# Iran at the 2016 Asian Beach Games

Iran competed at the 2016 Asian Beach Games held in Danang, Vietnam from 24 September to 3 October 2016. Iran finished 4th in medal table with 21 medals including nine gold medals.

## Competitors

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Beach athletics | 3 | | 3 |
| Beach kurash | 3 | | 3 |
| Beach sambo | 3 | | 3 |
| Beach wrestling | 3 | | 3 |
| Ju-jitsu | 4 | | 4 |
| Muaythai | 4 | | 4 |
| Pencak silat | 4 | | 4 |
| Vocotruyen | 6 | | 6 |
| Vovinam | 3 | | 3 |
| Total | 33 | 0 | 33 |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Beach athletics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Beach kurash | 2 | 1 | | 3 |
| Beach sambo | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Beach wrestling | 2 | 1 | | 3 |
| Ju-jitsu | | | 1 | 1 |
| Muaythai | 2 | | | 2 |
| Pencak silat | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Vocotruyen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Vovinam | | | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 9 | 6 | 6 | 21 |

### Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Ali Samari | Beach athletics | Men's shot put |
| Gold | Hossein Sheikholeslami | Beach kurash | Men's 60 kg |
| Gold | Elias Aliakbari | Beach kurash | Men's 81 kg |
| Gold | Mohammad Naderi | Beach wrestling | Men's 70 kg |
| Gold | Omid Hassantabar | Beach wrestling | Men's 80 kg |
| Gold | Kaveh Soleimani | Muaythai | Men's 67 kg |
| Gold | Masoud Minaei | Muaythai | Men's 71 kg |
| Gold | Yaser Pormehr | Vocotruyen | Men's 50 kg |
| Gold | Mohsen Gholami | Vocotruyen | Men's open |
| Silver | Reza Ghasemi | Beach athletics | Men's 60 m |
| Silver | Ghanbar Ali Ghanbari | Beach kurash | Men's 66 kg |
| Silver | Yousef Karimian | Beach sambo | Men's 74 kg |
| Silver | Mohammad Sadati | Beach wrestling | Men's 90 kg |
| Silver | Akbar Kianian | Pencak silat | Men's tanding 70 kg |
| Silver | Hossein Yazdani | Vocotruyen | Men's 70 kg |
| Bronze | Sobhan Taherkhani | Beach athletics | Men's long jump |
| Bronze | Iraj Amirkhani | Beach sambo | Men's 90 kg |
| Bronze | Amir Hossein Khademian | Ju-jitsu | Men's ne-waza 69 kg |
| Bronze | Babak Hashemzadeh | Pencak silat | Men's tanding 85 kg |
| Bronze | Firouz Mokhtari | Vocotruyen | Men's 55 kg |
| Bronze | Meisam Jahanipour | Vovinam | Men's five-gate form |

## Results by event
### Beach athletics
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Final | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Rank |
| Reza Ghasemi | 60 m | 1 | 6.97 | 2 Q | 6.55 | 2 | |
| Sobhan Taherkhani | 60 m | 2 | Did not start | Did not start | Did not advance | Did not advance | — |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Sobhan Taherkhani | Long jump | 7.35 | |
| Ali Samari | Shot put | 18.29 | |

### Beach kurash
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final |
| Hossein Sheikholeslami | 60 kg | | Tokas (IND) W 101–000 | Võ (VIE) W 101–011 | Chinbat (MGL) W 001–001 |
| Ghanbar Ali Ghanbari | 66 kg | Allaberdiýew (TKM) W 011–003 | Suwannawong (THA) W 101–000 | Trịnh (VIE) W 101–001 | Tukhtaev (UZB) L 002–002 |
| Elias Aliakbari | 81 kg | Balayan (IND) W 101–000 | Suwannaphueng (THA) W 100–000 | Abdyrahmanow (TKM) W 001–001 | Shamsidinov (UZB) W 002–001 |

### Beach sambo
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Yousef Karimian | 74 kg | Qaddoori (IRQ) W 0–0 | Trịnh (VIE) W Throw | Kudratov (UZB) W Throw | Mambetzhan Uulu (KGZ) L Throw | |
| Iraj Amirkhani | 90 kg | Noori (AFG) W Throw | Phạm (VIE) W Throw | Yuldashev (UZB) L Throw | 3rd place match Nicolaos (LIB) W Throw | |
| Behnam Hodhodi | +90 kg | Gulyamov (UZB) W Throw | Issa (IRQ) W 0–0 | Önörjargal (MGL) L Throw | 3rd place match Fadel (LIB) L Throw | 5 |

