# Iran at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Iran competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 14 athletes represented Iran in the 1968 Olympics. Wrestler Mohammad Nassiri and Weightlifter Abdollah Movahed won the nation first Olympic Games gold medal in 12 years since Melbourne 1956.

## Competitors

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 1 | | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 4 | | 4 |
| Wrestling | 9 | | 9 |
| Total | 14 | 0 | 14 |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

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

### Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Mohammad Nassiri | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg |
| Gold | Abdollah Movahed | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 70 kg |
| Silver | Parviz Jalayer | Weightlifting | Men's 67.5 kg |
| Bronze | Aboutaleb Talebi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 57 kg |
| Bronze | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 63 kg |

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

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Jalal Keshmiri | Shot put | Did not start | Did not start | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jalal Keshmiri | Discus throw | 53.96 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Weightlifting
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Mohammad Nassiri | 56 kg | 112.5 | 105.0 | 150.0 WR | 367.5 | |
| Nasrollah Dehnavi | 60 kg | 117.5 | 107.5 | 140.0 | 365.0 | 6 |
| Parviz Jalayer | 67.5 kg | 125.0 | 132.5 | 165.0 | 422.5 | |
| Daniel Gevargiz | 75 kg | No mark | — | — | — | — |

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

| Athlete | Event | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | 4th round | 5th round | 6th round | 7th / Final round | Rank |
| Mohammad Ghorbani | 52 kg | Defran (DOM) W Fall | Solari (ECU) W Fall | Triantafyllidis (GRE) W Fall | Sanders (USA) L Fall | Nakata (JPN) L Fall | | Did not advance | 7 |
| Aboutaleb Talebi | 57 kg | Raxon (GUA) W Superiority | Ahmad (AFG) W Points | Sardar (PAK) W Points | Bye | Behm (USA) W Points | Aliyev (URS) D Points | Uetake (JPN) D Points | |
| Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi | 63 kg | Douglas (USA) W Points | Luczak (GDR) W Superiority | Engel (TCH) W Fall | Tedeyev (URS) W Points | Karypidis (GRE) W Fall | | Todorov (BUL) D Points | |
| Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi | 63 kg | Douglas (USA) W Points | Luczak (GDR) W Superiority | Engel (TCH) W Fall | Tedeyev (URS) W Points | Karypidis (GRE) W Fall | | Kaneko (JPN) L Points | |
| Abdollah Movahed | 70 kg | Garvie (CAN) W Superiority | Vario (ARG) W Superiority | Marchand (FRA) W Superiority | Rost (FRG) W Superiority | Chand (IND) W Points | Sereeter (MGL) W Points | Valchev (BUL) W Points | |
| Ali Mohammad Momeni | 78 kg | Ayub (AFG) W Superiority | Bajkó (HUN) W Points | Atalay (TUR) L Points | Heinze (GDR) W Points | Sotirov (BUL) W Points | | Did not advance | 4 |
| Mansour Mehdizadeh | 87 kg | Balla (ROU) L Disqualification | Did not appear | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 22 |
| Moslem Eskandar-Filabi | 97 kg | Vernik (ARG) W Superiority | Jutzeler (SUI) L Points | Lomidze (URS) L Points | Did not advance | Did not advance | | Did not advance | 9 |
| Abolfazl Anvari | +97 kg | Nyers (HUN) W Points | Robertsson (SWE) W Points | Kristoff (USA) L Points | Duraliev (BUL) L Fall | Did not advance | | Did not advance | 6 |

#### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | 4th round | 5th round | 6th round | Final round | Rank |
| Hossein Moarreb | 63 kg | Hassanein (EGY) W DNF | Alakoç (TUR) L Points | Galinchev (BUL) L Fall | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 11 |