Iran at the 1972 Summer Olympics
| Iran at the 1972 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
 | |
| IOC code | IRI (IRN used at these Games) |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of Iran |
| Website | www |
| in Munich | |
| Competitors | 50 in 7 sports |
| Flag bearer | Abdollah Movahed |
| Medals Ranked 28th |
|
| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Iran competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Iran sent a delegation of 50 competitors, all men, who participated in 33 events in 7 sports. Two competitors in the football tournament did not take part in any matches.[1][2][3]
Competitors[edit]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 3 | 3 | |
| Boxing | 5 | 5 | |
| Cycling, Road | 4 | 4 | |
| Cycling, Track | 4 | 4 | |
| Fencing | 2 | 2 | |
| Football | 19 | 19 | |
| Weightlifting | 3 | 3 | |
| Wrestling | 14 | 14 | |
| Total | 50 | 0 | 50 |
Medal summary[edit]
Medal table[edit]
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | ||
| Wrestling | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Total | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Medalists[edit]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Silver |
Mohammad Nassiri | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg |
| Silver |
Rahim Aliabadi | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg |
 Bronze |
Ebrahim Javadi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 48 kg |
Results by event[edit]
Athletics[edit]
- Men[4]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Second round | Semifinal | Final | Rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat | Time | Rank | Heat | Time | Rank | Heat | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Farhad Navab | 100 m | 4 | 11.02 | 6 | Did not advance | 75 | |||||||
| Reza Entezari | 400 m | 8 | 47.89 | 4 Q | 2 | 48.69 | 8 | Did not advance | 39 | ||||
| 800 m | 1 | 1:50.5 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 38 | |||||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying round | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Teymour Ghiasi | High jump | 2.12 | 25 | Did not advance | |
Boxing[edit]
- Men[5]
| Athlete | Event | 1/32 final | 1/16 final | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manouchehr Bahmani | 54 kg | Bye |  Wang (ROC)L 2–3 |
Did not advance | 17 | |||
| Jabbar Feli | 57 kg | Bye |  Waruinge (KEN)L 1–4 |
Did not advance | 17 | |||
| Hossein Eghmaz | 60 kg |  Khallafallah (EGY)W RSC |
 Mikhailov (BUL)L 2–3 |
Did not advance | 17 | |||
| Nosrat Vakil Monfared | 63.5 kg |  Montague (IRL)L RSC |
Did not advance | 17 | ||||
| Vartex Parsanian | 67 kg | Bye |  Mkanga (TAN)W 5–0 |
Murunga (KEN) L RSC |
Did not advance | 9 | ||
Cycling[edit]
Road[edit]
- Men[6]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Khosro Haghgosha Taghikhan Khodavand Gholam Hossein Kouhi Behrouz Rahbar |
Team time trial | 2:34:30.7 | 32 |
Track[edit]
- Men[7]
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | 2nd round | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gholam Hossein Kouhi | Sprint |  Köther (FRG) Pedersen (DEN)L 11.30, DNS |
Did not advance | — | ||||
| Behrouz Rahbar | Sprint |  Geschke (GDR) Díaz (COL)L 11.52, DNS |
Did not advance | — | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||||||
| Behrouz Rahbar | 1 km time trial | 1:15.39 | 28 | ||||
| Khosro Haghgosha | Individual pursuit | 5:22.98 | 25 | did not advance | 25 | ||
| Khosro Haghgosha Taghikhan Khodavand Gholam Hossein Kouhi Behrouz Rahbar |
Team pursuit | 5:10.80 | 22 | did not advance | 22 | ||
Fencing[edit]
- Men[8]
| Athlete | Event | Eliminating round | 1/8 final | 1/4 final | Semifinal | Final | Rank | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pools | Rank | Pools | Rank | Pools | Rank | Pools | Rank | ||||
| Pirouz Adamiat | Individual épée |  Johnson (GBR)L 4–5 |
Pool L 6 |
Did not advance | 59 | ||||||
