Iran at the 1966 Asian Games explained

Noc:	IRN
Nocname:	National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Year:	1966
Games:	Asian Games
Location:	Bangkok
Competitors:	118
Sports:	12
Flagbearer:	Mansour Mehdizadeh
Gold:	6
Silver:	8
Bronze:	17
Rank:	6
Appearances:	auto
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Iran participated in the 1966 Asian Games held in the capital city of Bangkok, and ranked 6th with 6 gold medals on this occasion of the Asiad.^[1]

Medal summary

Medalists

Athletics

• Silver
  • Ahmad Mirhosseini - Men's 3000 m steeplechase
  • Jalal Keshmiri - Men's discus throw
• Bronze
  • Teymour Ghiassi - Men's high jump
  • Jalal Keshmiri - Men's shot put

Boxing

• Bronze
  • Nasser Aghaei - Men's 57 kg
  • Eltefat Talebi - Men's 60 kg
  • Aloush Abbasi - Men's 81 kg
  • Hossein Fathianpour - Men's +81 kg

Cycling

Road

• Bronze
  • Team - Men's team time trial
    • Team roster
      • Hassan Roustaei
      • Mehdi Doukchi
      • Davoud Akhlaghi
      • Esmaeil Hosseini

Track

• Bronze
  • Esmaeil Hosseini - Men's individual pursuit

Football

• Silver
  • Team - Men
    • Team roster
      • Aziz Asli
      • Faramarz Zelli
      • Parviz Ghelichkhani
      • Hassan Habibi
      • Hamid Jasemian
      • Goudarz Habibi
      • Mohammad Ranjbar
      • Jalal Talebi
      • Mostafa Arab
      • Hossein Farzami
      • Ali Jabbari
      • Hamid Aminikhah
      • Akbar Eftekhari
      • Abdollah Saedi
      • Fariborz Esmaeili
      • Hamid Shirzadeghan
      • Homayoun Behzadi
      • Parviz Mirzahassan
    • Head coach: Gyorgy Szucs

Table tennis

• Bronze
  • Houshang Bozorgzadeh - Men's singles

Tennis

• Bronze
  • Taghi Akbari - Men's singles
  • Team - Men's team
    • Team roster
      • Taghi Akbari
      • Ezzatollah Nemati
      • Nematollah Nemati
      • Issa Khodaei

Volleyball

Indoor

• Bronze
  • Team - Men
    • Team roster
      • Mahmoud Motlagh
      • Hassan Kord
      • Masoud Salehieh
      • Khalil Paknazar
      • Changiz Ansari
      • Hassan Kabiri
      • Mohammad Hemmatyar
      • Mojtaba Mortazavi
    • Head coach: Hossein Jabbarzadegan
  • Team - Women
    • Team roster
      • Mari Tet
      • Rouhi Pandnavaz
      • Mehri Kharrazi
      • Ozra Malek
      • Mina Fathi
      • Nasrin Shokoufi
      • Leila Emami
      • Pari Fardi
      • Jaleh Seyed-Hadizadeh
    • Head coach: Fereydoon Sharifzadeh

Weightlifting

• Gold
  • Mohammad Nassiri - Men's 56 kg
  • Parviz Jalayer - Men's 67.5 kg
  • Manouchehr Boroumand - Men's +90 kg
• Bronze
  • Mohammadreza Nasehi - Men's 52 kg
  • Mohammad Ammi Tehrani - Men's 75 kg
  • Naser Doroudian - Men's 90 kg
  • Reza Esteki - Men's +90 kg

Wrestling

Freestyle

• Gold
  • Abdollah Movahed - Men's 70 kg
  • Mansour Mehdizadeh - Men's 97 kg
  • Eskandar Filabi - Men's +97 kg
• Silver
  • Ali Akbar Heidari - Men's 52 kg
  • Mohammad Ali Farrokhian - Men's 57 kg
  • Mohammad Ebrahim Seifpour - Men's 63 kg
  • Hossein Tahami - Men's 78 kg
  • Mahmoud Moezzipour - Men's 87 kg

References

• Iran Olympic Committee - Asian Games Medalists
• Iran National Sports Organization - Asian Games Medalists

Notes and References

1. http://www.ocasia.org/5AG.asp 5th Asian Games medal tally