# Iran at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Iran participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

## Competitors

| Sport | Boys | Girls | Total |
| 3x3 basketball | | 4 | 4 |
| Aquatics, Swimming | 1 | | 1 |
| Archery | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Athletics | 3 | | 3 |
| Boxing | 1 | | 1 |
| Canoeing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Equestrian | 1 | | 1 |
| Fencing | 1 | | 1 |
| Futsal | 10 | | 10 |
| Gymnastics, Artistic | 1 | | 1 |
| Judo | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Karate | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Rowing | | 1 | 1 |
| Shooting | 2 | | 2 |
| Table tennis | 1 | | 1 |
| Taekwondo | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Weightlifting | 2 | | 2 |
| Wrestling | 4 | | 4 |
| Total | 35 | 14 | 49 |

## Medal summary

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Navid Mohammadi | Karate | Men's +68 kg |
| Gold | Yalda Valinejad | Taekwondo | Women's 63 kg |
| Gold | Ali Eshkevarian | Taekwondo | Men's 73 kg |
| Gold | Mohammad Ali Khosravi | Taekwondo | Men's +73 kg |
| Gold | Alireza Yousefi | Weightlifting | Men's +85 kg |
| Gold | Amir Reza Dehbozorgi | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 45 kg |
| Gold | Mohammad Nosrati | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 92 kg |
| Silver | Kimia Hemmati | Taekwondo | Women's +63 kg |
| Silver | Mohammad Karimi | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 65 kg |
| Silver | Amir Hossein Zare | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 110 kg |
| Bronze | Reza Bohloulzadeh | Gymnastics | Men's Pommel horse |
| Bronze | Fatemeh Khonakdar | Karate | Women's 53 kg |
| Bronze | Mobina Heidari | Karate | Women's 59 kg |
| Bronze | Negin Altooni | Karate | Women's +59 kg |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Karate | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Taekwondo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 |

## Results by event
### 3x3 basketball
#### Girls

| Squad list | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Squad list | Group A | Rank | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Fatemeh Aghazadegan Fatemeh Bidar Negin Rasoulipour Aida Golmohammadi Coach: Elaheh Darestani | Hungary L 0–22 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 19 |
| Fatemeh Aghazadegan Fatemeh Bidar Negin Rasoulipour Aida Golmohammadi Coach: Elaheh Darestani | Romania L 14–18 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 19 |
| Fatemeh Aghazadegan Fatemeh Bidar Negin Rasoulipour Aida Golmohammadi Coach: Elaheh Darestani | Germany L 9–19 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 19 |
| Fatemeh Aghazadegan Fatemeh Bidar Negin Rasoulipour Aida Golmohammadi Coach: Elaheh Darestani | China L 13–15 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 19 |

#### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Preliminary | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Time | Rank | Score | Time | Rank |
| Fatemeh Aghazadegan | Shoot-out | 4 | 29.4 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Fatemeh Bidar | Shoot-out | 3 | 30.0 | 26 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Aquatics
#### Swimming
##### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Alireza Yavari | 100 m freestyle | 52.08 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Archery
#### Boys' recurve

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | 1/16 elimination | 1/8 elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | 1/16 elimination | 1/8 elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Reza Shabani | Individual | 653 | 23 | Õun (EST) W 6–2 27–25, 26–28, 27–25, 30–26 | Cheremiskin (RUS) W 6–4 28–28, 29–28, 27–28, 29–27, 27–27 | Cowles (USA) L 0–6 26–29, 28–29, 27–28 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 8 |

#### Girls' recurve

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | 1/16 elimination | 1/8 elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | 1/16 elimination | 1/8 elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Sogand Rahmani | Individual | 631 | 20 | Naumova (UKR) L 2–6 25–28, 26–23, 24–26, 23–25 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |

