Iran at the 2002 Asian Games

Iran at the
2002 Asian Games
Iran at the; 2002 Asian Games
IOC code	IRI
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Website	www.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Busan
Competitors	126 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Ali Daei
Medals ; Ranked 10th	Gold8Silver14Bronze14Total36
Asian Games appearances (overview)
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Last updated August 11, 2023

Iran participated in the 2002 Asian Games held in the city of Busan. This country is ranked 10th with 8 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad.

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Aquatics, Water polo	13		13
Archery	1		1
Athletics	3	1	4
Canoeing, Sprint	2	4	6
Cycling, Mountain bike	2		2
Cycling, Road	2		2
Cycling, Track	7		7
Equestrian	3	1	4
Football	20		20
Judo	7		7
Karate	5		5
Shooting	3	4	7
Taekwondo	6	3	9
Volleyball	12		12
Weightlifting	8		8
Wrestling	14		14
Wushu	7		7
Total	113	13	126

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics		1		1
Cycling, Track		1		1
Football	1			1
Judo	1	1	3	5
Karate	2	3		5
Shooting			1	1
Taekwondo	1	1	2	4
Volleyball		1		1
Weightlifting	1	3	3	7
Wrestling	1	2	5	8
Wushu	1	1		2
Total	8	14	14	36

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Ebrahim Mirzapour Mehdi Amirabadi Yahya Golmohammadi Saeid Lotfi Javad Nekounam Iman Mobali Javad Kazemian Ali Daei Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht Mehdi Rahmati Hossein Kaebi Moharram Navidkia Abolfazl Hajizadeh Mohsen Bayatinia Ali Badavi Siavash Akbarpour Jalal Kameli Mofrad Mohammad Nosrati Hamid Azizzadeh Ershad Yousefi	Football	Men
Gold	Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh	Judo	Men's 60 kg
Gold	Alireza Katiraei	Karate	Men's kumite 70 kg
Gold	Mehran Behnamfar	Karate	Men's kumite +75 kg
Gold	Hadi Saei	Taekwondo	Men's 72 kg
Gold	Hossein Rezazadeh	Weightlifting	Men's +105 kg
Gold	Alireza Heidari	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 96 kg
Gold	Hossein Ojaghi	Wushu	Men's sanda 70 kg
Silver	Abbas Samimi	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Silver	Hossein Askari Alireza Haghi Abbas Saeidi Tanha Amir Zargari Mehdi Sohrabi	Cycling, Track	Men's team pursuit
Silver	Mahmoud Miran	Judo	Men's +100 kg
Silver	Hossein Rouhani	Karate	Men's kumite 60 kg
Silver	Mehdi Amouzadeh	Karate	Men's kumite 65 kg
Silver	Jasem Vishkaei	Karate	Men's kumite 75 kg
Silver	Behzad Khodadad	Taekwondo	Men's 58 kg
Silver	Amir Hossein Monazzami Amir Hosseini Abbas Ghasemian Peyman Akbari Mohammad Mansouri Ahsanollah Shirkavand Mahmoud Afshardoust Behnam Mahmoudi Mohammad Torkashvand Afshin Oliaei Alireza Behboudi Rahman Mohammadirad	Volleyball	Men
Silver	Mohammad Hossein Barkhah	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg
Silver	Hadi Panzvan	Weightlifting	Men's 85 kg
Silver	Kourosh Bagheri	Weightlifting	Men's 94 kg
Silver	Alireza Dabir	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 66 kg
Silver	Abbas Jadidi	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 120 kg
Silver	Mohammad Aghaei	Wushu	Men's sanda 65 kg
Bronze	Hamed Malekmohammadi	Judo	Men's 73 kg
Bronze	Abbas Fallah	Judo	Men's 100 kg
Bronze	Mahmoud Miran	Judo	Men's open
Bronze	Lida Fariman Elham Hashemi Raheleh Kheirollahzadeh	Shooting	Women's 10 m running target team
Bronze	Majid Aflaki	Taekwondo	Men's 78 kg
Bronze	Parvaneh Tehrani	Taekwondo	Women's 55 kg
Bronze	Mehdi Panzvan	Weightlifting	Men's 69 kg
Bronze	Mohammad Ali Falahatinejad	Weightlifting	Men's 77 kg
Bronze	Hossein Tavakkoli	Weightlifting	Men's 105 kg
Bronze	Mohammad Rezaei	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 55 kg
Bronze	Mehdi Hajizadeh	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg
Bronze	Parviz Zeidvand	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
Bronze	Masoud Hashemzadeh	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg
Bronze	Alireza Gharibi	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg

