| Iran at the 1994 Asian Games | |
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| IOC code | IRI |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
| Website | www |
| in Hiroshima | |
| Competitors | 162 in 15 sports |
| Flag bearer | Amir Reza Khadem |
| Medals Ranked 6th |
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| Asian Games appearances (overview) | |
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
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquatics, Diving | X | X | |
| Aquatics, Swimming | X | X | |
| Aquatics, Water polo | 13 | 13 | |
| Athletics | X | X | |
| Basketball | 12 | 12 | |
| Boxing | 12 | 12 | |
| Cycling, Road | X | X | |
| Cycling, Track | X | X | |
| Equestrian | X | X | |
| Football | 20 | 20 | |
| Judo | X | X | |
| Karate | X | X | |
| Shooting | 5 | 5 | |
| Taekwondo | 4 | 4 | |
| Tennis | 4 | 4 | |
| Volleyball | 12 | 12 | |
| Weightlifting | X | X | |
| Wrestling | 20 | 20 | |
| Total | X | 5 | X |
| 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 |
| AthleteA | Event | Preliminary | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 10 m platform | 272.43 | 8 Q | 351.78 | 8 | |
| Squad list | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Iran |  Singapore W10–6 |  Japan L 11–15 |  China L 6–10 |  Kazakhstan L 6–10 |  South Korea W9–8 | 4 |
| Squad list | Preliminary round | Semifinal | Final | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group B | 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 | |||||
| Athlete | Event | 1st round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arman Naghdi | 48 kg |  Ballo (INA)L 6–13 | Did not advance | 9 | ||
| Ali 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 |  | |
Men
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hossein Askari | Road race | 4:52:53 | 26 |
Men
| Athlete | Event | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Bahram Shafizadeh | 1 km time trial | 15 |
| Majid Nasseri | 4 km individual pursuit | 5 |
| Team | 4 km team pursuit | 6 |
| Squad list | Preliminary round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group A | 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 | ||||||
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaeddin Nekoufar | Individual | 46.6 | 4 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |||
Men
| Athlete | Event | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Athlete | Event | 1st round | 2nd round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramin Raziani | Singles |  Ramachandran (MAS)L 1–2 7–6, 6–7, 3–6 | Did not advance | 17 | |||
| Jahanbakhsh Souri | Singles | Natekar (IND) L 0–2 3–6, 3–6 | Did not advance | 17 | |||
| Ramin Raziani Mostafa Saleh Jahanbakhsh Souri | Team |  Chinese Taipei L 0–3 0–2, 0–2, 0–2 | Did not advance | 9 | |||
Men
| Team | Rank |
|---|---|
| Iran | 5 |
| 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 | Mamyrov (KAZ) L | 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) W | 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 | |
| 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 | 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 | 4 |
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