Draft:Iran at the 2020 Summer Olympics
(an in-progress draft of Iran at the 2020 Summer Olympics)
Iran at the 2020 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | IRI |
NOC | National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
Website | www |
in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 – August 8, 2021 | |
Competitors | 65 in 17 sports |
Flag bearers (opening) | Samad Nikkhah Bahrami Hanieh Rostamian |
Flag bearer (closing) | Amir Hossein Zare |
Medals Ranked 27th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Iran (officially the Islamic Republic of Iran) competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place during the summer of 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Since the nation's debut in 1948, Iranian athletes have attended every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1980 and 1984 which they boycotted.
Medalists[edit]
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Gold | Javad Foroughi | Shooting | Men's 10 m air pistol | 24 July |
Gold | Mohammad Reza Geraei | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg | 4 August |
Gold | Sajjad Ganjzadeh | Karate | Men's +75 kg | 7 August |
Silver | Ali Davoudi | Weightlifting | Men's +109 kg | 4 August |
Silver | Hassan Yazdani | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 86 kg | 5 August |
Bronze | Mohammad Hadi Saravi | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg | 3 August |
Bronze | Amir Hossein Zare | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 125 kg | 6 August |
Competitors[edit]
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Archery | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Athletics | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Badminton | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Basketball | 12 | 0 | 12 |
Boxing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Canoeing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Cycling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Fencing | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Karate | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Rowing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Shooting | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Table Tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Taekwondo | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Volleyball | 12 | 0 | 12 |
Weightlifting | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Wrestling | 11 | 0 | 11 |
Total | 55 | 10 | 65 |
Archery[edit]
One Iranian archer qualified for the men's individual recurve by advancing to the semifinal stage and obtaining one of the three available spots at the 2019 Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand. The quota was filled by 2012 Olympian Milad Vaziri.[2]
Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
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Score | Seed | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Milad Vaziri | Men's individual | 629 | 63 | Ellison (USA) L 0–6 |
Did not advance |
Athletics[edit]
Iran qualified four athletes in the sport, sprinter Hassan Taftian who qualified through a quota place achieved at the 2019 Meeting de Paris[3] running 10.03 seconds in the 100 m for a new national record,[4] sprinter Farzaneh Fasihi who qualified through a universality place, being the first female athlete in athletics to qualify for the nation in 57 years after fellow sprinter Simin Safamehr,[5] 2012 Olympic silver medalist discus thrower Ehsan Haddadi qualified[6] by achieving the qualifying standard throwing 66.78 metres at the 2019 Doha Diamond League[7], and hurdler Mahdi Pirjahan who qualified through his world ranking.[8][9]
Days before his competition, Pirjahan withdrew from the men's 400 m hurdles after testing positive for COVID-19 on 27 July 2021.[10]
On the first day of the competition, sprinter Farzaneh Fasihi competed in the women's 100 metres. Fasihi ran 11.76 seconds for her preliminary placing first and qualifying for the heats. She then ran 11.79 for the heat and placed eight, she did not advance. At the same date, discus throwerEhsan Haddadi competed in the men's discus throw. He threw 58.98 metres in the qualifiers, earning a season's best but did not qualify for the finals.
