# Iran at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Iran (officially the Islamic Republic of Iran) competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's return in 1948 after having made their debut in 1900, Iranian athletes had attended in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, with the exception of the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics.
The National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran fielded a team of 63 athletes, 54 men and 9 women, across 15 sports at the Games. It was the nation's second-largest delegation sent to the Olympics, and featured Iran's highest female participation in history. Men's volleyball was the only team-based sport in which Iran was represented at the Games, the nation's Olympic debut. Wrestling accounted for the largest number of athletes by an individual-based sport with 12 entries; there was only a single competitor each in archery, boxing, flatwater canoeing, rowing, and swimming.
The Iranian roster featured a number of past Olympic medalists, including discus thrower Ehsan Haddadi, who won the nation's first ever athletics medal with a silver, and four defending champions from London: weightlifter Behdad Salimi, and Greco-Roman wrestlers Hamid Sourian, Omid Norouzi, and Ghasem Rezaei. Other notable Iranian athletes included table tennis player Noshad Alamian and his younger brother Nima in the men's singles, rifle shooter and London 2012 finalist Elaheh Ahmadi, and paraplegic archer Zahra Nemati, who significantly became the nation's first ever female athlete to earn an Olympic or Paralympic title four years earlier. Consequently, Nemati's story and sporting success prompted her to lead the Iranian delegation as the nation's third female flag bearer in Olympic history during the opening ceremony.
Iran left Rio de Janeiro with a total of 8 medals (3 gold, 1 silver, and 4 bronze), finishing twenty-fourth in the overall standings. Five of these medals were awarded to the team in wrestling, two in weightlifting, and one in taekwondo. Among the nation's medalists were taekwondo fighter Kimia Alizadeh, who became the first Iranian woman to stand on the podium by taking the bronze, and weightlifter Kianoush Rostami, who bested his runner-up feat from London, lifting a new world record for gold in the men's 85 kg category.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Kianoush Rostami | Weightlifting | Men's 85 kg | August 12 |
| Gold | Sohrab Moradi | Weightlifting | Men's 94 kg | August 13 |
| Gold | Hassan Yazdani | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 74 kg | August 19 |
| Silver | Komeil Ghasemi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 125 kg | August 20 |
| Bronze | Saeid Abdevali | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 75 kg | August 14 |
| Bronze | Ghasem Rezaei | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg | August 16 |
| Bronze | Kimia Alizadeh | Taekwondo | Women's 57 kg | August 18 |
| Bronze | Hassan Rahimi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 57 kg | August 19 |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Weightlifting | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
Medals by date :
| Day | Date | | | | Total |
| Day 1 | 6 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 2 | 7 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 3 | 8 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 4 | 9 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 5 | 10 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 6 | 11 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 7 | 12 August | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 8 | 13 August | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 9 | 14 August | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Day 10 | 15 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 11 | 16 August | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Day 12 | 17 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 13 | 18 August | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Day 14 | 19 August | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Day 15 | 20 August | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 16 | 21 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |

## Competitors

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athletics | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Canoeing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cycling | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Fencing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Judo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Rowing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Shooting | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Table tennis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Taekwondo | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Volleyball | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Weightlifting | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Wrestling | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Total | 54 | 9 | 63 |

## Archery

One Iranian archer qualified for the women's individual recurve by obtaining one of the three Olympic places available from the 2015 Asian Archery Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Zahra Nemati | Women's individual | 609 | 49 | Stepanova (RUS) L 2–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Athletics

Iranian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Reza Ghasemi | Men's 100 m | Bye | Bye | 10:47 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hassan Taftian | Men's 100 m | Bye | Bye | 10:17 | 3 q | 10:23 | 8 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mohammad Jafar Moradi | Men's marathon | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:31:58 | 129 |
| Hamid Reza Zouravand | Men's 20 km walk | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1:27:45 | 54 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Mohammad Arzandeh | Men's long jump | 7.31 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ehsan Haddadi | Men's discus throw | 60.15 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mahmoud Samimi | Men's discus throw | 56.94 | 30 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Pezhman Ghalehnoei | Men's hammer throw | 69.15 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kaveh Mousavi | Men's hammer throw | 65.03 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Leila Rajabi | Women's shot put | 16.34 | 32 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Boxing

