Iran at the 2016 Asian Beach Games

Iran at the
2016 Asian Beach Games
Iran at the; 2016 Asian Beach Games
IOC code	IRI
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Website	www.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Da Nang
Competitors	33 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Kaveh Soleimani
Medals; Ranked 4th	Gold9Silver6Bronze6Total21
Asian Beach Games appearances
	2008 ; 2010 ; 2012 ; 2014 ; 2016 ;

Last updated November 11, 2025

Iran competed at the 2016 Asian Beach Games held in Danang, Vietnam from 24 September to 3 October 2016. Iran finished 4th in medal table with 21 medals including nine gold medals.^[1]

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Beach athletics	3		3
Beach kurash	3		3
Beach sambo	3		3
Beach wrestling	3		3
Ju-jitsu	4		4
Muaythai	4		4
Pencak silat	4		4
Vocotruyen	6		6
Vovinam	3		3
Total	33	0	33

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Beach athletics	1	1	1	3
Beach kurash	2	1		3
Beach sambo		1	1	2
Beach wrestling	2	1		3
Ju-jitsu			1	1
Muaythai	2			2
Pencak silat		1	1	2
Vocotruyen	2	1	1	4
Vovinam			1	1
Total	9	6	6	21

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Ali Samari	Beach athletics	Men's shot put
Gold	Hossein Sheikholeslami	Beach kurash	Men's 60 kg
Gold	Elias Aliakbari	Beach kurash	Men's 81 kg
Gold	Mohammad Naderi	Beach wrestling	Men's 70 kg
Gold	Omid Hassantabar	Beach wrestling	Men's 80 kg
Gold	Kaveh Soleimani	Muaythai	Men's 67 kg
Gold	Masoud Minaei	Muaythai	Men's 71 kg
Gold	Yaser Pormehr	Vocotruyen	Men's 50 kg
Gold	Mohsen Gholami	Vocotruyen	Men's open
Silver	Reza Ghasemi	Beach athletics	Men's 60 m
Silver	Ghanbar Ali Ghanbari	Beach kurash	Men's 66 kg
Silver	Yousef Karimian	Beach sambo	Men's 74 kg
Silver	Mohammad Sadati	Beach wrestling	Men's 90 kg
Silver	Akbar Kianian	Pencak silat	Men's tanding 70 kg
Silver	Hossein Yazdani	Vocotruyen	Men's 70 kg
Bronze	Sobhan Taherkhani	Beach athletics	Men's long jump
Bronze	Iraj Amirkhani	Beach sambo	Men's 90 kg
Bronze	Amir Hossein Khademian	Ju-jitsu	Men's ne-waza 69 kg
Bronze	Babak Hashemzadeh	Pencak silat	Men's tanding 85 kg
Bronze	Firouz Mokhtari	Vocotruyen	Men's 55 kg
Bronze	Meisam Jahanipour	Vovinam	Men's five-gate form

Results by event

Beach athletics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Heat	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank
Reza Ghasemi	60 m	1	6.97	2 Q	6.55	2
Sobhan Taherkhani	60 m	2	Did not start		Did not advance		—

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Sobhan Taherkhani	Long jump	7.35
Ali Samari	Shot put	18.29

Beach kurash

Athlete^[2]	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Hossein Sheikholeslami	Men's 60 kg	—	Tokas (IND) W101–000	Võ (VIE) W101–011	Chinbat (MGL) W001–001
Ghanbar Ali Ghanbari	Men's 66 kg	Allaberdiýew (TKM) W011–003	Suwannawong (THA) W101–000	Trịnh (VIE) W101–001	Tukhtaev (UZB) L 002–002
Elias Aliakbari	Men's 81 kg	Balayan (IND) W101–000	Suwannaphueng (THA) W100–000	Abdyrahmanow (TKM) W001–001	Shamsidinov (UZB) W002–001

Beach sambo

Men^[3]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Yousef Karimian	74 kg	Qaddoori (IRQ) W0–0	Trịnh (VIE) W Throw	Kudratov (UZB) W Throw	Mambetzhan Uulu (KGZ) L Throw
Iraj Amirkhani	90 kg	Noori (AFG) W Throw	Phạm (VIE) W Throw	Yuldashev (UZB) L Throw	3rd place match Nicolaos (LIB) W Throw
Behnam Hodhodi	+90 kg	Gulyamov (UZB) W Throw	Issa (IRQ) W0–0	Önörjargal (MGL) L Throw	3rd place match Fadel (LIB) L Throw	5

Beach wrestling

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Mohammad Naderi	Men's 70 kg	—	Nguon (CAM) W3–0	Batzorig (MGL) W3–0	Afzalzada (AFG) W3–0	Nazir (PAK) W3–0
Omid Hassantabar	Men's 80 kg	—	Nairisiga (CHN) W3–0	Ankhbayar (MGL) W3–1	Butt (PAK) W3–0	Aunjai (THA) W3–0
Mohammad Sadati	Men's 90 kg	Group round Kerimkulov (KGZ) W3–1	Group round Khan (QAT) W3–0	Group round Naseri (AFG) W3–0	Group round Lin (CHN) W3–0	Inam (PAK) L 0–3

