# Iranian results in men's freestyle wrestling

Wrestlers from the Iran have taken part in most of the major men's freestyle wrestling competitions over the years, in particular the Olympic Games and World Wrestling Championships.
Iran first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, and has sent wrestlers to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for 1980 and 1984 due to boycotts. Iran also did not send wrestlers to the World Championships in 1979, 1983, 1986, and 1987.

## 1948–1961

| Year | TR | 52 kg | 57 kg | 62 kg | 67 kg | 73 kg | 79 kg | 87 kg | +87 kg |
| 1948 | | Mansour Raeisi (4) | No wrestler | Hassan Saadian (11) | Ali Ghaffari (11) | Abbas Zandi (7) | Abbas Hariri (16) | Mansour Mirghavami (12) | Abolghasem Sakhdari (5) |
| 1951 | 4th | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi (2) | Mehdi Yaghoubi (3) | Mehdi Mogharrab (6) | Ali Ghaffari (6) | Abdollah Mojtabavi (3) | Gholamreza Takhti (2) | Abbas Zandi (4) | Ahmad Vafadar (5) |
| 1952 | | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi (3) | Mehdi Yaghoubi (8) | Nasser Givehchi (2) | Tofigh Jahanbakht (3) | Abdollah Mojtabavi (3) | Gholamreza Takhti (2) | Abbas Zandi (5) | Ahmad Vafadar (9) |
| 1954 | 3rd | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi (5) | Mehdi Yaghoubi (5) | Nasser Givehchi (5) | Tofigh Jahanbakht (1) | Mohammad Ali Fardin (2) | Abbas Zandi (1) | Gholamreza Takhti (5) | Ahmad Vafadar (DNP) |
| 1956 | | Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour (2) | Mehdi Yaghoubi (2) | Nasser Givehchi (6) | Emam-Ali Habibi (1) | Nabi Sorouri (4) | Abbas Zandi (7) | Gholamreza Takhti (1) | Hossein Nouri (9) |
| 1957 | 3rd | Hassan Sheikhi (DNP) | Ali Banihashemi (4) | Hossein Mollaghasemi (2) | Mostafa Tajik (DNP) | Mohammad Ali Fardin (4) | Nabi Sorouri (1) | Hossein Nouri (4) | Gholamreza Takhti (DNP) |
| 1959 | 4th | Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour (4) | Shaban Babaoladi (DNP) | Gholam Hossein Zandi (5) | Mostafa Tajik (DNP) | Emam-Ali Habibi (1) | Nabi Sorouri (5) | Gholamreza Takhti (1) | Yaghoub Ali Shourvarzi (6) |
| 1960 | | Ebrahim Seifpour (3) | Mehdi Yaghoubi (7) | Mohammad Khadem (8) | Mostafa Tajik (4) | Emam-Ali Habibi (4) | Mansour Mehdizadeh (12) | Gholamreza Takhti (2) | Yaghoub Ali Shourvarzi (10) |
| 1961 | 1st | Nasrollah Soltaninejad (2) | Ebrahim Seifpour (1) | Hamid Tavakkol (3) | Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran (1) | Emam-Ali Habibi (1) | Mansour Mehdizadeh (1) | Gholamreza Takhti (1) | Hossein Nouri (5) |

