Iran (officially called the Islamic Republic of Iran) is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the nation's debut in 1948, Iranian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984, citing political reasons.
| Iran at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | IRI |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
| Website | www |
| in Paris, France 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024 | |
| Competitors | 32 in 9 sports |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Calls for ban on participation edit
There have been calls to ban Iran from the 2024 Summer Olympics due to human rights allegations. Senator Marsha Blackburn petitioned IOC President Thomas Bach to ban them from the Paris Games.[1] The IOC expressed serious concerns over the situation of the Iranian athletes and urged the Iranian Olympic Committee to take appropriate action with the highest authorities to protect the athletes and members of the Olympic community from a humanitarian perspective. The IOC said that it reserves the right to take any appropriate action relating to the participation of the Iranian NOC and athletes in regarding the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2][3]
Competitors edit
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canoeing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Cycling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Fencing | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rowing | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Shooting | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Taekwondo | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Weightlifting | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Total | 24 | 8 | 32 |
Canoeing edit
Sprint edit
Iranian canoeists qualified one boat for the Games through the result of highest rank eligible nation's in the following events, through the 2024 Asian Sprint Canoeing Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Men's C-1 1000 m | |||||||||
| Men's K-1 1000 m | |||||||||
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling edit
Road edit
Iran entered one male rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympic. The nation's secured those quota through the 2023 Asian Championships in Rayong, Thailand.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's road race |
Fencing edit
Iran entered four fencers into the Olympic competition. The nation's men's sabre team secured a quota places in men's sabre events, after nominated as one the highest nations, from Asia & Oceania, through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
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Rank | ||
| Men's sabre | ||||||||
| * |
Men's team sabre | |||||||
Gymnastics edit
Artistic edit
Iran entered one gymnasts into the games. Mahdi Olfati directly secured his quota to compete at the Olympics by being one of the highest-ranked eligible athlete in the men's vault, through the final accumulations of the 2024 Apparatus World Cup Series rankings.
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
| F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
| Mahdi Olfati | Vault | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
Rowing edit
Iranian rowers qualified two boats for the following events, through the 2024 Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea.[4]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Women's single sculls | |||||||||
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Women's lightweight double sculls | ||||||||
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Shooting edit
Iranian shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 and 2024 Asian Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[5]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Men's trap | |||||||
| Women's 10 m air rifle | |||||||
| Women's 25 m pistol | |||||||
Taekwondo edit
Iran qualified four athletes to compete at the games. Nahid Kiani qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of finishing within the top five in the Olympic rankings in her respective division, meanwhile Mehran Barkhordari qualified the games by virtue of finishing first at the Grand Slam Series rankings.[6] Later on Mobina Nematzadeh and Arian Salimi secured a quota places in their respective division, by virtue of their victory in the semifinal round, at the 2024 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.[7]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
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Rank | ||
| Mehran Barkhordari | Men's −80 kg | |||||||
| Arian Salimi | Men's +80 kg | |||||||
| Mobina Nematzadeh | Women's –49 kg | |||||||
| Nahid Kiani | Women's –57 kg | |||||||
Weightlifting edit
Iran entered two weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Mirmostafa Javadi (men's 89 kg) and Ali Davoudi (men's +102 kg) secured one of the top ten slots, in their respective weight division based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.[8][9]
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Mirmostafa Javadi | Men's −89 kg | ||||||
| Ali Davoudi | Men's +102 kg | ||||||
Wrestling edit
Iran qualified nine wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Seven of them qualified by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia;[10][11] meanwhile two of them qualified after winning the semifinak round at the 2024 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Key:
- VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
- VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
- PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
- PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
- ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
- SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
- Freestyle
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
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Rank | ||
| Rahman Amouzad | Men's −65 kg | ||||||
| Men's –74 kg | |||||||
| Men's −86 kg | |||||||
| Men's −97 kg | |||||||
| Amir Hossein Zare | Men's −125 kg | ||||||
- Greco-Roman
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
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Rank | ||
| Men's −60 kg | |||||||
| Men's −67 kg | |||||||
| Men's –77 kg | |||||||
| Men's –87 kg | |||||||
| Men's −97 kg | |||||||
| Men's −130 kg | |||||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "GOP senator seeks Olympic ban on Iran". The Hill. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "IOC EB receives updates on the activities of NOCs; approves three changes of nationality in view of Paris 2024". Olympics.com. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "Olympic Committee Threatens Action Against Iran For Persecuting Athletes". Iran International. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "Canoe Kayak & Rowing Secure Historic Spots for Paris 2024". Olympic. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
- ^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- ^ "Five more athletes qualified for Paris 2024 Taekwondo tournament". Inside the Games. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ "China wins sixth Olympic licence for taekwondo". Inside The Games. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ Olympic. "Olympic Spot Secured for Iranian Weightlifter". Olympic. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ "Davoudi Bags the 2nd Weightlifting Olympic Sport for Paris 2024". Olympic Committee Of Iran. Retrieved 2024-04-13.
- ^ "Freestyle Wrestling: 2024 Paris Olympic Games Qualified Nations". United World Wrestling. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ "1st Phase - 2023 Senior World Championships - Belgrade (SRB)" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 11 October 2023.