Iran at the 2024 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:IRI
Country:Iran
Year:2024
Games:Summer Paralympics
Games Link:2024 Summer Paralympics
Flagcaption:Flag of Iran
Npcname:I.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:66
Sports:10
Flagbearer Open:Mohammadreza Mirshafiei & Hajar Safarzadeh
Flagbearer Close:TBA
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1988

Iran is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 24 August to 5 September 2024. This was their ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1988.[1] [2]

Competitors

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery4 2 6
Athletics16 4 20
Goalball6 0 6
Judo2 0 2
Paracanoeing1 1 2
Powerlifting6 0 6
Shooting1 3 4
Sitting volleyball12 0 12
Swimming2 0 2
Taekwondo3 2 5
Total 53 12 65

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Iran entered seven athletes in all event by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic; and at the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[3]

Men
AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Hadi Nourialign=left rowspan=2Individual compound
Alisina Manshaezadeh
Gholamreza Rahimialign=left rowspan=2Individual recurve
Mohammadreza Arab Ameri
Women
AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Fatemeh HemmatiIndividual compound
Somayeh RahimiIndividual recurve
Mixed
AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
 
 
Team compound
 
 
Team recurve

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Iranian track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Track & road events
  • Women
  • AthleteEventHeatFinal
    ResultRankResultRank
    align=left rowspan=2Hajar Safarzadeh200 m T12
    400 m T12
    Field events
  • Men
  • AthleteEventFinal
    DistancePosition
    Ali OlfatniaLong jump T37
    Mahdi Oladalign=left rowspan=2Shot put F11
    Amirhossein Alipour
    Aliasghar JavanmardiShot put F35
    Alireza MokhtariShot put F53
    Hamed Amirialign=left rowspan=2Shot put F55
    Zafar Zaker
    Yasin KhosraviShot put F57
    Sajad Nikparastalign=left rowspan=2Javelin throw F13
    Ali Pirouj
    Saeid AfroozJavelin throw F34
    Sadegh Beit SayahJavelin throw F41
    Erfan BandariJavelin throw F54
    Amanolah PapiJavelin throw F57
    Mahdi Oladalign=left rowspan=2Discus Throw F11
    Hasan Bajelvand
    Mostafa MarianDiscus Throw F56
    Women
    AthleteEventFinal
    DistancePosition
    align=left rowspan=2Elham SalehiShot put F54
    Javelin throw F54
    Hashemiyeh MotaghianJavelin throw F56
    Parastoo HabibiClub throw F32

    Canoeing

    See main article: Paracanoeing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Iran earned quota places for the following events through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany; and 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.

    AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTime Rank
    Saeid HosseinpoorMen's KL1
    Shahla BehrouziradWomen's KL3

    Goalball

    See main article: Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Iran men's Goalball team qualified for the paralympic games by virtue of the results at the 2023 Asia-Pacific Championships in Hangzhou, China.[4]

    Summary

    Judo

    AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage
    round 1
    Repechage
    round 2
    Final /
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Meysam Banitaba60 kg
    Mousa Gholami90 kg

    Powerlifting

    AthleteEventResultRank
    Men
    Mohsen BakhtiarMen's 59kg
    Amir JafariMen's 65kg
    Rouhollah RostamiMen's 80kg
    Hamed SolhipourMen's 97kg
    Aliakbar GharibshahiMen's 107kg
    Ahmad AminzadehMen's +107kg

    Shooting

    See main article: article, Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Iran entered three para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships and 2022 Asian Para Games as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[5]

    Men
    Women
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    PointsRankPointsRank
    Sareh Javanmardialign=left rowspan=2P2 – 10 metre air pistol SH1
    Nasrin Shahi
    align=left rowspan=2Roghayeh ShojaeiR2 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1
    R8 – 50 m rifle 3 Positions SH1
    Mixed
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    PointsRankPointsRank
    Sareh Javanmardialign=left rowspan=2P4 – 50 m pistol SH1
    Mohammadreza Mirshafiei

    Sitting volleyball

    See also: Sitting volleyball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Iran men's sitting volleyball team qualified for games after winning the 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[6]

    Summary

    Swimming

    See main article: article and Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

    AthleteEventsHeatsFinal
    TimeRankTimeRank
    Shahin Izadyar100 m breaststroke SB9
    Sina Zeyghaminejad100 m breaststroke SB9
    200 m individual medley SM10

    Taekwondo

    See main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Iran entered six athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Four of them qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in their respective class. The other athlete qualified by winning the gold medal match at the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.

    Men
    AthleteEventFirst roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final /
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Saeid Sadeghianpour–63 kg
    Alireza Bakht–80 kg
    Hamed Haghshenas+80 kg
    Women
    AthleteEventFirst roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final /
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Maryam Abdollahpour–47 kg
    Zahra Rahimi–52 kg

    See also

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Mainguy . Marie . 2021-06-02 . The Paralympic Games of Paris 2024 . 2023-04-23 . Paris 2024 . en.
    2. Web site: Paralympic . NPC Iran gears up preparations for the Paris 2024 . 2023-04-23 . Paralympic . en.
    3. News: Olszewska serves two thrillers to grab Paris 2024 quota and reach final. World Archery. 21 July 2023.
    4. News: Goalball: Iran and China are the new Asia/Pacific champions. 18 November 2023. International Blind Sports Federation. 3 December 2023.
    5. Web site: Lima 2023 Quota Allocation to Paris 2024 Day 7 28.09.2023. 29 September 2023. Paralympics. 13 October 2023.
    6. Web site: Admin-AT . 2022-11-12 . Mehrzad: We should be the heroes of our lives > World ParaVolley . 2023-04-23 . World ParaVolley . en-GB.