The following day sprinter
- Key
- Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
- NR = National record
- N/A = Round not applicable for the event
- Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
- Track & road events
Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Hassan Taftian | Men's 100 m | Bye | 10.19 SB | 4 | Did not advance | ||||
Mahdi Pirjahan | Men's 400 m hurdles | Withdrew after testing positive for COVID-19 | |||||||
Farzaneh Fasihi | Women's 100 m | 11.76 | 1 Q | 11.79 | 8 | Did not advance |
- Field events
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Ehsan Haddadi | Men's discus throw | 58.98 SB | 26 | Did not advance |
Badminton[edit]
Iranian women's badminton player, Sorayya Aghaei, got the allocation quotas from the Badminton World Federation after Airi Mikkela withdrew. She is the first ever women's badminton player to represent Iran at the Olympic Games.[11]
Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |||
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Sorayya Aghaei | Women's singles | Abdul Razzaq (MDV) W (21–14, 21–7) |
He Bj (CHN) L (11–21, 3–21) |
2 | Did not advance |
Basketball[edit]
Indoor[edit]
- Summary
Team | Event | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |||||
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | |||
Iran men's | Men's tournament | Czech Republic L 78–84 |
United States L 66–120 |
France L 62–79 |
4 | Did not advance |
Men's tournament[edit]
Iran men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics as the highest-ranked Asian squad at the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China, marking the country's return to the sport after a twelve-year absence.[12][13]
- Team roster
The roster was announced on 3 July 2021.[14]
Iran men's national basketball team roster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- Group play
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 259 | 215 | +44 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 315 | 233 | +82 | 5 | |
3 | Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 2 | 245 | 294 | −49 | 4 | |
4 | Iran | 3 | 0 | 3 | 206 | 283 | −77 | 3 |
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
Iran | 78–84 | Czech Republic |
Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 11–21, 16–21, 32–17 | ||
Pts: Yakhchali 23 Rebs: Haddadi 10 Asts: Jamshidi 7 |
Pts: Auda 16 Rebs: Balvín, Satoranský 8 Asts: Satoranský 8 |
United States | 120–66 | Iran |
Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 32–18, 22–13, 38–23 | ||
Pts: Lillard 21 Rebs: Booker, Durant 5 Asts: LaVine 8 |
Pts: Haddadi, Jamshidi 14 Rebs: Haddadi 7 Asts: Jalalpoor, Jamshidi 3 |
Iran | 62–79 | France |
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 10–24, 20–16, 15–17 | ||
Pts: Haddadi 18 Rebs: Haddadi 12 Asts: Haddadi 5 |
Pts: Heurtel 16 Rebs: four players 5 Asts: De Colo 5 |
Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Leandro Lezcano (ARG), Rabah Noujaim (LIB) |
Boxing[edit]
Iran entered two male boxers into the Olympic tournament. 19-year-old Danial Shahbakhsh (men's featherweight) and Asia's second-seeded boxer Seyed Shahin Mousavi (men's middleweight) secured the spots on the Iranian squad, by scoring a box-off triumph each in their respective weight divisions at the 2020 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.[16]
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Danial Shahbakhsh | Men's featherweight | Hamout (MAR) W 5–0 |
Álvarez (CUB) L RSC-I |
Did not advance | |||
Seyed Shahin Mousavi | Men's middleweight | Moriwaki (JPN) L 2–3 |
Did not advance |
Canoeing[edit]
Sprint[edit]
Iran qualified a single boat (men's K-1 1000 m) for the Games by winning the gold medal at the 2021 Asian Canoe Sprint Qualification Regatta in Pattaya, Thailand.[17]
Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
Ali Aghamirzaei | Men's K-1 1000 m | 3:48.609 | 5 QF | 3:52.834 | 4 | Did not advance |
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling[edit]
Road[edit]