### Beach wrestling
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Mohammad Naderi | 70 kg | Nguon (CAM) W 3–0 | Batzorig (MGL) W 3–0 | Afzalzada (AFG) W 3–0 | Nazir (PAK) W 3–0 | |
| Omid Hassantabar | 80 kg | Nairisiga (CHN) W 3–0 | Ankhbayar (MGL) W 3–1 | Butt (PAK) W 3–0 | Aunjai (THA) W 3–0 | |
| Athlete | Event | Pools | Pools | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Pools | Rank | Final | Rank |
| Mohammad Sadati | 90 kg | Kerimkulov (KGZ) W 3–1 | Pool B 1 Q | Inam (PAK) L 0–3 | |
| Mohammad Sadati | 90 kg | Khan (QAT) W 3–0 | Pool B 1 Q | Inam (PAK) L 0–3 | |
| Mohammad Sadati | 90 kg | Naseri (AFG) W 3–0 | Pool B 1 Q | Inam (PAK) L 0–3 | |
| Mohammad Sadati | 90 kg | Lin (CHN) W 3–0 | Pool B 1 Q | Inam (PAK) L 0–3 | |

### Ju-jitsu
#### Men's ne-waza

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Mehran Sattar Ahmad Reza Eidi | Duo show | | Taňryberdiýew (TKM) Taňryberdiýew (TKM) L 35.5–37.5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Mehran Sattar | 56 kg | | Taňryberdiýew (TKM) W Disqualification | Siddique (PAK) W 99–0 | Erdenebaatar (MGL) L 0–12 | 3rd place match Singchalad (THA) L 6–99 | 5 |
| Ahmad Reza Eidi | 62 kg | Bye | Taňryberdiýew (TKM) W 13–0 | Yahya (IRQ) L 0–99 | Repechage Bualuang (THA) W 18–0 | 3rd place match Petsing (THA) L 0–2 | 5 |
| Amir Hossein Khademian | 69 kg | | Raman (IND) W 99–0 | Ahmed (IRQ) L 0–16 | Repechage Davaadorj (MGL) W 99–0 | 3rd place match Lim (PHI) W 99–2 | |
| Amir Hossein Khademian | Open | | Al-Hammadi (UAE) L 0–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Mohammad Mansouri Davar | 85 kg | Bye | Kasymow (TKM) W 99–0 | Al-Bilbaisi (JOR) L 0–8 | Repechage Murtazaliev (KGZ) L 0–99 | Did not advance | 7 |

### Muaythai
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Jamal Madani | 57 kg | Bayaras (PHI) W RSCB | Khamtha (THA) L 27–30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |
| Mehrdad Sayyadi | 60 kg | Dobrynin (KAZ) W 30–27 | Nguyễn (VIE) L 27–30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |
| Kaveh Soleimani | 67 kg | Bye | Tagaev (UZB) W Walkover | Wang (CHN) W RSCO | Kanatbayev (KAZ) W KOH | |
| Masoud Minaei | 71 kg | | Na (KOR) W DNF | Shan (CHN) W RSCO | Trương (VIE) W RSCH | |

### Pencak silat
#### Men's tanding

| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Akbar Kianian | 70 kg | | Shekhar (IND) W RSC | Jamari (MAS) L 0–5 | |
| Mohsen Ranjdoust | 75 kg | Rashid (SGP) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |
| Masoud Ghiasifar | 80 kg | Sanjaya (INA) L Disqualification | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |
| Babak Hashemzadeh | 85 kg | Bye | Alau'ddin (SGP) L 0–5 | Did not advance | |

### Vocotruyen
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Yaser Pormehr | 50 kg | Bye | Jadhav (IND) W Knockout | Đặng (VIE) W Disqualification | |
| Firouz Mokhtari | 55 kg | Bye | Phommakhamthong (LAO) L 0–2 | Did not advance | |
| Mohammad Salehi | 60 kg | Soukaphone (LAO) L 0–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |
| Ali Aghajari | 65 kg | Latsaphao (LAO) L 0–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |
| Hossein Yazdani | 70 kg | Oeun (CAM) W 2–0 | Garad (IND) W RSC | Nguyễn (VIE) L 1–2 | |
| Mohsen Gholami | Open | Has (CAM) W 2–0 | Chavan (IND) W RSC | Trần (VIE) W Knockout | |

### Vovinam
#### Men's performance

| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Meisam Jahanipour | Five-gate form | 260 | |
| Saeid Ahmadi Mehdi Amirifar | Dual machete form | 255 | 5 |