# Iran at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Iran competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 22 athletes represented Iran in the 1952 Olympics.

## Competitors

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 1 | | 1 |
| Boxing | 6 | | 6 |
| Weightlifting | 7 | | 7 |
| Wrestling | 8 | | 8 |
| Total | 22 | 0 | 22 |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Weightlifting | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wrestling | | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Total | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |

### Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Silver | Mahmoud Namjoo | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg |
| Silver | Nasser Givehchi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 62 kg |
| Silver | Gholamreza Takhti | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 79 kg |
| Bronze | Ali Mirzaei | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg |
| Bronze | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 52 kg |
| Bronze | Tofigh Jahanbakht | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 67 kg |
| Bronze | Abdollah Mojtabavi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 73 kg |

## Results by event
### Athletics
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | First round | First round | First round | Final | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Rank |
| Ali Baghbanbashi | 5000 m | 2 | 15:03.0 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 36 |
| Ali Baghbanbashi | 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | 9:13.2 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |

### Boxing
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Fazlollah Nikkhah | 54 kg | Bye | Kang (KOR) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Emmanuel Agassi | 57 kg | Leisching (RSA) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |
| Petros Nazarbegian | 60 kg | Bye | Pakkanen (FIN) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Ebrahim Afsharpour | 63.5 kg | Milligan (IRL) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |
| George Issabeg | 67 kg | Abdelrahman (EGY) W Disqualification | Linneman (NED) L 1–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Ardashes Saginian | 71 kg | Herrera (ARG) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |

### Weightlifting
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Ali Mirzaei | 56 kg | 95.0 | 92.5 | 112.5 | 300.0 | |
| Mahmoud Namjoo | 56 kg | 90.0 | 95.0 | 122.5 | 307.5 | |
| Mohsen Tabatabaei | 60 kg | 90.0 | 97.5 | 120.0 | 307.5 | 8 |
| Hassan Ferdos | 67.5 kg | 102.5 | 107.5 | 135.0 | 345.0 | 5 |
| Jalal Mansouri | 75 kg | 110.0 | 107.5 | 140.0 | 357.5 | 8 |
| Hassan Rahnavardi | 82.5 kg | 120.0 | 122.5 | 160.0 | 402.5 | 4 |
| Firouz Pojhan | 90 kg | 112.5 | 120.0 | 155.0 | 387.5 | 5 |

### Wrestling
#### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round | Fifth round | Final round | Rank |
| Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | 52 kg | Das (IND) W Fall | Baise (RSA) W Fall | Weber (GER) W 3–0 | Gemici (TUR) W 2–1 | Sayadov (URS) W 2–1 | Kitano (JPN) L 0–3 | |
| Mehdi Yaghoubi | 57 kg | Mammadbeyov (URS) L Fall | Borders (USA) W 3–0 | Shehata (EGY) W 3–0 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 8 |
| Nasser Givehchi | 62 kg | Hall (GBR) W 3–0 | Bye | Mangave (IND) W 3–0 | Essawi (EGY) W 2–1 | Tominaga (JPN) W 2–1 | Şit (TUR) L 0–3 | |
| Nasser Givehchi | 62 kg | Hall (GBR) W 3–0 | Bye | Mangave (IND) W 3–0 | Essawi (EGY) W 2–1 | Tominaga (JPN) W 2–1 | Henson (USA) W 2–1 | |
| Tofigh Jahanbakht | 67 kg | Gál (HUN) W 3–0 | Myland (GBR) W Fall | Yüce (TUR) W 2–1 | Nettesheim (GER) W 2–1 | Yaltyryan (URS) W 3–0 | Anderberg (SWE) L 0–3 | |
| Tofigh Jahanbakht | 67 kg | Gál (HUN) W 3–0 | Myland (GBR) W Fall | Yüce (TUR) W 2–1 | Nettesheim (GER) W 2–1 | Yaltyryan (URS) W 3–0 | Evans (USA) L 0–3 | |
| Abdollah Mojtabavi | 73 kg | Keisala (FIN) W 2–1 | Rybalko (URS) W 2–1 | Scott (AUS) W 3–0 | Yamazaki (JPN) W 3–0 | | Berlin (SWE) W 3–0 | |
| Abdollah Mojtabavi | 73 kg | Keisala (FIN) W 2–1 | Rybalko (URS) W 2–1 | Scott (AUS) W 3–0 | Yamazaki (JPN) W 3–0 | | Smith (USA) L 0–3 | |
| Gholamreza Takhti | 79 kg | Brunaud (FRA) W Fall | Lahti (FIN) W Fall | Genuth (ARG) W Fall | Zafer (TUR) W 3–0 | Gocke (GER) W 3–0 | Tsimakuridze (URS) L 1–2 | |
| Gholamreza Takhti | 79 kg | Brunaud (FRA) W Fall | Lahti (FIN) W Fall | Genuth (ARG) W Fall | Zafer (TUR) W 3–0 | Gocke (GER) W 3–0 | Gurics (HUN) W Walkover | |
| Abbas Zandi | 87 kg | Bye | Coote (AUS) W 3–0 | Sepponen (FIN) W 3–0 | Palm (SWE) L 1–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |
| Ahmad Vafadar | +87 kg | Kangasniemi (FIN) L Fall | Atan (TUR) L 1–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | | Did not advance | 9 |