| Iran at the 1988 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | IRI (IRN used at these Games) |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
| Website | www |
| in Seoul | |
| Competitors | 27 in 4 sports |
| Flag bearer | Hassan Zahedi |
| Medals Ranked 36th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after missing both the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | |
| Cycling, Road | 6 | 6 | |
| Cycling, Track | 2 | 2 | |
| Taekwondo | 4 | 4 | |
| Wrestling | 15 | 15 | |
| Total | 27 | 0 | 27 |
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taekwondo | 1 | 1 | ||
| Wrestling | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Note: Demonstration sports indicated in italics.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Silver | Askari Mohammadian | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 57 kg |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nasser Babapour | Marathon | 3:00:20 | 93 |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraj Amirakhori | Road race | 4:32:56 | 56 |
| Mohammad Reza Bajoul | Road race | Did not finish | |
| Siamak Safarzadeh | Road race | 4:42:47 | 93 |
| Mostafa Chaichi Abbas Esmaeili Mehrdad Safarzadeh Siamak Safarzadeh | Team time trial | 2:15:29.5 | 23 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |||||||
| Jalil Eftekhari | 1 km time trial | 1:11.683 | 27 | |||||
| Mostafa Chaichi | Individual pursuit | Overlapped | Did not advance | — | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | |||
| Jalil Eftekhari | Points race | 2 | 13 (–2 laps) | 14 | Did not advance | 29 | |
| Athlete | Event | Eliminatory round | Final | Rank | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 / 7 | ||||
| Reza Simkhah | 48 kg |  Scherer (FRG)L 5–10 |  Yang (CHN)L 0–16 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 | |||
| Abdolkarim Kakahaji | 52 kg |  Murtoaro (FIN)L 8–10 |  Miyahara (JPN)L 1–6 | Did not advance | 14 | ||||
| Ahad Pazaj | 57 kg |  Sigde (NOR)L Fall |  Chestakov (URS)L 0–15 | Did not advance | 20 | ||||
| Ahad Javansalehi | 62 kg | Madzhidov (URS) L 3–8 |  Lakhal (TUN)W5–0 |  An (KOR)L Disqualification | Did not advance | Did not advance | 10 | ||
| Masoud Ghadimi | 68 kg | Zhao (CHN) W2–1 |  Abrial (FRA)L Fall | Kim (KOR) L Disqualification | Did not advance | 21 | |||
| Reza Andouz | 74 kg | Turlykhanov (URS) L Fall |  Balcı (TUR)LDSQP | Did not advance | 16 | ||||
| Mehdi Moradi Ganjeh | 82 kg |  Stoykov (BUL)L 0–14 |  Fredriksson (SWE)LDSQP | Did not advance | 16 | ||||
| Athlete | Event | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fariborz Danesh | 50 kg |  Rumeon (NED)W Points |  Torroella (MEX)L Points | Did not advance | 5 | |
| Feisal Danesh | 58 kg |  Carvallo (ECU)W Points |  Salim (DEN)W Points |  Sanabria (ESP)L Points | Did not advance |  |
| Hassan Zahedi | 83 kg |  Fraser (GBR)L Walkover | Did not advance | — | ||
| Mansour Bagheri | +83 kg |  Da Rocha (GHA)W Points |  Kim (USA)L Points | Did not advance | 5 | |
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