Iran at the 1994 Asian Games

Iran at the
1994 Asian Games
Iran at the; 1994 Asian Games
IOC code	IRI
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Website	www.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Hiroshima
Competitors	162 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Amir Reza Khadem
Medals ; Ranked 6th	Gold9Silver9Bronze8Total26
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Last updated December 10, 2025

Iran participated in the 1994 Asian Games held in the city of Hiroshima. This country is ranked 6th with 9 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad.mu

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Aquatics, Diving	2		2
Aquatics, Swimming	5		5
Aquatics, Water polo	13		13
Athletics	10		10
Basketball	12		12
Boxing	12		12
Cycling, Road	4		4
Cycling, Track	6		6
Equestrian	9		9
Football	20		20
Judo	7		7
Karate	7		7
Shooting		5	5
Taekwondo	4		4
Tennis	4		4
Volleyball	12		12
Weightlifting	10		10
Wrestling	20		20
Total	153	5	158

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Boxing	1	1	2	4
Equestrian			1	1
Judo		1	1	2
Karate	1	2	1	4
Taekwondo	1	2	1	4
Wrestling	6	3	2	11
Total	9	9	8	26

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Ayoub Pourtaghi	Boxing	Men's 81 kg
Gold	Maziar Farid-Khomami	Karate	Men's kumite 70 kg
Gold	Fariborz Askari	Taekwondo	Men's 70 kg
Gold	Nader Rahmati	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 48 kg
Gold	Ali Akbarnejad	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 68 kg
Gold	Behrouz Yari	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg
Gold	Amir Reza Khadem	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 82 kg
Gold	Rasoul Khadem	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 90 kg
Gold	Ebrahim Mehraban	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 130 kg
Silver	Mohammad Reza Samadi	Boxing	Men's +91 kg
Silver	Mahmoud Miran	Judo	Men's +95 kg
Silver	Arash Javanshir	Karate	Men's kumite 65 kg
Silver	Saeid Ashtian	Karate	Men's kumite 75 kg
Silver	Ebrahim Saadati	Taekwondo	Men's 76 kg
Silver	Farzad Zarakhsh	Taekwondo	Men's +83 kg
Silver	Ayoub Baninosrat	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 100 kg
Silver	Reza Simkhah	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg
Silver	Hassan Babak	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg
Bronze	Anoushiravan Nourian	Boxing	Men's 67 kg
Bronze	Bahman Azizpour	Boxing	Men's 91 kg
Bronze	Davoud Bahrami Ezzat Vojdani Kazem Vojdani Shahrokh Moghaddam	Equestrian	Team jumping
Bronze	Hassan Ahadpour	Judo	Men's 60 kg
Bronze	Vahid Khajeh-Hosseini	Karate	Men's kumite +80 kg
Bronze	Majid Amintorabi	Taekwondo	Men's 83 kg
Bronze	Oveis Mallah	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg
Bronze	Reza Safaei	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 62 kg

Results by event

Aquatics

Diving

Men^[1]

AthleteA	Event	Preliminary		Final
AthleteA	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Gholamreza Kheibarinejad	3 m springboard	302.91	8 Q	434.46	9
Adel Mirabian	3 m springboard	249.75	11 Q	368.40	11
Adel Mirabian	10 m platform	272.43	8 Q	351.78	8

Swimming

Water polo

Men

Squad list	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Rank
Iran Coach: Stanislav Pivovarov	Singapore W10–6	Japan L 11–15	China L 6–10	Kazakhstan L 6–10	South Korea W9–8	4

Athletics

Basketball

Men ^[2]

Squad list	Preliminary round		Semifinal	Final	Rank
Squad list	Group B	Rank	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Mohammad Kasaeipour Safa Ali Kamalian Mehran Hatami Ali Tofigh Mohsen Sadeghzadeh Mohammad Mehdi Izadpanah Hamid Kashani Omid Validipak Saeid Khani Hamid Kolasangiani Mehran Shahintab Faramarz Pouresfehani Coach: Vitaly Zastakhov	South Korea L 78–102	3	7th–8th places Chinese Taipei L 90–95	7th place match Saudi Arabia L 87–95	8
	Philippines L 86–89
	Kazakhstan W69–68
	United Arab Emirates W88–81

Boxing

Men^[3]