Iran has entered one boxer to compete in the men's light heavyweight division into the Olympic boxing tournament. 2012 Olympian Ehsan Rouzbahani was the only Iranian finishing among the top two of his respective division in the AIBA Pro Boxing series.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ehsan Rouzbahani | Men's light heavyweight | Müllenberg (NED) L 0–3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Sprint

Iran has received a spare berth from the International Canoe Federation to enter a boat in the men's C-1 200 m to the Olympics, as the next highest-ranked nation, not yet qualified, at the 2015 Canoe Sprint World Championships, and as a response to the forfeiture of five boats held by the Russians due to their previous doping bans and their implications in the "disappearing positive methodology" set out in the McClaren Report on Russia's state-sponsored doping.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Adel Mojallali | Men's C-1 200 m | 41.650 | 4 Q | 42.386 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

## Cycling
### Road

Iranian riders qualified for a maximum of three quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 4 national ranking in the 2015 UCI Asia Tour.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Ghader Mizbani | Men's road race | did not finish | did not finish |
| Ghader Mizbani | Men's time trial | 1:21:39.45 | 31 |
| Arvin Moazzami | Men's road race | did not finish | did not finish |
| Samad Pourseyedi | Men's road race | did not finish | did not finish |

## Fencing

Following the completion of the Grand Prix finals, Iran has entered two fencers into the Olympic competition. Sabre fencers Ali Pakdaman and 2012 Olympian Mojtaba Abedini had claimed their spots on the Iranian team by finishing among the top 14 individuals in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Mojtaba Abedini | Men's sabre | Yahodka (UKR) W 15–9 | Gu B-g (KOR) W 15–12 | Anstett (FRA) W 15–13 | Homer (USA) L 14–15 | Kim J-h (KOR) L 8–15 | 4 |
| Ali Pakdaman | Men's sabre | Szabo (GER) L 11–15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Judo

Iran has qualified three judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. London 2012 Olympian Javad Mahjoub was ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, while Alireza Khojasteh at men's half-lightweight (66 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the Asian region, as the highest-ranked Iranian judoka outside of direct qualifying position. Khojasteh subsequently withdrew from the Olympics before the opening ceremony.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Saeid Mollaei | Men's −81 kg | Bye | Khalmurzaev (RUS) L 000–000 S | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Javad Mahjoub | Men's −100 kg | Bye | Nikiforov (BEL) L 000–100 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Rowing

Iran has qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Olympics at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Mahsa Javar | Women's single sculls | 8:39.28 | 4 R | 8:06.57 | 3 SE/F | Bye | Bye | 8:45.54 | 2 FE | 8:43.34 | 28 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

## Shooting

Iranian shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Pouria Norouzian | Men's 10 m air rifle | 622.2 | 22 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Pouria Norouzian | Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1168 | 26 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Elaheh Ahmadi | Women's 10 m air rifle | 417.8 | 3 Q | — | — | 122.5 | 6 |
| Mahlagha Jambozorg | Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions | 574 | 27 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Najmeh Khedmati | Women's 10 m air rifle | 415.7 | 11 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Najmeh Khedmati | Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions | 583 | 6 Q | — | — | 402.3 | 8 |
| Golnoush Sebghatollahi | Women's 10 m air pistol | 379 | 21 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Golnoush Sebghatollahi | Women's 25 m pistol | 572 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

## Swimming

Iran has received an Universality invitation from FINA to send a male swimmer to the Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Arya Nasimi Shad | Men's 200 m breaststroke | 2:20.18 | 39 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Table tennis

