Iran at the 1998 Asian Games explained

Noc:IRI
Nocname:National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Year:1998
Games:Asian Games
Location:Bangkok
Competitors:199
Sports:24
Flagbearer:Zahra Mahroughi
Gold:10
Silver:11
Bronze:13
Rank:7
Appearances:auto
Website: 

Iran participated in the 1998 Asian Games held in the capital city of Bangkok. This country is ranked 7th with 10 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad.

Competitors

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Aquatics, Diving
Aquatics, Swimming
Aquatics, Water polo
Archery
Athletics8 8
Badminton4 4
Basketball12 12
Boxing10 10
Canoeing, Sprint
Cycling, Road4 4
Cycling, Track
Equestrian3 1 4
Fencing
Football20 20
Gymnastics, Artistic
Handball
Judo7 7
Karate5 5
Shooting
Squash2 2
Table tennis3 3
Taekwondo6 6
Tennis3 3
Volleyball, Beach2 2
Weightlifting8 8
Wrestling16 16
Wushu7 7
Total

Medal summary

Medal table

width=180SportGoldSilverBronzewidth=55Total
1 1 2
1 1 2
1 1
1 1
1 1
1 1
1 3 4
1 3 4
1 1 3 5
1 2 2 5
5 1 1 7
1 1
Total 10 11 13 34

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Men's individual time trial
Men
Men's kumite 75 kg
Men's 58 kg
Men's 85 kg
Men's freestyle 69 kg
Men's freestyle 85 kg
Men's freestyle 97 kg
Men's freestyle 130 kg
Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Men's +91 kg
Men's +100 kg
Men's kata individual
Men's kumite 70 kg
Men's kumite +75 kg
Men's 76 kg
Men's 77 kg
Men's 94 kg
Men's freestyle 54 kg
Men's sanda 70 kg
Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Men's 91 kg
Men's points race
Men's team sabre
Men's 66 kg
Men's 81 kg
Men's 100 kg
Men's 64 kg
Men's 83 kg
Men's +83 kg
Men's 56 kg
Men's +105 kg
Men's freestyle 58 kg

Results by event

Aquatics

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1998 Asian Games.

Men

AthleteEventPreliminaryFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Mohammad Reza Hedayati3 m springboard15did not advance
10 m platform139.62012 Q306.33012

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1998 Asian Games.

Men
AthleteEventHeatsFinal
TimeRankTimeRank
Farshid Karami50 m freestyle25.7422did not advance
100 m freestyle56.2522did not advance
200 m freestyle2:09.3422did not advance
Hamid Reza Mobarrez50 m freestyle25.9725did not advance
100 m freestyle56.2623did not advance
100 m butterfly1:00.8821did not advance
Hamed Rezakhani200 m freestyle2:04.4821did not advance
400 m freestyle4:24.3216did not advance
1500 m freestyle17:06.9811
Majid Imani100 m backstroke1:06.5218did not advance
200 m backstroke2:30.1117did not advance
Pirouz Eftekhar-Manavi100 m butterfly1:01.7623did not advance
200 m butterfly2:20.3618did not advance

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 1998 Asian Games.

Men

Squad listPreliminary roundFinal roundRank
GroupRankGroup IRank
Ahmad Hosseini
Alireza Amirian
Bahman Mouchehkiani
Kianoush Afshin
Kambiz Rakhshani-Mehr
Aram Eidipour
Mohsen Rezvani
Saeid Karimi
Masoud Rezvani
Amir Abbas Akbarnejad
Majid Gholami
Coach: Zsolt Poskay

L 7–8
2 Q
W 13–6
55

L 5–12

W 15–7

L 5–13

L 7–11

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 1998 Asian Games.

Men

AthleteEventRanking round1/16 final1/8 finalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
ScoreSeed
Kourosh KarimzadehIndividualdisqualifiedDid not advance
Vigen ShahbazianIndividual76839Did not advance39

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games.

Men[1]
AthleteEvent1st roundFinalRank
HeatTimeRankTimeRank
Mehdi Jelodarzadeh800 m31:50.282 1:48.5866
Mohammad Reza Molaei800 m11:52.615did not advance13
Farhad Heidari1500 m13:51.124 3:45.0155
Jafar Babakhani10,000 m29:31.1966
3000 m steeplechase8:55.043
Hamid Reza Fardinpour400 m hurdles251.946did not advance10
Hamid Sajjadi3000 m steeplechase8:42.532

Badminton

See main article: article and Badminton at the 1998 Asian Games.

