Iran at the Olympics

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Iran at the
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)
Medals
Ranked 41st
Gold
27
Silver
29
Bronze
32
Total
88
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Iran, formerly known as Persia before 1935 and officially the Islamic Republic of Iran since 1979, first participated in the Olympic Games in 1900. Iran has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since 1948, except for 1980 and 1984 due to political boycotts. Iran has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games on several occasions since 1956.

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Iran has participated in 19 Summer Olympics and 12 Winter Olympics so far. Iran participated in 9 Summer Olympics and gained 4 gold medals before the 1979 Revolution, and participated in 10 Summer Olympics and won 23 gold medals after the revolution. [1] [2]

Freydoun Malkom, a fencer who competed in the épée event at the 1900 Summer Olympics, was the first Iranian Olympic competitor. Jafar Salmasi won Iran's first Olympic medal in 1948, and Kimia Alizadeh was the first Iranian female Olympic medalist, having done so in 2016. Iranian athletes have won a total of 88 Summer Olympic medals, all in wrestling, weightlifting, taekwondo, athletics, shooting, and karate. Iran's National Olympic Committee was founded in 1947.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Iran at Summer Olympic Games Iran at Summer Olympics Chart.jpg
Iran at Summer Olympic Games
The first olympic medal for Iran, Jafar Salmasi Jafar Salmasi 1.jpg
The first olympic medal for Iran, Jafar Salmasi
Emam-Ali Habibi, 1956 Melbourne Shigeru Kasahara, Emam-Ali Habibi, Alimbeg Bestayev 1956b.jpg
Emam-Ali Habibi, 1956 Melbourne
Mohammad Nassiri, 1968 Mexico City Imre Foldi, Mohammad Nassiri, Henryk Trebicki 1968.jpg
Mohammad Nassiri, 1968 Mexico City
Sohrab Moradi, 2016 Summer Olympics Straltsou, Moradi, Didzbalis Rio 2016.jpg
Sohrab Moradi, 2016 Summer Olympics
GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank
State Flag of Greece (1863-1924 and 1935-1973).svg 1896 Athens did not participate
Flag of France.svg 1900 Paris 1 0000
Flag of the United States (1896-1908).svg 1904 St. Louis did not participate
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1908 London
Flag of Sweden.svg 1912 Stockholm
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 1920 Antwerp
Flag of France.svg 1924 Paris
Flag of the Netherlands.svg 1928 Amsterdam
Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg 1932 Los Angeles
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg 1936 Berlin
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1948 London 36 0011 34
Flag of Finland.svg 1952 Helsinki 22 0347 30
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1956 Melbourne 17 2215 14
Flag of Italy.svg 1960 Rome 25 0134 27
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg 1964 Tokyo 63 0022 34
Flag of Mexico.svg 1968 Mexico City 14 2125 19
Flag of Germany.svg 1972 Munich 50 0213 28
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1976 Montreal 86 0112 33
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg 1980 Moscow did not participate
Flag of the United States.svg 1984 Los Angeles
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg 1988 Seoul 27 0101 36
Flag of Spain.svg 1992 Barcelona 40 0123 44
Flag of the United States.svg 1996 Atlanta 18 1113 43
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2000 Sydney 35 3014 27
Flag of Greece.svg 2004 Athens 38 2226 29
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2008 Beijing 55 1012 52
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 2012 London 53 75113 12
Flag of Brazil.svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro 63 3148 24
Flag of Japan.svg 2020 Tokyo 65 3227 27
Flag of France.svg 2024 Paris 41 36312 21
Flag of the United States.svg 2028 Los Angeles future event
Flag of Australia (converted).svg 2032 Brisbane
Total (19/30)74927293288 39