#### Mixed recurve

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | 1/16 elimination | 1/8 elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | 1/16 elimination | 1/8 elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Shabani (IRI) Tromans-Ansell (GBR) | Team | 1305 | 4 | Roux (RSA) Kumari (IND) W 5–1 39–33, 35–35, 37–32 | Õun (EST) Tagle (PHI) L 3–6 36–36, 34–34, 36–36, 33–36 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Cadena (COL) Rahmani (IRI) | Team | 1298 | 21 | Ak (TUR) Pyae (MYA) L 0–6 25–35, 35–37, 36–37 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |

### Boxing
#### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary R1 | Preliminary R2 | Semifinals | Final / RM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Seyedsajad Mousavipaeindezaei | -81 kg | Merjanov (UZB) L 1–4 | Kolesnikov (RUS) L KO R2 2:30 | Did not advance | Morales (PUR) L WO | 6 |

### Canoeing

Iran qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event.
* Boys' C1 – 1 boat
* Girls' C1 – 1 boat
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Repechage | Repechage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Sobhan Beiranvand | Boys' C1 sprint | 2:01.21 | 12 | 2:00.11 | 6 | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Sobhan Beiranvand | Boys' C1 slalom | 1:27.60 | 7 | 1:27.62 | 4 | — | Bernárdez (ESP) L 1:25.72 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nirvana Asadbeki | Girls' C1 sprint | 2:27.28 | 8 | Bye | Bye | Malapane (MOZ) W 2:26.89 | Nurlanova (KAZ) L 2:28.81 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nirvana Asadbeki | Girls' C1 slalom | 1:28.57 | 2 | Bye | Bye | Gönczöl (HUN) W 1:29.00 | Cullwick (NZL) W 1:29.87 | Delassus (FRA) L 1:28.53 | Luknárová (SVK) L 1:29.56 | 4 |

### Equestrian

Iran qualified a rider based on its ranking in the FEI World Jumping Challenge Rankings.
* Individual Jumping – 1 athlete

#### Summary

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round A | Round A | Round B | Round B | Round B | | | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Arshia Najafinia | La Trinidad | Individual | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 27 | 32 | 27 |
| Mix Australasia Almarzooqi (UAE) Najafinia (IRI) Burnett-Grant (NZL) Alqashouti (QAT) Sinderberry (AUS) | La Corina Lala La Trinidad Milagro Maximo Pietro Zambo | Team | 24 | =1 Q | 36 | 60 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 60 | 4 |

### Fencing
#### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Pool Round | Seed | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Amirhossein Shaker | sabre | Mahbas (IRQ) W 5–3 Heathcock (GER) L 4–5 Rabb (HUN) W 5–0 Hyun (KOR) L 2–5 Coly (SEN) W 5–0 Vidovszky (USA) W 5–4 Elaraby (EGY) L 2–5 | 5 | Kato L 9–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9 |

### Futsal
#### Summary

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Iran U18 | Boys' tournament | Solomon Islands W 9–2 | Brazil L 0–4 | Russia L 1–2 | Costa Rica W 9–3 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 4 | +21 | 12 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Russia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Iran | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 6 | |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 27 | −10 | 3 | |
| 5 | Solomon Islands | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 39 | −26 | 0 | |

### Gymnastics
#### Artistic

Iran qualified one gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship.
* Boys' artistic individual all-around – 1 quota

##### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Reza Bohloulzade Hajlari | Qualification | 12.766 | 13.166 | 11.300 | 12.333 | 12.800 | 11.766 | 74.131 | 18 |
| Reza Bohloulzade Hajlari | All-around | 12.566 | 13.133 | 11.866 | 12.766 | 12.133 | 12.233 | 74.397 | 13 |
| Reza Bohloulzade Hajlari | Pommel horse | — | 13.241 | — | — | — | — | 13.241 | |

