Iran at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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Iran at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Iran.svg
IPC code IRI
NPC I.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee
Website www.paralympic.ir
in Beijing
Competitors72 in 9 sports
Flag bearer Mohammad Reza Mirzaei
Medals
Ranked 22nd
Gold
5
Silver
6
Bronze
3
Total
14
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Iran participated at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country's delegation consists of 72 competitors in nine sports: football 7-a-side, goalball, judo, powerlifting, shooting, table tennis, track and field athletics, volleyball, and wheelchair basketball.

Contents

Competitors

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 13114
Football 7-a-side 1111
Goalball 66
Judo 55
Powerlifting 77
Shooting 213
Sitting volleyball 1212
Table tennis 22
Wheelchair basketball 1212
Total68472

Medal summary

Medal table

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Athletics 2316
Football 7-a-side 11
Judo 11
Powerlifting 2215
Sitting volleyball 11
Total56314

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Javad Hardani Athletics Men's discus throw F37/38
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mohammad Reza Mirzaei Athletics Men's javelin throw F57/58
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hamzeh Mohammadi Powerlifting Men's 60 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kazem Rajabi Powerlifting Men's +100 kg
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mohammad Hosseinifar
Mohammad Reza Rahimi
Reza Peidayesh
Davoud Alipourian
Mehdi Hamidzadeh
Nasser Hassanpour
Sadegh Bigdeli
Jalil Imeri
Saeid Ebrahimi
Issa Zirahi
Ramezan Salehi
Mohammad Khaleghi
Sitting volleyball Men
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mehrdad Karamzadeh Athletics Men's discus throw F42
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ali Mohammadyari Athletics Men's discus throw F55/56
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Abdolreza Jokar Athletics Men's javelin throw F53/54
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Saeid Rahmati Judo Men's 60 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ali Hosseini Powerlifting Men's 67.5 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Majid Farzin Powerlifting Men's 75 kg
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Javad Hardani Athletics Men's javelin throw F37/38
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Habibollah Heidarimehr
Esmaeil Malekzadeh
Gholamreza Najafi
Hadi Safari
Bahman Ansari [1]
Ehsan Gholamhosseinpour
Morteza Heidari
Abdolreza Karimzadeh
Rasoul Atashafrouz
Moslem Akbari
Ardeshir Mahini
Football 7-a-side Men
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ali Sadeghzadeh Powerlifting Men's 100 kg

Results by event

Athletics

Men
AthleteEventRound 1FinalRank
HeatTimeRankTimeRank
Ali Elahi 10000 m T12 34:38.7588
5000 m T13 116:03.555 qDid not finish
AthleteEventResultScoreRank
Mehdi Asghari Shot put F42 12.507
Mehrdad Karamzadeh Shot put F42 13.585
Discus throw F42 44.74Silver medal icon.svg
Jalil Bagheri Jeddi Shot put F55/56 9.9988212
Mehdi Moradi Shot put F57/58 13.4410026
Siamak Saleh-Farajzadeh Discus throw F33/34/52 Did not start
Jalal Khakzadieh Discus throw F33/34/52 Did not start
Javad Hardani Discus throw F37/38 45.62 PR1024Gold medal icon.svg
Javelin throw F37/38 47.65972Bronze medal icon.svg
Farzad Sepahvand Discus throw F44 51.239484
Ali Mohammadyari Discus throw F55/56 39.391023Silver medal icon.svg
Mohsen Kaedi Javelin throw F35/36 42.619755
Abdolreza Jokar Javelin throw F53/54 22.08 WR1108Silver medal icon.svg
Mohammad Reza Mirzaei Javelin throw F57/58 40.84 WR1052Gold medal icon.svg

Women

AthleteEventResultScoreRank
Fatemeh Montazeri Shot put F57/58 9.019278
Discus throw F57/58 28.208978

Football 7-a-side

Men [2]
Squad listPreliminariesSemifinalFinalRank
Pool BRank
Habibollah Heidarimehr
Esmaeil Malekzadeh
Gholamreza Najafi
Hadi Safari
Bahman Ansari
Ehsan Gholamhosseinpour
Morteza Heidari
Abdolreza Karimzadeh
Rasoul Atashafrouz
Moslem Akbari
Ardeshir Mahini
Coach:
Alireza Raadi
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
W4–2
2 QFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
L 0–5
3rd place match
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
W4–0
Bronze medal icon.svg
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
W3–0
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
L 0–4

Goalball

Men
Squad listPreliminariesQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
Group BRank
Rahmatollah Hosseini
Mohammad Soranji
Mohsen Jalilvand
Behzad Jahangiri
Javad Jalali
Mehdi Sayyahi
Coach: Mohammad Bidgoli
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
L 5–9
5Did not advance9th place match
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
W7–2
9
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
W8–5
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
L 5–10
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
L 3–4
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
W8–6

