Iran at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:IRI
Nocname:National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2008
Website: 
Location:Beijing
Competitors:55
Sports:13
Flagbearer:Homa Hosseini
Rank:51
Gold:1
Silver:0
Bronze:1
Appearances:auto

Iran sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. In total 55 Iranian athletes went to Beijing, including three women. These Olympics are regarded as less successful than their previous Games, as Iran only achieved one gold and one bronze medal.

Medalists

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MedalNameSportEvent
Men's 80 kg
Men's freestyle 60 kg

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Medals by sport
SportTotal
1 0 0 1
0 0 1 1
Total 1 0 1 2

Competitors

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Archery1 1 2
Athletics6 0 6
Badminton1 0 1
Basketball12 0 12
Boxing3 0 3
Cycling3 0 3
Judo6 0 6
Rowing1 1 2
Swimming1 0 1
Table tennis1 0 1
Taekwondo2 1 3
Weightlifting3 0 3
Wrestling12 0 12
Total 52 3 55

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Hojjatollah VaeziMen's individual60463
L 98–112		Did not advance
Najmeh AbtinWomen's individual56860
L 96–106		Did not advance

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men[1]
  • Track & road events
    • AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRank
    Sajjad Moradialign=left rowspan=2800 m1:46.106 q1:46.085Did not advance
    Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei1:49.258Did not advance
    Field events
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    DistancePositionDistancePosition
    Ehsan HaddadiDiscus throw61.3417Did not advance
    Amin NikfarShot put—Did not advance
    Abbas SamimiDiscus throw59.9226Did not advance
    Combined events – Decathlon
    AthleteEvent100 m400 m1500 mFinalRank
    Hadi SepehrzadResult10.926.8016.021.9050.7514.6450.324.0049.565:06.67748321
    Points878767852714780894877617582522

    Badminton

    See main article: article and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Basketball

    See main article: article and Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Men's tournament

    Roster
    Group play

    Boxing

    See main article: article and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Morteza SepahvandLight welterweight[3]
    W 16–4
    W 8–4
    L 6–11    		Did not advance
    Mehdi GhorbaniLight heavyweight
    L 4–13    		Did not advance
    Ali MazaheriHeavyweight
    L 3–7    		Did not advance

    Cycling

    See main article: article and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Road

    AthleteEventTimeRank
    align=left rowspan=2Hossein AskariMen's road race[4] 6:34:2251
    Men's time trial1:08:4634
    Ghader Mizbanialign=left rowspan=2Men's road race6:39:4278
    Mehdi SohrabiDid not finish

    Judo

    See main article: article and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Men[5]
    AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final /
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Masoud Akhondzadeh−60 kg
    W 0110–0010
    L 0000–1000    		Did not advance
    W 0020–0001
    L 0001–0010    		Did not advance
    Arash Miresmaeili−66 kg
    W 0001–0000
    L 0000–0020    		Did not advance
    W 0011–0000
    L 0001–0010    		Did not advance
    Ali Maloumat−73 kg
    W 1001–0001
    W 0111–0001
    W 1100–0010
    L 0000–1000
    L 0000–1000    		5
    Hamed Malekmohammadi−81 kg
    W 1000–0000
    L 0000–1010    		Did not advance
    Hossein Ghomi−90 kg
    L 0000–1110    		Did not advance
    Mohammad Reza Roudaki+100 kg
    W 1001–0001
    W 1000–0001
    L 0000–0011    		Did not advance
    W 1001–0001
    W 1010–0001
    L 0000–0200    		5

    Rowing

    See main article: article and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Men[6]
    Women[7]
    Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

    Swimming

    See main article: article and Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Men[8]

    Table tennis

    See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Taekwondo

    See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageBronze MedalFinal
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Reza NaderianMen's −58 kg[10]
    L 1–2    		Did not advance
    Hadi SaeiMen's −80 kg
    W 7–0
    W 3–2
    W 4–1
    W 6–4
    Sara Khoshjamal FekriWomen's −49 kg[11]
    W 5–0
    L 0–2    		Did not advance

    Weightlifting

    See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
    ResultRankResultRank
    Asghar EbrahimiMen's −94 kg[12] 180121243924
    Mohsen BiranvandMen's −105 kg1809210113909
    Rashid SharifiMen's +105 kg196623064266

    Wrestling

    See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

    Men's freestyle[13]
    AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final /
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Abbas Dabbaghi−55 kg
    W 3–1
    L 0–3     		Did not advance10
    Morad Mohammadi−60 kg
    W 3–0
    W 3–0
    L 0–3
    W 3–1
    Mehdi Taghavi−66 kg
    W 3–1
    L 0–3     		Did not advance
    L 1–3     		Did not advance10
    Meisam Mostafa-Jokar−74 kg
    L 0–3     		Did not advance19
    Reza Yazdani−84 kg
    W 3–0
    L 0–5     		Did not advance11
    Saeid Ebrahimi−96 kg
    W 3–1
    L 0–3     		Did not advance10
    Fardin Masoumi−120 kg
    W 3–0
    L 0–5     		Did not advance
    W 3–1
    W 3–1
    L 1–3     		5
    Men's Greco-Roman[14]
    AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final /
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Hamid Sourian−55 kg
    W 5–0
    W 3–0
    L 1–3     		Did not advance
    W 3–1
    L 1–3     		5
    Ali Mohammadi−66 kg
    W 3–1
    L 1–3     		Did not advance11
    Saman Tahmasebi−84 kg
    W 3–1
    L 1–3     		Did not advance11
    Ghasem Rezaei−96 kg
    L 1–3     		Did not advance16
    Masoud Hashemzadeh−120 kg
    L 0–3     		Did not advance
    L 1–3     		Did not advance15

    External links

    Notes and References

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