## 1962–1968

| Year | TR | 52 kg | 57 kg | 63 kg | 70 kg | 78 kg | 87 kg | 97 kg | +97 kg |
| 1962 | 3rd | Nasrollah Soltaninejad (DNP) | Ebrahim Seifpour (DNP) | Mohammad Khadem (2) | Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran (4) | Emam-Ali Habibi (1) | Mansour Mehdizadeh (1) | Gholamreza Takhti (2) | Aziz Kiani (DNP) |
| 1963 | 5th | Abdollah Khodabandeh (DNP) | Ghasem Dahandeh (5) | Ebrahim Seifpour (2) | Abdollah Movahed (6) | Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran (5) | Mansour Mehdizadeh (3) | Kheirollah Amiri (DNP) | Morteza Azizi (DNP) |
| 1964 | | Ali Akbar Heidari (3) | Abdollah Khodabandeh (9) | Ebrahim Seifpour (6) | Abdollah Movahed (5) | Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran (3) | Mansour Mehdizadeh (4) | Gholamreza Takhti (4) | No wrestler |
| 1965 | 1st | Ali Akbar Heidari (4) | Mohammad Ali Farrokhian (2) | Ebrahim Seifpour (1) | Abdollah Movahed (1) | Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran (2) | Mansour Mehdizadeh (1) | Siavash Teymouri (DNP) | Ahmad Rezaei (DNP) |
| 1966 | 4th | Ghasem Jafari (DNP) | Aboutaleb Talebi (3) | Mohammad Khadem (DNP) | Abdollah Movahed (1) | Hossein Tahami (3) | Mansour Mehdizadeh (5) | Gholamreza Takhti (DNP) | Abolfazl Anvari (3) |
| 1967 | 3rd | Mohammad Ghorbani (6) | Aboutaleb Talebi (3) | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (DNP) | Abdollah Movahed (1) | Ghadir Yaghoubi (6) | Majid Aghili (4) | Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (DNP) | Abolfazl Anvari (4) |
| 1968 | | Mohammad Ghorbani (7) | Aboutaleb Talebi (3) | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (3) | Abdollah Movahed (1) | Ali Mohammad Momeni (4) | Mansour Mehdizadeh (22) | Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (9) | Abolfazl Anvari (6) |