Medals by Winter Games

GamesAthletesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank
Flag of Italy.svg 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 3 0000
Flag of the United States.svg 1960 Squaw Valley did not participate
Flag of Austria.svg 1964 Innsbruck 4 0000
Flag of France.svg 1968 Grenoble 4 0000
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg 1972 Sapporo 4 0000
Flag of Austria.svg 1976 Innsbruck 4 0000
Flag of the United States.svg 1980 Lake Placid did not participate
Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg 1984 Sarajevo
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 1988 Calgary
Flag of France.svg 1992 Albertville
Flag of Norway.svg 1994 Lillehammer
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg 1998 Nagano 1 0000
Flag of the United States.svg 2002 Salt Lake City 2 0000
Flag of Italy.svg 2006 Turin 2 0000
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2010 Vancouver 4 0000
Flag of Russia.svg 2014 Sochi 5 0000
Flag of South Korea.svg 2018 Pyeongchang 4 0000
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2022 Beijing 3 0000
Flag of Italy.svg 2026 Milano Cortina future event
Flag of France.svg 2030 French Alps
Flag of the United States.svg 2034 Salt Lake City
Total (12/24)400000

Medals by sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Wrestling pictogram.svg  Wrestling 13192355
Weightlifting pictogram.svg  Weightlifting 96520
Taekwondo pictogram.svg  Taekwondo 33410
Shooting pictogram.svg  Shooting 1001
Karate pictogram.svg  Karate 1001
Athletics pictogram.svg  Athletics 0101
Total (6)27293288

