Iran at the Olympics explained

Noc:	IRI
Nocname:	National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Games:	Olympics
Website:
Rank:	41
Gold:	27
Silver:	29
Bronze:	32

Iran, formerly known as Persia before 1935 and officially the Islamic Republic of Iran since 1979, first participated in the Olympic Games in 1900. Iran has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since 1948, except for 1980 and 1984 due to political boycotts. Iran has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games on several occasions since 1956.

Iran has participated in 19 Olympics so far. Iran participated in 9 Summer Olympics and gained 4 gold medals before that 1979 Revolution, also Iran participated in 10 Summer Olympics and it won 23 gold medals after the revolution.^{[1] [2]}

Freydoun Malkom, a fencer who competed in the épée event in the 1900 Summer Olympics, was the first Iranian Olympic competitor. Iranian athletes have won a total of 76 medals, all in wrestling, weightlifting, taekwondo, athletics, shooting, and karate. Iran's National Olympic Committee was founded in 1947.

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table.

Medals by Summer Games

width=180	Games	width=70	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	width=50	Total	width=50	Rank
	did not participate
		0	0	0	0	—
	did not participate
		0	0	1	1	34
		0	3	4	7	30
		2	2	1	5	14
		0	1	3	4	27
		0	0	2	2	34
		2	1	2	5	19
		0	2	1	3	28
		0	1	1	2	33
	did not participate
		0	1	0	1	36
		0	1	2	3	44
		1	1	1	3	43
		3	0	1	4	27
		2	2	2	6	29
		1	0	1	2	52
		7	5	1	13	12
		3	1	4	8	24
		3	2	2	7	27
		3	6	3	12	21
	future event
Total (19/30)	749	27	29	32	88	39

Medals by Winter Games

width=180	Games	width=70	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	width=50	Total	width=50	Rank
		0	0	0	0	—
	did not participate
		0	0	0	0	—
		0	0	0	0	—
		0	0	0	0	—
		0	0	0	0	—
	did not participate
		0	0	0	0	—
		0	0	0	0	—
		0	0	0	0	—
		0	0	0	0	—
		0	0	0	0	—
		0	0	0	0	—
		0	0	0	0	–
	future event
Total (12/24)	40	0	0	0	0	—

Medals by sport

width=180	Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	width=50	Total
	13	19	23	55
	9	6	5	20
	3	3	4	10
	1	0	0	1
	1	0	0	1
	0	1	0	1
Total (6)	27	29	32	88

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event	Date
					019 August 1948^[3]
					0423 July 1952
					0523 July 1952
					0725 July 1952
					0223 July 1952
					0323 July 1952
					0623 July 1952
					0825 July 1952
					121 December 1956
					131 December 1956
					101 December 1956
					111 December 1956
					0923 November 1956
					156 September 1960
					1431 August 1960
					166 September 1960
					177 September 1960
					1814 October 1964
					1914 October 1964
					2013 October 1968
					2220 October 1968
					2115 October 1968
					2320 October 1968
					2420 October 1968
					2528 August 1972
					2710 September 1972
					2631 August 1972
					2931 July 1976
					2818 July 1976
					301 October 1988
					327 August 1992
					316 August 1992
					337 August 1992
					362 August 1996
					3531 July 1996
					3431 July 1996
					3725 September 2000
					3826 September 2000
					401 October 2000
					3928 September 2000
					4125 August 2004
					42
					44
					45
					43
					46
					48
					47
					50
					51
					52
					53
					54
					55
					61
					49
					56
					57
					58
					59
					60
					62
					63
					68^[4]
					69
					64
					65
					66
					67
							70
					72
					76
					73
					74
					71
					75
					78
	Saeid Esmaeili				80
	Arian Salimi				86
	Alireza Mohmadi				81
					82
					83
					84
					85
					87
					77
					79
					88

• Kianoush Rostami originally won the bronze medal, but was upgraded to silver on 26 November 2016 after the original silver medalist tested positive for doping.
• Saeid Mohammadpour originally finished 5th, but was upgraded to the gold medal position on 20 December 2016 since the top four weightlifters tested positive for doping.
• Komeil Ghasemi originally won the bronze medal, but was upgraded to gold on 26 July 2019 after the original gold and silver medalists tested positive for doping.
• Navab Nassirshalal originally won the silver medal, but was upgraded to gold on 19 December 2019 after the original gold medalist tested positive for doping.

