1952 Summer Olympics / Participant (Iran)
IRN
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The Iran participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki in part with 22 male athletes in 22 competitions in four sports.
Since 1900 it was the third participation of an Iranian team in the Summer Olympics .
Flag bearer
Weightlifter Mahmoud Namdjou carried the flag of Iran during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .
Medalist
With three won silver and four bronze, the Iranian team was ranked 30 in the medal count .
silver
Surname | sport | competition |
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Wet Givehchi | Wrestling | Featherweight |
Mahmoud Namdjou | Weightlifting | Bantamweight |
Gholamreza Takhti | Wrestling | medium weight |
bronze
Surname | sport | competition |
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Jahanbakht Tofigh | Wrestling | lightweight |
Ali Mirzaei | Weightlifting | Bantamweight |
Abdollah Mojtabavi | Wrestling | Welterweight |
Mahmoud Mollaghassemi | Wrestling | Flyweight |
Participants by sport
Boxing
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Fazlollah Nikkhah
- Round 1: BYE
- Round 2: 0: 3 defeat against Gang Jun-Ho from South Korea by a judge's decision
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Emmanuel Agassi
- Round 1: 0: 3 defeat against Len Leisching from South Africa by a judge's decision
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Petros Nazarbegian
- Round 1: BYE
- Round 2: 0: 3 defeat of Erkki Pakkanen from Finland by a judge's decision
Half welter weight (up to 63.5 kg)
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Ibrahim Afsharpour
- Round 1: 0: 3 defeat against Terence Milligan from Ireland by a judge's decision
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George Issabeg
- Round 1: prevailed against Fathi Ali Abdel Rahman from Egypt (disqualification)
- Round 2: 1: 2 defeat against Moos Linneman from the Netherlands by a judge's decision
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Ardashes Saginian
- Round 1: 0: 3 defeat against Eladio Herrera from Argentina by a judge's decision
Weightlifting
- Ali Mirzaei (56.00 kg)
- Mahmoud Namdjou (56.00 kg)
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Mohssain Tabatabaie (59.85 kg)
- Final: 307.5 kg, rank 8
- Military press: 90.0 kg /
95.0 kg/95.0 kg, rank 7 - Tear: 90.0kg / 95.0kg / 97.5kg, rank 5
- Push:
115.0kg/ 115.0kg / 120.0kg, rank 8
- Military press: 90.0 kg /
- Final: 307.5 kg, rank 8
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Hassan Ferdous (67.20 kg)
- Final: 345.0 kg, 5th place
- Military press: 97.5kg /
102.5kg/ 102.5kg, rank 6 - Tear:
102.5kg/ 102.5kg / 107.5kg, rank 3 - Push:
130.0kg/ 130.0kg / 135.0kg, 5th rank
- Military press: 97.5kg /
- Final: 345.0 kg, 5th place
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Jalal Mansouri
- Final: 357.5 kg, rank 8
- Military press: 110.0 kg, rank 6
- Snatch: 107.5 kg, rank 9
- Push: 140.0 kg, rank 8
- Final: 357.5 kg, rank 8
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Mohammad Hassan Rahnavardi
- Final: 402.5 kg, 4th place
- Military press: 120.0 kg, rank 5
- Snatch: 122.5 kg, rank 4
- Push: 160.0 kg, rank 2
- Final: 402.5 kg, 4th place
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Firouz Pojhan
- Final: 387.5 kg, 5th place
- Military press: 112.5 kg, 5th rank
- Snatch: 120.0 kg, rank 5
- Push: 155.0 kg, 4th place
- Final: 387.5 kg, 5th place
athletics
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Ali Baghbanbashi
- Prelims : in run 2 (rank 11) with 14: 57.2 minutes (hand-stopped) not qualified for the final
- Ali Baghbanbashi
- Preliminary runs : in run 2 (rank 6) with 9: 13.2 minutes (hand-stopped) or 9: 13.43 minutes (electronically) not qualified for the final
Wrestling
- Freestyle
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Mahmoud Mollaghassemi
- Final balance: 1: 1, six minus points, 3rd place
