2016 Summer Olympics / Participant (Iran)

IRI

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The Iran took part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in part. It was the 17th participation in the Summer Olympics. The National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran nominated 64 athletes in 15 sports.

The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the archer Zahra Nemati .

Participants by sport

Archery

Athletes	competition	qualification		1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		Rings	rank	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Zahra Nemati	singles	609	49	Inna Stepanova	2-6 (101: 110)	eliminated										33

Boxing

Athletes	competition	1 round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Ehsan Rouzbahani	Lightweight up to 81 kg	Peter Müllenberg	0: 3	eliminated

fencing

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals / classification		Final / placement		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Mojtaba Abedini	Saber single	Andrij Jahodka	15: 9	-		Gu Bon-gil	15:12	Vincent Anstett	15:13	Daryl Homer	14:15	Kim Jung-hwan	8:15	4th
Ali Pakdaman	Saber single	Matyas Szabo	11:15	-		eliminated

Weightlifting

Athletes	competition	Tear		Bump		Duel		rank
		Weight	rank	Weight	rank	Weight	rank
Men
Kianoush Rostami	Class up to 85 kg	179 kg	1	217 kg (OR)	1	396 kg (WR)	1	gold
Ali Hashemi	Class up to 94 kg	173 kg	7th	210 kg	7th	383 kg	7th	7th
Sohrab Moradi	Class up to 94 kg	182 kg	1	221 kg	1	403 kg	1	gold
Mohammad Reza Barari	Class up to 105 kg	186 kg	6th	220 kg	6th	406 kg	6th	6th
Behdad Salimikordasiabi	Class over 105 kg	216 kg	1	not finished		eliminated

Judo

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Quarter finals		Semi-finals / consolation round		Final / 3rd place		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Saeid Mollaei	up to 81 kg	C. Chalmursayev	000s3: 000s2	eliminated								17th
Javad Mahjoub	up to 100 kg	T. Nikiforov	000s2: 100s1	eliminated								17th

canoe

Canoe racing

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Men
Adel Mojallali	C-1 200 m	41.650 s	4th	42.386 s	6th	eliminated

athletics

Running and walking

Athletes	competition	Round 1		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Men
Reza Ghasemi	100 m	10.47 s	58	eliminated				58
Hassan Taftian	100 m	10.17 s	17th	10.23 s	22nd	eliminated		22nd
Mohammad Jafar Moradi	marathon	-		-		2:31:58 h	129	129
Hamid Reza Zouravand	20 km walking	-		-		1:27:45 h	54	54

Jumping and throwing

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Width / height	rank	Width / height	rank
Women
Leila Rajabi	Shot put	16.34 m	32	eliminated		32
Men
Mohammad Arzandeh	Long jump	7.31 m	29	eliminated		29
Ehsan Hadadi	Discus throw	60.15 m	24	eliminated		24
Mahmoud Samimi	Discus throw	56.94 m	30th	eliminated		30th
Pezhman Ghalehnoei	Hammer throw	69.15 m	28	eliminated		28
Kaveh Mousavi	Hammer throw	65.03 m	29	eliminated		29

Cycling

Street

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Men
Ghader Mizbani	Road racing	not finished
Arvin Moazzemi	Road racing	not finished
Mirsamad Pourseyedi	Road racing	not finished
Ghader Mizbani	Individual time trial	1: 21: 39.45 h	31

Wrestling

Athletes	competition	1 round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		Round of Hope quarterfinals		Hope round semifinals		Hope round final		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Freestyle men
Hassan Rahimi	Class up to 57 kg	bye		Garnik Mnazakanjan	4-0	Viktor Lebedev	3: 1	Rei Higuchi	1: 3	bye				Yowly's bronne	5-0	eliminated		bronze
Meisam Nassiri	Class up to 65 kg	Borislav Novachkov	1: 3	eliminated														15th
Hassan Yazdani	Class up to 74 kg	bye		Asnage Castelly	4-0	Soner Demirtaş	3-0	Galymzhan Usserbayev	4-0	-						Aniuar Geduev	3: 1	gold
Alireza Karimi	Class up to 86 kg	Mohamed Saadaoui	3-0	Mikhail Ganev	3: 1	J'den Cox	1: 3	eliminated										7th
Reza Yazdani	Class up to 97 kg	İbrahim Bölükbaşı	4-0	Xetaq Qozyumov	1: 3	eliminated				Radoslaw Baran	3: 1	Magomev Ibragimov	0: 5	eliminated				7th
Komeil Ghasemi	Class up to 125 kg	Korey Jarvis	3: 1	Diaaeldin Kamal	3-0	Geno Petriashvili	3: 1	Tervel Dlagnev	4-0	-						Taha Akgul	1: 3	silver
Greco-Roman style men
Hamid Soryan Reihanpour	Class up to 59 kg	Shinobu Ōta	1: 3	eliminated						Almat Kebispayev	0: 5	eliminated						11
Omid Haji Noroozi	Class up to 66 kg	bye		Wuileixis Rivas	3: 1	Shmagi Bolkvadze	0: 3	eliminated										10
Saeid Mourad Abdvali	Class up to 75 kg	bye		Mark Overgaard Madsen	1: 3	eliminated				bye		Viktor Nemeš	3: 1	Péter Bácsi	3: 1	eliminated		bronze
Habibollah Akhlaghi	Class up to 85 kg	Zakarias mountain	4-0	Davit Chakvetadze	0: 5	eliminated				Saman Tahmasebi	3: 1	Denis Kudla	1: 3	eliminated				7th
Ghasem Rezaei	Class up to 98 kg	bye		Luillys Pérez	4-0	Yasmany Lugo	0: 3	eliminated				Xiao Di	3-0	Fredrik Nice	3: 1	eliminated		bronze
Bashir Asgari Babajanzadeh	Class up to 130 kg	bye		Meng Qiang	3: 1	Eduard Popp	1: 3	eliminated										10