Iran entered one rider to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of his top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking.[18]
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Saeid Safarzadeh | Men's road race | Did not finish | |
Men's time trial | 1:05:14.62 | 35 |
Fencing[edit]
Iranian fencers qualified a full squad in the men's team sabre for the first time at the Games, as the highest-ranked nation from Asia outside the world's top four in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings.[19]
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Mojtaba Abedini | Men's sabre | Bye | Gordon (CAN) W 15–10 |
Szilágyi (HUN) L 7–15 |
Did not advance | |||
Ali Pakdaman | Bye | Szatmári (HUN) W 15–12 |
Hartung (GER) W 15–9 |
Szilágyi (HUN) L 6–15 |
Did not advance | |||
Mohammad Rahbari | Bye | Apithy (FRA) W 15–13 |
Samele (ITA) L 7–15 |
Did not advance | ||||
Mojtaba Abedini Ali Pakdaman Mohammad Rahbari Mohammad Fotouhi* |
Men's team sabre | — | Italy (ITA) L 44–45 |
Classification semifinal United States (USA) W 45–36 |
Fifth place final Egypt (EGY) L 24–45 |
6 |
Karate[edit]
Iran entered three karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. Sajjad Ganjzadeh (men's +75 kg), Sara Bahmanyar (women's 55 kg), and Hamideh Abbasali (women's +61 kg) qualified directly for their respective kumite categories by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings.[20][21]
- Kumite
Athlete | Event | Group stage | Semifinals | Final | ||||||
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | |||
Sajjad Ganjzadeh | Men's +75 kg | Kvesić (CRO) W 3–1 |
Hamedi (KSA) D 0–0 |
Irr (USA) W 6–0 |
Gaysinsky (CAN) W 2–1 |
1 Q | Aktaş (TUR) W 2–2 |
Hamedi (KSA) W 4–0 HAN |
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Sara Bahmanyar | Women's −55 kg | Özçelik (TUR) W 5–4 |
Wen T-y (TPE) L 1–5 |
Goranova (BUL) L 2–5 |
— | 3 | Did not advance | |||
Hamideh Abbasali | Women's +61 kg | Matoub (ALG) W 4–0 |
Quirici (SUI) L 0–4 |
Abdelaziz (EGY) W 9–7 |
Gong L (CHN) L 4–8 |
4 | Did not advance |
Rowing[edit]
Iran qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games by winning the silver medal and securing the second of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, Japan.[22]
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Nazanin Malaei | Women's single sculls | 7:59.01 | 3 QF | Bye | 8:07.32 | 3 SA/B | 7:45.52 | 6 FB | 7:42.57 | 11 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Shooting[edit]
Iranian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[23]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Javad Foroughi | Men's 10 m air pistol | 580 | 5 Q | — | 244.8 OR | ||
Mahyar Sedaghat | Men's 10 m air rifle | 629.1 | 9 | Did not advance | |||
Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1168 | 20 | Did not advance | ||||
Fatemeh Karamzadeh | Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1163 | 22 | Did not advance | |||
Women's 10 m air rifle | 624.9 | 23 | Did not advance | ||||
Najmeh Khedmati | Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1165 | 18 | Did not advance | |||
Hanieh Rostamian | Women's 10 m air pistol | 576 | 10 | Did not advance | |||
Women's 25 m pistol | 577 | 28 | Did not advance | ||||
Armina Sadeghian | Women's 10 m air rifle | 622.6 | 30 | Did not advance | |||
Mahyar Sedaghat Najmeh Khedmati |
Mixed 10 m air rifle team | 624.9 | 15 | Did not advance | |||
Javad Foroughi Hanieh Rostamian |
Mixed 10 m air pistol team | 575 | 8 Q | 382 | 5 | Did not advance |
Swimming[edit]
Iran received an Universality invitation from FINA to send a male swimmer to the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Matin Balsini | Men's 200 m butterfly | 1:59.97 NR | 33 | Did not advance |
Table tennis[edit]
Iran entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Nima Alamian scored a zonal-match triumph for Central Asia to book a men's singles spot at the Asian Qualification Tournament in Doha, Qatar.[24]
Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Nima Alamian | Men's singles | Bye | Drinkhall (GBR) L 1–4 |
Did not advance |
Taekwondo[edit]