Results by event

Aquatics

Water polo

Men ^[1]

Squad list	Preliminary round		Semifinal	Final	Rank
Squad list	Group B	Rank	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Alireza Shahidipour Bahman Mouchehkiani Alireza Amirian Ahmad Nesaei Majid Gholami Vahid Rezaei Ali Saleh Saeid Mirmehdi Kambiz Rakhshanimehr Ali Akbar Shirjian Hamed Dalil-Heirati Mohsen Rezvani Meisam Jafari Coach: Ante Nakić	Singapore W13–3	2 Q	Japan L 9–12	3rd place match China L 6–10	4
	Kazakhstan L 4–12	2 Q	Japan L 9–12	3rd place match China L 6–10	4

Archery

Men's recurve^[2]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		1/16 final	1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	1/16 final	1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Majid Mirrahimi	Individual	1288	21 Q	Nan (MYA) L 153–157	Did not advance				22

Athletics

Men^[3]

Athlete	Event	1st round			Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Heat	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank
Mehdi Jelodarzadeh	800 m	2	1:49.13	4	Did not advance		10
Mehdi Jelodarzadeh	1500 m				Did not finish		—
Sajjad Moradi	1500 m				3:50.25	11	11

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Abbas Samimi	Discus throw	60.44

Women^[4]

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Parisa Behzadi	Shot put	12.96	8

Canoeing

Men^[5]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Babak Samari	K1 1000 m	3:52.752	5
Mohsen Milad Babak Samari	K2 500 m	1:37.352	4

Women^[5]

Athlete	Event	Heat			Semifinal		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Heat	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank
Sonia Nourizad	K1 500 m	1	2:11.570	5 QS	2:11.044	2 Q	2:11.691	8	8
Hengameh Ahadpour Farahnaz Amirshaghaghi	K2 500 m						2:02.822	6	6
Hengameh Ahadpour Raheleh Ahadpour Farahnaz Amirshaghaghi Sonia Nourizad	K4 500 m						1:51.790	7	7

Cycling

Mountain bike

Men^[6]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ahad Kazemi	Cross-country	Did not start
Ghader Mizbani	Cross-country	Did not start

Road

Men^[6]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ahad Kazemi	Road race	4:26:54	17
Ghader Mizbani	Road race	4:24:19	7
Ghader Mizbani	Individual time trial	1:05:38.39	5

Track

Men^[6]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Final	Rank
Hassan Ali Varposhti	1 km time trial					1.08.917	5
Hossein Askari	Individual pursuit	4.47.041	3 Q	Liu (TPE) W4.47.053–DNS	3 q	3rd place match Iijima (JPN) L 4.48.264–4.44.004	4
Hossein Askari Alireza Haghi Abbas Saeidi Tanha Amir Zargari Mehdi Sohrabi (heats)	Team pursuit	4.25.727	2 Q	Chinese Taipei W4.24.462–OVL	2 Q	China L 4.23.108–4.20.753

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Abbas Saeidi Tanha	Points race	26	5
Moezeddin Seyed-Rezaei	Points race	8	9
Amir Zargari Alireza Haghi	Madison	9	5

Equestrian

Jumping^[7]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualifier				Final				Rank
Athlete	Horse	Event	1st	2nd	Total	Rank	1st	2nd	Total	Rank	Rank
Arsia Ardalan	Canterbuliry	Individual	0	16	16	22	Did not advance				24
Tara Ardalan	Air Ride	Individual	0	4	4	6 Q	16	18	34	13	13
Ali Nilforoushan	Herr Schroder	Individual	4	4	8	14 Q	4	1	5	5	5
Ramin Shakki	Revanche	Individual	4	7	11	18 Q	0	8	8	6	6
Tara Ardalan Ali Nilforoushan Ramin Shakki Arsia Ardalan	Air Ride Herr Schroder Revanche Canterbuliry	Team					4	15	19	5	5

