1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Iran)
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The Iran participated in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Australia Melbourne with a delegation of 17 male athletes in 17 sports competitions in three part.
It was Iran's fourth participation in the Summer Olympics .
The youngest athlete was weightlifter Henrik Tamraz at 21 years and 181 days , and the oldest athlete was weightlifter Mahmoud Namdjou (38 years and 63 days).
Flag bearer
Mahmoud Namdjou carried the flag of Iran during the opening ceremony.
Medals
With two won gold, two silver and a bronze medal, the Iranian team finished 14th in the medals table .
gold
Surname | sport | competition |
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Gholamreza Takhti | Wrestling | Light heavyweight |
Imam Ali Habibi | Wrestling | lightweight |
silver
Surname | sport | competition |
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Mohammad Ali Khojastepour | Wrestling | Flyweight |
Mohammad Mehdi Yaghoubi | Wrestling | Bantamweight |
bronze
Surname | sport | competition |
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Mahmoud Namdjou | Weightlifting | Bantamweight |
Participants by sport
Weightlifting
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Jalal Mansouri
- Lightweight
- Final: 417.5 kg, fourth place
- Military press: 132.5 kg, third place
- Tear: 122.5 kg, fourth place
- Push: 162.5 kg, third place
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Mahmoud Namdjou
- Bantamweight
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Ibrahim Payrovi
- medium weight
- Final: 372.5 kg, seventh place
- Military press: 107.5 kg, ninth place
- Snatch: 117.5 kg, third place
- Push: 147.5 kg, fourth place
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Firouz Pojhan
- Heavyweight
- Final: 450.0 kg, fourth place
- Military press: 147.5 kg, fourth place
- Snatch: 132.5 kg, fourth place
- Push: 170.0 kg, fourth place
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Mohammad Hassan Rahnavardi
- Middle heavyweight
- Final: 425.0 kg, fourth place
- Military press: 140.0 kg, second place
- Tear: 127.5 kg, third place
- Push: 157.5 kg, fourth place
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Henrik Tamraz
- lightweight
- Final: 365.0 kg, fifth place
- Military press: 115.0 kg, third place
- Snatch: 105.0 kg, seventh place
- Push: 145.0 kg, fourth place
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Hussain Zarrini
- Featherweight
- Final: 305.0 kg, 13th place
- Military press: 92.5 kg, ninth place
- Tear: 92.5 kg, eleventh place
- Push: 120.0 kg, twelfth place
athletics
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Ali Baghbanbashi
- marathon
- Final: competition not finished (DNF)
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Nadjmeddin Farabi
- Decathlon
- Final: 5,103 points, twelfth place
- 100 meter run: 572 points, 12.1 seconds (hand-stopped), 12.28 seconds (automatically stopped), 15th place
- 110 meter hurdles: 372 points, 17.4 seconds (hand-stopped), 17.60 seconds (automatically stopped), 14th place
- 400 meter run: 684 points, 52.3 seconds (hand-stopped), 52.26 seconds (automatically stopped), 13th place
- 1,500 meter run: 4: 24.8 minutes (hand-stopped), 4: 24.88 minutes (automatically stopped), second place
- Discus throw: 347 points, 28.73 meters, 14th place
- High jump: 656 points, 1.70 meters, twelfth place
- Shot put: 524 points, 11.31 meters, 14th place
- Javelin throw: 375 points, 41.23 meters, 13th place
- Pole vault: 438 points, 3.30 meters, eleventh place
- Long jump: 575 points, 6.25 meters, 15th place
Wrestling
Freestyle
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Wet Givehchi
- Featherweight
- Sixth place, eliminated after round four with six minus points
- Round one: Victory against Abe Geldenhuys from South Africa (3-0), a minus point
- Round two: win over Herbert Hall from Great Britain , a minus point
- Round three: defeat against Erkki Penttilä from Finland (1: 2), three minus points
- Round four: against Bayram Şit from Turkey (0: 3), six minus points
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Imam Ali Habibi
- lightweight
- Rank one,
- Round one: victory over Olle Anderberg from Sweden , zero minus points
- Round two: Victory against Gyula Tóth from Hungary (3-0), a minus point
- Round three: won against Roger Bielle from France (3-0), two minus points
- Round four: Victory against Garibaldo Nizzola from Italy (3-0), three minus points
- Round five: prevailed against Shigeru Kasahara from Japan (3-0), four minus points
- Final round: Shoulders defeat against Alimbek Borissowitsch Bestajew from the Soviet Union
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Mohammad Ali Khojastepour
- Flyweight
- Rank two,
- Round one: BYE
- Round two: Victory against Luigi Chinazzo from Italy (3-0), a minus point
- Round three: prevailed against Richard Delgado from the United States of America (3-0), two minus points
- Round four: 3-0 win against Tadashi Asai from Japan , three minus points
- Round five: Victory against Hüseyin Akbaş from Turkey (3-0), four minus points
- Final round: victory over Mirian Zalkalamanidze from the Soviet Union
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Hussain Noori
- Heavyweight
- eliminated after round three with seven minus points
- Round one: defeat against Hussein Mehmedow from Bulgaria (0: 3), three minus points
- Round two: Victory against John Da Silva from New Zealand (3-0), three minus points
- Round three: shoulder defeat against Hamit Kaplan from Turkey , six minus points
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Nabi Sorouri
- Welterweight
- Fourth place, eliminated after round four with five minus points
- Round one: victory over Devi Singh from India , zero minus points
- Round two: defeat to William Fischer from the United States of America (0: 3), three minus points
- Round three: Victory against Mitko Petkow from Bulgaria (3-0), four minus points
- Round four: 3-0 win against Coenraad de Villiers from South Africa , five minus points
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Gholamreza Takhti
- Light heavyweight
- Rank one
- Round one: win over Jan Theron from South Africa , zero minus points
- Round two: victory over Robert Steckle from Canada , zero minus points
- Round three: win over Mitsuhiro Ohira from Japan , zero minus points
- Round four: victory over Kevin Coote from Australia , zero minus points
- Round five: Victory against Boris Hadschumarowitsch Kulayev from the Soviet Union (3-0), a minus point
- Round six: BYE
- Final round: against Peter Blair from the United States of America (3-0)
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Mohammad Mehdi Yaghoubi
- Bantamweight
- Rank two
- Round one: Victory against Mykhailo Shakhov from the Soviet Union (3-0), a minus point
- Round two: win over Geoffrey Jameson from Australia , a minus point
- Round three: win over Tarashkeswar Pandey from India , a minus point
- Round four: loss to Mustafa Dağıstanlı from Turkey (1: 2), three minus points
- Final round: prevailed against Lee Sang-Gyun from South Korea (3-0)
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Abbas Zandi
- medium weight
- eliminated after round four with seven minus points
- Round one: Victory against Kazuo Katsuramoto from Japan (3-0), a minus point
- Round two: BYE
- Round three: defeat against İsmet Atlı from Turkey (0: 3), four minus points
- Round four: Shoulders lose to Daniel Hodge from the United States of America , seven minus points
Web links
- Iranian Olympic team from 1956 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).