Iran at the 1960 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	IRI
Nocname:	National Olympic Committee of Iran
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1960
Oldcode:	IRN
Website:
Location:	Rome
Competitors:	23
Sports:	5
Flagbearer:	Jafar Salmasi
Rank:	27
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto

Iran competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 25 athletes represented Iran in the 1960 Olympics.^[1]

Competitors

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Athletics	1		1
Boxing	4		4
Shooting	1		1
Weightlifting	5		5
Wrestling	12		12
Total	23	0	23

Medal summary

Medal table

width=180	Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	width=55	Total
			1	1
		1	2	3
Total	0	1	3	4

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's freestyle 87 kg
			Men's 56 kg
			Men's freestyle 52 kg
			Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg

Results by event

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Men^[2]

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Men^[3]

Athlete	Event	1/32 final	1/16 final	1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Ezaria Ilkhanoff	51 kg	Bye	W 4–1	L Walkover	Did not advance	9
Sadegh Aliakbarzadeh	54 kg	Bye	L 1–4	Did not advance	17
Vazik Kazarian	63.5 kg	Bye	L 2–3	Did not advance	17
Ghasem Amiryavari	67 kg	Bye	W 3–2	L 0–5	Did not advance	9

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Men^[4]

Athlete	Event	Elimination round		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Gholam Hossein Mobasser	50 m rifle 3 positions	471	71	did not advance
50 m rifle prone	384	33	567	50

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Men^[5]

Athlete	Event	Press	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Esmaeil Elmkhah	56 kg	97.5	100.0	132.5	330.0
Ali Safa-Sonboli	60 kg	92.5	No mark	—	—	—
Henrik Tamraz	67.5 kg	112.5	105.0	130.0	347.5	14
Mohammad Ami-Tehrani	75 kg	117.5	120.0	155.0	392.5	6
Mongashti Amirian	82.5 kg	120.0	120.0	150.0	390.0	10

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Men's freestyle^[6]

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Fifth round	Sixth round	Final round	Rank
Ebrahim Seifpour	52 kg	W Fall	W Fall	W Fall	W Fall	W Fall	L Points	L Points
Mehdi Yaghoubi	57 kg	D Points	W Fall	W Points	L Points	Did not advance		Did not advance	7
Mohammad Khadem	62 kg	L Fall	W Points	W Fall	L Fall	Did not advance	8
Mostafa Tajik	67 kg	W Fall	W Points	W Fall	W Fall	L Fall	L Points		4
Emam-Ali Habibi	73 kg	W Fall	W Points	W Points	W Points	L Fall		Did not advance	4
Mansour Mehdizadeh	79 kg	L Fall	W Points	D Points	Did not advance		12
Gholamreza Takhti	87 kg	W Fall	W Fall	W Fall	W Fall	W Fall		L Points
Yaghoub Ali Shourvarzi	+87 kg	W Fall	L Fall	L Fall	Did not advance		Did not advance	10

Men's Greco-Roman^[7]

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Fifth round	Sixth round	Final round	Rank
Mohammad Paziraei	52 kg	W Points	L Points	W Points	Bye	W Points
Ali Banihashemi	57 kg	L Points	L Points	Did not advance		Did not advance	17
Hossein Mollaghasemi	62 kg	W Points	W Fall	W Points	W Points	L Fall	Did not advance	6
Mansour Hazrati	79 kg	D Points	L Points	L Points	Did not advance	14

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Iran at the 1960 Rome Summer Games . sports-reference.com . 17 June 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110921215628/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IRI/summer/1960/ . 21 September 2011 .
2. Web site: The Games of the XVII Olympiad – Official Report Volume 2 – Part 1. 3 January 2011. LA84 Foundation. 141. 17 June 2011. 23 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110523081702/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1960/OR1960v2pt1.pdf. dead.
3. Web site: The Games of the XVII Olympiad – Official Report Volume 2 – Part 2. 3 January 2011. LA84 Foundation. 148–198. 17 June 2011. 23 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110523081702/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1960/OR1960v2pt1.pdf. dead.
4. Web site: The Games of the XVII Olympiad – Official Report Volume 2 – Part 2. 3 January 2011. LA84 Foundation. 411–416. 17 June 2011. 23 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110523081702/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1960/OR1960v2pt1.pdf. dead.
5. Web site: The Games of the XVII Olympiad – Official Report Volume 2 – Part 2. 3 January 2011. LA84 Foundation. 330–353. 17 June 2011. 23 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110523081702/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1960/OR1960v2pt1.pdf. dead.
6. Web site: The Games of the XVII Olympiad – Official Report Volume 2 – Part 1. 3 January 2011. LA84 Foundation. 509–545. 17 June 2011. 23 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110523081702/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1960/OR1960v2pt1.pdf. dead.
7. Web site: The Games of the XVII Olympiad – Official Report Volume 2 – Part 1. 3 January 2011. LA84 Foundation. 473–499. 17 June 2011. 23 May 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110523081702/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1960/OR1960v2pt1.pdf. dead.