## 1969–1996

| Year | TR | 48 kg | 52 kg | 57 kg | 62 kg | 68 kg | 74 kg | 82 kg | 90 kg | 100 kg | +100 kg 130 kg |
| 1969 | 3rd | Ebrahim Javadi (1) | Mohammad Ghorbani (2) | Aboutaleb Talebi (3) | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (2) | Abdollah Movahed (1) | Mohammad Farhangdoust (DNP) | Majid Aghili (5) | Mohammad Ali Sahraei (4) | Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (5) | Abolfazl Anvari (3) |
| 1970 | 3rd | Ebrahim Javadi (1) | Mohammad Ghorbani (3) | Jahangir Abdolghader (DNP) | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (1) | Abdollah Movahed (1) | Mohammad Farhangdoust (2) | Ali Hajiloo (DNP) | Mohammad Ali Sahraei (DNP) | Abolfazl Anvari (DNP) | Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (DNP) |
| 1971 | 2nd | Ebrahim Javadi (1) | Mohammad Ghorbani (1) | Jahangir Abdolghader (DNP) | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (2) | Abdollah Movahed (4) | Mohammad Farhangdoust (2) | Ali Hajiloo (DNP) | Reza Khorrami (4) | Abolfazl Anvari (DNP) | Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (4) |
| 1972 | | Ebrahim Javadi (3) | Mohammad Ghorbani (DNP) | Ramezan Kheder (7) | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi (5) | Abdollah Movahed (DNP) | Mansour Barzegar (5) | Ali Hajiloo (DNP) | Reza Khorrami (5) | Abolfazl Anvari (7) | Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (4) |
| 1973 | 2nd | Ali Asghar Eslami (DNP) | Ebrahim Javadi (1) | Mohsen Farahvashi (1) | Mohammad Reza Navaei (3) | Kazem Gholami (5) | Mansour Barzegar (1) | Ali Hajiloo (DNP) | Reza Khorrami (5) | Reza Soukhtehsaraei (DNP) | Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (5) |
| 1974 | 7th | Hossein Bitarafan (4) | Ali Asghar Eslami (5) | Ramezan Kheder (2) | Ghodrat Pourkarimi (DNP) | Kazem Gholami (DNP) | Mohammad Reza Taheri (DNP) | Bijan Zarafshani (DNP) | Ali Deghatpour (DNP) | Gholamreza Khalaj (DNP) | Davoud Ayoub (DNP) |
| 1975 | 8th | Sobhan Rouhi (5) | Ghadir Nokhodchi (6) | Mohsen Farahvashi (DNP) | Ghodrat Pourkarimi (DNP) | Abdollah Hajahmadi (5) | Mansour Barzegar (2) | Mohammad Reza Taheri (DNP) | Ali Deghatpour (DNP) | Reza Soukhtehsaraei (DNP) | Davoud Ayoub (DNP) |
| 1976 | | Sobhan Rouhi (DNP) | Habib Fattahi (DNP) | Ramezan Kheder (5) | Mohsen Farahvashi (4) | Mohammad Reza Navaei (DNP) | Mansour Barzegar (2) | Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi (DNP) | Alireza Soleimani (DNP) | Reza Soukhtehsaraei (DNP) | Moslem Eskandar-Filabi (7) |
| 1977 | 6th | Mohammad Bazmavar (4) | Ghadir Nokhodchi (5) | Ramezan Kheder (DNP) | Mohsen Farahvashi (6) | Ali Dehghan (DNP) | Mansour Barzegar (2) | Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi (DNP) | Mohammad Reza Taleghani (DNP) | Alireza Soleimani (4) | Reza Soukhtehsaraei (4) |
| 1978 | 3rd | Mohammad Bazmavar (3) | Mohammad Hossein Dabbaghi (6) | Hassan Zare (DNP) | Mohammad Rezaei (3) | Abdollah Hajahmadi (DNP) | Mohammad Hossein Mohebbi (2) | Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi (DNP) | Hashem Kolahi (DNP) | Alireza Soleimani (DNP) | Reza Soukhtehsaraei (2) |
| 1979 | | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1980 | | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1981 | 5th | Yaghoub Najafi (4) | Mohammad Hossein Dabbaghi (6) | Rasoul Hosseini (4) | Ahmad Rezaei (DNP) | Hassan Hamidi (5) | Mohammad Hossein Mohebbi (DNP) | Khodabakhsh Effatdar (DNP) | Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi (4) | Mohammad Reza Taleghani (DNP) | Reza Soukhtehsaraei (2) |
| 1982 | 6th | Mohammad Bazmavar (4) | Amir Tehrani (6) | Ayoub Safavi (7) | Ahmad Rezaei (7) | Hassan Hamidi (6) | Mohammad Hossein Mohebbi (5) | Jabbar Mahdioun (9) | Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi (5) | Mahmoud Moradi Ganji (7) | Reza Soukhtehsaraei (4) |
| 1983 | | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1984 | | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1985 | 13th | Majid Torkan (2) | Amir Tehrani (DNP) | Askari Mohammadian (DNP) | Mohsen Kaveh (DNP) | Khosro Pishro (DNP) | Allahmorad Zarini (DNP) | Mohammad Hossein Mohebbi (DNP) | Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi (2) (DQ) | Kazem Gholami (DNP) | Alireza Soleimani (6) |
| 1986 | | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1987 | | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate | Did not participate |
| 1988 | | Nasser Zeinalnia (DQ) | Majid Torkan (13) | Askari Mohammadian (2) | Akbar Fallah (4) | Amir Reza Khadem (11) | Ayat Vagozari (6) | Ahmad Afghan (11) | Mohammad Reza Toupchi (17) | No wrestler | No wrestler |
| 1989 | 5th | Nasser Zeinalnia (DNP) | Majid Torkan (3) | Askari Mohammadian (2) | Akbar Fallah (DNP) | Amir Reza Khadem (5) | Behrouz Yari (DNP) | Mohammad Hossein Mohebbi (7) | Esmaeil Fardin (DNP) | Mehdi Mohebbi (DNP) | Alireza Soleimani (1) |
| 1990 | 4th | Nasser Zeinalnia (5) | Majid Torkan (1) | Askari Mohammadian (10) | Taghi Akbarnejad (DNP) | Ali Akbarnejad (DNP) | Amir Reza Khadem (3) | Mohammad Hossein Mohebbi (DNP) | Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi (3) | Jafar Khodaei (6) | Reza Soukhtehsaraei (8) |
| 1991 | 3rd | Nasser Zeinalnia (6) | Majid Torkan (7) | Oveis Mallah (3) | Taghi Akbarnejad (5) | Akbar Fallah (9) | Amir Reza Khadem (1) | Rasoul Khadem (24) | Abbas Jadidi (7) | Kazem Gholami (9) | Alireza Soleimani (4) |
| 1992 | | Nader Rahmati (11) | Majid Torkan (7) | Oveis Mallah (9) | Askari Mohammadian (2) | Ali Akbarnejad (4) | Amir Reza Khadem (3) | Rasoul Khadem (3) | Ayoub Baninosrat (5) | Kazem Gholami (9) | Alireza Soleimani (6) |
| 1993 | 7th | Nader Rahmati (DNP) | Gholamreza Mohammadi (2) | Ali Akbar Dodangeh (9) | Alireza Rezaeimanesh (DNP) | Akbar Fallah (1) | Behrouz Yari (DNP) | Amir Reza Khadem (DNP) | Abbas Jadidi (1) (DQ) | Rasoul Khadem (9) | Ebrahim Mehraban (7) |
| 1994 | 4th | Nasser Zeinalnia (5) | Gholamreza Mohammadi (3) | Mohammad Talaei (2) | Reza Safaei (DNP) | Akbar Fallah (DNP) | Behrouz Yari (3) | Amir Reza Khadem (DNP) | Rasoul Khadem (1) | Ayoub Baninosrat (5) | Ebrahim Mehraban (8) |
| 1995 | 2nd | Nader Rahmati (4) | Gholamreza Mohammadi (2) | Mohammad Talaei (6) | Abbas Hajkenari (13) | Akbar Fallah (2) | Behrouz Yari (8) | Amir Reza Khadem (7) | Rasoul Khadem (1) | Abbas Jadidi (3) | Ebrahim Mehraban (7) |
| 1996 | | No wrestler | Gholamreza Mohammadi (5) | Mohammad Talaei (6) | Abbas Hajkenari (19) | Akbar Fallah (10) | Issa Momeni (16) | Amir Reza Khadem (3) | Rasoul Khadem (1) | Abbas Jadidi (2) | Ebrahim Mehraban (12) |

