Noc: | IRI |
Nocname: | National Olympic Committee of Iran |
Games: | Summer Olympics |
Year: | 1948 |
Oldcode: | IRN |
Location: | London |
Competitors: | 36 |
Sports: | 5 |
Flagbearer: | Mostafa Baharmast |
Rank: | 34 |
Gold: | 0 |
Silver: | 0 |
Bronze: | 1 |
Appearances: | auto |
Iran competed at the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 36 competitors, all men, took part in 23 events in 5 sports.[1] The country's sole medal was a weightlifting bronze won in the featherweight division by Jafar Salmasi.[2]
width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
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Basketball | 13 | 13 | |||||
Boxing | 8 | 8 | |||||
Shooting | 3 | 3 | |||||
Weightlifting | 5 | 5 | |||||
Wrestling | 7 | 7 | |||||
Total | 36 | 0 | 36 |
width=180 | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | width=55 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | |||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
See main article: Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Squad list | Preliminary group | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank | |
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Group D | Rank | |||||
Kazem Ashtari Hossein Jabbarzadegan Houshang Rafatjah Abolfazl Solbi Asghar Ehsasi Hossein Karandish Fereydoun Sadeghi Hossein Soroudi Fereydoun Esfandiari Farhang Mohtadi Ziaeddin Shademan Hossein Soudipour Hossein Hashemi Coach: Kazem Rahbari | L 30–62 | 4 | 9th–16th places L 25–81 | 13th–16th places W 2–0, WO | 13th place match L 36–70 | 14 |
W 49–22 | ||||||
L 27–68 | ||||||
L 30–63 |
See main article: Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Athlete | Event | 1st round | 2nd round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
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Ghasem Rasaeli | 51 kg | L Points | Did not advance | 17 | |||
Emmanuel Agassi | 54 kg | L Points | Did not advance | 17 | |||
Jamshid Fani | 58 kg | L Disqualification | Did not advance | 17 | |||
Masoud Rahimiha | 62 kg | L Points | Did not advance | 17 | |||
George Issabeg | 67 kg | L Points | Did not advance | 17 | |||
Hossein Tousi | 73 kg | W Points | L Points | Did not advance | 9 | ||
Eskandar Shora | 80 kg | Bye | L Points | Did not advance | 9 | ||
Mohammad Jamshidabadi | +80 kg | Bye | L Disqualification | Did not advance | 9 |
See main article: Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
---|---|---|---|
Farhang Khosropanah | 50 m rifle prone | 545 | 69 |
300 m rifle 3 positions | 472 | 36 | |
Samad Mollazal | 50 m rifle prone | 511 | 71 |
300 m rifle 3 positions | 660 | 34 | |
Mahmoud Sakhaei | 50 m rifle prone | 552 | 67 |
300 m rifle 3 positions | 587 | 35 |
See main article: Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Athlete | Event | Press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |
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Mahmoud Namjoo | 56 kg | 82.5 | 82.5 | 122.5 OR | 287.5 | 5 | |
Jafar Salmasi | 60 kg | 100.0 OR | 97.5 | 115.0 | 312.5 | ||
Asadollah Mahini | 67.5 kg | 85.0 | 92.5 | 117.5 | 295.0 | 19 | |
Nasser Mirghavami | 75 kg | 102.5 | 95.0 | 130.0 | 327.5 | 13 | |
Rasoul Raeisi | 82.5 kg | 110.0 | 110.0 | 135.0 | 355.0 | 8 |
See main article: Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 / 8 | Rank |
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Mansour Raeisi | 52 kg | L 0–3 | W Fall | W Fall | L 0–3 | Did not advance | 4 | ||
Hassan Saadian | 62 kg | L Fall | W 2–1 | L 0–3 | Did not advance | 11 | |||
Ali Ghaffari | 67 kg | L 0–3 | W Fall | L Fall | Did not advance | 11 | |||
Abbas Zandi | 73 kg | W Fall | L Fall | L 0–3 | Did not advance | 7 | |||
Abbas Hariri | 79 kg | L 1–2 | Did not appear | Did not advance | 16 | ||||
Mansour Mirghavami | 87 kg | L 0–3 | L 0–3 | Did not advance | 12 | ||||
Abolghasem Sakhdari | +87 kg | Bye | L 1–2 | L Fall | Did not advance | 5 |