Iran at the Asian Games explained

Noc:IRI
Nocname:National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Games:Asian Games
Gold:192
Silver:202
Bronze:217
Rank:4
Summerappearances: 1954 1962 1978
Winterappearances:

Iran first participated at the Asian Games in 1951, and has sent athletes to compete in every Asian Games since then, except for 1954, 1962 and 1978.[1] [2]

The National Olympic Committee for Iran is the National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and was founded in 1947.[3]

Iran's best performance was in 1974, when the country hosted the event in Tehran, it ranked second with 36 gold, 28 silver and 17 bronze medals.[4]

Medals by games

Asian Games

See also: All-time Asian Games medal table.

width=180GamesGoldSilverBronzewidth=55Totalwidth=55Rank
19518 6 2 16 3
did not participate
19587 14 11 32 4
did not participate
19666 8 17 31 6
19709 7 7 23 4
197436 28 17 81 2
did not participate
19824 4 4 12 7
19866 6 10 22 4
19904 6 8 18 5
19949 9 8 26 6
199810 11 13 34 7
20028 14 14 36 10
200611 15 22 48 6
201020 15 24 59 4
201421 18 18 57 5
201820 20 22 62 6
202213 21 20 54 7
Total 192 202 217 611 4

Asian Winter Games

See also: All-time Asian Winter Games medal table.

width=180GamesGoldSilverBronzewidth=55Totalwidth=55Rank
did not participate
19900 0 0 0
19960 0 0 0
19990 0 0 0
20030 0 0 0
20070 0 0 0
20110 1 2 3 6
20170 0 0 0
Total 0 1 2 3 9

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

width=180GamesGoldSilverBronzewidth=55Totalwidth=55Rank
20053 5 2 10 11
20074 4 9 17 8
2009 Bangkok did not participate
200917 15 13 45 5
20133 6 2 11 6
201736 23 59 118 3
2021 Bangkok and Chonburi
Total 63 53 85 201 7

Asian Beach Games

width=180GamesGoldSilverBronzewidth=55Totalwidth=55Rank
20080 0 0 0
20100 0 2 2 21
20122 0 0 2 7
20149 14 8 31 4
20169 6 6 21 4
Total 20 20 16 56 6

Asian Youth Games

width=180GamesGoldSilverBronzewidth=55Totalwidth=55Rank
20091 3 2 6 11
20130 6 2 8 20
Total 1 9 4 14 15

Medals by sport

Asian Games

width=180SportGoldSilverBronzewidth=55Total
0 1 3 4
1 0 1 2
1 0 2 3
13 16 10 39
0 2 3 5
0 0 1 1
1 0 1 2
5 11 26 42
0 0 1 1
1 5 8 14
0 0 1 1
3 5 6 14
2 5 8 15
0 0 1 1
3 6 9 18
4 2 1 7
0 1 0 1
0 1 1 2
1 8 11 20
2 4 2 8
15 11 12 38
2 4 3 9
0 0 1 1
0 1 0 1
2 5 5 12
1 4 4 9
2 0 0 2
0 0 5 5
14 17 23 54
0 2 2 4
3 3 2 8
33 31 20 84
74 44 37 155
9 13 7 29
Total 192 202 217 611

Asian Winter Games

width=180SportGoldSilverBronzewidth=55Total
0 1 1 2
0 0 1 1
Total 0 1 2 3

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

width=180SportGoldSilverBronzewidth=55Total
1 0 0 1
Board games, Chess 1 2 3 6
Cue sports 1 3 2 6
Cycling, Track 1 1 1 3
Equestrian 0 0 1 1
Esports 2 2 3 7
5 1 1 7
Indoor archery 3 1 4 8
5 5 7 17
1 0 0 1
Ju-jitsu 1 2 2 5
Kabaddi 0 3 1 4
Kickboxing 7 4 5 16
Kurash 4 5 6 15
Muaythai 7 6 6 19
Pencak silat 0 2 1 3
Sambo 0 0 3 3
Sepak takraw 0 0 1 1
1 1 1 3
Sport climbing 0 0 1 1
Taekwondo 7 2 4 13
Vovinam 1 3 3 7
Weightlifting 1 1 2 4
Wrestling 9 3 4 16
Wrestling, Alysh 1 1 10 12
Wrestling, Belt 0 1 8 9
Wrestling, Pahlavani 3 0 0 3
Wrestling, Turkmen goresh 0 1 5 6
Wushu 1 3 0 4
Total 63 53 85 201

