| Akbar Fallah | 62 kg | 3rd place match Rohtas (IND)W12–1 | |
| Ali Akbarnejad | 68 kg | 3rd place match Satyawan (IND) W | |
| Allahmorad Zarini | 74 kg | Han (KOR) L | |
| Mohammad Hossein Mohebbi | 82 kg | 3rd place match Feng (CHN) W9–1 | |
| Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi | 90 kg |  Majeed (PAK)L | |
| Kazem Gholami | 100 kg | 3rd place match Li (CHN) W | |
| Alireza Soleimani | 130 kg |  Jassem (IRQ)W | |
Men's Greco-Roman
| Athlete | Event | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morteza Papinia | 48 kg | 3rd place match Saito (JPN) L 6–13 | 4 |
| Abdolkarim Kakahaji | 52 kg | Miyahara (JPN) L 4–8 | |
| Hossein Niknejad | 57 kg | Did not advance | 5 |
| Ahad Javansalehi | 62 kg | 3rd place match Zhao (CHN) W | |
| Abdollah Chamangoli | 68 kg | 3rd place match A (CHN) L | 4 |
| Reza Andouz | 74 kg | Kim (KOR) L | |
| Fereydoun Behnampour | 82 kg | 3rd place match Shihab (IRQ) W | |
| Hassan Babak | 90 kg | 3rd place match Eom (KOR) L | 4 |
| Mohammad Azizian | 100 kg | Did not advance | 6 |
| Reza Soukhtehsaraei | 130 kg | Ando (JPN) W4–0 | |
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