Football

Men ^[8]

Squad list	Preliminary round		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Squad list	Group E	Rank	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Ebrahim Mirzapour Mehdi Amirabadi Yahya Golmohammadi Saeid Lotfi Javad Nekounam Iman Mobali Javad Kazemian Ali Daei Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht Mehdi Rahmati Hossein Kaebi Moharram Navidkia Abolfazl Hajizadeh Mohsen Bayatinia Ali Badavi Siavash Akbarpour Jalal Kameli Mofrad Mohammad Nosrati Hamid Azizzadeh Ershad Yousefi Coach: Branko Ivanković	Afghanistan W10–0	1 Q	Kuwait W1–0	South Korea W 0–0, 5–3 Pen	Japan W2–1
	Lebanon W2–0
	Qatar D 1–1

Judo

Men^[9]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage final	Final	Rank
Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh	60 kg	Bye	Shah (IND) W1001–0000	Al-Dhafeeri (KUW) W1001–0000	Jia (CHN) W0200–0102		Donbay (KAZ) W0200–0010
Arash Miresmaeili	66 kg	Bye	Petryanin (UZB) W0021–0010	Nurmuhammedow (TKM) L 0001–1011	Repechage Singh (IND) W0010–0001	Repechage Smagulov (KGZ) L 1021–0010	Did not advance	7
Hamed Malekmohammadi	73 kg		Lama (NEP) W1000–0000	Choi (KOR) L 0000–0001	Repechage Ramirez (PHI) W1101–0000	Repechage Shakharov (KAZ) W0101–0001	3rd place match Pak (PRK) W0011–0010
Kazem Sarikhani	81 kg		Zhang (CHN) W1001–0010	Al-Zahrani (KSA) W1010–0000	Akiyama (JPN) L 0001–0010		3rd place match Nyamkhüü (MGL) L 0000–1000	5
Masoud Khosravinejad	90 kg		Fong (HKG) W1000–0000	Pereteyko (UZB) W0102–0030	Ochirbat (MGL) L 0001–0120		3rd place match Park (KOR) L 0001–0020	5
Abbas Fallah	100 kg		Bye	Suzuki (JPN) L 0001–1100	Repechage Sokolov (UZB) W1001–0001	Bye	3rd place match Khidirov (TJK) W1141–0000
Mahmoud Miran	+100 kg			Berduta (KAZ) W1010–0010	Kang (KOR) W1000–0000		Muneta (JPN) L 0100–1000
Mahmoud Miran	Open		Bye	Liu (CHN) W1001–0010	Tangriev (UZB) L 0011–1000		3rd place match Ikhsangaliyev (KAZ) W1010–0100

Karate

Men's kumite^[10]

Athlete	Event	1st preliminary round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Hossein Rouhani	60 kg	Al-Marzouq (JOR) W2–0	Al-Qattan (KUW) W2–2	Lee (KOR) W10–2	Imai (JPN) L 2–3
Mehdi Amouzadeh	65 kg	Heuangmany (LAO) W10–2	Mastonzoda (TJK) W7–5	Al-Matrouk (KUW) W2–0	Basri (INA) L 1–3
Alireza Katiraei	70 kg	Adwan (QAT) W3–0	Al-Sharabi (YEM) W4–0	Maharjan (NEP) W4–2	Kazhymukanov (KAZ) W2–0
Jasem Vishkaei	75 kg	Bye	Kim (KOR) W6–4	Rafati (QAT) W2–0	Muneer (KUW) L 0–0
Mehran Behnamfar	+75 kg	Abdullah (BRU) W8–0	Al-Qadasi (YEM) W5–0	Ismoilov (TJK) W0–0	Korolev (KAZ) W0–0

Shooting

Men^[11]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Reza Ahmadi	10 m air rifle	569	44	Did not advance
Ehsan Homayouni	10 m air rifle	587	16	Did not advance
Hossein Jahanmiri	10 m air rifle	579	30	Did not advance
Reza Ahmadi Ehsan Homayouni Hossein Jahanmiri	10 m air rifle team			1735		11