Athlete	Event	1st round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Arman Naghdi	48 kg	Ballo (INA) L 6–13	Did not advance			9
Babak Asghari	51 kg	Recaido (PHI) LRSC	Did not advance			9
Bijan Batmani	54 kg	Igusquisa (PHI) LRSC	Did not advance			9
Mohammad Reza Shaterloo	57 kg	Bahari (INA) L 7–12	Did not advance			9
Pejman Chalak	60 kg	Brin (PHI) L 8–13	Did not advance			9
Omid Rashid	63.5 kg	Nitami (JPN) LRSC	Did not advance			9
Anoushiravan Nourian	67 kg	Imaoka (JPN) WRSC	Arziev (KGZ) W10–2	Chenglai (THA) L 17–26	Did not advance
Asadollah Johari	71 kg	Bye	Pan (CHN) LRSC	Did not advance		5
Siamak Varzideh	75 kg	Bye	Yarbekov (UZB) L 10–15	Did not advance		5
Ayoub Pourtaghi	81 kg		Bye	Singh (IND) W16–9	Ko (KOR) W9–7
Bahman Azizpour	91 kg	Bye	Filipovich (KGZ) W21–12	Hawsawi (KSA) L 4–6	Did not advance
Mohammad Reza Samadi	+91 kg		Shtorm (KAZ) W14–7	Khan (PAK) WRSC	Maskaev (UZB) LRSC

Cycling

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Hossein Askari	Road race	4:52:53	26

Track

Men

Athlete	Event	Rank
Bahram Shafizadeh	1 km time trial	15
Majid Nasseri	4 km individual pursuit	5
Team	4 km team pursuit	6

Equestrian

Football

Men ^[4]

Squad list	Preliminary round		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Squad list	Group A	Rank	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Behzad Gholampour Javad Zarincheh Reza Shahroudi Nader Mohammadkhani Amir Ghalenoei Javad Manafi Sadegh Varmazyar Jamshid Shahmohammadi Ali Daei Farshad Pious Ali Asghar Modir-Rousta Behzad Dadashzadeh Hassan Shirmohammadi Afshin Peyrovani Jalal Basharzad Karim Bagheri Mohammad Salek-Jabbari Mojtaba Moharrami Ali Eftekhari Iman Alami Coach: Stanko Poklepović	Bahrain D 0–0	3	did not advance			9
	Turkmenistan D 1–1
	China L 0–1
	Yemen W4–0

Judo

Karate

Men's kata

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Alaeddin Nekoufar	Individual	46.6	4

Shooting

Women^[5]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Lida Fariman	10 m air rifle	379	17	did not advance
Elham Hashemi	10 m air rifle	368	26	did not advance
Elham Hashemi	50 m rifle prone			572		22
Leila Taghipour	10 m air rifle	381	16	did not advance
Zahra Mahroughi	50 m rifle prone			582		9
Leila Vaseghi	50 m rifle prone			571		26
Lida Fariman Elham Hashemi Leila Taghipour	10 m air rifle team			1128		7
Elham Hashemi Zahra Mahroughi Leila Vaseghi	50 m rifle prone team			1725		6

Taekwondo

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Fariborz Askari	Lightweight –70 kg	Yamashita (JPN) W5–2
Ebrahim Saadati	Welterweight –76 kg	Jung (KOR) L
Majid Amintorabi	Middleweight –83 kg	Did not advance
Farzad Zarakhsh	Heavyweight +83 kg	Kim (KOR) L

Tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Rank
Ramin Raziani	Men's singles	Ramachandran (MAS) L 1–2(7–6, 6–7, 3–6)	Did not advance		17
Jahanbakhsh Souri	Men's singles	Natekar (IND) L 0–2(3–6, 3–6)	Did not advance		17
Ramin Raziani Mostafa Saleh Jahanbakhsh Souri Mohammad Reza Tavakkoli	Men's team	—	Chinese Taipei L 0–3 (0–2, 0–2, 0–2)	Did not advance	9

Volleyball

Men

Team	Rank
Iran	5

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Esmaeil Taghipour	76 kg	135.0	170.0	305.0	6
Bahman Zare	76 kg	145.0	165.0	310.0	5
Abbas Talebi	83 kg	150.0	180.0	330.0	5
Ali Biglari	91 kg	150.0	180.0	340.0	8
Mirmahmoud Hakemzadeh	91 kg	162.5	195.0	357.5	4
Raeis Ali Hatami	99 kg	160.0	195.0	355.0	5
Mozaffar Ajali	108 kg	No mark	—	—	—
Ali Jabbari	108 kg	155.0	180.0	335.0	6
Sadegh Delkhosh	+108 kg	150.0	185.0	335.0	7
Ramezan Ali Teymouri	+108 kg		No mark	—	—