Men[2]
AthleteEvent1st round2nd roundQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
Afshin BozorgzadehSingles
L 0–2
5–15, 1–15
Did not advance17
Sadegh KarbasiSingles
L 0–2
7–15, 4–15
Did not advance17
Gholamreza Bagheri
Reza Roshan-Omid
DoublesBye

L 0–2
1–15, 3–15
Did not advance9
Sadegh Karbasi
Afshin Bozorgzadeh
Doubles

L 0–2
0–15, 4–15
Did not advance17
Gholamreza Bagheri
Afshin Bozorgzadeh
Sadegh Karbasi
Reza Roshan-Omid
Team
L 0–5
0–2, 0–2, 0–2, 0–2, 0–2
Did not advance9

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 1998 Asian Games.

Men

Squad listPreliminary roundQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
Group BRankGroup IRank
Mohsen Sadeghzadeh
Mohammad Kasaeipour
Mehran Hatami
Safa-Ali Kamalian
Ali Akbar Shirian
Ali Towfigh
Hamid Kolasangiani
Saeid Khani
Hamid Kashani
Behzad Afradi
Touraj Emdadi
Mehdi Davanizadeh
Coach: Enayatollah Atashi

L 75–84
2 Q
L 86–106
4Did not advance7th place match

W 70–50
7

W 82–78

L 84–86

L 55–61

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1998 Asian Games.

Men[3]
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
Akbar Ahadi54 kg
W 15–6

L 4–12
Did not advance9
Bijan Batmani57 kg
W 9–4

L 4–5
Did not advance5
Hassan Moradnejad60 kg
L 7–8
Did not advance9
Babak Moghimi63.5 kg
L 10–18
Did not advance9
Anoushiravan Nourian67 kg
L 4–5
Did not advance9
Esfandiar Mohammadi71 kgBye
L 7–13
Did not advance5
Ebrahim Mousavi75 kg
L
Did not advance9
Ali Darvish81 kg
W 20–13

L 7–18
Did not advance5
Rouhollah Hosseini91 kg
W 20–12

L 2–17
Did not advance
Mohammad Reza Samadi+91 kg
W 10–3

W 15–8

L Knockout

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 1998 Asian Games.

Men

AthleteEventFinalRank
Elias Eghlimi
Mahmoud Zarinderakht
C2 1000 metresDid not advance10
Hossein FathalizadehK1 500 metresDisqualified
Alireza MohammadiK1 1000 metresDid not advanceEL
Mohsen Milad
Alireza Sohrabian
K2 500 metres1:52.116
Nader Hedayati
Alireza Mohammadi
K2 1000 metres4:04.115
Hossein Fathalizadeh
Nader Hedayati
Mohsen Milad
Alireza Sohrabian
K4 1000 metres3:26.545

Women

AthleteEventFinalRank
Farahnaz Amir-Shaghaghi
Fatemeh Bibak
Negin Farjad Tehrani
Fariba Khaledi
Ramona Lazar
K1 500 metresDid not advanceEL
K2 500 metresDid not advanceEL
K4 500 metresDid not advanceEL

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1998 Asian Games.

Road

Men[4]
AthleteEventTimeRank
Mehran EsmaeiliRoad race4:44:1718
Ahad KazemiRoad race4:41:219
Individual time trial1:07:07.9616
Majid NasseriRoad race4:44:1717
Ghader MizbaniIndividual time trial1:03:16.94

Track

Men

AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
TimeRank
Alireza Farid-JafarnejadSprint11.5408 Q Kamiyama
L 0–2
Did not advance5
1 km time trialN/A1:08.8515
Ghader Mizbani4 km individual pursuit4:57.14810Did not advance10
Amir Zargari4 km individual pursuit4:59.17011Did not advance11
40 km points raceN/A21 pts
Alireza Haghi40 km points raceN/A3 pts13
Mousa Arbati
Hossein Askari
Alireza Haghi
Hassan Maleki
4 km team pursuit4:35.9625 Q
L 4:34.805–4:32.394
Did not advance5

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 1998 Asian Games.