Women^[11]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Lida Fariman	10 m air rifle	387	22	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone			582		21
	10 m running target			159		8
Elham Hashemi	10 m air rifle	378	32	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone			575		33
	10 m running target			96		10
Yalda Khodabandeh	10 m air rifle	365	39	Did not advance
Raheleh Kheirollahzadeh	50 m rifle prone			583		18
Raheleh Kheirollahzadeh	10 m running target			103		9
Lida Fariman Elham Hashemi Yalda Khodabandeh	10 m air rifle team			1130		10
Lida Fariman Elham Hashemi Raheleh Kheirollahzadeh	50 m rifle prone team			1740		6
Lida Fariman Elham Hashemi Raheleh Kheirollahzadeh	10 m running target team			358

Taekwondo

Men^[12]

Athlete	Event	1/16 final	1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Behzad Khodadad	58 kg	Dhabaia (PLE) WRSC	Al-Aradi (BRN) WRSC	Khegai (UZB) WRSC	Bhandari (IND) W4–1	Kim (KOR) L 2–11
Omid Gholamzadeh	62 kg	Bye	Bout (CAM) W7–3	Kim (KOR) L 5–7	Did not advance		5
Hadi Saei	72 kg	Bye	Al-Daihani (KUW) W Disqualification	In (CAM) W13–0	Yerden (KAZ) W11–3	Lee (KOR) W4–3
Majid Aflaki	78 kg		Bye	Geisler (PHI) W11–7	Oh (KOR) L 1–1	Did not advance
Yousef Karami	84 kg		Bye	Kim (KOR) L 6–7	Did not advance		5
Hadi Afshar	+84 kg		Lu (TPE) W6–4	Al-Adhami (QAT) L 6–10	Did not advance		5

Women^[13]

Athlete	Event	1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Tayyebeh Fadaeinejad	51 kg	Abdulla (BRN) WRSC	Putri (INA) L 2–6	Did not advance		5
Parvaneh Tehrani	55 kg	Phạm (VIE) W1–1	Norden (BHU) W4–0	Premwaew (THA) L 2–7	Did not advance
Marzieh Asadi	59 kg	Bye	Lê (VIE) L 2–4	Did not advance		5

Volleyball

Indoor

Men ^[14]

Squad list	Preliminary round		Semifinal	Final	Rank
Squad list	Pool A	Rank	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Amir Hossein Monazzami Amir Hosseini Abbas Ghasemian Peyman Akbari Mohammad Mansouri Ahsanollah Shirkavand Mahmoud Afshardoust Behnam Mahmoudi Mohammad Torkashvand Afshin Oliaei Alireza Behboudi Rahman Mohammadirad Coach: Park Ki-won	Macau W3–0 25–15, 25–15, 25–15	2 Q	China W3–2 25–16, 19–25, 25–21, 22–25, 15–11	South Korea L 0–3 18–25, 19–25, 23–25
	India W3–2 25–20, 25–23, 37–39, 26–28, 15–12
	Qatar W3–0 25–22, 25–15, 25–22
	South Korea L 0–3 17–25, 20–25, 12–25

Weightlifting

Men^[15]

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & jerk	Total	Rank
Mehdi Panzvan	69 kg	150.0	175.0	325.0
Mohammad Hossein Barkhah	77 kg	160.0	202.5 GR	362.5
Mohammad Ali Falahatinejad	77 kg	150.0	200.0	350.0
Shahin Nassirinia	85 kg	No mark	—	—	—
Hadi Panzvan	85 kg	167.5	200.0	367.5
Kourosh Bagheri	94 kg	175.0	210.0	385.0
Hossein Tavakkoli	105 kg	180.0	220.0	400.0
Hossein Rezazadeh	+105 kg	200.0 GR	240.0 GR	440.0 GR

