See also: Iran at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
| Noc: | IRI |
| Nocname: | National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Location: | Paris, France |
| Website: | |
| Competitors: | 41 |
| Sports: | 14 |
| Flagbearer Open: | Mahdi Olfati & Neda Shahsavari |
| Flagbearer Close: | Fatemeh Mojallal |
| Rank: | 21 |
| Gold: | 3 |
| Silver: | 6 |
| Bronze: | 3 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Iran (officially called the Islamic Republic of Iran) competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the nation's return in 1948 after having made their debut in 1900, Iranian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984, citing political reasons.
Before and during the Games, there were calls to ban Iran from the 2024 Summer Olympics due to human rights abuse allegations following the executions of Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari and national karate champion Mohammad Mehdi Karami, crackdown on protesters and athletes during the Mahsa Amini protests, blinding of archer Kowsar Khoshnoudi-Kia, and defection of taekwondo medalist Kimia Alizadeh.
During the Games, 41 competitors across 14 sports competed for Iran at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1] The Iranian roster featured a number of past Olympians and Olympic medalists, including taekwondo fighter Nahid Kiani, who became the first Iranian woman to win a silver medal at the Olympics and thereby surpassing Kimia Alizadeh's 2016 bronze feat, and freestyle wrestler Hassan Yazdani, who won his third Olympic medal with a silver medal. A total of 12 medals were won for Iran at these Games, 3 of which were gold, placing Iran at 21st on the medal table for these Games.
On the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics, 14 of the 37 athletes were Iranian.[2] Elsewhere, some Iranians, such as Kimia Alizadeh, competed for other nations (see Other Iranians).[3]
There had been calls to ban Iran from the 2024 Summer Olympics due to human rights abuse allegations following the executions of Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari and national karate champion Mohammad Mehdi Karami, crackdown on protesters and athletes during the Mahsa Amini protests, blinding of archer Kowsar Khoshnoudi-Kia, and defection of taekwondo medalist Kimia Alizadeh.[4] [5] A group of Iranian dissidents including Franco-Iranian boxer Mahyar Monshipour and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi sent a letter to the IOC calling for Iran to be banned; they opined that the country's prohibition of women from practicing sports like wrestling, boxing, swimming, and sailing was not in line with the Olympic Charter.[6] American senator Marsha Blackburn petitioned IOC President Thomas Bach to ban Iran from the Paris Games.[7] The IOC expressed serious concerns over the situation of the Iranian athletes and urged the Iranian Olympic Committee to take appropriate action with the highest authorities to protect the athletes and members of the Olympic community from a humanitarian perspective. The IOC said that it reserves the right to take any appropriate action relating to the participation of the Iranian NOC and athletes in regards to the 2024 Summer Olympics.[8] [9]
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| Medals by sport | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Total | |||||
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Medals by date | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | Total | |||
| 11 | 6 August | bgcolor=F7F6A8 | 0 | bgcolor=DCE5E5 | 0 | bgcolor=FFDAB9 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 7 August | bgcolor=F7F6A8 | 1 | bgcolor=DCE5E5 | 0 | bgcolor=FFDAB9 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 8 August | bgcolor=F7F6A8 | 1 | bgcolor=DCE5E5 | 2 | bgcolor=FFDAB9 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | 9 August | bgcolor=F7F6A8 | 0 | bgcolor=DCE5E5 | 2 | bgcolor=FFDAB9 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | 10 August | bgcolor=F7F6A8 | 1 | bgcolor=DCE5E5 | 1 | bgcolor=FFDAB9 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | 11 August | bgcolor=F7F6A8 | 0 | bgcolor=DCE5E5 | 1 | bgcolor=FFDAB9 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | ||||
| Medals by gender | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Total | |||||||
| Male | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| Female | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Mixed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | style=background:gold | 3 | style=background:silver | 6 | style=background:#c96 | 3 | 12 | |
The following is the list of the number of competitors in the Games.
