List of flag bearers for Iran at the Olympics

Iran at the Olympics
IOC code	IRI
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Website	www.olympic.ir  (in Persian and English)
Medals	Gold 24 Silver 23 Bronze 29 Total 76
Summer appearances
1900 1904–1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980–1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980–1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Zahra Nemati takes Iran's flag at the 2016 Summer Olympics' Parade of Nations

This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Iran at the Olympics. ^[1]

Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

#	Event year	Season	Flag bearer	Sport	Ref
1	1948	Summer	Mostafa Baharmast	Official	[2]
2	1952	Summer	Mahmoud Namjoo	Weightlifting
3	1956	Winter	Simon Farzami	Official
4	1956	Summer	Mahmoud Namjoo	Weightlifting
5	1960	Summer	Jafar Salmasi	Official
6	1964	Winter	Ovaness Meguerdounian	Alpine skiing
7	1964	Summer	Nosratollah Shahmir	Official
8	1968	Winter	Ovaness Meguerdounian	Alpine skiing
9	1968	Summer	Abolfazl Anvari	Wrestling
10	1972	Winter	Ovaness Meguerdounian	Official
11	1972	Summer	Abdollah Movahed	Wrestling
12	1976	Winter	Lotfollah Kiashemshaki	Official
13	1976	Summer	Moslem Eskandar-Filabi	Wrestling
14	1988	Summer	Hassan Zahedi	Taekwondo
15	1992	Summer	Alireza Soleimani	Wrestling
16	1996	Summer	Lida Fariman	Shooting
17	1998	Winter	Hassan Shemshaki	Alpine skiing
18	2000	Summer	Amir Reza Khadem	Wrestling
19	2002	Winter	Bagher Kalhor	Alpine skiing
20	2004	Summer	Arash Miresmaeili	Judo
21	2006	Winter	Alidad Saveh-Shemshaki	Alpine skiing
22	2008	Summer	Homa Hosseini	Rowing
23	2010	Winter	Marjan Kalhor	Alpine skiing
24	2012	Summer	Ali Mazaheri	Boxing
25	2014	Winter	Hossein Saveh-Shemshaki	Alpine skiing
26	2016	Summer	Zahra Nemati	Archery
27	2018	Winter	Samaneh Beyrami Baher	Cross-country skiing	[3]
28	2020	Summer	Samad Nikkhah Bahrami	Basketball	[4]
			Hanieh Rostamian	Shooting
29	2022	Winter	Atefeh Ahmadi	Alpine skiing	[5]
			Hossein Saveh-Shemshaki

See also

• Iran at the Olympics

References

1. Iran. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.
2. "Flagbearers for Islamic Republic of Iran". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen . Retrieved 21 May 2023.
3. "The Flagbearers for the PyeongChang 2018 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC . Retrieved 4 May 2022.
4. "The flagbearers for the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC . Retrieved 4 May 2022.
5. "The flagbearers for the Beijing 2022 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC . Retrieved 4 May 2022.

External links

• Iran NOC