## 1997–2001

| Year | TR | 54 kg | 58 kg | 63 kg | 69 kg | 76 kg | 85 kg | 97 kg | 130 kg |
| 1997 | 3rd | Gholamreza Mohammadi (6) | Mohammad Talaei (1) | Abbas Hajkenari (1) | Davoud Ghanbari (5) | Amir Tavakkolian (11) | Alireza Heidari (3) | Abdolreza Kargar (15) | Ebrahim Mehraban (10) |
| 1998 | 1st | Gholamreza Mohammadi (3) | Alireza Dabir (1) | Abbas Hajkenari (2) | Ali Akbarnejad (16) | Pejman Dorostkar (4) | Alireza Heidari (1) | Abbas Jadidi (1) | Rasoul Khadem (2) |
| 1999 | 4th | Gholamreza Mohammadi (8) | Alireza Dabir (2) | Mohammad Talaei (6) | Amir Tavakkolian (13) | Masoud Jamshidi (18) | Abbas Majidi (24) | Alireza Heidari (2) | Abbas Jadidi (3) |
| 2000 | | Behnam Tayyebi (13) | Alireza Dabir (1) | Mohammad Talaei (4) | Amir Tavakkolian (10) | Pejman Dorostkar (12) | Amir Reza Khadem (4) | Alireza Heidari (6) | Abbas Jadidi (4) |
| 2001 | 3rd | Babak Nourzad (2) | Behnam Tayyebi (10) | Alireza Dabir (2) | Amir Tavakkolian (2) | Mehdi Hajizadeh (6) | Majid Khodaei (14) | Alireza Heidari (16) | Abbas Jadidi (7) |

