| Iran at the 1992 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | IRI |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
| Website | www |
| in Barcelona | |
| Competitors | 40 in 7 sports |
| Flag bearer | Alireza Soleimani |
| Medals Ranked 44th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 2 | 2 | |
| Boxing | 6 | 6 | |
| Cycling, Road | 4 | 4 | |
| Cycling, Track | 4 | 4 | |
| Table tennis | 1 | 1 | |
| Taekwondo | 3 | 3 | |
| Weightlifting | 5 | 5 | |
| Wrestling | 16 | 16 | |
| Total | 40 | 0 | 40 |
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taekwondo | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wrestling | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Note: Demonstration sports indicated in italics.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Silver | Askari Mohammadian | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 62 kg |
 Bronze | Amir Reza Khadem | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 74 kg |
| Bronze | Rasoul Khadem | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 82 kg |
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Semifinal | Final | Rank | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat | Time | Rank | Heat | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Hamid Sajjadi | 5000 m | 2 | 14:04.54 | 8 | Did not advance | 38 | ||||
| 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | 8:36.87 | 9 | Did not advance | 25 | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Hossein Shayan | High jump | 2.10 | 33 | Did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anoushiravan Nourian | 63.5 kg |  Piccirillo (ITA)L 5–23 | Did not advance | 17 | |||
| Yousef Khateri | 67 kg |  Chenglai (THA)L 7–13 | Did not advance | 17 | |||
| Siamak Varzideh | 75 kg |  Isangula (TAN)LRSC | Did not advance | 17 | |||
| Ali Asghar Kazemi | 81 kg |  Changezi (PAK)L Walkover | Did not advance | — | |||
| Morteza Shiri | 91 kg | Bye |  Izonritei (NGR)LRSC | Did not advance | 9 | ||
| Iraj Kiarostami | +91 kg |  Nijman (NED)L 5–9 | Did not advance | 17 | |||
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hossein Eslami | Road race | Did not finish | |
| Khosro Ghamari | Road race | Did not finish | |
| Hossein Mahmoudi | Road race | Did not finish | |
| Nima Ebrahimnejad Hossein Eslami Khosro Ghamari Hossein Mahmoudi | Team time trial | 2:24:44 | 21 |
| Athlete | Event | Eliminatory round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||||||
| Mohammad Reza Banna | 1 km time trial | 1:11.036 | 28 | ||||
| Mehrdad Afsharian | Individual pursuit | 5:08.184 | 25 | Did not advance | 25 | ||
| Nima Ebrahimnejad Mehrdad Afsharian Mohammad Reza Banna Majid Nasseri | Team pursuit | 4:45.745 | 19 | Did not advance | 19 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Eliminatory round | Final | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | |||
| Majid Nasseri | Points race | 2 | Did not finish | Did not advance | — | ||
| Athlete | Event | Group round | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groups | Rank | |||||||
| Ebrahim Alidokht | Singles |  Saive (BEL)L 0–2 19–21, 9–21 | Group F 4 | Did not advance | 49 | |||
 Hoyama (BRA)L 0–2 15–21, 16–21 | ||||||||
 Mazunov (EUN)L 0–2 12–21, 10–21 | ||||||||
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazem Panjavi | 67.5 kg | No mark | — | — | — |
