| Iran at the 1988 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | IRI |
| NPC | I.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Seoul | |
| Competitors | 35 in 4 sports |
| Medals Ranked 28th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances | |
Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 16 | 16 | |
| Goalball | 6 | 6 | |
| Powerlifting | 1 | 1 | |
| Volleyball | 12 | 12 | |
| Total | 35 | 35 |
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Volleyball | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Mokhtar Nourafshan | Athletics | Men's discus throw 3 |
| Hadi Yarahmadi | Athletics | Men's javelin throw 4 |
| Javad Abdollahzadeh | Athletics | Men's javelin throw 5 |
| Ali Kashfia Mohammad Hossein Parastar Kazem Esmaeilian Mohammad Ali Tabatabaei Mohammad Mostafavi Ahmad Shivani Mohsen Barati Hadi Rezaei Reza Gozali Hossein Hashemi Saeid Hanifi Reza Bodaghi | Volleyball | Men's sitting |
 | Ahmad Rezaei | Athletics | Men's javelin throw L5 |
 | Ali Asghar Hadizadeh | Athletics | Men's shot put L5 |
| Reza Chavoshi | Athletics | Men's discus throw 3 |
| Hassan Samavati | Athletics | Men's discus throw A1–3/A9/L3 |
Men
| Athlete | Event | 1st round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat | Time | Rank | Heat | Time | Rank | Heat | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Jahanbakhsh Pakhireh | 100 m 4 | Bye | 2 | 17.27 | 5 | Did not advance | 10 | ||||||
| 200 m 4 | 3 | 35.63 | 8 q | 1 | 34.84 | 8 | Did not advance | 14 | |||||
| 400 m 4 | 6 | 1:15.91 | 3 Q | 1 | 1:13.37 | 7 | Did not advance | 20 | |||||
| Gholamreza Rasouli | 100 m 4 | Bye | 2 | 19.35 | 8 | Did not advance | 16 | ||||||
| 200 m 4 | 2 | 36.95 | 3 Q | 2 | 37.23 | 8 | Did not advance | 16 | |||||
| Slalom 4 | 2:00.2 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Hassan Samavati | 100 m A1–3/A9/L2 | 3 | 20.83 | 5 | Did not advance | 15 | |||||||
| Ghalandar Ataei | 100 m A6/A8/A9/L4 | 1 | 12.05 | 5 q | 1 | 11.88 | 5 | Did not advance | 9 | ||||
| Javad Abdollahzadeh | 200 m 5–6 | 1 | 42.71 | 8 | Did not advance | 29 | |||||||
| Mostafa Porkareh | Slalom 2 | 2:06.3 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghalandar Ataei | Long jump A6/A8/A9/L6 | 5.77 | 7 |
| Triple jump A6/A8/A9/L6 | 12.22 | 4 | |
| Mohammad Kamyabi | Shot put 2 | 5.55 | 6 |
| Javelin throw 2 | 18.88 | 6 | |
| Reza Chavoshi | Shot put 3 | 7.97 | 4 |
| Discus throw 3 | 29.46 | | |
| Ali Asghar Hadizadeh | Shot put L5 | 10.79 | |
| Javelin throw L5 | 30.00 | 7 | |
| Mokhtar Nourafshan | Discus throw 3 | 29.94 | |
| Javelin throw 3 | 20.78 | 5 | |
| Ebrahim Askar | Discus throw 4 | 32.42 | 5 |
| Hassan Samavati | Discus throw A1-3/A9/L3 | 23.94 | |
| Javelin throw A1-3/A9/L3 | 21.08 | 4 | |
| Mohammad Reza Naghavizadeh | Discus throw A4/A9 | 32.02 | 8 |
| Javelin throw A4/A9 | 39.40 | 5 | |
| Hadi Yarahmadi | Javelin throw 4 | 27.52 | |
| Javad Abdollahzadeh | Javelin throw 5 | 28.32 WR | |
| Ahmad Rezaei | Javelin throw L5 | 36.84 | |
| Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar | Pentathlon 4 | 3202.60 | 4 |
| Mohammad Hassani | Pentathlon A4/A9 | 2788.82 | 6 |
Men
| Squad list | Preliminary round | 2nd round | Semifinal | Final | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group B | Rank | |||||
| Behrouz Garshasbi Reza Mehrani Javad Rezaei Fereydoun Asadi Mahmoud Rezaei Ali Sardivand |  L 0–1 | – | Disqualified | |||
 L Walkover | ||||||
 L Disqualified | ||||||
 L Disqualified | ||||||
 L Disqualified | ||||||
 L Disqualified | ||||||
Men
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ali Akbar Ey-Vatan | 67.5 kg | 125.0 | 6 |
Men's sitting
| Squad list | Preliminary round | Semifinal | Final | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pool B | Rank | ||||
| Ali Kashfia Mohammad Hossein Parastar Kazem Esmaeilian Mohammad Ali Tabatabaei Mohammad Mostafavi Ahmad Shivani Mohsen Barati Hadi Rezaei Reza Gozali Hossein Hashemi Saeid Hanifi Reza Bodaghi | W3–0 | 1 Q |  W3–1 | W3–1 | |
 W3–0 | |||||
 W3–0 | |||||
W3–1 | |||||
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