# Iran at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA. This was for the first time after the Iranian Revolution of 1979 that Iran had a female athlete in its team. Wrestler Rasoul Khadem won the nation's first Olympic Games gold medal in 28 years since Mexico City 1968.

## Competitors

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Aquatics, Swimming | 1 | | 1 |
| Athletics | 1 | | 1 |
| Boxing | 4 | | 4 |
| Judo | 1 | | 1 |
| Shooting | | 1 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 10 | | 10 |
| Total | 17 | 1 | 18 |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Wrestling | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |

### Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Rasoul Khadem | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 90 kg |
| Silver | Abbas Jadidi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 100 kg |
| Bronze | Amir Reza Khadem | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 82 kg |

## Results by event
### Aquatics
#### Swimming
##### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Hamed Rezakhani | 1500 m freestyle | 17:22.86 | 33 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Athletics
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Final | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Rank |
| Hamid Sajjadi | 10000 m | 1 | 29:22.65 | 20 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 35 |

### Boxing
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | 1/16 elimination | 1/8 elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Babak Moghimi | 63.5 kg | Suslekov (BUL) W 11–3 | Legras (SEY) W 16–7 | Niyazymbetov (KAZ) L 8–13 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |
| Kourosh Molaei | 75 kg | Wells (USA) L 7–24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |
| Ayoub Pourtaghi | 81 kg | Mandengue (FRA) L 9–21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |
| Mohammad Reza Samadi | +91 kg | Dokiwari (NGR) L RSCI | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |

### Judo
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final | Rank |
| Amir Reza Ghomi | 71 kg | Bye | Núñez (CRC) W Hansukomake | Kwak (KOR) L Ippon | Repechage Kouassi (CIV) W Shido | Repechage Shturbabin (UZB) L Ippon | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |

### Shooting
#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank |
| Lida Fariman | 10 m air rifle | 379 | 46 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Wrestling
#### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Round 5 | Round 6 | Final | Rank |
| Gholamreza Mohammadi | 52 kg | Varela (CUB) W 4–0 | Legrand (FRA) W 5–0 | Bye | Abdullayev (AZE) L 0–10 | | Repechage Mongush (RUS) L 1–3 | 5th place match Topaktaş (TUR) W 4–2 | 5 |
| Mohammad Talaei | 57 kg | Abdullayev (AZE) W 4–1 | Guzov (BLR) L 3–5 | Repechage Puerto (CUB) W 5–0 | Repechage Umakhanov (RUS) W 1–0 | Repechage Zakhartdinov (UZB) W 4–2 | Repechage Ri (PRK) L Fall | 5th place match Trstena (MKD) L 3–4 | 6 |
| Abbas Hajkenari | 62 kg | Brands (USA) L 0–3 | Repechage Nieves (PUR) L 3–8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 19 |
| Akbar Fallah | 68 kg | Fadzaev (UZB) L 2–2 | Repechage Oziti (NGR) W 1–0 | Repechage Weiss (AUS) W 5–0 | Repechage Sánchez (CUB) L 1–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 10 |
| Issa Momeni | 74 kg | Saitiev (RUS) L 0–8 | Repechage Loizidis (GRE) W 3–0 | Repechage Rodríguez (CUB) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |
| Amir Reza Khadem | 82 kg | Gogolishvili (GEO) W 3–0 | Khinchagov (UZB) W 1–0 | Bye | Magomedov (RUS) L 0–4 | | Repechage Ibragimov (AZE) W 3–0 | 3rd place match Öztürk (TUR) W 0–0 | |
| Rasoul Khadem | 90 kg | Kodei (NGR) W 6–1 | Bayramukov (KAZ) W 4–3 | Bye | Tedeyev (UKR) W 3–0 | | | Khadartsev (RUS) W 3–0 | |
| Abbas Jadidi | 100 kg | Magomedov (AZE) W 4–0 | Khabelov (RUS) W 4–0 | Bye | Garmulewicz (POL) W 4–1 | | | Angle (USA) L 1–1 | |
| Ebrahim Mehraban | 130 kg | Singh (GBR) W 6–2 | Gombos (HUN) L 0–3 | Repechage Kovalevsky (KGZ) L 2–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 12 |

#### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Round 5 | Round 6 | Final | Rank |
| Ahad Pazaj | 62 kg | Marén (CUB) L 2–5 | Bye | Repechage Petrenko (BLR) W Fall | Repechage Pirim (TUR) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 11 |