Iran participated at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country's delegation consists of 72 competitors in nine sports: football 7-a-side, goalball, judo, powerlifting, shooting, table tennis, track and field athletics, volleyball, and wheelchair basketball.
| Iran at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | |
|---|---|
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| IPC code | IRI |
| NPC | I.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Beijing | |
| Competitors | 72 in 9 sports |
| Flag bearer | Mohammad Reza Mirzaei |
| Medals Ranked 22nd |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Competitors edit
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| Football 7-a-side | 11 | 11 | |
| Goalball | 6 | 6 | |
| Judo | 5 | 5 | |
| Powerlifting | 7 | 7 | |
| Shooting | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Sitting volleyball | 12 | 12 | |
| Table tennis | 2 | 2 | |
| Wheelchair basketball | 12 | 12 | |
| Total | 68 | 4 | 72 |
Medal summary edit
Medal table edit
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Football 7-a-side | 1 | 1 | ||
| Judo | 1 | 1 | ||
| Powerlifting | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Sitting volleyball | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
Medalists edit
Results by event edit
Athletics edit
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Final | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Ali Elahi | 10000 m T12 | 34:38.75 | 8 | 8 | |||
| 5000 m T13 | 1 | 16:03.55 | 5 q | Did not finish | |||
| Athlete | Event | Result | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mehdi Asghari | Shot put F42 | 12.50 | 7 | |
| Mehrdad Karamzadeh | Shot put F42 | 13.58 | 5 | |
| Discus throw F42 | 44.74 | 
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| Jalil Bagheri Jeddi | Shot put F55/56 | 9.99 | 882 | 12 |
| Mehdi Moradi | Shot put F57/58 | 13.44 | 1002 | 6 |
| Siamak Saleh-Farajzadeh | Discus throw F33/34/52 | Did not start | ||
| Jalal Khakzadieh | Discus throw F33/34/52 | Did not start | ||
| Javad Hardani | Discus throw F37/38 | 45.62 PR | 1024 | 
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| Javelin throw F37/38 | 47.65 | 972 | 
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| Farzad Sepahvand | Discus throw F44 | 51.23 | 948 | 4 |
| Ali Mohammadyari | Discus throw F55/56 | 39.39 | 1023 |
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| Mohsen Kaedi | Javelin throw F35/36 | 42.61 | 975 | 5 |
| Abdolreza Jokar | Javelin throw F53/54 | 22.08 WR | 1108 |
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| Mohammad Reza Mirzaei | Javelin throw F57/58 | 40.84 WR | 1052 |
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Women
| Athlete | Event | Result | Score | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatemeh Montazeri | Shot put F57/58 | 9.01 | 927 | 8 |
| Discus throw F57/58 | 28.20 | 897 | 8 |
Football 7-a-side edit
| Squad list | Preliminaries | Semifinal | Final | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pool B | Rank | ||||
| Habibollah Heidarimehr Esmaeil Malekzadeh Gholamreza Najafi Hadi Safari Bahman Ansari Ehsan Gholamhosseinpour Morteza Heidari Abdolreza Karimzadeh Rasoul Atashafrouz Moslem Akbari Ardeshir Mahini Coach: Alireza Raadi |
 IrelandW 4–2 |
2 Q |  RussiaL 0–5 |
3rd place match BrazilW 4–0 |
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 Great BritainW 3–0 | |||||
 UkraineL 0–4 | |||||
Goalball edit
| Squad list | Preliminaries | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group B | Rank | |||||
| Rahmatollah Hosseini Mohammad Soranji Mohsen Jalilvand Behzad Jahangiri Javad Jalali Mehdi Sayyahi Coach: Mohammad Bidgoli |
 CanadaL 5–9 |
5 | Did not advance | 9th place match BelgiumW 7–2 |
9 | |
| Brazil W 8–5 | ||||||
 SwedenL 5–10 | ||||||
 United StatesL 3–4 | ||||||
 ChinaW 8–6 | ||||||
Judo edit
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage final | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saeid Rahmati | 60 kg |  Borges (URU)W 1000–0010 |
 Pérez (CUB)W 0100–0010 |
Li (CHN) W 1000–0000 |
 Noura (ALG)L 0000–1000 |
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| Reza Golmohammadi | 66 kg |  García (ESP)W 1000–0000 |
Karpeniuk (UKR) W 0010–0003 |
Lamri (ALG) L 0000–1001 |