| Schulze (GDR) L 2–5 | |||||||||||
 Fenyvesi (HUN)W 5–2 | |||||||||||
 Castillejos (MEX)L 2–5 | |||||||||||
 von Essen (SWE)L 3–5 | |||||||||||
| Ali Asghar Pashapour | Individual épée |  Trost (AUT)L 3–5 |
Pool E 5 |
Did not advance | 60 | ||||||
| Uhlig (GDR) L 3–5 | |||||||||||
 Manelli (LUX)L 2–5 | |||||||||||
 Paramonov (URS)L 3–5 | |||||||||||
 Masin (USA)W 5–3 | |||||||||||
| Individual foil | Wessel (FRG) L 1–5 |
Pool A 5 |
Did not advance | 48 | |||||||
 Chan (HKG)W 5–3 | |||||||||||
| Kamuti (HUN) L 2–5 | |||||||||||
| Calderón (MEX) L 2–5 | |||||||||||
| Stankovich (URS) L 1–5 | |||||||||||
Football[edit]
| Squad list | Preliminary round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group C | Rank | |||||
| Reza Ghoflsaz (reserve) Ebrahim Ashtiani Jafar Kashani Majid Halvaei Akbar Kargarjam Parviz Ghelichkhani Ali Parvin Ali Jabbari Mohammad Sadeghi Safar Iranpak Asghar Sharafi Gholam Vafakhah Javad Ghorab Mahmoud Khordbin Mehdi Lavasani Alireza Azizi Javad Allahverdi (reserve) Mehdi Monajati Mansour Rashidi Coach: Mohammad Ranjbar |
 HungaryL 0–5 |
3 | Did not advance | 9 | ||
 DenmarkL 0–4 | ||||||
 BrazilW 1–0 | ||||||
Weightlifting[edit]
- Men[10]
| Athlete | Event | Press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammad Reza Nasehi | 52 kg | DOP | ||||
| Mohammad Nassiri | 56 kg | 127.5 | 100.0 | 142.5 | 370.0 |
|
| Nasrollah Dehnavi | 67.5 kg | 150.0 | 125.0 | 160.0 | 435.0 | 5 |
Wrestling[edit]
- Men's freestyle[11]
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 / Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ebrahim Javadi | 48 kg | Gonzales (USA) D Points |
 Jamsran (MGL)W Fall |
 Baygin (TUR)W Superiority |
 Umeda (JPN)W Points |
Dmitriyev (URS) W Points |
| ||
| Nikolov (BUL) L Points | |||||||||
| Mohammad Ghorbani | 52 kg | Kato (JPN) L Fall |
Did not appear | Did not advance | 24 | ||||
| Ramezan Kheder | 57 kg | Mayer (GDR) W Points |
 Velarde (PER)W Fall |
Gill (GBR) W Fall |
Khoilogdorj (MGL) W Points |
Klinga (HUN) L Points |
Yanagida (JPN) L Points |
Did not advance | 7 |
| Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi | 62 kg |  Tůma (TCH)W Superiority |
 Ramos (CUB)W Points |
 Koutsoupakis (GRE)W Superiority |
 Toulotte (FRA)W Superiority |
Abe (JPN) L Points |
Did not appear | Did not advance | 5 |
| Abdollah Movahed | 68 kg |  Olmedo (PAN)W Superiority |
Did not appear | Did not advance | Did not advance | 25 | |||
| Mansour Barzegar | 74 kg | Bye | Yoshida (JPN) W Superiority |
Urbanovics (HUN) D Points |
Gusov (URS) W Fall |
Seger (FRG) L Fall |
Did not advance | 5 | |
| Ali Hajiloo | 82 kg | Sasaki (JPN) D Points |
 Aspin (NZL)W Points |
 Iorga (ROU)L Fall |
Did not advance | 13 | |||
| Reza Khorrami | 90 kg |  Martinetti (SUI)W Fall |
Kamada (JPN) W Points |
Knoll (FRG) W Points |
Peterson (USA) L Points |
Bajkó (HUN) D Points |
Did not advance | 5 | |
| Abolfazl Anvari | 100 kg | Engel (TCH) W Points |
 N'Diaye (SEN)W Fall |
Bayanmönkh (MGL) L Fall |
Yarygin (URS) L Fall |
Did not advance | Did not advance | 7 | |
| Moslem Eskandar-Filabi | +100 kg | Zambrano (PER) W Superiority |
Taylor (USA) L Points |
 Makowiecki (POL)W Fall |
Germer (GDR) W Points |
Medved (URS) L Fall |
Did not advance | 4 | |
- Men's Greco-Roman[12]
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 / Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rahim Aliabadi | 48 kg | Sarı (TUR) W Fall |
 Dlimi (TUN)W Fall |
Maas (FRG) W Points |
Ishida (JPN) L Superiority |
 Hirvonen (FIN)W Superiority |
Berceanu (ROU) L Points |
| |
| Angelov (BUL) W Fall | |||||||||
| Mehdi Houryar | 52 kg | Kirov (BUL) L Fall |
Zeman (TCH) L Points |
Did not advance | Did not advance | 15 | |||
| Firouz Alizadeh | 57 kg | Yamamoto (JPN) L Fall |
Did not appear | Did not advance | 28 | ||||
| Mohammad Dalirian | 68 kg | Nakos (GRE) W Points |
Apostolov (BUL) L Fall |
Supron (POL) L Fall |
Did not advance | 15 | |||
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