Iran has entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Nima Alamian and 2012 Olympian Neda Shahsavari secured the Olympic spot each in the men's and women's singles as the highest-ranked table tennis player coming from the Middle Asia zone, while Nima's elder brother Noshad Alamian scored a second-stage victory to take the remaining spot on the Iranian team at the Asian Qualification Tournament in Hong Kong.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Nima Alamian | Men's singles | Jha (USA) W 4–1 | Ionescu (ROU) L 1–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Noshad Alamian | Men's singles | Bye | Tokič (SLO) L 1–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Neda Shahsavari | Women's singles | Bye | Privalova (BLR) L 3–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Taekwondo

Iran entered four athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Farzan Ashourzadeh, Mehdi Khodabakhshi, and Sajjad Mardani qualified automatically for their respective weight classes by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings. Meanwhile, Kimia Alizadeh was the only Iranian female finishing among the top two in the women's lightweight category (57 kg) at the 2016 Asian Qualification Tournament in Manila, Philippines.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Farzan Ashourzadeh | Men's −58 kg | Hajjami (MAR) L 3–4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mehdi Khodabakhshi | Men's −80 kg | Ferrera (HON) W 13–1 PTG | Beigi (AZE) L 5–17 PTG | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sajjad Mardani | Men's +80 kg | Taufatofua (TGA) W 16–1 PTG | Cho (GBR) 0L 3–4 SUD | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kimia Alizadeh | Women's −57 kg | Zaninović (CRO) W 7–6 | Calvo (ESP) L 7–8 | Did not advance | Harnsujin (THA) W 14–10 | Glasnović (SWE) W 5–1 | |

## Volleyball
### Indoor
#### Men's tournament

Iran men's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by picking up the continental spot as the highest-ranked Asian team at the first meet of the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tokyo, Japan, signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport.

##### Team roster

The following is the Iran roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Head coach: Raúl Lozano
| No. | Name | Date of birth | Height | Weight | Spike | Block | 2015–16 club |
| 1 | Shahram Mahmoudi | 20 July 1988 | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 95 kg (209 lb) | 347 cm (137 in) | 332 cm (131 in) | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran |
| 2 | Milad Ebadipour | 17 October 1993 | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | 78 kg (172 lb) | 350 cm (140 in) | 310 cm (120 in) | Shahrdari Urmia |
| 4 | Saeid Marouf (C) | 20 October 1985 | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | 81 kg (179 lb) | 331 cm (130 in) | 311 cm (122 in) | Shahrdari Urmia |
| 5 | Farhad Ghaemi | 28 August 1989 | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | 73 kg (161 lb) | 355 cm (140 in) | 335 cm (132 in) | Paykan Tehran |
| 6 | Mohammad Mousavi | 22 August 1987 | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 362 cm (143 in) | 344 cm (135 in) | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran |
| 7 | Hamzeh Zarini | 18 October 1985 | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | 98 kg (216 lb) | 351 cm (138 in) | 330 cm (130 in) | Kalleh Mazandaran |
| 9 | Adel Gholami | 9 February 1986 | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 341 cm (134 in) | 330 cm (130 in) | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran |
| 10 | Amir Ghafour | 6 June 1991 | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 354 cm (139 in) | 334 cm (131 in) | Paykan Tehran |
| 12 | Mojtaba Mirzajanpour | 7 October 1991 | 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) | 88 kg (194 lb) | 355 cm (140 in) | 348 cm (137 in) | Paykan Tehran |
| 13 | Mehdi Mahdavi | 13 February 1984 | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | 96 kg (212 lb) | 330 cm (130 in) | 310 cm (120 in) | Sarmayeh Bank Tehran |
| 15 | Mostafa Sharifat | 16 September 1987 | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) | 85 kg (187 lb) | 332 cm (131 in) | 313 cm (123 in) | Matin Varamin |
| 19 | Mehdi Marandi (L) | 12 May 1986 | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | 69 kg (152 lb) | 295 cm (116 in) | 280 cm (110 in) | Paykan Tehran |

##### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3.000 | 394 | 335 | 1.176 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Poland | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2.800 | 447 | 389 | 1.149 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2.167 | 432 | 367 | 1.177 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Iran | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0.889 | 389 | 392 | 0.992 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Egypt | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0.250 | 286 | 362 | 0.790 | |
| 6 | Cuba | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0.067 | 300 | 403 | 0.744 | |

