# Iran at the Asian Games

Iran first participated at the Asian Games in 1951, and has sent athletes to compete in every Asian Games since then, except for 1954, 1962 and 1978.
The National Olympic Committee for Iran is the National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and was founded in 1947.
Iran's best performance was in 1974, when the country hosted the event in Tehran, it ranked second with 36 gold, 28 silver and 17 bronze medals.

## Medals by games
### Asian Games

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| 1951 1951 New Delhi | 8 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 3 |
| 1954 Manila | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1958 1958 Tokyo | 7 | 14 | 11 | 32 | 4 |
| 1962 Jakarta | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1966 1966 Bangkok | 6 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 6 |
| 1970 1970 Bangkok | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 4 |
| 1974 1974 Tehran | 36 | 28 | 17 | 81 | 2 |
| 1978 Bangkok | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1982 1982 New Delhi | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 7 |
| 1986 1986 Seoul | 6 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 4 |
| 1990 1990 Beijing | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 5 |
| 1994 1994 Hiroshima | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 6 |
| 1998 1998 Bangkok | 10 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 7 |
| 2002 2002 Busan | 8 | 14 | 14 | 36 | 10 |
| 2006 2006 Doha | 11 | 15 | 22 | 48 | 6 |
| 2010 2010 Guangzhou | 20 | 15 | 24 | 59 | 4 |
| 2014 2014 Incheon | 21 | 18 | 18 | 57 | 5 |
| 2018 2018 Jakarta–Palembang | 20 | 20 | 22 | 62 | 6 |
| 2022 2022 Hangzhou | 13 | 21 | 20 | 54 | 7 |
| Total | 192 | 202 | 217 | 611 | 4 |

### Asian Winter Games

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| 1986 Sapporo | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1990 1990 Sapporo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1996 1996 Harbin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1999 1999 Kangwon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2003 2003 Aomori | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2007 2007 Changchun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2011 2011 Astana–Almaty | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2017 2017 Sapporo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |

### Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| 2005 2005 Bangkok | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 |
| 2007 2007 Macau | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 8 |
| 2009 Bangkok | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 2009 2009 Hanoi | 17 | 15 | 13 | 45 | 5 |
| 2013 2013 Incheon | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 6 |
| 2017 2017 Ashgabat | 36 | 23 | 59 | 118 | 3 |
| 2021 Bangkok and Chonburi | | | | | |
| Total | 63 | 53 | 85 | 201 | 7 |

### Asian Beach Games

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| 2008 2008 Bali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2010 2010 Muscat | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| 2012 2012 Haiyang | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2014 2014 Phuket | 9 | 14 | 8 | 31 | 4 |
| 2016 2016 Da Nang | 9 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 4 |
| Total | 20 | 20 | 16 | 56 | 6 |

### Asian Youth Games

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| 2009 2009 Singapore | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 2013 2013 Nanjing | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 20 |
| Total | 1 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 15 |

## Medals by sport
### Asian Games

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Aquatics, Diving | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Aquatics, Water polo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Archery | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Athletics | 13 | 16 | 10 | 39 |
| Basketball | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Basketball, 3x3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Board games, Chess | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Boxing | 5 | 11 | 26 | 42 |
| Canoeing, Slalom | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Canoeing, Sprint | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 |
| Cycling, Mountain bike | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cycling, Road | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| Cycling, Track | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 |
| Equestrian | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fencing | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 |
| Football | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Gymnastics, Artistic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Handball | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Judo | 1 | 8 | 11 | 20 |
| Kabaddi | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Karate | 15 | 11 | 12 | 38 |
| Kurash | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Pencak silat | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Roller sports, Freestyle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rowing | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| Shooting | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| Sport climbing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Table tennis | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Taekwondo | 14 | 17 | 23 | 54 |
| Tennis | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Volleyball | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Weightlifting | 33 | 31 | 20 | 84 |
| Wrestling | 74 | 44 | 37 | 155 |
| Wushu | 9 | 13 | 7 | 29 |
| Total | 192 | 202 | 217 | 611 |

### Asian Winter Games

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Ski orienteering | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Skiing, Alpine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |

### Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 3x3 basketball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Board games, Chess | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Cue sports | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Cycling, Track | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Equestrian | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Esports | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Futsal | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Indoor archery | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Indoor athletics | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| Indoor hockey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ju-jitsu | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Kabaddi | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Kickboxing | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| Kurash | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
| Muaythai | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| Pencak silat | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Sambo | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Sepak takraw | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Short course swimming | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Sport climbing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Taekwondo | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| Vovinam | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Wrestling | 9 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| Wrestling, Alysh | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| Wrestling, Belt | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Wrestling, Pahlavani | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Wrestling, Turkmen goresh | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Wushu | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 63 | 53 | 85 | 201 |

### Asian Beach Games

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Aquatics, Beach water polo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Beach athletics | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Beach kabaddi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Beach kurash | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Beach sambo | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Beach sepak takraw | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Beach soccer | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Beach volleyball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Beach wrestling | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Bodybuilding | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Footvolley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ju-jitsu | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Muaythai | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Pencak silat | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Vocotruyen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Vovinam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 20 | 20 | 16 | 56 |

### Asian Youth Games

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 3x3 basketball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Athletics | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| Football | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Judo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 9 | 4 | 14 |

## West Asian Games

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
| 1997 Tehran | 63 | 37 | 56 | 156 | 1 |
| 2002 Kuwait City | 9 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 3 |
| 2005 Doha | 20 | 25 | 16 | 61 | 3 |
| Total | 92 | 73 | 88 | 253 | 1 |
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Aquatics, Diving | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Aquatics, Swimming | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| Athletics | 15 | 18 | 22 | 55 |
| Badminton | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| Basketball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Boxing | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| Fencing | 7 | 9 | 9 | 25 |
| Football | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Gymnastics | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| Handball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Judo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Karate | 11 | 7 | 11 | 29 |
| Shooting | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| Table tennis | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Taekwondo | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Tennis | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Volleyball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| Wrestling | 9 | 4 | 2 | 15 |
| Total | 92 | 73 | 88 | 253 |

## Multiple gold medalists

This is a list of multiple Asian Games gold medalists for Iran, listing people who have won at least three medals including at least two gold medals.
Athletes in bold are still active.
| Athlete | Sport | Asian Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Mohammad Nassiri | Weightlifting | 1966–1974 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Ehsan Haddadi | Athletics | 2006–2022 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Moslem Eskandar-Filabi | Wrestling | 1966–1974 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Reza Soukhtehsaraei | Wrestling | 1974–1990 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Mohammad Mousavi | Volleyball | 2010–2022 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Mohsen Mohammadseifi | Wushu | 2010–2022 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Houshang Kargarnejad | Weightlifting | 1970–1974 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Behdad Salimi | Weightlifting | 2010–2018 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Alireza Heidari | Wrestling | 1998–2006 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Reza Yazdani | Wrestling | 2006–2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jalal Keshmiri | Athletics | 1966–1974 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Hassan Arianfard | Cycling | 1970–1974 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Jasem Vishkaei | Karate | 2002–2010 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Akbar Shokrollahi | Weightlifting | 1974 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Ali Vali | Weightlifting | 1974 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Saeid Marouf | Volleyball | 2010–2018 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Teymour Ghiasi | Athletics | 1966–1974 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Hossein Rezazadeh | Weightlifting | 1998–2006 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |

## List of flag bearers

| Event year | Flag bearer | Sport |
| 1951 | Ahmad Ordoubadi | Weightlifting |
| 1958 | Mahmoud Namjoo | Weightlifting |
| 1966 | Mansour Mehdizadeh | Wrestling |
| 1970 | Mohammad Nassiri | Weightlifting |
| 1974 | Moslem Eskandar-Filabi | Wrestling |
| 1982 | Reza Soukhtehsaraei | Wrestling |
| 1986 | Reza Soukhtehsaraei | Wrestling |
| 1990 | Alireza Lorestani | Wrestling |
| 1994 | Amir Reza Khadem | Wrestling |
| 1998 | Zahra Mahroughi | Shooting |
| 2002 | Ali Daei | Football |
| 2006 | Hossein Rezazadeh | Weightlifting |
| 2010 | Samad Nikkhah Bahrami | Basketball |
| 2014 | Behdad Salimi | Weightlifting |
| 2018 | Elaheh Ahmadi | Shooting |
| 2022 | Javad Foroughi Nahid Kiani | Shooting Taekwondo |