rowing

Athletes	competition	leader			Reunion			Quarter finals			Semifinals			final		rank
		time	space	qualification	time	space	qualification	time	space	qualification	time	space	qualification	time	space
Women
Mahsa Javar	One	8: 39.28 min	4th	Reunion	8: 06.57 min	3	Semifinals E.	-			8: 45.54 min	2	E final	8: 43.34 min	4th	28

shoot

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		Rings / discs	rank
		Rings / discs	rank	Rings / discs	rank
Women
Golnoush Sebghatollahi	Air pistol 10 meters	379	21st	eliminated		379	21st
Golnoush Sebghatollahi	Sports pistol 25 meters	572	28	eliminated		572	28
Elaheh Ahmadi	Air rifle 10 meters	417.8	3	122.5	6th	540.3	6th
Najmeh Khedmati	Air rifle 10 meters	415.7	11	eliminated		415.7	11
Mahlagha Jambozorg	Small caliber three-position fight 50 meters	574	27	eliminated		574	27
Najmeh Khedmati	Small caliber three-position fight 50 meters	583	6th	402.3	8th	985.3	8th
Men
Pouria Norouzian	Air rifle 10 meters	622.2	22nd	eliminated		622.2	22nd
Pouria Norouzian	Small caliber three-position fight 50 meters	1168	26th	eliminated		1168	26th

swim

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Men
Aria Nasimishad	200 m chest	2: 20.18 min	39	eliminated				39

Taekwondo

Athletes	competition	Round of 16		Quarter finals		Hope round semifinals		Semifinals		Hope round final		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Kimia Alisadeh	Class up to 57 kg	Ana Zaninović	7: 6	Eva Calvo	7: 8	Phannapa Harnsujin	14:10	eliminated		Nikita Glasnović	5: 1	eliminated		bronze
Men
Farzan Ashourzadeh	Class up to 58 kg	Omar Hajjami	3: 4	eliminated
Mehdi Khodabakhshi	Class up to 80 kg	Miguel Ferrera	13: 1	Milad Beigi	5:17	eliminated
Sajjad Mardani	Class over 80 kg	Pita Taufatofua	16: 1	Mahama Cho	3: 4	eliminated

Table tennis

Athletes	competition	Preliminary round		1 round		2nd round		3rd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Neda Shahsavari	singles	bye		Aljaksandra Prywalawa	3: 4	eliminated
Men
Nima Alamian	singles	Kanak Jha	4: 1	Ovidiu Ionescu	1: 4	eliminated
Noshad Alamian	singles	bye		Bojan Tokič	1: 4	eliminated

volleyball

competition	Men
Athletes	Shahram Mahmoudi Milad Ebadipour Saeid Marouf Farhad Ghaemi Mohammad Mousavi Hamzeh Zarini Adel Gholami Amir Ghafour Mojtaba Mirzajanpour Mehdi Mahdavi Mostafa Sharifat Mehdi Marandi
Trainer	Raúl Lozano ( )
Group stage	Argentina (0: 3) Poland (2: 3) Cuba (3: 0) Egypt (3: 0) Russia (0: 3)
Quarter finals	Italy (0: 3)
Semifinals	eliminated
final
placement	5th place

Web links

• Islamic Republic of Iran. Official website of the Olympic Movement. The International Olympic Committee ( IOC ), accessed July 26, 2016 . 
• Iran on rio2016.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Zahra Nemati Named Iran Flagbearer at Olympics. Tasnim News Agency , January 23, 2016, accessed August 3, 2016 . 
2. ^ "Judo Resultsbook" ( Memento from August 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF) Website of the Rio Olympics. Retrieved August 22, 2016. (English).
3. ↑ Iran taekwondoka fighter wins place at Rio Olympics Games. Press TV , April 18, 2016, accessed August 3, 2016 .