Iran entered three athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Armin Hadipour (men's 58 kg) qualified directly for their respective weight classes by finishing among the top five, while Mirhashem Hosseini received a spare berth freed up by the 2019 World Grand Slam winner in the men's lightweight category (68 kg), as the next highest-placed taekwondo practitioner, not yet qualified, in the WT Olympic Rankings. On the women's side, Nahid Kiani scored a semifinal victory in the lightweight category (57 kg) to book the remaining spot on the Iranian taekwondo squad at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.[25]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Armin Hadipour | Men's −58 kg | — | Ochoa (COL) W 22–19 |
Guzmán (ARG) L 6–26 |
Did not advance | |||
Mirhashem Hosseini | Men's −68 kg | — | Huang Y-j (TPE) W 18–15 |
Rashitov (UZB) L 22–34 |
Did not advance | Lee D-h (KOR) L 21–30 |
Did not advance | 7 |
Nahid Kiani | Women's −57 kg | Alizadeh (EOR) L 9–18 |
Did not advance |
Volleyball[edit]
Indoor[edit]
- Summary
Team | Event | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||||
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Iran men's | Men's tournament | Poland W 3–2 |
Venezuela W 3–0 |
Canada L 0–3 |
Italy L 1–3 |
Japan L 2–3 |
5 | Did not advance |
Men's tournament[edit]
Iran men's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the final match and securing an outright berth at the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Jiangmen, China.[26]
- Team roster
The roster was announced on 11 July 2021.[27]
Head coach: Vladimir Alekno
- 2 Milad Ebadipour OS
- 4 Saeid Marouf (C) S
- 6 Mohammad Mousavi MB
- 9 Masoud Gholami MB
- 10 Amir Ghafour OP
- 11 Saber Kazemi OP
- 12 Morteza Sharifi OS
- 15 Ali Asghar Mojarrad MB
- 17 Meisam Salehi OS
- 19 Mehdi Marandi L
- 21 Arman Salehi L
- 24 Javad Karimi S
- Group play
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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1 | Poland | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3.500 | 435 | 365 | 1.192 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Italy | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 1.714 | 447 | 411 | 1.088 | |
3 | Japan (H) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1.111 | 437 | 433 | 1.009 | |
4 | Canada | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1.000 | 396 | 387 | 1.023 | |
5 | Iran | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 0.818 | 453 | 460 | 0.985 | |
6 | Venezuela | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0.067 | 281 | 393 | 0.715 |
24 July 2021 19:40 v |
Poland | 2–3 | Iran | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Daniele Rapisarda (ITA), Juraj Mokrý (SVK) |
(25–18, 22–25, 22–25, 25–22, 21–23) Results Statistics |
26 July 2021 09:00 v |
Iran | 3–0 | Venezuela | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Susana Rodríguez (ESP) |
(25–17, 25–20, 25–18) Results Statistics |
28 July 2021 09:00 v |
Canada | 3–0 | Iran | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Paulo Turci (BRA) |
(25–16, 25–20, 25–22) Results Statistics |
30 July 2021 19:40 v |
Italy | 3–1 | Iran | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Denny Cespedes (DOM) |
(30–28, 25–21, 21–25, 25–21) Results Statistics |
1 August 2021 19:40 v |
Japan | 3–2 | Iran | Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Daniele Rapisarda (ITA) |
(25–21, 20–25, 29–31, 25–22, 15–13) Results Statistics |
Weightlifting[edit]
Iran entered two weightlifters in the weightlifting competitions. 2016 Olympian and two-time world champion Ali Hashemi (men's 109 kg) and the reigning Asian Champion Ali Davoudi (men's +109 kg), each secured one of the top eight slots each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings.[28] Female weightlifter Parisa Jahanfekrian was vying and eligible to compete in the Games but was suspended and barred from competing by the national weightlifting federation and the national Olympic Committee.[29]
