Iran at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Iran at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Flag of Iran.svg
IOC code IRI
NOC National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Website www.olympic.ir  (in Persian and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors18 in 6 sports
Flag bearer Lida Fariman
Medals
Ranked 43rd
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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.

Contents

Competitors

SportMenWomenTotal
Aquatics, Swimming 11
Athletics 11
Boxing 44
Judo 11
Shooting 11
Wrestling 1010
Total17118

Medal summary

Medal table

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Wrestling 1113
Total1113

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Rasoul Khadem Wrestling Men's freestyle 90 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Abbas Jadidi Wrestling Men's freestyle 100 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Amir Reza Khadem Wrestling Men's freestyle 82 kg

Results by event

Aquatics

Swimming

Men [1]
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Hamed Rezakhani 1500 m freestyle 17:22.8633Did not advance

Athletics

Men [2]
AthleteEventRound 1FinalRank
HeatTimeRankTimeRank
Hamid Sajjadi 10000 m 129:22.6520Did not advance35

Boxing

Men [3]
AthleteEvent1/16 elimination1/8 eliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
Babak Moghimi 63.5 kg Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Suslekov  (BUL)
W11–3
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Legras  (SEY)
W16–7
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Niyazymbetov  (KAZ)
L 8–13
Did not advance5
Kourosh Molaei 75 kg Flag of the United States.svg  Wells  (USA)
L 7–24
Did not advance17
Ayoub Pourtaghi 81 kg Flag of France.svg  Mandengue  (FRA)
L 9–21
Did not advance17
Mohammad Reza Samadi +91 kg Flag of Nigeria.svg  Dokiwari  (NGR)
LRSCI
Did not advance17

Judo

Men [4]
AthleteEvent1st round2nd round3rd roundQuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinalRank
Amir Reza Ghomi 71 kg ByeFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Núñez  (CRC)
W Hansukomake
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Kwak  (KOR)
L Ippon
Repechage
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Kouassi  (CIV)
W Shido
Repechage
Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Shturbabin  (UZB)
L Ippon
Did not advance9

Shooting

Women [5]
AthleteEventPreliminariesFinal
ScoreRankScoreTotalRank
Lida Fariman 10 m air rifle 37946Did not advance

Wrestling

Men's freestyle [6]
AthleteEventRound 11/8 finalQuarterfinalSemifinalRound 5Round 6FinalRank
Gholamreza Mohammadi 52 kg Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Varela  (CUB)
W4–0
Flag of France.svg  Legrand  (FRA)
W5–0
ByeFlag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Abdullayev  (AZE)
L 0–10
Repechage
Flag of Russia.svg  Mongush  (RUS)
L 1–3
5th place match
Flag of Turkey.svg  Topaktaş  (TUR)
W4–2
5
Mohammad Talaei 57 kg Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Abdullayev  (AZE)
W4–1
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Guzov  (BLR)
L 3–5
Repechage
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Puerto  (CUB)
W5–0
Repechage
Flag of Russia.svg  Umakhanov  (RUS)
W1–0
Repechage
Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Zakhartdinov  (UZB)
W4–2
Repechage
Flag of North Korea.svg  Ri  (PRK)
L Fall
5th place match
Flag of Macedonia.svg  Trstena  (MKD)
L 3–4
6
Abbas Hajkenari 62 kg Flag of the United States.svg  Brands  (USA)
L 0–3
Repechage
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Nieves  (PUR)
L 3–8
Did not advance19
Akbar Fallah 68 kg Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Fadzaev  (UZB)
L 2–2
Repechage
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Oziti  (NGR)
W1–0
Repechage
Flag of Australia.svg  Weiss  (AUS)
W5–0
Repechage
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Sánchez  (CUB)
L 1–3
Did not advance10
Issa Momeni 74 kg Flag of Russia.svg  Saitiev  (RUS)
L 0–8
Repechage
Flag of Greece.svg  Loizidis  (GRE)
W3–0
Repechage
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Rodríguez  (CUB)
L 1–4
Did not advance16
Amir Reza Khadem 82 kg Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg  Gogolishvili  (GEO)
W3–0
Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Khinchagov  (UZB)
W1–0
ByeFlag of Russia.svg  Magomedov  (RUS)
L 0–4
Repechage
Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Ibragimov  (AZE)
W3–0
3rd place match
Flag of Turkey.svg  Öztürk  (TUR)
W0–0
Bronze medal icon.svg
Rasoul Khadem 90 kg Flag of Nigeria.svg  Kodei  (NGR)
W6–1
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Bayramukov  (KAZ)
W4–3
ByeFlag of Ukraine.svg  Tedeyev  (UKR)
W3–0
Flag of Russia.svg  Khadartsev  (RUS)
W3–0
Gold medal icon.svg
Abbas Jadidi 100 kg Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Magomedov  (AZE)
W4–0
Flag of Russia.svg  Khabelov  (RUS)
W4–0
ByeFlag of Poland.svg  Garmulewicz  (POL)
W4–1
Flag of the United States.svg  Angle  (USA)
L 1–1
Silver medal icon.svg
Ebrahim Mehraban 130 kg Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Singh  (GBR)
W6–2
Flag of Hungary.svg  Gombos  (HUN)
L 0–3
Repechage
Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kovalevsky  (KGZ)
L 2–3
Did not advance12
Men's Greco-Roman [7]
AthleteEventRound 11/8 finalQuarterfinalSemifinalRound 5Round 6FinalRank
Ahad Pazaj 62 kg Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Marén  (CUB)
L 2–5
ByeRepechage
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Petrenko  (BLR)
W Fall
Repechage
Flag of Turkey.svg  Pirim  (TUR)
L 0–4
Did not advance11

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