Jumping

AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalRank
ScoreRankPenaltyRank
Arsia ArdalanOutrageousIndividual83.5013 Q8.0066
Tara ArdalanBardameIndividual74.5023 Qdid not finish
Khodadad AslaniSoldierIndividual42.0035did not advance35
Farrokh MosharGallypoliIndividual15.0043did not advance43
Arsia Ardalan
Tara Ardalan
Khodadad Aslani
Farrokh Moshar
Outrageous
Bardame
Soldier
Gallypoli
TeamN/A130.00 pts77

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1998 Asian Games. Men

AthleteEventSemifinalFinalRank
Siamak Feiz-AskariIndividual épéeDid not advanceEL
Farhad RezaeiIndividual épéeDid not advanceEL
Ghodrat RezaeiIndividual épéeDid not advanceEL
Keivan JavanshirIndividual foilDid not advanceEL
Mohammad MirmohammadiIndividual foilDid not advanceEL
Hamid VeisiIndividual foilDid not advanceEL
Peyman FakhriIndividual sabreDid not advanceEL
Amir Mahiman RahimiIndividual sabre Guo
L 6–15
3rd place match
Zhang
L 4–15
4
Abbas SheikholeslamiIndividual sabreDid not advanceEL
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
Siamak Feiz-Askari
Farhad Rezaei
Ghodrat Rezaei
Team épéeBye
L 35–45
Did not advance5
Keivan Javanshir
Mohammad Mirmohammadi
Hamid Veisi
Team foilBye
L 18–45
Did not advance7
Peyman Fakhri
Mohammad Mirmohammadi
Amir Mahiman Rahimi
Abbas Sheikholeslami
Team sabreBye
W 45–27

L 30–45
3rd place match

W 45–43

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 1998 Asian Games.

Men

Squad listRound 1Round 2QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
Group HRankGroup 3Rank
Behzad Gholampour
Nima Nakisa
Hamid Reza Babaei
Nader Mohammadkhani
Javad Zarincheh
Mohammad Khakpour
Mohammad Navazi
Ali Janmaleki
Sattar Hamedani
Ali Karimi
Dariush Yazdani
Mahmoud Fekri
Alireza Mansourian
Ali Mousavi
Vahid Hashemian
Mehdi Mahdavikia
Ali Daei
Karim Bagheri
Rasoul Khatibi
Hamid Estili
Coach:
Mansour Pourheidari

W 2–0
1 Q
L 2–4
2 Q
W 4–0

W 1–0

W 2–0

W 6–1

W 5–0

W 2–1

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1998 Asian Games.

Artistic

Men

AthleteEventScoreRank
Mahmoud ArabIndividual all-around47.17521
Mahan BajrangIndividual all-around48.75019
Mohammad Hadi GhasemiIndividual all-around46.65022
Mahmoud Arab
Mahan Bajrang
Arman Bakhtiarian
Mohammad Hadi Ghasemi
Gholamreza Alizadeh
Team186.4508

Handball

See main article: article and Handball at the 1998 Asian Games.

Men

Squad listMain roundSemifinalFinalRank
Group BRank
Mohsen Fakhar
Majid Rahimizadeh
Ahmad Reza Faghihi
Mohsen Taheri
Shahdad Mortaji
Ali Zokaei
Hamid Sadeghi
Armen Amirkhanian
Javad Hashemian
Mehdi Azad-Manjiri
Hassan Khosh-Shiveh
Farid Alimoradi
Coach: Ghasem Shaabanpour

W 27–25
2 Q
L 26–32
3rd place match

L 23–28
4

L 26–40

W 24–21

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1998 Asian Games.

Men[5]
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage finalFinalRank
Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh60 kg
L Waza-ari
Did not advanceRepechage

L Ippon
align=center colspan=3Did not advance13
Arash Miresmaeili66 kg
L Koka
Repechage

W Waza-ari
Repechage

W Waza-ari
3rd place match

W Koka
Behrouz Parhizgar73 kgBye
W Ippon

L Ippon
Repechage

L Ippon
align=center colspan=2Did not advance9
Kazem Sarikhani81 kg
W Ippon

W Ippon

W Ippon

L Ippon
3rd place match

W Ippon
Ali Chamanpa90 kgBye
L Yuko

W Walkover
Repechage

L Waza-ari
Did not advance7
Farhad Maabi100 kgBye
W Ippon
Repechage

L Ippon
3rd place match

W Koka
Mahmoud Miran+100 kg
W Ippon

W Ippon

W Ippon

L Ippon

Karate

See main article: article and Karate at the 1998 Asian Games.