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Canoeing | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Cycling | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Fencing | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Gymnastics | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Rowing | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Shooting | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Sport climbing | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Table tennis | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Taekwondo | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Weightlifting | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Wrestling | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Total | 30 | 11 | 41 |
See main article: Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. One Iranian archer qualified for the women's individual recurve through the 2024 Final Individual Qualification Tournament in Antalya, Turkey.[10]
See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Iran sent two runners to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[11]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Men's 100 m | 10.18 | 5 | 33 | ||||
| Farzaneh Fasihi | Women's 100 m | 11.51 | 7 | 51 | |||
See main article: Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
Iranian canoeists qualified one boat for the Games through the result of highest rank eligible nation's in the following events, through the 2024 Asian Sprint Canoeing Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Mohammad Nabi Rezaei | Men's C-1 1000 m | 4:10.36 | 4 QF | 3:52.41 | 4 | 18 | |||
| Ali Aghamirzaei | Men's K-1 1000 m | 3:36.58 | 6 QF | 3:33.78 | 3 | 18 | |||
See main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
Iran entered one male rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympic. The nation's secured those quota through the 2023 Asian Championships in Rayong, Thailand.[12]
See main article: Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Iran entered four fencers into the Olympic competition. The nation's men's sabre team secured a quota places in men's sabre events, after nominated as one the highest nations, from Asia & Oceania, through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024.
| Athlete | Event | width=90 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | width=150 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||||
| Ali Pakdaman | align=left rowspan=3 | Men's sabre | W 15–11 | L 10–15 | 13 | |||||
| Mohammad Rahbari | L 13–15 | 28 | ||||||||
| Mohammad Fotouhi | L 13–15 | 33 | ||||||||
| Ali Pakdaman Mohammad Rahbari Mohammad Fotouhi Farzad Baher Arasbaran | Men's team sabre | W 45–44 | L 43–45 | L 25–45 | 4 | |||||
See main article: Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
Iran entered one gymnast into the games. Mahdi Olfati directly secured his quota to compete at the Olympics by being one of the highest-ranked eligible athlete in the men's vault, through the final accumulations of the 2024 Apparatus World Cup Series rankings.
See main article: Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Iranian rowers qualified two boats for the following events, through the 2024 Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea.[13]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Fatemeh Mojallal | Women's single sculls | 8:01.30 | 4 R | 7:56.48 | 1 QF | 8:00.37 | 6 SC/D | 8:06.23 | 6 FD | 7:46.08 | 21 |
| Mahsa Javar Zeinab Norouzi | Women's lightweight double sculls | 7:35.97 | 4 R | 7:35.56 | 4 FC | 7:14.32 | 16 | ||||
See main article: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Iranian shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 and 2024 Asian Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Mohammad Beiranvand | Men's trap | 117 | 24 | colspan=2 | |
| Shermineh Chehel Amirani | align=center rowspan=2 | Women's 10 m air rifle | 630.0 | 11 | colspan=2 |
| Fatemeh Amini | 626.2 | 26 | colspan=2 | ||
| Hanieh Rostamian | Women's 10 m air pistol | 571 | 22 | colspan=2 | |
| Women's 25 m pistol | 588 | 3 | 19 | 6 | |
See main article: article, Sport climbing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Sport climbing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Iran qualified one climber for Paris 2024. Reza Alipour qualified directly for the men's speed events, through the 2024 Olympic Qualifier series ranking.[20]
