Wrestlers from the Iran have taken part in most of the major men's freestyle wrestling competitions over the years, in particular the Olympic Games and World Wrestling Championships.
Iran first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, and has sent wrestlers to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for 1980 and 1984 due to boycotts. Iran also did not send wrestlers to the World Championships in 1979, 1983, 1986, and 1987.[1]
Year | 48 kg | 52 kg | 57 kg | 62 kg | 68 kg | 74 kg | 82 kg | 90 kg | 100 kg | +100 kg 130 kg | ||||
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3rd | Ebrahim Javadi (1) | Mohammad Ghorbani (2) | Aboutaleb Talebi (3) | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (2) | Abdollah Movahed (1) | Mohammad Farhangdoust (DNP) | Majid Aghili (5) | Mohammad Ali Sahraei (4) | Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (5) | Abolfazl Anvari (3) | ||||
3rd | Ebrahim Javadi (1) | Mohammad Ghorbani (3) | Jahangir Abdolghader (DNP) | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (1) | Abdollah Movahed (1) | Mohammad Farhangdoust (2) | Ali Hajiloo (DNP) | Mohammad Ali Sahraei (DNP) | Abolfazl Anvari (DNP) | Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (DNP) | ||||
2nd | Ebrahim Javadi (1) | Mohammad Ghorbani (1) | Jahangir Abdolghader (DNP) | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (2) | Abdollah Movahed (4) | Mohammad Farhangdoust (2) | Ali Hajiloo (DNP) | Reza Khorrami (4) | Abolfazl Anvari (DNP) | Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (4) | ||||
bgcolor=DimGray | Ebrahim Javadi (3) | Mohammad Ghorbani (DNP) | Ramezan Kheder (7) | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (5) | Abdollah Movahed (DNP) | Mansour Barzegar (5) | Ali Hajiloo (DNP) | Reza Khorrami (5) | Abolfazl Anvari (7) | Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (4) | ||||
2nd | Ali Asghar Eslami (DNP) | Ebrahim Javadi (1) | Mohsen Farahvashi (1) | Mohammad Reza Navaei (3) | Kazem Gholami (5) | Mansour Barzegar (1) | Ali Hajiloo (DNP) | Reza Khorrami (5) | Reza Soukhtehsaraei (DNP) | Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (5) | ||||
7th | Hossein Bitarafan (4) | Ali Asghar Eslami (5) | Ramezan Kheder (2) | Ghodrat Pourkarimi (DNP) | Kazem Gholami (DNP) | Mohammad Reza Taheri (DNP) | Bijan Zarafshani (DNP) | Ali Deghatpour (DNP) | Gholamreza Khalaj (DNP) | Davoud Ayoub (DNP) | ||||
8th | Sobhan Rouhi (5) | Ghadir Nokhodchi (6) | Mohsen Farahvashi (DNP) | Ghodrat Pourkarimi (DNP) | Abdollah Hajahmadi (5) | Mansour Barzegar (2) | Mohammad Reza Taheri (DNP) | Ali Deghatpour (DNP) | Reza Soukhtehsaraei (DNP) | Davoud Ayoub (DNP) | ||||
bgcolor=DimGray | Sobhan Rouhi (DNP) | Habib Fattahi (DNP) | Ramezan Kheder (5) | Mohsen Farahvashi (4) | Mohammad Reza Navaei (DNP) | Mansour Barzegar (2) | Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi (DNP) | Alireza Soleimani (DNP) | Reza Soukhtehsaraei (DNP) | Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (7) | ||||