## 2002–2013

| Year | TR | 55 kg | 60 kg | 66 kg | 74 kg | 84 kg | 96 kg | 120 kg |
| 2002 | 1st | Babak Nourzad (12) | Mohammad Talaei (3) | Alireza Dabir (2) | Mehdi Hajizadeh (1) | Majid Khodaei (3) | Alireza Heidari (2) | Alireza Rezaei (13) |
| 2003 | 3rd | Mohammad Aslani (4) | Mohammad Talaei (35) | Alireza Dabir (35) | Hadi Habibi (4) | Majid Khodaei (22) | Alireza Heidari (2) | Alireza Rezaei (3) |
| 2004 | | Babak Nourzad (16) | Masoud Mostafa-Jokar (2) | Alireza Dabir (18) | Mehdi Hajizadeh (13) | Majid Khodaei (5) | Alireza Heidari (3) | Alireza Rezaei (2) |
| 2005 | 6th | Taghi Dadashi (13) | Morad Mohammadi (3) | Masoud Vahedi (10) | Mehdi Hajizadeh (5) | Fereydoun Ghanbari (14) | Amir Abbas Moradi Ganji (7) | Fardin Masoumi (8) |
| 2006 | 2nd | Taghi Dadashi (8) | Morad Mohammadi (1) | Masoud Mostafa-Jokar (12) | Ali Asghar Bazri (2) | Reza Yazdani (3) | Alireza Heidari (5) | Fardin Masoumi (3) |
| 2007 | 7th | Taghi Dadashi (17) | Morad Mohammadi (14) | Hassan Tahmasebi (26) | Ali Asghar Bazri (9) | Reza Yazdani (3) | Saeid Ebrahimi (2) | Fardin Masoumi (13) |
| 2008 | | Abbas Dabbaghi (10) | Morad Mohammadi (3) | Mehdi Taghavi (10) | Meisam Mostafa-Jokar (19) | Reza Yazdani (11) | Saeid Ebrahimi (10) | Fardin Masoumi (5) |
| 2009 | 3rd | Hassan Rahimi (10) | Morad Mohammadi (5) | Mehdi Taghavi (1) | Sadegh Goudarzi (3) | Jamal Mirzaei (21) | Saeid Ebrahimi (5) | Fardin Masoumi (2) |
| 2010 | 4th | Hassan Rahimi (10) | Morad Mohammadi (3) | Mehdi Taghavi (11) | Sadegh Goudarzi (2) | Ehsan Lashgari (18) | Erfan Amiri (5) | Fardin Masoumi (7) |
| 2011 | 2nd | Hassan Rahimi (3) | Mostafa Aghajani (22) | Mehdi Taghavi (1) | Sadegh Goudarzi (2) | Alireza Goudarzi (7) | Reza Yazdani (1) | Fardin Masoumi (18) |
| 2012 | | Hassan Rahimi (8) | Masoud Esmaeilpour (7) | Mehdi Taghavi (14) | Sadegh Goudarzi (2) | Ehsan Lashgari (3) | Reza Yazdani (5) | Komeil Ghasemi (1) |
| 2013 | 1st | Hassan Rahimi (1) | Masoud Esmaeilpour (3) | Mehdi Taghavi (21) | Ezzatollah Akbari (2) | Ehsan Lashgari (3) | Reza Yazdani (1) | Komeil Ghasemi (10) |