See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Iran received an Universality invitation from FINA to send a male swimmer to the 2024 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Iran entered three table tennis players into Paris 2024. Nima Alamian and Neda Shahsavari qualified for the games, following the triumph of winning the gold medals, respectively in men's and women's singles event, at the 2024 Central Asian Qualification Tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan;[21] meanwhile Noshad Alamian qualified for the games through the final world ranking.[22]
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Noshad Alamian | align=left rowspan=2 | Men's singles | W 4–1 | L 2–4 | 17 | ||||
| Nima Alamian | L 1–4 | 33 | |||||||
| Neda Shahsavari | Women's singles | L 1–4 | 33 | ||||||
See main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification and Kimia Alizadeh vs Nahid Kiani. Iran qualified four athletes to compete at the games. Nahid Kiani qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of finishing within the top five in the Olympic rankings in her respective division, meanwhile Mehran Barkhordari qualified the games by virtue of finishing first at the Grand Slam Series rankings.[23] Later on Mobina Nematzadeh and Arian Salimi secured a quota places in their respective division, by virtue of their victory in the semifinal round, at the 2024 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.[24]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Mehran Barkhordari | Men's −80 kg | W 0–0, 12–0, 6–6 | W 1–6, 2–1, 10–9 | W 2–4, 13–9, 12–8 | L 2–4, 1–5 | |||
| Arian Salimi | Men's +80 kg | W 8–2, 5–1 | W 2–2, 6–4, 12–0 | W 5–12, 9–8, 9–6 | W 3–6, 9–1, 6–3 | |||
| Mobina Nematzadeh | Women's –49 kg | W 3–0, 2–0 | W 2–0, 7–2 | L 1–4, 4–6 | W 3–0, 4–2 | |||
| Nahid Kiani | Women's –57 kg | W 7–10, 6–5, 7–7 | W 5–2, 0–3, 3–2 | W 10–3, 9–0 | L 1–5, 0–9 | |||
See main article: Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Iran entered two weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Mirmostafa Javadi (men's 89 kg) and Ali Davoudi (men's +102 kg) secured one of the top ten slots, in their respective weight division based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.[25] [26]
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||||
| Mirmostafa Javadi | Men's −89 kg | 168 | 6 | 204 | 5 | 372 | 5 | |
| Ali Davoudi | Men's +102 kg | 205 | 4 | 242 | 4 | 447 | 4 | |
See main article: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Iran qualified twelve wrestlers for the following classes into the Olympic competition. Seven of them qualified by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia;[27] [28] [29] meanwhile four of them qualified after winning the semifinal round at the 2024 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Alireza Sarlak | Men's 57 kg | L 0–5VF | colspan=2 | L 0–5VA | |||||
| Rahman Amouzad | Men's −65 kg | W 3–0PO | W 4–0ST | W 4–0ST | L 1–3PP | ||||
| Younes Emami | Men's –74 kg | W 3–1PP | W 4–0ST | L 0–5VT | 7 | ||||
| Hassan Yazdani | Men's −86 kg | W 4–0ST | W 3–1PP | W 3–1PP | L 1–3PP | ||||
| Amir Ali Azarpira | Men's −97 kg | L 1–3PP | W 3–1PP | W 3–1PP | |||||
| Amir Hossein Zare | Men's −125 kg | W 3–0PO | W 4–0ST | W 3–1PP | L 1–3PP | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Mehdi Mohsennejad | Men's −60 kg | W 4–0ST | L 0–4ST | W 4–1SP | L 1–3PP | 5 | ||
| Saeid Esmaeili | Men's −67 kg | W 4–0ST | W 4–0ST | W 3–1PP | W 3–1PP | |||
| Amin Kavianinejad | Men's −77 kg | W 3–1PP | L 0–3PO | 8 | ||||
| Alireza Mohmadi | Men's −87 kg | W 4–0ST | W 4–1SP | W 3–1PP | L 0–3PO | |||
| Mohammad Hadi Saravi | Men's −97 kg | W 4–1SP | W 4–0ST | W 3–0PO | W 3–1PP | |||
| Amin Mirzazadeh | Men's −130 kg | W 3–1PP | L 1–3PP | W 4–0ST | W 3–0PO | |||
14 of the 37 athletes on the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics were Iranian.[2]
Likewise, some Iranians competed for other NOCs; some were born in Iran and had represented Iran in the past, while some were of Iranian descent.[30] [31] [32] Notably, Kimia Alizadeh faced Nahid Kiani, with the former eventually winning bronze and the latter eventually winning silver.[33]