Wrestling

Men's freestyle^[16]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Pools	Rank	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Mohammad Rezaei	55 kg	Naranbaatar (MGL) W5–2	Pool 1 1 Q		Mansurov (UZB) L 0–11	3rd place match Mamyrov (KAZ) W10–0
Mohammad Rezaei	55 kg	Kim (KOR) W4–2	Pool 1 1 Q		Mansurov (UZB) L 0–11	3rd place match Mamyrov (KAZ) W10–0
Masoud Mostafa-Jokar	60 kg	Ri (PRK) W Fall	Pool 3 2		Did not advance		6
		Nadyrbek Uulu (KGZ) L Walkover
		Siddiq (QAT) W Walkover
Alireza Dabir	66 kg	Mohammed (QAT) W10–0	Pool 4 1 Q	Bye	Bayarmagnai (MGL) W3–2	Baek (KOR) L 1–3
Alireza Dabir	66 kg	Pehlwan (PAK) W11–0	Pool 4 1 Q	Bye	Bayarmagnai (MGL) W3–2	Baek (KOR) L 1–3
Mehdi Hajizadeh	74 kg	Ali (PAK) W8–2	Pool 4 1 Q		Abdusalomov (TJK) L 7–9	3rd place match Si (CHN) W9–0
		Maan (IND) W9–1
		Batchuluun (MGL) W6–0
Pejman Dorostkar	84 kg	Aliev (TJK) L 2–3	Pool 3 2		Did not advance		5
Pejman Dorostkar	84 kg	Semba (JPN) W4–1	Pool 3 2		Did not advance		5
Alireza Heidari	96 kg	Wang (CHN) W Fall	Pool 2 1 Q		Ibragimov (UZB) W3–1	Krupnyakov (KGZ) W5–0
		Bayramukov (KAZ) W4–0
		Mann (IND) W8–0
Abbas Jadidi	120 kg	Villanueva (PHI) W11–0	Pool 3 1 Q		Cheema (IND) W Fall	Taymazov (UZB) L 0–10
		Li (CHN) W5–1
		Jamal (QAT) W10–0

Men's Greco-Roman^[17]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Repechage / Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Pools	Rank	Repechage / Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Hamid Banitamim	55 kg	Kang (PRK) L 0–6	Pool 1 3	Did not advance			9
Hamid Banitamim	55 kg	Khatri (IND) L 5–6	Pool 1 3	Did not advance			9
Ali Ashkani	60 kg	Al-Mandi (YEM) W11–0	Pool 2 1 Q	Koizhaiganov (KAZ) L 1–4	Did not advance		5
Ali Ashkani	60 kg	Mamedow (TKM) W3–2	Pool 2 1 Q	Koizhaiganov (KAZ) L 1–4	Did not advance		5
Mehdi Nassiri	66 kg	Manukyan (KAZ) L 1–2	Pool 4 3		Did not advance		9
Mehdi Nassiri	66 kg	Kobonov (KGZ) L Fall	Pool 4 3		Did not advance		9
Parviz Zeidvand	74 kg	El-Habeche (LIB) W10–0	Pool 3 1 Q		Khalimov (KAZ) L 1–3	3rd place match Biktyakov (UZB) W3–0
Parviz Zeidvand	74 kg	Nawaf (QAT) W13–0	Pool 3 1 Q		Khalimov (KAZ) L 1–3	3rd place match Biktyakov (UZB) W3–0
Majid Ramezani	84 kg	Erofaylov (UZB) L 1–7	Pool 2 3	Did not advance			8
		Al-Araj (JOR) W6–1
		Mambetov (KAZ) L 2–6
Masoud Hashemzadeh	96 kg	Assembekov (KAZ) W3–0	Pool 2 2 QR	Jiang (CHN) W3–1	Park (KOR) L 1–3	3rd place match Al-Haiek (SYR) W4–0
Masoud Hashemzadeh	96 kg	Cheglakov (UZB) L 0–4	Pool 2 2 QR	Morikaku (JPN) W3–0	Park (KOR) L 1–3	3rd place match Al-Haiek (SYR) W4–0
Alireza Gharibi	120 kg	Go (PHI) W11–0	Pool 3 1 Q		Tsurtsumia (KAZ) L 0–3	3rd place match Quziev (UZB) W4–2
Alireza Gharibi	120 kg	Quziev (UZB) W8–0	Pool 3 1 Q		Tsurtsumia (KAZ) L 0–3	3rd place match Quziev (UZB) W4–2

