Iran at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Iran at the
1988 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIRI
(IRN used at these Games)
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Websitewww.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Seoul
Competitors27 in 4 sports
Flag bearer Hassan Zahedi
Medals
Ranked 36th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after missing both the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics, due to the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the Iran–Iraq War, which lasted from 1980 until 1988.

Competitors

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 1 1
Cycling, Road 6 6
Cycling, Track 2 2
Taekwondo 4 4
Wrestling 15 15
Total 27 0 27

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Taekwondo 1 1
Wrestling 1 1
Total 0 1 0 1

Note: Demonstration sports indicated in italics.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver Askari Mohammadian Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg

Results by event

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men[1]
Athlete Event Time Rank
Nasser Babapour Marathon 3:00:20 93

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Road

Men[2]
Athlete Event Time Rank
Iraj Amirakhori Road race 4:32:56 56
Mohammad Reza Bajoul Road race Did not finish
Siamak Safarzadeh Road race 4:42:47 93
Mostafa Chaichi
Abbas Esmaeili
Mehrdad Safarzadeh
Siamak Safarzadeh 		Team time trial 2:15:29.5 23

Track

Men[3]
Athlete Event Qualification 1/8 final Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Time Rank
Jalil Eftekhari 1 km time trial 1:11.683 27
Mostafa Chaichi Individual pursuit Overlapped Did not advance —
Athlete Event Qualification Final Rank
Heat Score Rank Score Rank
Jalil Eftekhari Points race 2 13 (–2 laps) 14 Did not advance 29

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men's freestyle[4]
Athlete Event Eliminatory round Final Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 / 7
Nasser Zeinalnia 48 kg  Delgado (COL)
W 17–0 		 Şükrüoğlu (TUR)
W 4–3 		 Kobayashi (JPN)
L Fall 		 Vanni (USA)
L Fall 		Did not advance 7th place match
 Anger (GDR)
L Walkover 		8
Majid Torkan 52 kg  Lo (TPE)
W 15–0 		 Woodcraft (CAN)
W Fall 		 Toguzov (URS)
L 2–4 		 Trstena (YUG)
L DNF 		Did not advance 13
Askari Mohammadian 57 kg  Battuul (MGL)
W Fall 		 Kimani (KEN)
W 15–0 		 Chen (CHN)
W Fall 		 Noh (KOR)
W 16–1 		 Ivanov (BUL)
W 5–4 		Bye  Beloglazov (URS)
L 1–5 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Akbar Fallah 62 kg  Farrugia (MLT)
W 15–0 		 Kim (KOR)
W 4–3 		Bye  Bohay (CAN)
W 6–1 		 Polky (GDR)
W 10–3 		 Helmdach (FRG)
W 5–0 		3rd place match
 Shterev (BUL)
L 2–5 		4
 Sarkisyan (URS)
L 1–12
Amir Reza Khadem 68 kg Bye  El-Khodary (EGY)
W 16–0 		 Rauhala (FIN)
L 7–8 		 Wattar (SYR)
W 17–1 		 Fadzaev (URS)
L 4–12 		Did not advance 11
Ayat Vagozari 74 kg  Varayev (URS)
L 3–5 		 Anwar (PAK)
W 20–9 		 Kumar (IND)
W Fall 		 Westendorf (GDR)
W 6–3 		 Hara (JPN)
W 12–9 		 Sofiadi (BUL)
L DNF 		5th place match
 Rauhala (FIN)
L DNF 		6
Ahmad Afghan 82 kg  Nto (CMR)
W Fall 		 Iglesias (ESP)
W 15–0 		 Rinke (CAN)
L 6–7 		 Sükhbat (MGL)
L 0–15 		Did not advance 11
Mohammad Reza Toupchi 90 kg  Lukowski (FRG)
W 3–2 		 Alabakov (BUL)
L 2–3 		 Kim (KOR)
L DSQP 		Did not advance 17
Men's Greco-Roman[5]
Athlete Event Eliminatory round Final Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 / 7
Reza Simkhah 48 kg  Scherer (FRG)
L 5–10 		 Yang (CHN)
L 0–16 		Did not advance Did not advance 13
Abdolkarim Kakahaji 52 kg  Murtoaro (FIN)
L 8–10 		 Miyahara (JPN)
L 1–6 		Did not advance 14
Ahad Pazaj 57 kg  Sigde (NOR)
L Fall 		 Chestakov (URS)
L 0–15 		Did not advance 20
Ahad Javansalehi 62 kg  Madzhidov (URS)
L 3–8 		 Lakhal (TUN)
W 5–0 		 An (KOR)
L Disqualification 		Did not advance Did not advance 10
Masoud Ghadimi 68 kg  Zhao (CHN)
W 2–1 		 Abrial (FRA)
L Fall 		 Kim (KOR)
L Disqualification 		Did not advance 21
Reza Andouz 74 kg  Turlykhanov (URS)
L Fall 		 Balcı (TUR)
L DSQP 		Did not advance 16
Mehdi Moradi Ganjeh 82 kg  Stoykov (BUL)
L 0–14 		 Fredriksson (SWE)
L DSQP 		Did not advance 16

Demonstration sports

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men[6]
Athlete Event 1/8 final Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Fariborz Danesh 50 kg  Rumeon (NED)
W Points 		 Torroella (MEX)
L Points 		Did not advance 5
Feisal Danesh 58 kg  Carvallo (ECU)
W Points 		 Salim (DEN)
W Points 		 Sanabria (ESP)
L Points 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hassan Zahedi 83 kg  Fraser (GBR)
L Walkover 		Did not advance —
Mansour Bagheri +83 kg  Da Rocha (GHA)
W Points 		 Kim (USA)
L Points 		Did not advance 5

References

  1. ^ "XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 239. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
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  4. ^ "XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 655–667. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  5. ^ "XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 642–650. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  6. ^ "XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 708–715. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.