| Abbas Talebi | 75 kg | 147.5 | 172.5 | 320.0 | 20 |
| Alireza Azarpanahi | 82.5 kg | 140.0 | 175.0 | 315.0 | 23 |
| Abdollah Fatemi | 100 kg | 150.0 | 190.0 | 340.0 | 17 |
| Mozaffar Ajali | 110 kg | 155.0 | 190.0 | 345.0 | 19 |
| Athlete | Event | Eliminatory | Final | Rank | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | ||||
| Nader Rahmati | 48 kg |  Chen (CHN)L 3–6 |  Pangelinan (GUM)W Fall |  Vanni (USA)L 7–9 | Did not advance | 11 | |||
| Majid Torkan | 52 kg |  Stannett (NZL)W Fall |  Kumar (IND)W16–1 |  Yordanov (BUL)L 2–3 |  Ri (PRK)L 0–4 | Did not advance | 7th place match Woodcroft (CAN)W2–1 | 7 | |
| Oveis Mallah | 57 kg | Garg (IND) W6–2 | Dawson (CAN) L 1–5 | Cross (USA) L 3–5 | Did not advance | 9th place match Tsogtbayar (MGL)W Walkover | 9 | ||
| Askari Mohammadian | 62 kg |  Müller (SUI)W5–1 |  Moustopoulos (GRE)W4–0 |  Žukovs (LAT)W11–0 | Vasilev (BUL) W4–2 |  Ilhan (AUS)W6–0 | Bye | Smith (USA) L 0–6 | |
| Ali Akbarnejad | 68 kg | Getsov (BUL) L 2–3 | Brown (AUS) W4–0 | Athanasiadis (GRE) W5–1 |  Sartoro (FRA)W3–0 | Wilson (CAN) W1–0 | 3rd place match Akaishi (JPN)L 0–4 | 4 | |
| Amir Reza Khadem | 74 kg |  Labuschagne (RSA)W10–0 | Bye | Vasiliadis (GRE) W4–2 | Holmes (CAN) W3–0 |  Park (KOR)L 1–2 | 3rd place match Gadzhiev (EUN) W1–0 | | |
| Rasoul Khadem | 82 kg |  Kostecki (POL)W9–0 | Hohl (CAN) W5–2 |  Rauhala (FIN)W8–0 |  Öztürk (TUR)W3–0 | Jackson (USA) L 1–3 | 3rd place match Gstöttner (GER)W6–0 | | |
| Ayoub Baninosrat | 90 kg | Sükhbat (MGL) L 0–1 | Deskoulidis (GRE) W4–0 |  Tóth (HUN)W4–0 | Şimşek (TUR) L 0–4 | Did not advance | 5th place match Limonta (CUB)W3–1 | 5 | |
| Kazem Gholami | 100 kg | Balz (GER) L 0–1 | Carrow (CAN) W2–0 | Verma (IND) L 2–3 | Play-off Aavik (EST)W Walkover | Did not advance | 9th place match Makaveev (BUL) W Fall | 9 | |
| Alireza Soleimani | 130 kg | Honda (JPN) W Fall | Park (KOR) W Fall |  Figueroa (PUR)W Fall | Demir (TUR) L 1–2 | Bye | Thue (CAN) L 0–0, DSQ2 | 5th place match Schröder (GER) L Walkover | 6 |
| Athlete | Event | Eliminatory | Final | Rank | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | ||||
| Reza Simkhah | 48 kg | Pelikyan (BUL) W7–5 | Faragó (HUN) W12–1 | Yadav (IND) W11–1 | Yıldız (GER) W3–0 | Failed to make weight | 5th place match Dăscălescu (ROM)L Walkover | 6 | |
| Majid Jahandideh | 52 kg | Min (KOR) LDNF | Kamesaki (FIN) L 0–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 15 | |||
| Ahad Pazaj | 62 kg | Patil (IND) W14–3 | Withdrew | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 | |||
| Abdollah Chamangoli | 68 kg |  Ben Djedaa (ALG)W6–0 | Nikitin (EST) W7–5 | Kim (KOR) L 1–5 | Passarelli (GER) W1–0 | Dugushiev (EUN) L 0–8 | Rodríguez (CUB) L 2–10 | 5th place match Yalouz (FRA) L Walkover | 6 |
| Ahad Javansalehi | 74 kg |  Zeman (TCH)L 0–4 | Balcı (TUR) L 0–2 | Did not advance | 18 | ||||
| Hassan Babak | 90 kg | Bye | Eom (KOR) W2–0 |  Hussein (EGY)W2–1 | Peña (CUB) W2–0 | Bullmann (GER) L 1–3 |  Ljungberg (SWE)L 0–2 | 5th place match Foy (USA) W17–1 | 5 |
| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fariborz Askari | 70 kg | Villasana (USA) W3–3 | Khali (FRA) W3–2 |  Santolaria (ESP)L 1–4 | |
| Reza Mehmandoust | 76 kg |  Hasan (BRN)W | Lee (CAN) L | Did not advance | |
| Mansour Bagheri | 83 kg |  Sbeihi (JOR)L 2–3 | Did not advance | 5 | |
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