List of medalists

MedalNameGamesSportEventDate
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Jafar Salmasi 1948 London Weightlifting Men's 60 kg 9 August 1948 [3]
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Gholamreza Takhti 1952 Helsinki Wrestling Men's freestyle 79 kg 23 July 1952
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Nasser Givehchi 1952 Helsinki Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg 23 July 1952
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mahmoud Namjoo 1952 Helsinki Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 25 July 1952
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mahmoud Mollaghasemi 1952 Helsinki Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg 23 July 1952
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Abdollah Mojtabavi 1952 Helsinki Wrestling Men's freestyle 73 kg 23 July 1952
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Tofigh Jahanbakht 1952 Helsinki Wrestling Men's freestyle 67 kg 23 July 1952
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ali Mirzaei 1952 Helsinki Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 25 July 1952
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Emam-Ali Habibi 1956 Melbourne Wrestling Men's freestyle 67 kg 1 December 1956
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Gholamreza Takhti 1956 Melbourne Wrestling Men's freestyle 87 kg 1 December 1956
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mehdi Yaghoubi 1956 Melbourne Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 1 December 1956
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour 1956 Melbourne Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg 1 December 1956
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mahmoud Namjoo 1956 Melbourne Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 23 November 1956
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Gholamreza Takhti 1960 Rome Wrestling Men's freestyle 87 kg 6 September 1960
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mohammad Paziraei 1960 Rome Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg 31 August 1960
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ebrahim Seifpour 1960 Rome Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg 6 September 1960
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Esmaeil Elmkhah 1960 Rome Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 7 September 1960
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ali Akbar Heidari 1964 Tokyo Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg 14 October 1964
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran 1964 Tokyo Wrestling Men's freestyle 78 kg 14 October 1964
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mohammad Nassiri 1968 Mexico City Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 13 October 1968
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Abdollah Movahed 1968 Mexico City Wrestling Men's freestyle 70 kg 20 October 1968
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Parviz Jalayer 1968 Mexico City Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg 15 October 1968
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Aboutaleb Talebi 1968 Mexico City Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 20 October 1968
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi 1968 Mexico City Wrestling Men's freestyle 63 kg 20 October 1968
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mohammad Nassiri 1972 Munich Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 28 August 1972
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Rahim Aliabadi 1972 Munich Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg 10 September 1972
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ebrahim Javadi 1972 Munich Wrestling Men's freestyle 48 kg 31 August 1972
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mansour Barzegar 1976 Montreal Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 31 July 1976
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mohammad Nassiri 1976 Montreal Weightlifting Men's 52 kg 18 July 1976
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Askari Mohammadian 1988 Seoul Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 1 October 1988
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Askari Mohammadian 1992 Barcelona Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg 7 August 1992
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Amir Reza Khadem 1992 Barcelona Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 6 August 1992
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Rasoul Khadem 1992 Barcelona Wrestling Men's freestyle 82 kg 7 August 1992
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Rasoul Khadem 1996 Atlanta Wrestling Men's freestyle 90 kg 2 August 1996
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Abbas Jadidi 1996 Atlanta Wrestling Men's freestyle 100 kg 31 July 1996
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Amir Reza Khadem 1996 Atlanta Wrestling Men's freestyle 82 kg 31 July 1996
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hossein Tavakkoli 2000 Sydney Weightlifting Men's 105 kg 25 September 2000
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hossein Rezazadeh 2000 Sydney Weightlifting Men's +105 kg 26 September 2000
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Alireza Dabir 2000 Sydney Wrestling Men's freestyle 58 kg 1 October 2000
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hadi Saei 2000 Sydney Taekwondo Men's 68 kg 28 September 2000
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hossein Rezazadeh 2004 Athens Weightlifting Men's +105 kg 25 August 2004
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hadi Saei 2004 Athens Taekwondo Men's 68 kg 27 August 2004
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Alireza Rezaei 2004 Athens Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg 28 August 2004
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Masoud Mostafa-Jokar 2004 Athens Wrestling Men's freestyle 60 kg 29 August 2004
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yousef Karami 2004 Athens Taekwondo Men's 80 kg 28 August 2004
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Alireza Heidari 2004 Athens Wrestling Men's freestyle 96 kg 29 August 2004
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hadi Saei 2008 Beijing Taekwondo Men's 80 kg 22 August 2008
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Morad Mohammadi 2008 Beijing Wrestling Men's freestyle 60 kg 19 August 2008
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Saeid Mohammadpour 2012 London Weightlifting Men's 94 kg 4 August 2012 [b]
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hamid Sourian 2012 London Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg 5 August 2012
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Omid Norouzi 2012 London Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg 6 August 2012
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Navab Nassirshalal 2012 London Weightlifting Men's 105 kg 6 August 2012 [d]
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ghasem Rezaei 2012 London Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg 7 August 2012
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Behdad Salimi 2012 London Weightlifting Men's +105 kg 7 August 2012
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Komeil Ghasemi 2012 London Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg 11 August 2012 [c]
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kianoush Rostami 2012 London Weightlifting Men's 85 kg 3 August 2012 [a]
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Sajjad Anoushiravani 2012 London Weightlifting Men's +105 kg 7 August 2012
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ehsan Haddadi 2012 London Athletics Men's discus throw 7 August 2012
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mohammad Bagheri Motamed 2012 London Taekwondo Men's 68 kg 9 August 2012
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Sadegh Goudarzi 2012 London Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 10 August 2012
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ehsan Lashgari 2012 London Wrestling Men's freestyle 84 kg 11 August 2012
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kianoush Rostami 2016 Rio de Janeiro Weightlifting Men's 85 kg 12 August 2016
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Sohrab Moradi 2016 Rio de Janeiro Weightlifting Men's 94 kg 13 August 2016
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Hassan Yazdani 2016 Rio de Janeiro Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 19 August 2016 [4]
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Komeil Ghasemi 2016 Rio de Janeiro Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg 20 August 2016
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Saeid Abdevali 2016 Rio de Janeiro Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 75 kg 14 August 2016
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ghasem Rezaei 2016 Rio de Janeiro Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg 16 August 2016
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kimia Alizadeh 2016 Rio de Janeiro Taekwondo Women's 57 kg 18 August 2016
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hassan Rahimi 2016 Rio de Janeiro Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 19 August 2016
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Javad Foroughi 2020 Tokyo Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol 24 July 2021
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mohammad Reza Geraei 2020 Tokyo Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg 4 August 2021
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Sajjad Ganjzadeh 2020 Tokyo Karate Men's kumite +75 kg 7 August 2021
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ali Davoudi 2020 Tokyo Weightlifting Men's +109 kg 4 August 2021
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hassan Yazdani 2020 Tokyo Wrestling Men's freestyle 86 kg 5 August 2021
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mohammad Hadi Saravi 2020 Tokyo Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg 3 August 2021
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Amir Hossein Zare 2020 Tokyo Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg 6 August 2021
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Mohammad Hadi Saravi 2024 Paris Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman −97 kg 7 August 2024
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Saeid Esmaeili 2024 Paris Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman −67 kg 8 August 2024
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Arian Salimi 2024 Paris Taekwondo Men's +80 kg 10 August 2024
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Alireza Mohmadi 2024 Paris Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman −87 kg 8 August 2024
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Nahid Kiani 2024 Paris Taekwondo Women's 57 kg 8 August 2024
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hassan Yazdani 2024 Paris Wrestling Men's freestyle 86 kg 9 August 2024
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mehran Barkhordari 2024 Paris Taekwondo Men's 80 kg 9 August 2024
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Amir Hossein Zare 2024 Paris Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg 10 August 2024
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Rahman Amouzad 2024 Paris Wrestling Men's freestyle 65 kg 11 August 2024
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Amin Mirzazadeh 2024 Paris Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg 6 August 2024
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Mobina Nematzadeh 2024 Paris Taekwondo Women's 49 kg 7 August 2024
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Amir Ali Azarpira 2024 Paris Wrestling Men's 97 kg 11 August 2024

