Iran at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Iran at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IRI
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Website	www.olympic.ir  (in Persian and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors	18 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Lida Fariman
Medals Ranked 43rd	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA. This was for the first time after the Iranian Revolution of 1979 that Iran had a female athlete in its team. Wrestler Rasoul Khadem won the nation's first Olympic Games gold medal in 28 years since Mexico City 1968.

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Aquatics, Swimming	1		1
Athletics	1		1
Boxing	4		4
Judo	1		1
Shooting		1	1
Wrestling	10		10
Total	17	1	18

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Wrestling	1	1	1	3
Total	1	1	1	3

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Rasoul Khadem	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 90 kg
Silver	Abbas Jadidi	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 100 kg
Bronze	Amir Reza Khadem	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 82 kg

Results by event

Aquatics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men ^[1]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hamed Rezakhani	1500 m freestyle	17:22.86	33	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men ^[2]

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Final		Rank
		Heat	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hamid Sajjadi	10000 m	1	29:22.65	20	Did not advance		35

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men ^[3]

Athlete	Event	1/16 elimination	1/8 elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Babak Moghimi	63.5 kg	Suslekov  (BUL) W11–3	Legras  (SEY) W16–7	Niyazymbetov  (KAZ) L 8–13	Did not advance		5
Kourosh Molaei	75 kg	Wells  (USA) L 7–24	Did not advance				17
Ayoub Pourtaghi	81 kg	Mandengue  (FRA) L 9–21	Did not advance				17
Mohammad Reza Samadi	+91 kg	Dokiwari  (NGR) LRSCI	Did not advance				17

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men ^[4]

Athlete	Event	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final	Rank
Amir Reza Ghomi	71 kg	Bye	Núñez  (CRC) W Hansukomake	Kwak  (KOR) L Ippon	Repechage   Kouassi  (CIV) W Shido	Repechage   Shturbabin  (UZB) L Ippon	Did not advance		9

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women ^[5]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Lida Fariman	10 m air rifle	379	46	Did not advance

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's freestyle ^[6]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Round 5	Round 6	Final	Rank
Gholamreza Mohammadi	52 kg	Varela  (CUB) W4–0	Legrand  (FRA) W5–0	Bye	Abdullayev  (AZE) L 0–10		Repechage   Mongush  (RUS) L 1–3	5th place match   Topaktaş  (TUR) W4–2	5
Mohammad Talaei	57 kg	Abdullayev  (AZE) W4–1	Guzov  (BLR) L 3–5	Repechage   Puerto  (CUB) W5–0	Repechage   Umakhanov  (RUS) W1–0	Repechage   Zakhartdinov  (UZB) W4–2	Repechage   Ri  (PRK) L Fall	5th place match   Trstena  (MKD) L 3–4	6
Abbas Hajkenari	62 kg	Brands  (USA) L 0–3	Repechage   Nieves  (PUR) L 3–8	Did not advance					19
Akbar Fallah	68 kg	Fadzaev  (UZB) L 2–2	Repechage   Oziti  (NGR) W1–0	Repechage   Weiss  (AUS) W5–0	Repechage   Sánchez  (CUB) L 1–3	Did not advance			10
Issa Momeni	74 kg	Saitiev  (RUS) L 0–8	Repechage   Loizidis  (GRE) W3–0	Repechage   Rodríguez  (CUB) L 1–4	Did not advance				16
Amir Reza Khadem	82 kg	Gogolishvili  (GEO) W3–0	Khinchagov  (UZB) W1–0	Bye	Magomedov  (RUS) L 0–4		Repechage   Ibragimov  (AZE) W3–0	3rd place match   Öztürk  (TUR) W0–0
Rasoul Khadem	90 kg	Kodei  (NGR) W6–1	Bayramukov  (KAZ) W4–3	Bye	Tedeyev  (UKR) W3–0			Khadartsev  (RUS) W3–0
Abbas Jadidi	100 kg	Magomedov  (AZE) W4–0	Khabelov  (RUS) W4–0	Bye	Garmulewicz  (POL) W4–1			Angle  (USA) L 1–1
Ebrahim Mehraban	130 kg	Singh  (GBR) W6–2	Gombos  (HUN) L 0–3	Repechage   Kovalevsky  (KGZ) L 2–3	Did not advance				12

Men's Greco-Roman ^[7]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Round 5	Round 6	Final	Rank
Ahad Pazaj	62 kg	Marén  (CUB) L 2–5	Bye	Repechage   Petrenko  (BLR) W Fall	Repechage   Pirim  (TUR) L 0–4	Did not advance			11

References

1. "Olympic Report Atlanta 1996 Volume III: The Competition Results" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
2. "Olympic Report Atlanta 1996 Volume III: The Competition Results" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 95. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
3. "Olympic Report Atlanta 1996 Volume III: The Competition Results" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 171–174. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
4. "Olympic Report Atlanta 1996 Volume III: The Competition Results" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 315. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
5. "Olympic Report Atlanta 1996 Volume III: The Competition Results" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 362. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
6. "Olympic Report Atlanta 1996 Volume III: The Competition Results" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 439–443. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
7. "Olympic Report Atlanta 1996 Volume III: The Competition Results" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 445. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2011.

External links

• International Olympic Committee Web Site