#### Multidiscipline

| Team | Athlete | Acrobatic | Artistic | Rhythmic | Trampoline | Total points | Rank |
| Team Anna Bessonova (Gray) | Sophia Imrie-Gale (GBR) Clyde Gembickas (GBR) | 15 | — | — | — | 381 | 4 |
| Team Anna Bessonova (Gray) | Ward Claeys (BEL) | — | 99 | — | — | | 381 | 4 |
| Team Anna Bessonova (Gray) | Reza Bohloulzade Hajlari (IRI) | — | 65 | — | — | 381 | 4 |
| Team Anna Bessonova (Gray) | Ayan Moldagaliyev (KAZ) | — | 36 | — | — | 381 | 4 |
| Team Anna Bessonova (Gray) | Eglė Stalinkevičiūtė (LTU) | — | 42 | — | — | 381 | 4 |
| Team Anna Bessonova (Gray) | Ada Hautala (FIN) | — | 10 | — | — | 381 | 4 |
| Team Anna Bessonova (Gray) | Giorgia Villa (ITA) | — | 11 | — | — | 381 | 4 |
| Team Anna Bessonova (Gray) | Celia Joseph Noël (FRA) | — | — | 40 | — | 381 | 4 |
| Team Anna Bessonova (Gray) | Celeste D'arcangelo (ARG) | — | — | 13 | — | 381 | 4 |
| Team Anna Bessonova (Gray) | Tatyana Volozhanina (BUL) | — | — | 26 | — | 381 | 4 |
| Team Anna Bessonova (Gray) | Jérémy Chartier (CAN) | — | — | — | 15 | 381 | 4 |
| Team Anna Bessonova (Gray) | Vera Beliankina (RUS) | — | — | — | 9 | 381 | 4 |

### Judo
#### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Rep 1 | Rep 2 | Rep 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Abolfazl Shojaei | Boys' −100 kg | Nihozeko (BDI) W 10–00 | Saduakas (KAZ) L 11–00 | Did not advance | Bye | Bye | Bagrin (MDA) L 10–01 | Did not advance | 7 |
| Maral Mardani | Girl' −78 kg | Ramirez (DOM) L 00–10 | did not advance | did not advance | Bye | Lobnik (SLO) L 00–10 | did not advance | did not advance | 9 |

### Karate

Iran qualified five athletes based on its performance at one of the Karate Qualification Tournaments.
* Boys' −61 kg – Alireza Faraji
* Boys' +68 kg – Navid Mohammadi
* Girls' −53 kg – Fatemeh Khonakdar
* Girls' −59 kg – Mobina Heidari
* Girls' +59 kg – Negin Altooni
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Group Stage | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Alireza Faraji | Boys' 61 kg | Masaki Yamaoka (JPN) L 0-5 | Oussama Edari (MAR) L 0-4 | Pedropablo de la Roca (GUA) L 0-1 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Navid Mohammadi | Boys' +68 kg | Sean McCarthy Crean (IRL) W 5-2 | Keisei Sakiyama (JPN) L 0-2 | Tomáš Kósa (SVK) W 1-0 | 2 | Enes Bulut (TUR) D 3-3 | Nabil Ech-Chaabi (MAR) W 5-0 | |
| Fatemeh Khonakdar | Girls' 53 kg | Rinka Tahata (JPN) L 0-1 | Aika Okazaki (THA) W 2-0 | Tânia de Barros (POR) W 6-0 | 2 | Yasmin Nasr Elgewily (EGY) L 0-5 | Did not advance | |
| Mobina Heidari | Girls' 59 kg | Anna Chernysheva (RUS) L0-8 | Assia Oukhattou (FRA) W1-0 | Charlotte Hope (GBR) W2-0 | 2 | Kokoro Sakaji (JPN) D0-0 | Did not advance | |
| Negin Altooni | Girls' +59 kg | Sakura Sawashima (JPN) W5-1 | Janessa Fonseca (PUR) D0-0 | Laura Lyck (DEN) L0-1 | 2 | Annika Sælid (NOR) L0-4 | Did not advance | |