6th | Mohammad Bazmavar (4) | Ghadir Nokhodchi (5) | Ramezan Kheder (DNP) | Mohsen Farahvashi (6) | Ali Dehghan (DNP) | Mansour Barzegar (2) | Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi (DNP) | Mohammad Reza Taleghani (DNP) | Alireza Soleimani (4) | Reza Soukhtehsaraei (4) | ||||
3rd | Mohammad Bazmavar (3) | Mohammad Hossein Dabbaghi (6) | Hassan Zare (DNP) | Mohammad Rezaei (3) | Abdollah Hajahmadi (DNP) | Mohammad Hossein Mohebbi (2) | Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi (DNP) | Hashem Kolahi (DNP) | Alireza Soleimani (DNP) | Reza Soukhtehsaraei (2) | ||||
align=center bgcolor=ececec colspan=10 | Did not participate | |||||||||||||
bgcolor=DimGray | align=center bgcolor=ececec colspan=10 | Did not participate | ||||||||||||
5th | Yaghoub Najafi (4) | Mohammad Hossein Dabbaghi (6) | Rasoul Hosseini (4) | Ahmad Rezaei (DNP) | Hassan Hamidi (5) | Mohammad Hossein Mohebbi (DNP) | Khodabakhsh Effatdar (DNP) | Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi (4) | Mohammad Reza Taleghani (DNP) | Reza Soukhtehsaraei (2) | ||||
6th | Mohammad Bazmavar (4) | Amir Tehrani (6) | Ayoub Safavi (7) | Ahmad Rezaei (7) | Hassan Hamidi (6) | Mohammad Hossein Mohebbi (5) | Jabbar Mahdioun (9) | Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi (5) | Mahmoud Moradi Ganji (7) | Reza Soukhtehsaraei (4) | ||||
align=center bgcolor=ececec colspan=10 | Did not participate | |||||||||||||
bgcolor=DimGray | align=center bgcolor=ececec colspan=10 | Did not participate | ||||||||||||
13th | Majid Torkan (2) | Amir Tehrani (DNP) | Askari Mohammadian (DNP) | Mohsen Kaveh (DNP) | Khosro Pishro (DNP) | Allahmorad Zarini (DNP) | Mohammad Hossein Mohebbi (DNP) | bgcolor=pink | Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi | Kazem Gholami (DNP) | Alireza Soleimani (6) | |||
align=center bgcolor=ececec colspan=10 | Did not participate | |||||||||||||
align=center bgcolor=ececec colspan=10 | Did not participate | |||||||||||||
bgcolor=DimGray | Nasser Zeinalnia (DQ) | Majid Torkan (13) | Askari Mohammadian (2) | Akbar Fallah (4) | Amir Reza Khadem (11) | Ayat Vagozari (6) | Ahmad Afghan (11) | Mohammad Reza Toupchi (17) | align=center bgcolor=ececec | align=center bgcolor=ececec | ||||
5th | Nasser Zeinalnia (DNP) | Majid Torkan (3) | Askari Mohammadian (2) | Akbar Fallah (DNP) | Amir Reza Khadem (5) | Behrouz Yari (DNP) | Mohammad Hossein Mohebbi (7) | Esmaeil Fardin (DNP) | Mehdi Mohebbi (DNP) | Alireza Soleimani (1) | ||||
4th | Nasser Zeinalnia (5) | Majid Torkan (1) | Askari Mohammadian (10) | Taghi Akbarnejad (DNP) | Ali Akbarnejad (DNP) | Amir Reza Khadem (3) | Mohammad Hossein Mohebbi (DNP) | Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi (3) | Jafar Khodaei (6) | Reza Soukhtehsaraei (8) | ||||
3rd | Nasser Zeinalnia (6) | Majid Torkan (7) | Oveis Mallah (3) | Taghi Akbarnejad (5) | Akbar Fallah (9) | Amir Reza Khadem (1) | Rasoul Khadem (24) | Abbas Jadidi (7) | Kazem Gholami (9) | Alireza Soleimani (4) | ||||
bgcolor=DimGray | Nader Rahmati (11) | Majid Torkan (7) | Oveis Mallah (9) | Askari Mohammadian (2) | Ali Akbarnejad (4) | Amir Reza Khadem (3) | Rasoul Khadem (3) | Ayoub Baninosrat (5) | Kazem Gholami (9) | Alireza Soleimani (6) | ||||
