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
Gholamreza Takhti	Wrestling	Light heavyweight
Imam Ali Habibi	Wrestling	lightweight

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Mohammad Ali Khojastepour	Wrestling	Flyweight
Mohammad Mehdi Yaghoubi	Wrestling	Bantamweight

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Mahmoud Namdjou	Weightlifting	Bantamweight

Participants by sport

Weightlifting

• 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

• Mahmoud Namdjou
  • Bantamweight

  Final: 332.5 kg, third place

  Military press: 100.0 kg, third place

  Tear: 102.5 kg, third place

  Push: 130.0 kg, third place

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Ali Baghbanbashi
  • marathon

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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)

• 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)

• 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 ).