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Iran at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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.

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)

Competitors edit

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 edit

Medal table edit

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

Note: Demonstration sports indicated in italics.

Medalists edit

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

Results by event edit

Athletics edit

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

Cycling edit

Main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Road edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 		 
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 edit

Taekwondo edit

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  
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 edit

  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.
  2. ^ "XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 351 and 355. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  3. ^ "XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 351–354. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  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.

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