Athletes with most medals

#AthleteSportGames Gold medal olympic.svg Silver medal olympic.svg Bronze medal olympic.svg Total
1 Hadi Saei Taekwondo pictogram.svg  Taekwondo 2000–20082013
2 Hossein Rezazadeh Weightlifting pictogram.svg  Weightlifting 2000–20042002
3 Gholamreza Takhti Wrestling pictogram.svg  Wrestling 1952–19641203
Hassan Yazdani Wrestling pictogram.svg  Wrestling 2016–20241203
5 Mohammad Nassiri Weightlifting pictogram.svg  Weightlifting 1968–19761113
6 Komeil Ghasemi Wrestling pictogram.svg  Wrestling 2012–20161102
Kianoush Rostami Weightlifting pictogram.svg  Weightlifting 2012–20161102
8 Rasoul Khadem Wrestling pictogram.svg  Wrestling 1992–19961012
Ghasem Rezaei Wrestling pictogram.svg  Wrestling 2012–20161012
Mohammad Hadi Saravi Wrestling pictogram.svg  Wrestling 2020–20241012
11 Askari Mohammadian Wrestling pictogram.svg  Wrestling 1988–19920202
12 Mahmoud Namjoo Weightlifting pictogram.svg  Weightlifting 1952–19560112
Amir Hossein Zare Wrestling pictogram.svg  Wrestling 2020–20240112
14 Amir Reza Khadem Wrestling pictogram.svg  Wrestling 1992–19960022

Sport by year

Summer Olympics

Sport 00 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 Years
 
Diving pictogram.svg Aquatics, Diving 11
Swimming pictogram.svg Aquatics, Swimming 1111111119
Water polo pictogram.svg Aquatics, Water polo 111
Archery pictogram.svg Archery 221115
Athletics pictogram.svg Athletics 121813412112610103217
Badminton pictogram.svg Badminton 112
Basketball pictogram.svg Basketball 1312123
Boxing pictogram.svg Boxing 8645566451341214
Canoeing (flatwater) pictogram.svg Canoeing, Sprint 121125
Cycling (road) pictogram.svg Cycling, Road 44777223331112
Cycling (track) pictogram.svg Cycling, Track 25
Equestrian pictogram.svg Equestrian 11
Fencing pictogram.svg Fencing 1421312448
Football pictogram.svg Football 1719173
Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Gymnastics, Artistic 212
Judo pictogram.svg Judo 1376126
Karate pictogram.svg Karate 31
Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing 221135
Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting 3144111356411
Sport climbing pictogram.svg Sport climbing 11
Table tennis pictogram.svg Table tennis 111123138
Taekwondo pictogram.svg Taekwondo 4322334347
Volleyball (indoor) pictogram.svg Volleyball 12122
Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting 577554375663652216
Wrestling pictogram.svg Wrestling 7881212914171516101113121312111218
Total136221723631450862740183538555363654119

Winter Olympics

Sport 56 64 68 72 76 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Years
 
Alpine skiing pictogram.svg Skiing, Alpine 34444111332112
Cross country skiing pictogram.svg Skiing, Cross-country 1112216
Total34444122454211

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