### Rowing

Iran qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualification Regatta.
* Girls' single sculls – 1 athlete

### Shooting
#### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Amirsiyavash Zolfagharian | Boys' 10 m air rifle | 628.5 | 1 Q | 119.9 | 8 |
| Erfan Salavati | Boys' 10 m air pistol | 580 | 2 Q | 174.7 | 5 |

#### Team

| Athletes | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athletes | Event | Points | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mak Amanda Sao Keng (SGP) Erfan Salavati (IRI) | Mixed 10 metre air pistol | 755-16 | 1 | Ibarra Miranda (MEX) Honta (UKR) L 5-10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Alliana Volkart (ARG) Amirsiyavash Zolfagharian (IRI) | Mixed Team 10m Air Rifle | 823.2 | 9 Q | Bober (POL) Dević (MNE) W 10 - 9 | Erdenechuluun (MGL) Pekler (HUN) L 9 - 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 6 |

### Table tennis

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Amin Ahmadian | Boys' singles | Choong (MAS) W 4–2 Thakkar (IND) W 4–1 Stankevicius (LTU) W 4–1 | 1 Q | Pang (SGP) L 0–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9 |

### Taekwondo
#### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Hamed Asghari | 63 kg | Bye | Aghayev (AZE) L 8–9 | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |
| Ali Eshkevarian | 73 kg | Bye | Qiu (TPE) W 19–17 | Padilla (ECU) W 29–5 | Achab (BEL) W 17–16 | |
| Mohammadali Khosravi | +73 kg | Bye | Augustin (SLO) W 16–11 | Abdul Rahimzai (AFG) W 19–16 | Lee (TPE) W 2–1 | |

#### Girls

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Mahla Momenzadeh | 44 kg | Aden (DJI) W 32–0 | Kang (KOR) L 14–15 | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |
| Yalda Valinejad | 63 kg | Bye | Hamaidi (JOR) W 12–2 | Garcia (MEX) W 26–22 | Bozanic (SRB) W 23–17 | |
| Kimia Hemmati | +63 kg | Bye | Gannaway (GBR) W 19–8 | Adebaio (RUS) W 21–19 | Aboufaras (MAR) L 16–18 | |

### Weightlifting
#### Boys

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Amir Reza Askaridoun | 85 kg | 133 | 165 | 298 | 4 |
| Alireza Yousefi | +85 kg | 162 | 218 | 380 | |

### Wrestling
#### Boys' freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Pools | Pools | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Groups | Rank | Final | Rank |
| Mohammad Karimi | 65 kg | Ismail (EGY) W 6–5 | Group B 1 Q | Bayramov (AZE) L 1–6 | |
| Mohammad Karimi | 65 kg | Manville (USA) W 10–0 | Group B 1 Q | Bayramov (AZE) L 1–6 | |
| Amir Hossein Zare | 110 kg | Barns (AUS) W 11–0 | Group A 1 Q | Kozyrev (RUS) L 5–6 | |
| Amir Hossein Zare | 110 kg | Khalil (EGY) W 11–0 | Group A 1 Q | Kozyrev (RUS) L 5–6 | |

#### Boys' Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Pools | Pools | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Groups | Rank | Final | Rank |
| Amir Reza Dehbozorgi | 45 kg | Nazaryan (BUL) W 3–1 | Group A 1 Q | Peralta (ECU) W 8–0 | |
| Amir Reza Dehbozorgi | 45 kg | Shaaban (EGY) W 10–0 | Group A 1 Q | Peralta (ECU) W 8–0 | |
| Mohammad Nosrati | 92 kg | Queiroz (BRA) W 5–0 | Group B 1 Q | Ayaydın (TUR) W 3–1 | |
| Mohammad Nosrati | 92 kg | Evloev (RUS) W 5–3 | Group B 1 Q | Ayaydın (TUR) W 3–1 | |