7th | Nader Rahmati (DNP) | Gholamreza Mohammadi (2) | Ali Akbar Dodangeh (9) | Alireza Rezaeimanesh (DNP) | Akbar Fallah (1) | Behrouz Yari (DNP) | Amir Reza Khadem (DNP) | bgcolor=pink | Abbas Jadidi | Rasoul Khadem (9) | Ebrahim Mehraban (7) | |||
4th | Nasser Zeinalnia (5) | Gholamreza Mohammadi (3) | Mohammad Talaei (2) | Reza Safaei (DNP) | Akbar Fallah (DNP) | Behrouz Yari (3) | Amir Reza Khadem (DNP) | Rasoul Khadem (1) | Ayoub Baninosrat (5) | Ebrahim Mehraban (8) | ||||
2nd | Nader Rahmati (4) | Gholamreza Mohammadi (2) | Mohammad Talaei (6) | Abbas Hajkenari (13) | Akbar Fallah (2) | Behrouz Yari (8) | Amir Reza Khadem (7) | Rasoul Khadem (1) | Abbas Jadidi (3) | Ebrahim Mehraban (7) | ||||
bgcolor=DimGray | align=center bgcolor=ececec | Gholamreza Mohammadi (5) | Mohammad Talaei (6) | Abbas Hajkenari (19) | Akbar Fallah (10) | Issa Momeni (16) | Amir Reza Khadem (3) | Rasoul Khadem (1) | Abbas Jadidi (2) | Ebrahim Mehraban (12) |
Year | 54 kg | 58 kg | 63 kg | 69 kg | 76 kg | 85 kg | 97 kg | 130 kg | ||
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3rd | Gholamreza Mohammadi (6) | Mohammad Talaei (1) | Abbas Hajkenari (1) | Davoud Ghanbari (5) | Amir Tavakkolian (11) | Alireza Heidari (3) | Abdolreza Kargar (15) | Ebrahim Mehraban (10) | ||
1st | Gholamreza Mohammadi (3) | Alireza Dabir (1) | Abbas Hajkenari (2) | Ali Akbarnejad (16) | Pejman Dorostkar (4) | Alireza Heidari (1) | Abbas Jadidi (1) | Rasoul Khadem (2) | ||
4th | Gholamreza Mohammadi (8) | Alireza Dabir (2) | Mohammad Talaei (6) | Amir Tavakkolian (13) | Masoud Jamshidi (18) | Abbas Majidi (24) | Alireza Heidari (2) | Abbas Jadidi (3) | ||
bgcolor=DimGray | Behnam Tayyebi (13) | Alireza Dabir (1) | Mohammad Talaei (4) | Amir Tavakkolian (10) | Pejman Dorostkar (12) | Amir Reza Khadem (4) | Alireza Heidari (6) | Abbas Jadidi (4) | ||
3rd | Babak Nourzad (2) | Behnam Tayyebi (10) | Alireza Dabir (2) | Amir Tavakkolian (2) | Mehdi Hajizadeh (6) | Majid Khodaei (14) | Alireza Heidari (16) | Abbas Jadidi (7) |
Year | 57 kg | 61 kg | 65 kg | 70 kg | 74 kg | 86 kg | 97 kg | 125 kg | ||
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2nd | Hassan Rahimi (3) | Masoud Esmaeilpour (2) | Ahmad Mohammadi (2) | Mostafa Hosseinkhani (13) | Reza Afzali (13) | Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian (3) | Reza Yazdani (8) | Komeil Ghasemi (2) | ||
2nd | Hassan Rahimi (2) | Behnam Ehsanpour (18) | Ahmad Mohammadi (3) | Hassan Yazdani (2) | Alireza Ghasemi (5) | Alireza Karimi (3) | Abbas Tahan (5) | Parviz Hadi (9) | ||
bgcolor=DimGray | Hassan Rahimi (3) | Behnam Ehsanpour
| Meisam Nassiri (15) | Mostafa Hosseinkhani
| Hassan Yazdani (1) | Alireza Karimi (7) | Reza Yazdani (7) | Komeil Ghasemi (2) | ||
9th | Reza Atri (13) | Behnam Ehsanpour (14) | Meisam Nassiri (10) | Mostafa Hosseinkhani (8) | Peyman Yarahmadi (22) | Hassan Yazdani (1) | Amir Mohammadi (12) | Yadollah Mohebbi (9) |
* 61 kg and 70 kg were non-Olympic weights and were therefore wrestled at the 2016 World Wrestling Championships.
* 61 kg, 70 kg, 79 kg and 92 kg were non-Olympic weights and were therefore wrestled at the 2024 World Wrestling Championships.