##### Quarterfinal
## Weightlifting

Iranian weightlifters have qualified five men's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Kianoush Rostami | Men's −85 kg | 179 | 1 | 217 | 1 | 396 WR | |
| Ali Hashemi | Men's −94 kg | 173 | 7 | 210 | 7 | 383 | 7 |
| Sohrab Moradi | Men's −94 kg | 182 | 1 | 221 | 1 | 403 | |
| Mohammad Reza Barari | Men's −105 kg | 186 | 6 | 220 | 6 | 406 | 6 |
| Behdad Salimi | Men's +105 kg | 216 WR | 1 | 245 | DNF | 216 | DNF |

## Wrestling

Iran has qualified a total of twelve wrestlers for each the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. Majority of Olympic berths were awarded to Iranian wrestlers, who finished among the top six at the 2015 World Championships, while two other wrestlers progressed to the top two finals to book Olympic spots each in the men's freestyle 130 kg and men's Greco-Roman 66 kg at the 2016 Asian Qualification Tournament.
Two further wrestlers had claimed the remaining Olympic slots to round out the Iranian roster in separate World Qualification Tournaments; one of them in men's Greco Roman 120 kg at the initial meet in Ulaanbaatar, and the other in men's Greco-Roman 59 kg at the final meet in Istanbul.
Key:
* VT – Victory by fall.
* PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
* PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
* ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Hassan Rahimi | −57 kg | Bye | Mnatsakanyan (ARM) W 4–0 $^{ST}$ | Lebedev (RUS) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Higuchi (JPN) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Bye | Bye | Bonne (CUB) W 5–0 $^{VT}$ | |
| Meisam Nasiri | −65 kg | Novachkov (BUL) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 15 |
| Hassan Yazdani | −74 kg | Bye | Castelly (HAI) W 4–0 $^{ST}$ | Demirtaş (TUR) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Usserbayev (KAZ) W 4–0 $^{ST}$ | Bye | Bye | Geduev (RUS) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | |
| Alireza Karimi | −86 kg | Saadaoui (TUN) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Ganev (BUL) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Cox (USA) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 7 |
| Reza Yazdani | −97 kg | Bölükbaşı (TUR) W 4–0 $^{ST}$ | Gazyumov (AZE) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | did not advance | did not advance | Baran (POL) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Ibragimov (UZB) L 0–5 $^{VT}$ | Did not advance | 7 |
| Komeil Ghasemi | −125 kg | Jarvis (CAN) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Kamal (EGY) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Petriashvili (GEO) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Dlagnev (USA) W 4–0 $^{ST}$ | Bye | Bye | Akgül (TUR) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Hamid Sourian | −59 kg | Ota (JPN) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | Kebispayev (KAZ) L 0–5 $^{VT}$ | did not advance | did not advance | 11 |
| Omid Norouzi | −66 kg | Bye | Rivas (VEN) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Bolkvadze (GEO) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 10 |
| Saeid Abdevali | −75 kg | Bye | Madsen (DEN) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | did not advance | did not advance | Bye | Nemeš (SRB) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Bácsi (HUN) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | |
| Habibollah Akhlaghi | −85 kg | Berg (SWE) W 4–0 $^{ST}$ | Chakvetadze (RUS) L 0–5 $^{VT}$ | did not advance | did not advance | Tahmasebi (AZE) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Kudla (GER) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | 7 |
| Ghasem Rezaei | −98 kg | Bye | Pérez (VEN) W 4–0 $^{ST}$ | Lugo (CUB) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | Bye | Xiao D (CHN) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Schön (SWE) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | |
| Bashir Babajanzadeh | −130 kg | Bye | Meng Q (CHN) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Popp (GER) L 3–1 $^{PP}$ | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 10 |

## Referees and Officials

Among the Iranian representatives in Rio 2016 Olympics, Alireza Faghani, Reza Sokhandan and Mohammadreza Mansouri were the Football referees, and Iman Farzin appointed as the only Iranian official in Press Operations for Badminton Games.