Iran at the 2012 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:IRI
Nocname:National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2012
Website: 
Location:London
Competitors:53
Sports:14
Flagbearer:Ali Mazaheri (opening)
Komeil Ghasemi (closing)
Rank:12
Gold:7
Silver:5
Bronze:1
Appearances:auto

Iran (officially the Islamic Republic of Iran) competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The nation has competed at every Summer Olympic games since its return in 1948, after having made their debut in 1900, with the exception of the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics. The National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran sent the nation's second-largest delegation to the Games, one less than it sent to Beijing. A total of 53 athletes, 45 men and 8 women, competed in 14 sports. This was also the youngest delegation in Iran's Olympic history, with half the team under the age of 25, and many of them are expected to reach their peak in time for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Heavyweight boxer Ali Mazaheri was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Iran left London with a total of 13 medals (7 gold, 5 silver, and 1 bronze), finishing twelfth in the overall medal standings. This was also the most successful Olympics for the Middle East, winning the largest number of medals at a single games, and surpassing by just double the record from Athens. Notable accomplishments included the nation's first gold medals in men's Greco-Roman wrestling, and the nation's first medal in athletics, won by discus thrower Ehsan Haddadi.[1] [2]

Medalists

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Medals by sport
SportTotal
0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
3 2 0 5
4 1 1 6
Total 7 5 1 13

Competitors

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Archery1 1 2
Athletics9 1 10
Boxing4 0 4
Canoeing1 1 2
Cycling3 0 3
Fencing1 0 1
Judo1 0 1
Rowing1 1 2
Shooting1 2 3
Swimming1 0 1
Table tennis1 1 2
Taekwondo2 1 3
Weightlifting6 0 6
Wrestling13 0 13
Total 45 8 53

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Two Iranian archers (one man and one woman) qualified for the London Olympics.

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Milad VaziriMen's individual[3] 66239
L 1–7		Did not advance
Zahra DehghanWomen's individual61455
L 2–6		Did not advance

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Iranian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):[4]

Men
  • Track & road events
    • AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
    Rouhollah Askari110 m hurdles13.977Did not advance
    Reza Ghasemi100 m10.314Did not advance
    Sajjad Hashemi400 m47.756Did not advance
    Sajjad Moradi800 m1:48.232 QDid not advance
    Ebrahim Rahimian20 km walk
    Field events
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    DistancePositionDistancePosition
    Mohammad ArzandehLong jump7.8417Did not advance
    Ehsan HaddadiDiscus throw65.196 Q68.18
    Kaveh MousaviHammer throw72.7022Did not advance
    Amin NikfarShot put18.6233Did not advance
    Women
  • Field events

    • Boxing

    See main article: Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Iran has so far qualified boxers for the following events.[5]

    Men
    AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Mehdi ToloutiLight welterweight
    W 16–12
    L 10–19    		Did not advance
    Amin GhasemipourWelterweight
    L 8–13    		Did not advance
    Ehsan RouzbahaniLight heavyweight
    W 12–10
    W 18–12
    L 10–13    		Did not advance
    Ali MazaheriHeavyweight
    L     		Did not advance

    Canoeing

    See main article: Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    Sprint

    Iran has qualified boats for the following events

    AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
    Ahmad Reza TalebianMen's K-1 1000 m3:39.5046Did not advance
    Arezoo HakimiWomen's K-1 200 m44.5767Did not advance
    Women's K-1 500 m1:58.5987Did not advance
    Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

    Cycling

    See main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    Road

    AthleteEventTimeRank
    Alireza HaghiMen's road race[6] Did not finish
    Men's time trial57:41.4436
    Mehdi SohrabiMen's road race
    Amir ZargariDid not finish

    Fencing

    See main article: Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    Men[7]

    Judo

    See main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

    Rowing

    See main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Iran has qualified for the following boats.

    Men[9]
    Women[10]
    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

    Shooting

    See main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Iran has qualified three quota places in the shooting events;[11]

    Men
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    PointsRankPointsRank
    Ebrahim Barkhordari10 m air pistol56933Did not advance
    50 m pistol55227Did not advance
    Women
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    PointsRankPointsRank
    Elaheh Ahmadi10 m air rifle3975 Q499.16
    50 m rifle 3 positions56743Did not advance
    Mahlagha Jambozorg10 m air rifle39143Did not advance
    50 m rifle 3 positions58114Did not advance

    Swimming

    See main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Iran has selected one swimmer under the Universality rule.

    Men[12]

    Table tennis

    See main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Iran has qualified 2 athletes.

    AthleteEventPreliminary roundRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal /
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Noshad AlamianMen's singles
    W 4–0
    W 4–3
    L 0–4    		Did not advance
    Neda ShahsavariWomen's singles
    L 3–4    		Did not advance

    Taekwondo

    See main article: Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Iran has qualified two men and one woman.

    AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageBronze MedalFinal
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Mohammad Bagheri Motamed
    W 7–2
    W 5–4
    W 5–5
    L 5–6
    Yousef KaramiMen's −80 kg
    L 2–8    		Did not advance
    L 7–11    		Did not advance
    Sousan HajipourWomen's −67 kg
    L 4–5    		Did not advance

    Weightlifting

    See main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Iran has qualified 6 men.

    AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
    ResultRankResultRank
    Sohrab Moradialign=left rowspan=2Men's −85 kg167———
    Kianoush Rostami17142093380
    Saeid MohammadpourMen's −94 kg18332196402
    Navab NassirshalalMen's –105 kg184=5227=1411
    Sajjad Anoushiravanialign=left rowspan=2Men's +105 kg20432452449
    Behdad Salimi208=12471455

    Wrestling

    See main article: Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Iran has qualified 13 quota places.

    Men's freestyle[13]
    AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final /
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Hassan Rahimi−55 kg
    W 3–0
    L 1–3     		Did not advance8
    Masoud Esmaeilpour−60 kg
    W 3–0
    W 3–1
    L 1–3     		Did not advance
    L 1–3     		Did not advance7
    Mehdi Taghavi−66 kg
    L 1–3     		Did not advance14
    Sadegh Goudarzi–74 kg
    W 3–0
    W 3–0
    W 3–0
    L 0–3
    Ehsan Lashgari−84 kg
    W 3–0
    W 5–0
    W 3–0
    L 1–3
    W 3–0
    Reza Yazdani−96 kg
    W 3–1
    W 3–0
    L 0–5
    L 0–5     		5
    Komeil Ghasemi−120 kg
    W 3–0
    L 0–3     		Did not advance
    W 3–0
    W 3–0
    Men's Greco-Roman
    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 3–1
    W 3–0
    W 3–0
    W 3–0
    Omid Norouzi−60 kg
    W 3–1
    W 3–0
    W 3–0
    W 3–0
    W 3–0
    Saeid Abdevali−66 kg
    W 3–0
    L 0–3     		Did not advance11
    Habibollah Akhlaghi−84 kg
    L 1–3     		Did not advance13
    Ghasem Rezaei−96 kg
    W 3–1
    W 3–0
    W 3–0
    W 3–0
    Bashir Babajanzadeh−120 kg
    W 3–0
    W 3–1
    L 0–3     		Did not advance7

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. News: Meredith. Luke. Iran wins 3 Greco-Roman gold medals in 3 days. 8 August 2012. AP. 8 August 2012.
    2. News: Ehsan Haddadi wins Iran's first ever Olympic medal in athletics. 8 August 2012. payvand.com. 8 August 2012.
    3. Web site: Archery – Complete Book. 3 August 2012. World Archery Federation. 7 August 2012. 7 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120807211751/http://www.archery.org/UserFiles/Document/Results/Results/2012/12_OG_London/CompleteBook.pdf. dead.
    4. Web site: iaaf.org – Top Lists. IAAF. 4 June 2011.
    5. Web site: AIBA London 2012 – Schedule & Results. AIBA. 12 August 2012.
    6. Web site: Men's Road Race. 28 July 2012. 2012 Summer Olympics official website. 12 August 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20121205083505/http://www.london2012.com/cycling-road/event/men-road-race/index.html. 5 December 2012.
    7. Web site: Men's Individual Sabre. 29 July 2012. 2012 Summer Olympics official website. 12 August 2012. 2 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120502083521/http://www.london2012.com/fencing/event/men-sabre/phase%3Dfem003600/index.html. dead.
    8. Web site: Men's +100kg. 3 August 2012. 2012 Summer Olympics official website. 12 August 2012. 3 January 2013. https://archive.today/20130103180619/http://www.london2012.com/judo/event/men-more-than-100kg/phase=jum200500/index.html. dead.
    9. News: Results Summary by Event – Men's Single Sculls. 3 August 2012. International Rowing Federation. 7 August 2012.
    10. News: Results Summary by Event – Women's Single Sculls. 3 August 2012. International Rowing Federation. 7 August 2012.
    11. Web site: Quota places by NATION and Name . 8 March 2011 . ISSF . 26 May 2011 . 16 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716090849/http://www.issf-sports.org/results/og_qualification/quota_places/quota_places_by_nation_and_name.ashx . dead .
    12. Web site: Men's 100m Freestyle – Heats Summary. 31 July 2012. 2012 Summer Olympics official website. 12 August 2012. 5 December 2012. https://archive.today/20121205101652/http://www.london2012.com/swimming/event/men-100m-freestyle/phase=swm011900/doc=summary.html. dead.
    13. Web site: Wrestling Olympic Results. FILA. 16 August 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924012958/http://www.fila-official.com/images/FILA/resultats/2012/results_08_londres.pdf. 24 September 2015. dead. dmy-all.

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