Iran at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Iran at the
2004 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 Athens
Competitors38 in 10 sports
Flag bearer Arash Miresmaeili [1]
Medals
Ranked 29th
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Iran competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. The nation has competed at every Summer Olympic games, since its return in 1948 after having made their debut in 1900, with the exception of the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics. The National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran sent a total of 38 athletes, 37 men and 1 woman, to compete in 10 sports. Half-lightweight judoka Arash Miresmaeili, who later forfeited his first match against Israel's Ehud Vaks for medical reasons, was the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. [1] [2]

Contents

Iran left Athens with a total of six medals (two golds, two silver, and two bronze), finishing twenty-ninth in the overall medal standings. Half of these medals were awarded to the athletes in men's freestyle wrestling. Taekwondo jin Hadi Saei claimed his first ever Olympic title in the men's featherweight division, in addition to his bronze medal from Sydney. [3]

Medalists

Competitors

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 202
Boxing 101
Cycling 404
Judo 707
Shooting 011
Swimming 101
Table tennis 101
Taekwondo 202
Weightlifting 606
Wrestling 13013
Total37138

Athletics

Iranian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard). [4] [5] [6]

Key
Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Sajjad Moradi 800 m 1:49.497Did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Abbas Samimi Discus throw 57.5728Did not advance

Boxing

Iran has qualified one boxer. [7]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Mohammad Asheri Lightweight ByeFlag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Valentino  (ITA)
L 18–37		Did not advance

Cycling

Road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Abbas Saeidi Tanha Men's road race [8] Did not finish
Amir Zargari Did not finish

Track

Pursuit [9]
AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankOpponent
Results		RankOpponent
Results		Rank
Hossein Askari Men's individual pursuit 4:39.30215Did not advance
Omnium [9]
AthleteEventPointsLapsRank
Mehdi Sohrabi Men's points race Did not finish

Judo

Seven Iranian judoka qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics. [10] Half-lightweight judoka Arash Miresmaeili forfeited his first match against Israel's Ehud Vaks, and accepted his disqualification from the International Judo Federation because a medical condition left him much heavier to fight. [1]

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh −60 kg Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroun  (CMR)
W 0030–0001		Flag of Armenia.svg  Nazaryan  (ARM)
W 0010–0001		Flag of Greece.svg  Zintiridis  (GRE)
W 1000–0021		Flag of Georgia.svg  Khergiani  (GEO)
L 0011–0122		ByeFlag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Choi M-H  (KOR)
L 0000–1002		5
Arash Miresmaeili −66 kg Flag of Israel.svg  Vaks  (ISR)
LWO		Did not advance
Hamed Malekmohammadi −73 kg Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Jereb  (SLO)
W 1000–0010		Flag of Moldova (3-2).svg  Bivol  (MDA)
L 0000–1000		Did not advanceFlag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  León  (VEN)
W 1010–0000		Flag of Portugal.svg  Neto  (POR)
L 0020–1110		Did not advance
Reza Chahkhandagh −81 kg Flag of Spain.svg  Echarte  (ESP)
W 1000–0000		Flag of Ukraine.svg  Hontyuk  (UKR)
L 0002–1001		Did not advanceFlag of Morocco.svg  Belgaïd  (MAR)
L 0001–0013		Did not advance
Abbas Fallah −90 kg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Morgan  (CAN)
L 0111–1002		Did not advance
Masoud Khosravinejad −100 kg Flag of Russia.svg  Maksimov  (RUS)
L 0001–0100		Did not advance
Mahmoud Miran +100 kg Flag of Haiti.svg  Brutus  (HAI)
W 1002–0001		Flag of Turkey.svg  Tataroğlu  (TUR)
W 1000–0010		Flag of Australia.svg  Pepic  (AUS)
W 0110–0100		Flag of Russia.svg  Tmenov  (RUS)
L 0010–1110		ByeFlag of the Netherlands.svg  van der Geest  (NED)
L 0001–0201		5

Shooting

Iran has qualified a single shooter. [11]

Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Nasim Hassanpour 10 m air pistol 37628Did not advance

Swimming

Iran has selected one swimmer under the Universality rule. [12]

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Babak Farhoudi 100 m freestyle 56.4261Did not advance

Table tennis

Iran has qualified one table tennis player. [13]

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Mohammad Reza Akhlaghpasand Men's singles Flag of Brazil.svg  Monteiro  (BRA)
L 1–4		Did not advance

Taekwondo

Two Iranian taekwondo jin qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics. [14]

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Hadi Saei Men's −68 kg Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Molfetta  (ITA)
WRSC		Flag of Brazil.svg  Silva  (BRA)
W 8–6		Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Song M-S  (KOR)
W 9–9 SUP		ByeFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Huang C-H  (TPE)
W 4–3		Gold medal icon.svg
Yousef Karami Men's −80 kg Flag of Thailand.svg  Noikoed  (THA)
W 16–12		Flag of Australia.svg  Trenton  (AUS)
W 13–9		Flag of the United States.svg  López  (USA)
L 6–7		ByeFlag of Tunisia.svg  Hamdouni  (TUN)
W 12–4		Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Ahmadov  (AZE)
W 9–8		Bronze medal icon.svg

Weightlifting

Six Iranian weightlifters qualified for the following events. [15]

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Mehdi Panzvan Men's −69 kg 147.5=4172.5DNF147.5DNF
Mohammad Hossein Barkhah Men's −77 kg 160=5197.56357.55
Asghar Ebrahimi Men's −94 kg 165=161901635516
Shahin Nassirinia 172.511220=1392.54
Mohsen Beiranvand Men's −105 kg 180DNF———DNF
Hossein Rezazadeh Men's +105 kg 2101263.5 WR 1472.5Gold medal icon.svg