Athletes with most medals

• Athletes in bold are still active with Iran.

width=50		width=150	Athlete	width=150	Sport	width=100	Games				width=50	Total
1	Hadi Saei		2000–2008	2	0	1	3
2	Hossein Rezazadeh		2000–2004	2	0	0	2
3	Gholamreza Takhti		1952–1964	1	2	0	3
	Hassan Yazdani		2016–2024	1	2	0	3
5	Mohammad Nassiri		1968–1976	1	1	1	3
6	Komeil Ghasemi		2012–2016	1	1	0	2
	Kianoush Rostami		2012–2016	1	1	0	2
8	Rasoul Khadem		1992–1996	1	0	1	2
	Ghasem Rezaei		2012–2016	1	0	1	2
	Mohammad Hadi Saravi		2020–2024	1	0	1	2
11	Askari Mohammadian		1988–1992	0	2	0	2
12	Mahmoud Namjoo		1952–1956	0	1	1	2
	Amir Hossein Zare		2020–2024	0	1	1	2
14	Amir Reza Khadem		1992–1996	0	0	2	2

Sport by year

Summer Olympics

Sport	width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=40	Years
Aquatics, Diving	bgcolor=silver						1														1
Aquatics, Swimming						1						1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
Aquatics, Water polo									11											1
Archery		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver									2	2	1	1	1	5
Athletics			1	2	1	8	1	3	4	1	2	1	1	2	6	10	10	3	2	17
Badminton	bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=Gainsboro		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver						1			1		2
Basketball	bgcolor=silver		13													12			12		3
Boxing	bgcolor=silver		8	6		4	5		5	6		6	4	5	1	3	4	1	2		14
Canoeing, Sprint	bgcolor=silver													1			2	1	1	2	5
Cycling, Road	bgcolor=silver						4		4	7	7	7		2	2	3	3	3	1	1	12
Cycling, Track														2						5
Equestrian													1							1
Fencing	1					4		2	13							1	2	4	4	8
Football						17		19	17											3
Gymnastics, Artistic						2													1	2
Judo	bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver			bgcolor=silver						1	3	7	6	1	2			6
Karate	bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		3	bgcolor=silver		1
Rowing															2	2	1	1	3	5
Shooting		3			1	4			4			1	1	1		3	5	6	4	11
Sport climbing	bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver			1	1
Table tennis	bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver			1		1	1	1	2	3	1	3	8
Taekwondo	bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=Gainsboro	4	bgcolor=Gainsboro	3	bgcolor=silver		2	2	3	3	4	3	4	7
Volleyball	bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver		bgcolor=silver													12	12		2
Weightlifting	bgcolor=silver		5	7	7	5	5	4	3	7		5		6	6	3	6	5	2	2	16
Wrestling	bgcolor=silver		7	8	8	12	12	9	14	17	15	16	10	11	13	12	13	12	11	12	18
Total	1	36	22	17	23	63	14	50	86	27	40	18	35	38	55	53	63	65	41	19

Winter Olympics

Sport	width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=25		width=40	Years
Skiing, Alpine	3	4	4	4	4	1	1	1	3	3	2	1	12
Skiing, Cross-country							1	1	1	2	2	1	6
Total	3	4	4	4	4	1	2	2	4	5	4	2	11

See also

• List of flag bearers for Iran at the Olympics
  • Iran at the Paralympics
• Iran at the Asian Games

External links

• Web site: Islamic Republic of Iran . 27 July 2021 . International Olympic Committee .
• Web site: Iran . Olympedia.com .
• Web site: Olympic Analytics/IRI . olympanalyt.com .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Olympics wrestling: Omid Noroozi wins Iran's second Greco gold. 2 October 2023.
2. Web site: Rio Olympics 2016: Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin wins landmark bronze for Iran. 2 October 2023.
3. Web site: Salmassi: The teacher who won Iran's first Olympic medal. 2 October 2023.
4. Web site: Rio Olympics 2016: Iran's Hassan Yazdani wins -74kg gold after stunning fightback. 2 October 2023.