| 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. Wrestler Mohammad Nassiri and Weightlifter Abdollah Movahed won the nation first Olympic Games gold medal in 12 years since Melbourne 1956.[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 |