Wrestling

Key
Men's freestyle [16]
AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		RankOpposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Babak Nourzad −55 kg Flag of Mongolia.svg  Naranbaatar  (MGL)
L 0–3 PO		Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Kim H-S  (KOR)
W 3–1 PP		—3Did not advance16
Masoud Mostafa-Jokar −60 kg Flag of Albania.svg  Prizreni  (ALB)
W 3–0 PO		Flag of Greece.svg  Aslanasvili  (GRE)
W 3–1 PP		—1 QByeFlag of Japan.svg  Inoue  (JPN)
W 3–1 PP		Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Quintana  (CUB)
L 0–3 PO		Silver medal icon.svg
Alireza Dabir −66 kg Flag of Russia.svg  Murtazaliev  (RUS)
L 0–3 PO		Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Tavkazakhov  (UZB)
L 1–3 PP		—3Did not advance18
Mehdi Hajizadeh −74 kg Flag of Georgia.svg  Saghirashvili  (GEO)
W 3–1 PP		Flag of the United States.svg  Williams  (USA)
L 0–3 PO		—2Did not advance13
Majid Khodaei −84 kg Flag of India.svg  Kumar  (IND)
W 3–1 PP		Flag of Japan.svg  Yokoyama  (JPN)
W 3–1 PP		—1 QFlag of the United States.svg  Sanderson  (USA)
L 1–3 PP		Did not advanceFlag of Greece.svg  Loizidis  (GRE)
W 3–0 PO		5
Alireza Heidari −96 kg Flag of Georgia.svg  Kurtanidze  (GEO)
W 3–1 PP		Flag of Brazil.svg  Jaoude  (BRA)
W 4–0 ST		—1 QFlag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Aghayev  (AZE)
W 3–0 PO		Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Ibragimov  (UZB)
L 1–3 PP		Flag of the United States.svg  Cormier  (USA)
W 3–1 PP		Bronze medal icon.svg
Alireza Rezaei −120 kg Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Boyadzhiev  (BUL)
W 3–0 PO		Flag of Mongolia.svg  Ösökhbayar  (MGL)
W 3–0 PO		Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Hrynkevich  (BLR)
W 3–0 PO		1 QByeFlag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Mutalimov  (KAZ)
W 3–1 PP		Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Taymazov  (UZB)
L 0–5 VT		Silver medal icon.svg
Men's Greco-Roman [17]
AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		RankOpposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Hassan Rangraz −55 kg Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Rivas  (CUB)
L 1–3 PP		Flag of Algeria.svg  Benchenaf  (ALG)
W 4–0 ST		—2Did not advance9
Ali Ashkani −60 kg Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Monzón  (CUB)
L 1–3 PP		Flag of Turkey.svg  Tüfenk  (TUR)
L 1–3 PP		Flag of Greece.svg  Gikas  (GRE)
W 3–1 PP		3Did not advance11
Parviz Zeidvand −66 kg Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Begaliev  (KGZ)
W 3–0 PO		Flag of Spain.svg  Sánchez  (ESP)
W 3–1 PP		—1 QFlag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Mansurov  (AZE)
L 1–3 PP		Did not advanceFlag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Kim I-S  (KOR)
L 0–5 EV		DSQ
Behrouz Jamshidi −84 kg Flag of Greece.svg  Avramis  (GRE)
L 1–3 PP		Flag of Norway.svg  Aanes  (NOR)
W 3–0 PO		—2Did not advance9
Masoud Hashemzadeh −96 kg Flag of Romania.svg  Sudureac  (ROM)
W 3–1 PP		Flag of Lithuania.svg  Ežerskis  (LTU)
W 5–0 VT		—1 QFlag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Chkhaidze  (KGZ)
W 3–1 PP		Flag of Georgia.svg  Nozadze  (GEO)
L 1–3 PP		Flag of Turkey.svg  Özal  (TUR)
L 1–3 PP		DSQ*
Sajjad Barzi −120 kg Flag of Hungary.svg  Deák-Bárdos  (HUN)
W 3–1 PP		Flag of Finland.svg  Ahokas  (FIN)
W 3–1 PP		—1 QFlag of France.svg  Szczepaniak  (FRA)
W 3–0 PO		Flag of Russia.svg  Baroyev  (RUS)
L 0–3 PO		Flag of the United States.svg  Gardner  (USA)
L 0–3 PO		4

* Masoud Hashemzadeh was disqualified for protesting after the bronze medal match.

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Iranian cleared of judo 'boycott'". BBC Sport. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Disqualification was as good as gold". Chicago Tribune. 9 September 2004. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  5. ↑ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards". IAAF . Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "2004 Olympics Official Results Book – Athletics" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 133 and 208. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  7. ↑ "2004 Olympics Official Results Book – Boxing" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  8. ↑ "2004 Olympics Official Results Book – Cycling Road" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  9. 1 2 "2004 Olympics Official Results Book – Cycling Track" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 15 and 65. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  10. ↑ "2004 Olympics Official Results Book – Judo" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 24–39. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  11. ↑ "2004 Olympics Official Results Book – Shooting" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 92. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  12. ↑ "2004 Olympics Official Results Book – Swimming" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 103. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  13. ↑ "2004 Olympics Official Results Book – Table Tennis" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  14. ↑ "2004 Olympics Official Results Book – Taekwondo" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 20 and 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  15. ↑ "2004 Olympics Official Results Book – Weightlifting" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 28–33. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  16. ↑ "2004 Olympics Official Results Book – Wrestling" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 92–104. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  17. ↑ "2004 Olympics Official Results Book – Wrestling" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 49–61. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
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