## 2014–2017

| Year | TR | 57 kg | 61 kg | 65 kg | 70 kg | 74 kg | 86 kg | 97 kg | 125 kg |
| 2014 | 2nd | Hassan Rahimi (3) | Masoud Esmaeilpour (2) | Ahmad Mohammadi (2) | Mostafa Hosseinkhani (13) | Reza Afzali (13) | Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian (3) | Reza Yazdani (8) | Komeil Ghasemi (2) |
| 2015 | 2nd | Hassan Rahimi (2) | Behnam Ehsanpour (18) | Ahmad Mohammadi (3) | Hassan Yazdani (2) | Alireza Ghasemi (5) | Alireza Karimi (3) | Abbas Tahan (5) | Parviz Hadi (9) |
| 2016 | | Hassan Rahimi (3) | Behnam Ehsanpour* (5) | Meisam Nassiri (15) | Mostafa Hosseinkhani* (3) | Hassan Yazdani (1) | Alireza Karimi (7) | Reza Yazdani (7) | Komeil Ghasemi (2) |
| 2017 | 9th | Reza Atri (13) | Behnam Ehsanpour (14) | Meisam Nassiri (10) | Mostafa Hosseinkhani (8) | Peyman Yarahmadi (22) | Hassan Yazdani (1) | Amir Mohammadi (12) | Yadollah Mohebbi (9) |
* 61 kg and 70 kg were non-Olympic weights and were therefore wrestled at the 2016 World Wrestling Championships.

## 2018–

| Year | TR | 57 kg | 61 kg | 65 kg | 70 kg | 74 kg | 79 kg | 86 kg | 92 kg | 97 kg | 125 kg |
| 2018 | 6th | Reza Atri (11) | Bagher Yakhkeshi (5) | Amir Hossein Maghsoudi (20) | Younes Emami (19) | Mostafa Hosseinkhani (13) | Ezzatollah Akbari (5) | Hassan Yazdani (3) | Alireza Karimi (3) | Mojtaba Goleij (24) | Parviz Hadi (3) |
| 2019 | 3rd | Reza Atri (5) | Behnam Ehsanpour (3) | Amir Mohammad Yazdani (14) | Younes Emami (3) | Reza Afzali (25) | Bahman Teymouri (12) | Hassan Yazdani (1) | Alireza Karimi (2) | Ali Shabani (10) | Yadollah Mohebbi (6) |
| 2020 | | Reza Atri (5) | | Morteza Ghiasi (8) | | Mostafa Hosseinkhani (15) | | Hassan Yazdani (2) | | Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian (13) | Amir Hossein Zare (3) |
| 2021 | 3rd | Alireza Sarlak (2) | Rahman Amouzad (11) | Amir Mohammad Yazdani (2) | Erfan Elahi (8) | Younes Emami (8) | Mohammad Nokhodi (2) | Hassan Yazdani (1) | Kamran Ghasempour (1) | Mojtaba Goleij (3) | Amir Hossein Zare (1) |
| 2022 | 2nd | Alireza Sarlak (23) | Reza Atri (2) | Rahman Amouzad (1) | Amir Mohammad Yazdani (DQ) | Younes Emami (3) | Mohammad Nokhodi (2) | Hassan Yazdani (2) | Kamran Ghasempour (1) | Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian (5) | Amir Hossein Zare (3) |
| 2023 | 2nd | Milad Valizadeh (8) | Reza Atri (21) | Rahman Amouzad (5) | Amir Mohammad Yazdani (2) | Younes Emami (10) | Mohammad Nokhodi (3) | Hassan Yazdani (2) | Amir Ali Azarpira (8) | Mojtaba Goleij (8) | Amir Hossein Zare (1) |
| 2024 | 3rd* | Alireza Sarlak (DQ) | Reza Momeni (7)* | Rahman Amouzad (2) | Sina Khalili (7)* | Younes Emami (7) | Mohammad Nokhodi (3)* | Hassan Yazdani (2) | Kamran Ghasempour (5)* | Amir Ali Azarpira (3) | Amir Hossein Zare (2) |
* 61 kg, 70 kg, 79 kg and 92 kg were non-Olympic weights and were therefore wrestled at the 2024 World Wrestling Championships.