Wushu

Men's taolu^[18]

Athlete	Event	Changquan	Daoshu	Gunshu	Total	Rank
Arash Azizi	Changquan	9.15	9.13	9.21	27.49	11

Athlete	Event	Nanquan	Nandao	Nangun	Total	Rank
Hadi Ghamkhar	Nanquan	9.28	9.25	9.23	27.76	11

Men's sanda^[19]

Athlete	Event	1st preliminary round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Mehdi Jafarpour	52 kg	Phan (VIE) W2–1	Khamsounthone (LAO) L 1–2	Did not advance		5
Ramin Movahednia	56 kg	Kim (KOR) L 1–2	Did not advance			9
Mehdi Mohammadinasab	60 kg	Pasiwat (PHI) L 0–2	Did not advance			9
Mohammad Aghaei	65 kg	Enami (JPN) W2–0	Phùng (VIE) W2–0	Yu (CHN) W2–1	Chomphuphuang (THA) L 0–2
Hossein Ojaghi	70 kg		Saparbekov (KGZ) W2–0	Li (CHN) W2–0	Ponork (THA) W2–0

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The women's 10000 metres competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea was held on 8 October at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium.

Ku Hyo-Jin is a South Korean former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. She represented South Korea, as a 15-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and later helped her squad capture the bronze medal for the host nation at the 2002 Asian Games.

Iran participated in the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.

Iran competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016.

Iran competed in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia from 18 August to 2 September 2018. Iran has competed at the Asian Games since the first event in 1951 Delhi, and the best achievement was in 1974, when the country hosted the event in Tehran, by ranked second with the acquisition of 36 gold, 28 silver and 17 bronze medals. At the latest edition in Incheon, the country wrapped up its campaign with 57 medals in all - 21 gold, 18 silver and 18 bronze.

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↑ "The 14th Busan Asian Games – Results Book" (PDF). p. 168. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
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(in Persian) Iran Olympic Committee - Asian Games Medalists
(in Persian) Iran National Sports Organization - Asian Games Medalists

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[1] "The 14th Busan Asian Games – Results Book" (PDF). pp. 245–246. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2011.

[2] "アジア大会　2002年10月6日-10日". www.usiwakamaru.or.jp. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 22 December 2011.

[3] "The 14th Busan Asian Games – Results Book" (PDF). pp. 121–142. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2011.

[4] "The 14th Busan Asian Games – Results Book" (PDF). p. 168. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2011.

[Canoeing-5] 1 2 "Asian Canoeing (Olympic 2002)". Asian Canoe Confederation. Retrieved 22 December 2011.

[Cycling-6] 1 2 3 "14th Asian Games – JR". Cycling News. Retrieved 22 December 2011.

[7] "The 14th Busan Asian Games – Results Book" (PDF). pp. 396–398. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2011.

[8] "Asian Games 2002 (South Korea)". RSSSF. 23 November 2006. Retrieved 22 December 2011.

[9] "The 14th Busan Asian Games – Results Book" (PDF). pp. 456–463. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2011.

[10] "The 14th Busan Asian Games – Results Book" (PDF). pp. 477–481. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2011.

[Shooting-11] 1 2 "Asian Games – BUSAN, 2002". ISSF . Retrieved 22 December 2011.

[12] "The 14th Busan Asian Games – Results Book" (PDF). pp. 719–725. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2011.

[13] "The 14th Busan Asian Games – Results Book" (PDF). pp. 727–729. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2011.

[14] "The 14th Busan Asian Games – Results Book" (PDF). p. 744. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2011.

[15] "The 14th Busan Asian Games – Results Book" (PDF). pp. 750–757. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2011.

[16] "The 14th Busan Asian Games – Results Book" (PDF). pp. 766–772. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2011.

[17] "The 14th Busan Asian Games – Results Book" (PDF). pp. 773–779. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2011.

[18] "The 14th Busan Asian Games – Results Book" (PDF). pp. 786–788. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2011.

[19] "The 14th Busan Asian Games – Results Book" (PDF). pp. 789–793. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2011.

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