Ju-jitsu

Men's ne-waza^[4]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Mehran Sattar Ahmad Reza Eidi	Duo show		Taňryberdiýew (TKM) Taňryberdiýew (TKM) L 35.5–37.5	Did not advance			9
Mehran Sattar	56 kg		Taňryberdiýew (TKM) W Disqualification	Siddique (PAK) W99–0	Erdenebaatar (MGL) L 0–12	3rd place match Singchalad (THA) L 6–99	5
Ahmad Reza Eidi	62 kg	Bye	Taňryberdiýew (TKM) W13–0	Yahya (IRQ) L 0–99	Repechage Bualuang (THA) W18–0	3rd place match Petsing (THA) L 0–2	5
Amir Hossein Khademian	69 kg		Raman (IND) W99–0	Ahmed (IRQ) L 0–16	Repechage Davaadorj (MGL) W99–0	3rd place match Lim (PHI) W99–2
Amir Hossein Khademian	Open		Al-Hammadi (UAE) L 0–3	Did not advance			9
Mohammad Mansouri Davar	85 kg	Bye	Kasymow (TKM) W99–0	Al-Bilbaisi (JOR) L 0–8	Repechage Murtazaliev (KGZ) L 0–99	Did not advance	7

Muaythai

Athlete^[5]	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Jamal Madani	Men's 57 kg	Bayaras (PHI) WRSCB	Khamtha (THA) L 27–30	Did not advance		5
Mehrdad Sayyadi	Men's 60 kg	Dobrynin (KAZ) W30–27	Nguyễn (VIE) L 27–30	Did not advance		5
Kaveh Soleimani	Men's 67 kg	Bye	Tagaev (UZB) WWO	Wang (CHN) WRSCO	Kanatbayev (KAZ) WKOH
Masoud Minaei	Men's 71 kg	—	Na (KOR) WRET	Shan (CHN) WRSCO	Trương (VIE) WRSCH

Pencak silat

Tanding^[6]

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Akbar Kianian	Men's 70 kg	—	Shekhar (IND) WRSC	Jamari (MAS) L 0–5
Mohsen Ranjdoust	Men's 75 kg	Rashid (SGP) L 0–5	Did not advance		5
Masoud Ghiasifar	Men's 80 kg	Sanjaya (INA) LDSQ	Did not advance		5
Babak Hashemzadeh	Men's 85 kg	Bye	Alau'ddin (SGP) L 0–5	Did not advance

Vocotruyen

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Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Yaser Pormehr	Men's 50 kg	Bye	Jadhav (IND) WKO	Đặng (VIE) WDSQ
Firouz Mokhtari	Men's 55 kg	Bye	Phommakhamthong (LAO) L 0–2	Did not advance
Mohammad Salehi	Men's 60 kg	Soukaphone (LAO) L 0–2	Did not advance		5
Ali Aghajari	Men's 65 kg	Latsaphao (LAO) L 0–2	Did not advance		5
Hossein Yazdani	Men's 70 kg	Oeun (CAM) W2–0	Garad (IND) WRSC	Nguyễn (VIE) L 1–2
Mohsen Gholami	Men's open	Has (CAM) W2–0	Chavan (IND) WRSC	Trần (VIE) WKO

Vovinam

Men's performance^[8]

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Meisam Jahanipour	Five-gate form	260
Saeid Ahmadi Mehdi Amirifar	Dual machete form	255	5

References

↑ ايران با 21 مدال بعنوان چهارمي بازيهاي آسيايي ساحلي دست يافت (in Persian). Iran NOC. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
↑ "Results of Kurash competitions at 5th Asian Beach Games in Vietnam". International Kurash Association. 27 September 2016. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
↑ "Sambo Tournament at the 5th Asian Beach Games in Danang, Vietnam". FIAS. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
↑ "Ju-Jitsu Event in Asian Beach Games" (PDF). JJAU. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
↑ "ABG5 Results". International Federation of Muaythai Amateur . Retrieved 2 October 2016.
↑ "Asian Beach Games Pencak Silat". Danang 2016 official website. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
↑ "Asian Beach Games Traditional Martial Art". Danang 2016 official website. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
↑ "Asian Beach Games Vovinam". Danang 2016 official website. Retrieved 11 October 2016.

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[1] ايران با 21 مدال بعنوان چهارمي بازيهاي آسيايي ساحلي دست يافت (in Persian). Iran NOC. 2 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.

[2] "Results of Kurash competitions at 5th Asian Beach Games in Vietnam". International Kurash Association. 27 September 2016. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.

[3] "Sambo Tournament at the 5th Asian Beach Games in Danang, Vietnam". FIAS. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.

[4] "Ju-Jitsu Event in Asian Beach Games" (PDF). JJAU. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

[5] "ABG5 Results". International Federation of Muaythai Amateur . Retrieved 2 October 2016.

[6] "Asian Beach Games Pencak Silat". Danang 2016 official website. Retrieved 11 October 2016.

[7] "Asian Beach Games Traditional Martial Art". Danang 2016 official website. Retrieved 11 October 2016.

[8] "Asian Beach Games Vovinam". Danang 2016 official website. Retrieved 11 October 2016.

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