Asian Beach Games

width=180SportGoldSilverBronzewidth=55Total
Aquatics, Beach water polo 0 1 0 1
Beach athletics 2 3 1 6
2 0 1 3
Beach kurash 3 3 2 8
Beach sambo 0 2 2 4
Beach sepak takraw 0 0 2 2
2 0 1 3
Beach volleyball 0 1 0 1
Beach wrestling 5 1 0 6
Bodybuilding 1 1 0 2
Footvolley 0 1 0 1
Ju-jitsu 0 3 3 6
Muaythai 3 2 1 6
Pencak silat 0 1 1 2
Vocotruyen 2 1 1 4
Vovinam 0 0 1 1
Total 20 20 16 56

Asian Youth Games

width=180SportGoldSilverBronzewidth=55Total
3x3 basketball 0 1 0 1
Athletics 1 5 2 8
Football 0 1 1 2
Judo 0 0 1 1
Shooting 0 1 0 1
Taekwondo 0 1 0 1
Total 1 9 4 14

West Asian Games

width=180GamesGoldSilverBronzewidth=55Totalwidth=55Rank
63 37 56 156 1
9 11 16 36 3
20 25 16 61 3
Total 92 73 88 253 1
width=180SportGoldSilverBronzewidth=55Total
Aquatics, Diving 2 2 3 7
Aquatics, Swimming 6 6 11 23
15 18 22 55
Badminton 3 3 6 12
1 0 0 1
Boxing 7 2 3 12
Fencing 7 9 9 25
Football 1 1 1 3
Gymnastics 2 6 5 13
Handball 0 1 0 1
Judo 3 2 1 6
Karate 11 7 11 29
Shooting 5 5 7 17
Table tennis 3 2 3 8
Taekwondo 6 1 1 8
Tennis 3 0 2 5
Volleyball 0 1 0 1
Weightlifting 8 3 1 12
Wrestling 9 4 2 15
Total 92 73 88 253

Multiple gold medalists

This is a list of multiple Asian Games gold medalists for Iran, listing people who have won at least three medals including at least two gold medals.

Athletes in bold are still active.

width=200Athlete !width=140Sport !width=130Asian Games !Gold Silver Bronze Total
Mohammad NassiriWeightlifting1966–19744105
Ehsan HaddadiAthletics2006–20224105
Moslem Eskandar-FilabiWrestling1966–19744004
Reza SoukhtehsaraeiWrestling1974–19903104
Mohammad MousaviVolleyball2010–20223104
Mohsen MohammadseifiWushu2010–20223104
Houshang KargarnejadWeightlifting1970–19743014
Behdad SalimiWeightlifting2010–20183003
Alireza HeidariWrestling1998–20063003
Reza YazdaniWrestling2006–20143003
Jalal KeshmiriAthletics1966–19742316
Hassan ArianfardCycling1970–19742114
Jasem VishkaeiKarate2002–20102103
Akbar ShokrollahiWeightlifting19742103
Ali ValiWeightlifting19742103
Saeid MaroufVolleyball2010–20182103
Teymour GhiasiAthletics1966–19742013
Hossein RezazadehWeightlifting1998–20062013

List of flag bearers

Event year Flag bearer Sport
Weightlifting
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Wrestling
Wrestling
Wrestling
Wrestling
Shooting
Football
Weightlifting
Basketball
Weightlifting
Shooting

Shooting
Taekwondo

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ocasia.org Olympic Council of Asia
  2. Web site: Asian Games: Iran and China win team competitions. 8 October 2023.
  3. Web site: Iran Olympic Committee. 8 October 2023.
  4. Web site: 1974 Tehran Asian Games. 8 October 2023.

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