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	1st round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final	Rank
Nader Rahmati	48 kg	Moon (KOR) W5–4	Falsario (PHI) W10–0	Kumar (IND) W5–0		Züünbayan (MGL) W8–0
Gholamreza Mohammadi	52 kg	Sasayama (JPN) W3–0	Bye	Dun (CHN) L 4–5	Repechage Kim (KOR) W2–1	3rd place match Donbaev (KGZ) L 1–1	4
Oveis Mallah	57 kg	Kim (KOR) W1–1	Kui (CHN) W5–3	Tsogtbayar (MGL) L 4–5	Repechage Zupparov (UZB) W3–2	3rd place match Kim (KOR) W5–2
Reza Safaei	62 kg					3rd place match Madjinov (KGZ) W
Ali Akbarnejad	68 kg		Jam (AFG) W11–0	Omuraliev (KGZ) W1–0		Katsu (JPN) W3–0
Behrouz Yari	74 kg		Fayaz (PAK) W11–0	Park (KOR) W3–0		Ota (JPN) W2–0
Amir Reza Khadem	82 kg		Yokoyama (JPN) W3–0	Yang (KOR) W2–1		Zhabrailov (KAZ) W2–2
Rasoul Khadem	90 kg		Bayramukov (KAZ) W8–0			Ito (JPN) W5–0
Ayoub Baninosrat	100 kg		Asanuma (JPN) W9–0	Habibullah (AFG) W Fall		Kim (KOR) L 1–2
Ebrahim Mehraban	130 kg		Kim (KOR) W9–1	Obata (JPN) W3–0		Klimov (KAZ) W5–3

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	1st round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final	Rank
Reza Simkhah	48 kg	Hu (CHN) W12–1	Bye	Yusuf (INA) W10–0		Sim (KOR) L 0–7
Abdolkarim Kakahaji	52 kg	Al-Faraj (SYR) L 0–12			Repechage Han (CHN) L Fall	5th place match Nakamori (JPN) L 1–5	6
Shahriar Salehi	57 kg		Sheng (CHN) L 1–4	Repechage Guhiting (PHI) W	Repechage Al-Sobai (SYR) W	3rd place match Lee (KOR) L 0–3	4
Ahad Pazaj	62 kg	Choi (KOR) L 2–3					?
Mehdi Sadeghpour	68 kg		Kim (KOR) L 4–5	Repechage Shah (AFG) W	Repechage Al-Osta (SYR) W	3rd place match Mori (JPN) L 1–3	4
Ahad Javansalehi	74 kg		Bye	Han (KOR) L		3rd place match Katayama (JPN) L 5–6	4
Arash Motamedi	82 kg		Turlykhanov (KAZ) L 0–5	Bye	Repechage Mukai (JPN) W6–3	3rd place match Kim (KOR) L 3–5	4
Hassan Babak	90 kg		Zayar (SYR) W	Bye		Eom (KOR) L 1–4
Jaber Abbaszadeh	100 kg		Bye	Song (KOR) L 2–6	Repechage Keniaev (UZB) W	3rd place match Nonomura (JPN) L 2–2	4
Abdollah Azizi	130 kg		Suzuki (JPN) L 0–3	Repechage Kashour (SYR) W		3rd place match Hu (CHN) L 0–4	4

References

↑ "Swimming Results". 1994 Asian Games official website. Archived from the original on August 4, 1997. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
↑ "Men Basketball Asia Games 1994 Hiroshima (JPN) – 03–15.10". todor66.com. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
↑ "7.Asian Games – Hiroshima, Japan 1994". www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
↑ "Asian Games 1994 (Japan)". RSSSF . Retrieved 13 September 2012.
↑ "Asian Games – HIROSHIMA, 1994". ISSF. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2012.

(in Persian) Iran Olympic Committee - Asian Games Medalists
(in Persian) Iran National Sports Organization - Asian Games Medalists

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[1] "Swimming Results". 1994 Asian Games official website. Archived from the original on August 4, 1997. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

[2] "Men Basketball Asia Games 1994 Hiroshima (JPN) – 03–15.10". todor66.com. Retrieved 13 September 2012.

[3] "7.Asian Games – Hiroshima, Japan 1994". www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 13 September 2012.

[4] "Asian Games 1994 (Japan)". RSSSF . Retrieved 13 September 2012.

[Shooting-5] "Asian Games – HIROSHIMA, 1994". ISSF. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2012.

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Iran at the 1994 Asian Games

Contents

Competitors

Medal summary

Medal table

Medalists

Results by event

Aquatics

Diving

Swimming

Water polo

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Cycling

Road

Track

Equestrian

Football

Judo

Karate

Shooting

Taekwondo

Tennis

Volleyball

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References