3rd place match Kallunki (FIN)L 0000–1000 |
5 | |
| Mousa Pourabbas | 73 kg | Peltoniemi (FIN) W 1011–0000 |
 Ramirez (ARG)L 0000–0010 |
Bye | Repechage Hierrezuelo (CUB) L 0000–1011 |
Did not advance | 7 |
| Amir Mirhassan Nattaj | 81 kg |  Jonard (FRA)L 0000–1001 |
Did not advance | Repechage Vincze (HUN)W 0002–0000 |
Repechage Pominov (UKR) W 0101–0001 |
Repechage Lencina (ARG) L 0001–0011 |
5 |
| Hamzeh Nadri | 100 kg | Silva (BRA) L 0000–1001 |
Did not advance | Repechage Porter (USA) L 0000–1000 |
Did not advance | 9 | |
Powerlifting edit
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morteza Dashti | 48 kg | No mark | |
| Gholam Hossein Chaltoukkar | 56 kg | 172.5 | 7 |
| Hamzeh Mohammadi | 60 kg | 202.5 PR |
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| Ali Hosseini | 67.5 kg | 215.0 |
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| Majid Farzin | 75 kg | 212.5 |
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| Ali Sadeghzadeh | 100 kg | 230.0 |
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| Kazem Rajabi | +100 kg | 265.0 WR |
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Shooting edit
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank | ||
| Bahman Karimi | 10 m air pistol SH1 | 560 | 14 | Did not advance | ||
| Ramezan Salehnejad | 10 m air rifle standing SH1 | 586 | 11 | Did not advance | ||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank | ||
| Nayyereh Akef | 10 m air pistol SH1 | 360 | 11 | Did not advance | ||
- Mixed
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank | ||
| Nayyereh Akef | 50 m pistol SH1 | 507 | 23 | Did not advance | ||
| Bahman Karimi | 50 m pistol SH1 | 536 | 4 Q | 86.7 | 622.7 | 6 |
| Ramezan Salehnejad | 10 m air rifle prone SH1 | 588 | 42 | Did not advance | ||
| 50 m rifle prone SH1 | 582 | 22 | Did not advance | |||
Sitting volleyball edit
| Squad list | Preliminaries | Semifinal | Final | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pool B | Rank | ||||
| Mohammad Hosseinifar Mohammad Reza Rahimi Reza Peidayesh Davoud Alipourian Mehdi Hamidzadeh Nasser Hassanpour Sadegh Bigdeli Jalil Imeri Saeid Ebrahimi Issa Zirahi Ramezan Salehi Mohammad Khaleghi Coach: Hadi Rezaei |
 JapanW 3–0 25–7, 25–7, 25–5 |
1 Q | Russia W 3–0 25–22, 25–13, 25–20 |
 Bosnia and HerzegovinaW 3–0 25–22, 25–18, 25–22 |
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| Brazil W 3–0 25–9, 25–11, 25–8 | |||||
 EgyptW 3–0 27–25, 25–12, 25–18 | |||||
Table tennis edit
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries / Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groups | Rank | |||||
| Narges Khazaei | Singles 1/2 | Lafaye (FRA) L 1–3 5–11, 4–11, 12–10, 9–11 |
Group B 2 |
Did not advance | 8 | |
 Al-Bargouti (JOR)W 3–2 11–6, 7–11, 11–9, 7–11, 11–6 | ||||||
| Forough Bakhtiari | Singles 3 |  Kanova (SVK)L 0–3 6–11, 4–11, 6–11 |
Group B 2 |
Did not advance | 8 | |
| Mariage (FRA) L 2–3 11–6, 11–7, 9–11, 8–11, 8–11 | ||||||
 Ploner (ITA)W 3–0 11–6, 11–6, 11–5 | ||||||
| Forough Bakhtiari Narges Khazaei |
Team 1–3 | Great Britain L 2–3 3–1, 0–3, 2–3, 3–0, 0–3 |
Did not advance | 5 | ||
Wheelchair basketball edit
| Squad list | Preliminaries | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pool A | Rank | |||||
| Saman Bolaghi Ahmad Daghaghelehpour Alireza Ahmadi Morteza Gharibloo Adel Torfi Zakaria Hesamizadeh Hakim Mansouri Ebrahim Ahmadi Esmaeil Hosseinpour Gholamreza Nami Bahman Seifi Vahid Gholam-Azad Coach: Abdolghafour Kamrava |
 South AfricaW 73–62 |
3 Q | United States L Walkover |
disqualified | ||
| Sweden W 92–66 | ||||||
| Japan W 69–50 | ||||||
 GermanyL 63–73 | ||||||
| Canada L 62–93 | ||||||
References edit
- ^ "Bahman Ansari Official Twitter".
- ^ "Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games – Football 7-a-side – Men". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
- ^ "Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games – Volleyball (Sitting) – Men". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 29 August 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
- ^ "Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games – Wheelchair Basketball – Men". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 29 August 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2012.