Men's kumite

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
Majid Abdolhosseini65 kg Al-Farran
W 6–0
Lei
W 6–1
Narazaki
L 5–6
3rd place match
Do
L 3–6
5
Mehdi Amouzadeh70 kg Mariano
W 1–0
Somchaichana
W 3–0
Shiina
W 6–2
Muniandy
L 1–6
Alireza Katiraei75 kg Roldan
W 6–0
Ali
W 5–0
Arivalagan
W 3–0
Niki
W 1–0
Ali Shaterzadeh+75 kg Chu
W 4–1
Syarief
W 4–3
Khajaisornsit
W
Al-Hamad
L 1–6

Men's kata

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1998 Asian Games.

Men

AthleteEventFinal
ScoreRank
Navid BagheriCentre fire pistol55137
Ahmad SamaeiCentre fire pistol56930
Hassan ZolfaghariCentre fire pistol52141
Navid Bagheri
Ahmad Samaei
Hassan Zolfaghari
Centre fire pistol team164112

Women

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreTotalRank
Manijeh KazemiSport pistolEL
Air pistol36326Did not advance
Marzieh MehrabiSport pistolEL
Air pistol36621Did not advance
Hourieh Seyed-DerakhshaniSport pistolEL
Air pistol35931Did not advance
Lida FarimanAir rifle38231Did not advance
Elham HashemiAir rifle38427Did not advance
Sport rifle proneN/A57234
Sport rifle three positions52639Did not advance
Raheleh KheirollahzadehAir rifle38525Did not advance
Kobra AllahkaramiSport rifle proneN/A57625
Sport rifle three positions52140Did not advance
Zahra MahroughiSport rifle proneN/A57917
Sport rifle three positions54537Did not advance
Manijeh Kazemi
Marzieh Mehrabi
Hourieh Seyed-Derakhshani
Sport pistol teamN/A16469
Air pistol teamN/A10888
Lida Fariman
Elham Hashemi
Raheleh Kheirollahzadeh
Air rifle teamN/A115110
Kobra Allahkarami
Elham Hashemi
Zahra Mahroughi
Sport rifle prone teamN/A17277
Sport rifle three positions teamN/A159213

Squash

See main article: Squash at the 1998 Asian Games.

Men[6]
AthleteEvent1st round2nd roundQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
Shahriar DolatshahiSingles
L 0–3
0–9, 2–9, 3–9
Did not advance17
Jamshad PourtorkSingles
L 0–3
4–9, 0–9, 5–9
Did not advance17

Table tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 1998 Asian Games.

Men

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
Amin EskandariSingles Ho
L 2–3
Did not advance33
Behnam RahmatpanahSinglesBye Kong
L 0–3
Did not advance9
Mohammad Reza Akhlaghpasand
Behnam Rahmatpanah
DoublesN/A Sanguansin
and Ariyachontima
L 1–2
Did not advance17
AthleteEventPreliminaryQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
Group ARank
Mohammad Reza Akhlaghpasand
Amin Eskandari
Behnam Rahmatpanah
Team
W 3–0
2 Q
L 0–3
did not advance5

L 0–3

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 1998 Asian Games.

Men
AthleteEvent1/16 final1/8 finalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
Mehdi Bibak58 kgBye
W

W

W

W
Bijan Moghanloo64 kg
W

W

L 1–5
Did not advance
Hadi Saei70 kg
L
Did not advance9
Majid Aflaki76 kg
W

W

L 2–3
Majid Amintorabi83 kgBye
W

L
Did not advance
Hassan Aslani+83 kg
W

L 0–3
Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 1998 Asian Games.

Men

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
Ramin RazianiSingles Erdenebileg
W 2–0
Yoon
L 0–2 (3–6,3–6)
Did not advance9
Akbar TaheriSingles Junio
L 0–2
Did not advance17
Ramin Raziani
Akbar Taheri
DoublesBye Kirtane
and Kannan
L 0–2 (4–6,2–6)
Did not advance9
Shahab Hassani
Ramin Raziani
Akbar Taheri
TeamN/A
L 0–3
Did not advance9

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 1998 Asian Games.

Beach

Men

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1998 Asian Games.

Men[7]
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
Mehdi Panzvan56 kg122.5145.0267.5
Mehran Azari77 kg147.5180.0327.59
Mohammad Hossein Barkhah77 kg155.0197.5 352.5
Shahin Nassirinia85 kg170.0 210.0 380.0
Kourosh Bagheri94 kg175.0202.5377.5
Kamal Mousavi105 kg170.0205.0375.06
Hossein Tavakkoli105 kg175.0215.0390.05
Hossein Rezazadeh+105 kg187.5227.5415.0

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1998 Asian Games.