- Round 1: victory against Niranjan Das from India
- Round 2: Shoulder win against Louis Baise from South Africa
- Round 3: 3-0 win against Heinrich Weber from Germany
- Round 4: 2-1 win against Hasan Gemici from Turkey
- Round 5: 2-1 win against Georgy Sayadov from the Soviet Union
- Final round: 3-0 defeat against Yūshū Kitano from Japan
- Final balance: 1: 1, six minus points, 3rd place
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Mohamed Mehdi Yaghoubi
- eliminated after round 3, five minus points
- Round 1: Shoulders defeat against Rəşid Məmmədbəyov from the Soviet Union
- Round 2: 3-0 win over William Dean Borders of the United States of America
- Round 3: 3-0 win against Sayed Hafez Shehata from Egypt
- eliminated after round 3, five minus points
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Wet Givehchi
- Final balance: 1: 1, eight minus points, 2nd place
- Round 1: 3-0 win over Herbie Hall from Great Britain
- Round 2: won without a fight
- Round 3: 3-0 win over Keshav Mangave from India
- Round 4: 2-1 win against Abdel Fattah Essawi from Egypt
- Round 5: 2-1 win over Risaburo Tominaga from Japan
- Round 6: 0-3 defeat against Bayram Şit from Turkey
- Round 7: won without a fight
- Final round: 2-1 win over Josiah Henson of the United States of America
- Final balance: 1: 1, eight minus points, 2nd place
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Jahanbakht Tofigh
- Final balance: 0: 2, ten minus points, 3rd place
- Round 1: 3-0 win against József Gál from Hungary
- Round 2: victory against Raymond Myland from Great Britain
- Round 3: 2-1 win against Tevfik Yüce from Turkey
- Round 4: 2-1 win against Heinrich Nettesheim from Germany
- Round 5: 3-0 win against Armenak Yaltyrjan from the Soviet Union
- Round 6: 3-0 win against Olle Anderberg from Sweden
- Round 7: won without a fight
- Final round: 1: 2 loss to Jay Thomas Evans from the United States of America
- Final balance: 0: 2, ten minus points, 3rd place
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Abdollah Mojtabavi
- Final balance: 1: 1, eight minus points, 3rd place
- Round 1: 2: 1 win against Aleksanteri Keisala from Finland
- Round 2: 2-1 win over Vasyl Rybalko from the Soviet Union
- Round 3: 3-0 win over Bevan Scott from Australia
- Round 4: 3-0 win over Tsugio Yamazaki of Japan
- Round 5: won without a fight
- Round 6: 0-3 defeat against Per Berlin from Sweden
- Final round: 3-0 loss to William Smith from the United States of America
- Final balance: 1: 1, eight minus points, 3rd place
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Gholamreza Takhti
- Final balance: 1: 1, five minus points, 2nd place
- Round 1: Win against André Brunaud from France
- Round 2: Win against Veikko Lahti from Finland
- Round 3: Win against León Genuth from Argentina
- Round 4: 3-0 win against Haydar Zafer from Turkey
- Round 5: 3-0 win against Gustav Gocke from Germany
- Round 6: 1: 2 defeat against Dawit Tschimakuridze from the Soviet Union
- Final round: Victory against György Gurics from Hungary (opponent gave up due to injury)
- Final balance: 1: 1, five minus points, 2nd place
Light heavyweight (up to 87 kg)
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Abbas Zandi
- eliminated after round 4, five minus points, 5th place
- Round 1: continue without a fight
- Round 2: 3-0 win over Kevin Coote from Australia
- Round 3: 3-0 win against Paavo Sepponen from Finland
- Round 4: 1: 2 defeat against Viking Palm from Sweden
- eliminated after round 4, five minus points, 5th place
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Ahad Vafadar
- eliminated after round 2, six minus points
- Round 1: Shoulders defeat against Taisto Kangasniemi from Finland
- Round 2: 1: 2 defeat against İrfan Atan from Turkey
- eliminated after round 2, six minus points
Web links
- Helsinki 1952 - Official Site of the Olympic Movement (English).
- Iranian Olympic team 1952 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).