| Noc: | IRI |
| Nocname: | National Olympic Committee of Iran |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1968 |
| Oldcode: | IRN |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Mexico City |
| Competitors: | 14 |
| Sports: | 3 |
| Flagbearer: | Abolfazl Anvari |
| Rank: | 19 |
| Gold: | 2 |
| Silver: | 1 |
| Bronze: | 2 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Iran competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 14 athletes represented Iran in the 1968 Olympics.[1]
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Weightlifting | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Wrestling | 9 | 9 | |||||
| Total | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| width=180 | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 56 kg | ||||
| Men's freestyle 70 kg | ||||
| Men's 67.5 kg | ||||
| Men's freestyle 57 kg | ||||
| Men's freestyle 63 kg |
See main article: article and Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Jalal Keshmiri | Shot put | Did not start | Did not advance | ||
| Discus throw | 53.96 | 20 | Did not advance | ||
See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Nassiri | 56 kg | 112.5 | 105.0 | 150.0 WR | 367.5 | ||
| Nasrollah Dehnavi | 60 kg | 117.5 | 107.5 | 140.0 | 365.0 | 6 | |
| Parviz Jalayer | 67.5 kg | 125.0 | 132.5 | 165.0 | 422.5 | ||
| Daniel Gevargiz | 75 kg | No mark | — | — | — | — |
See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | 4th round | 5th round | 6th round | 7th / Final round | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Ghorbani | 52 kg | W Fall | W Fall | W Fall | L Fall | L Fall | Did not advance | 7 | ||
| Aboutaleb Talebi | 57 kg | W Superiority | W Points | W Points | Bye | W Points | D Points | D Points | ||
| Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi | 63 kg | W Points | W Superiority | W Fall | W Points | W Fall | D Points | |||
L Points | ||||||||||
| Abdollah Movahed | 70 kg | W Superiority | W Superiority | W Superiority | W Superiority | W Points | W Points | W Points | ||
| Ali Mohammad Momeni | 78 kg | W Superiority | W Points | L Points | W Points | W Points | Did not advance | 4 | ||
| Mansour Mehdizadeh | 87 kg | L Disqualification | Did not appear | Did not advance | 22 | |||||
| Moslem Eskandar-Filabi | 97 kg | W Superiority | L Points | L Points | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 | |||
| Abolfazl Anvari | +97 kg | W Points | W Points | L Points | L Fall | Did not advance | Did not advance | 6 |