On 3 August 2021, Ali Hashemi competed in the men's 109 kg competition, alongside athletes such as world record holder Simon Martirosyan and eventual Olympic champion Akbar Djuraev.[30] In the snatch He lifted 177 kilograms for his first attempt, 181 kilograms for his second, and 184 kilograms for his last, he placed fifth so far in the competition. For the clean and jerk portion, he failed to lift 226 kilograms for his first and second attempts, then failing at his third and last attempt at 228 kilograms, finishing last with no recorded total.[31]
The following day on 4 August 2021, following his compatriot, Ali Davoudi competed one category up in the men's +109 kg competition. In the snatch, he lifted 191 kilograms for his first attempt, 196 kilograms for his second, and 200 kilograms for his last attempt, he placed second so far in the competition. For the clean and jerk portion, he lifted 234 kilograms for his first attempt, then failing his second attempt at 240 kilograms, he then lifted 241 kilograms successfully for his last.[32] He earned the fourth medal for the nation and placed behind world record holder Lasha Talakhadze who set three new world records in the competition.[33]
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Ali Hashemi | Men's –109 kg | 184 | 5 | DNF | — | DNF | |
Ali Davoudi | Men's +109 kg | 200 | 2 | 241 | 2 | 441 |
Wrestling[edit]
Iran qualified eleven wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Five of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle (57 and 86 kg), men's Greco-Roman (60, 77, and 130 kg) at the 2019 World Championships, while five additional licenses were awarded to the Iranian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals of their respective weight categories at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[34][35]
On February 19, 2020, United World Wrestling awarded an additional Olympic license to Iran in men's freestyle 125 kg, as a response to the doping violations on the Syrian and Uzbek wrestler at the World Championships.[36]
Key:
- VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
- VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
- PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
- PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
- ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
- SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
- Freestyle
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Reza Atri | Men's −57 kg | Atlı (TUR) W 3–1 PP |
Bekhbayar (MGL) W 3–1 PP |
Uguev (ROC) L 1–3 PP |
Bye | Gilman (USA) L 1–3 PP |
5 |
Morteza Ghiasi | Men's −65 kg | Dakhlaoui (TUN) W 3–1 PP |
Punia (IND) L 0–5 VT |
Did not advance | 8 | ||
Mostafa Hosseinkhani | Men's −74 kg | Dake (USA) L 0–3 PO |
Did not advance | 15 | |||
Hassan Yazdani | Men's −86 kg | Shapiev (UZB) W 3–1 PP |
Reichmuth (SUI) W 4–1 SP |
Naifonov (ROC) W 3–1 PP |
Bye | Taylor (USA) L 1–3 PP |
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Mohammad Mohammadian | Men's −97 kg | Odikadze (GEO) L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | 13 | |||
Amir Hossein Zare | Men's −125 kg | Khotsianivskyi (UKR) W 3–0 PO |
Shala (KOS) W 4–1 SP |
Petriashvili (GEO) L 1–3 PP |
Bye | Deng Zw (CHN) W 3–0 PO |
- Greco-Roman
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Alireza Nejati | Men's −60 kg | Melikyan (ARM) L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | 10 | |||
Mohammad Reza Geraei | Men's −67 kg | Horta (COL) W 4–0 ST |
Stäbler (GER) W 3–1 PP |
Zoidze (GEO) W 3–1 PP |
Bye | Nasibov (UKR) W 4–1 ST |
|
Mohammad Ali Geraei | Men's −77 kg | Peña (CUB) W 3–1 PP |
Starčević (CRO) W 3–1 PP |
Lőrincz (HUN) L 1–3 PP |
Bye | Yabiku (JPN) L 1–4 SP |
5 |
Mohammad Hadi Saravi | Men's −97 kg | Boudjemlin (ALG) W 4–0 ST |
Kiril Milov (BUL) W 3–0 PO |
Aleksanyan (ARM) L 1–3 PP |
Bye | Savolainen (FIN) W 3–1 PP |
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Amin Mirzazadeh | Men's −130 kg | Kim M-s (KOR) W 3–0 PO |
López (CUB) L 0–4 ST |
Did not advance | Alexuc-Ciurariu (ROU) W 3–1 PP |
Kayaalp (TUR) L 1–3 PP |
5 |
See also[edit]
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