Judo

Men
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage finalFinalRank
Saeid Rahmati 60 kg Flag of Uruguay.svg  Borges  (URU)
W1000–0010
Flag of Cuba.svg  Pérez  (CUB)
W0100–0010
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li  (CHN)
W1000–0000
Flag of Algeria.svg  Noura  (ALG)
L 0000–1000
Silver medal icon.svg
Reza Golmohammadi 66 kg Flag of Spain.svg  García  (ESP)
W1000–0000
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Karpeniuk  (UKR)
W0010–0003
Flag of Algeria.svg  Lamri  (ALG)
L 0000–1001
3rd place match
Flag of Finland.svg  Kallunki  (FIN)
L 0000–1000
5
Mousa Pourabbas 73 kg Flag of Finland.svg  Peltoniemi  (FIN)
W1011–0000
Flag of Argentina.svg  Ramirez  (ARG)
L 0000–0010
ByeRepechage
Flag of Cuba.svg  Hierrezuelo  (CUB)
L 0000–1011
Did not advance7
Amir Mirhassan Nattaj 81 kg Flag of France.svg  Jonard  (FRA)
L 0000–1001
Did not advanceRepechage
Flag of Hungary.svg  Vincze  (HUN)
W0002–0000
Repechage
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Pominov  (UKR)
W0101–0001
Repechage
Flag of Argentina.svg  Lencina  (ARG)
L 0001–0011
5
Hamzeh Nadri 100 kg Flag of Brazil.svg  Silva  (BRA)
L 0000–1001
Did not advanceRepechage
Flag of the United States.svg  Porter  (USA)
L 0000–1000
Did not advance9

Powerlifting

Men
AthleteEventResultRank
Morteza Dashti 48 kg No mark
Gholam Hossein Chaltoukkar 56 kg 172.57
Hamzeh Mohammadi 60 kg 202.5 PR Gold medal icon.svg
Ali Hosseini 67.5 kg 215.0Silver medal icon.svg
Majid Farzin 75 kg 212.5Silver medal icon.svg
Ali Sadeghzadeh 100 kg 230.0Bronze medal icon.svg
Kazem Rajabi +100 kg 265.0 WR Gold medal icon.svg

Shooting

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreTotalRank
Bahman Karimi 10 m air pistol SH1 56014Did not advance
Ramezan Salehnejad 10 m air rifle standing SH1 58611Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreTotalRank
Nayyereh Akef 10 m air pistol SH1 36011Did not advance
Mixed
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreTotalRank
Nayyereh Akef 50 m pistol SH1 50723Did not advance
Bahman Karimi 50 m pistol SH1 5364 Q86.7622.76
Ramezan Salehnejad 10 m air rifle prone SH1 58842Did not advance
50 m rifle prone SH1 58222Did not advance

Sitting volleyball

Men [3]
Squad listPreliminariesSemifinalFinalRank
Pool BRank
Mohammad Hosseinifar
Mohammad Reza Rahimi
Reza Peidayesh
Davoud Alipourian
Mehdi Hamidzadeh
Nasser Hassanpour
Sadegh Bigdeli
Jalil Imeri
Saeid Ebrahimi
Issa Zirahi
Ramezan Salehi
Mohammad Khaleghi
Coach:
Hadi Rezaei
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
W3–0
25–7, 25–7, 25–5
1 QFlag of Russia.svg  Russia
W3–0
25–22, 25–13, 25–20
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
W3–0
25–22, 25–18, 25–22
Gold medal icon.svg
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
W3–0
25–9, 25–11, 25–8
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
W3–0
27–25, 25–12, 25–18

Table tennis

Women
AthleteEventPreliminaries / QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
GroupsRank
Narges Khazaei Singles 1/2 Flag of France.svg  Lafaye  (FRA)
L 1–3
5–11, 4–11, 12–10, 9–11
Group B
2
Did not advance8
Flag of Jordan.svg  Al-Bargouti  (JOR)
W3–2
11–6, 7–11, 11–9, 7–11, 11–6
Forough Bakhtiari Singles 3 Flag of Slovakia.svg  Kanova  (SVK)
L 0–3
6–11, 4–11, 6–11
Group B
2
Did not advance8
Flag of France.svg  Mariage  (FRA)
L 2–3
11–6, 11–7, 9–11, 8–11, 8–11
Flag of Italy.svg  Ploner  (ITA)
W3–0
11–6, 11–6, 11–5
Forough Bakhtiari
Narges Khazaei
Team 1–3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
L 2–3
3–1, 0–3, 2–3, 3–0, 0–3
Did not advance5

Wheelchair basketball

Men [4]
Squad listPreliminariesQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
Pool ARank
Saman Bolaghi
Ahmad Daghaghelehpour
Alireza Ahmadi
Morteza Gharibloo
Adel Torfi
Zakaria Hesamizadeh
Hakim Mansouri
Ebrahim Ahmadi
Esmaeil Hosseinpour
Gholamreza Nami
Bahman Seifi
Vahid Gholam-Azad
Coach: Abdolghafour Kamrava
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
W73–62
3 QFlag of the United States.svg  United States
L Walkover
disqualified
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
W92–66
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
W69–50
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
L 63–73
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
L 62–93

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