Men's freestyle[8]
AthleteEventRound 1QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinalRank
Behnam Tayyebi54 kg
W 3–2

W 3–0

W 8–5

L 2–3
Mohammad Talaei58 kg
W 8–0

L 2–3
Repechage

W 3–2
Repechage

W 9–0
3rd place match

W 5–2
Mehdi Kaveh63 kg
W 8–0

W 4–3

L 0–7
Repechage

L 2–3
Did not advance6
Amir Tavakkolian69 kg
W 3–1

W 4–2

W 9–0

W 2–1
Pejman Dorostkar76 kg
W 3–2

W 0–0

L 0–2
Repechage

L 0–3
Did not advance5
Alireza Heidari85 kg
W Fall

W 1–1

W 13–9

W 5–3
Abbas Jadidi97 kg
W 10–0
Bye
W 4–0

W 3–0
Alireza Rezaei130 kg
W 4–0
Bye
W 10–0

W 2–0
Men's Greco-Roman
AthleteEventRound 1QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinalRank
Ali Ashkani54 kg
W 10–0

L 4–9
Repechage

L 2–3
Did not advance8
Sardar Pashaei58 kg
W 12–0
Bye
L 5–8
Repechage

W 3–2
3rd place match

L 0–3
4
Parviz Zeidvand63 kg
W 3–0

L 1–2,
Did not advance
Gholam Hossein Pezeshki69 kg
W 5–0
Bye
L 0–10
Repechage

L 2–3
Did not advance6
Mehdi Rahimi76 kg
L 0–4
Repechage

L 3–11
Did not advance10
Behrouz Jamshidi85 kg
L 2–4
Repechage

W 4–0
ByeRepechage

W 7–0
3rd place match

L 2–4
4
Mohammad Sharabiani97 kg
L 0–3
Repechage

W 7–0
ByeRepechage

L 0–4
Did not advance6
Mehdi Sabzali130 kgBye
W 0–0

W 3–0

W 6–3

Wushu

See main article: Wushu at the 1998 Asian Games.

Men's taolu[9]
AthleteEventScoreRank
Mohammad Hossein FarshbafChangquan27.4813
Habib ZareeiChangquan26.9917
Men's sanda
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRank
Alireza Saadat52 kg
L 0–2
Did not advance9
Alireza Rouzbahani56 kg
L 0–2
Did not advance9
Ali Khodaei60 kg
L 1–2
Did not advance5
Mansour Norouzi65 kgBye
L 1–2
Did not advance5
Hossein Ojaghi70 kgBye
W 2–0

L 1–2

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 13th Asian Games – Athletics . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006095641/http://sportfieber.pytalhost.com/l/leichtathletik/1998/1998.13th%20Asian%20Games.htm . dead . 6 October 2014 . 19 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Badminton Results. sadec.com. 3 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160513044601/http://www.sadec.com/Asiad98/event3.html. 13 May 2016. dead.
  3. Web site: 13.Asian Games – Bangkok, Thailand – December 7–18 1998. www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. 20 March 2020.
  4. Web site: XIII Asian Games, Bangkok (ASIAD 98) Cycling . https://web.archive.org/web/20060418025212/http://www.sadec.com/Asiad98/event11.html . dead . 18 April 2006 . sadec.com . 20 March 2020.
  5. Web site: XIII Asian Games, Bangkok (ASIAD 98) Judo . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928032817/http://www.sadec.com/Asiad98/event19.html . dead . 28 September 2011 . sadec.com . 24 May 2023.
  6. Web site: 13th Asian Games – Squash – The Results . 27 April 2001 . . 14 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010427050844/http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/6566/agrslt.htm . April 27, 2001 .
  7. Web site: Asian Games Bangkok 7–13 Dec. 1998 . https://web.archive.org/web/20010217054926/http://www.iwf.net/asian_games.html . dead . 17 February 2001 . . 20 March 2020.
  8. Web site: XIII Asian Games, Bangkok (ASIAD 98) Wrestling . https://web.archive.org/web/20060418025206/http://www.sadec.com/Asiad98/event35.html . dead . 18 April 2006 . sadec.com . 30 April 2020.
  9. Web site: XIII Asian Games, Bangkok (ASIAD 98) Wushu . https://web.archive.org/web/20060418025212/http://www.sadec.com/Asiad98/event36.html . dead . 18 April 2006 . sadec.com . 19 March 2020.