# Iran at the 1994 Asian Games

Iran participated in the 1994 Asian Games held in the city of Hiroshima. This country is ranked 6th with 9 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad.mu

## Competitors

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Aquatics, Diving | 2 | | 2 |
| Aquatics, Swimming | 5 | | 5 |
| Aquatics, Water polo | 13 | | 13 |
| Athletics | 10 | | 10 |
| Basketball | 12 | | 12 |
| Boxing | 12 | | 12 |
| Cycling, Road | 4 | | 4 |
| Cycling, Track | 6 | | 6 |
| Equestrian | 9 | | 9 |
| Football | 20 | | 20 |
| Judo | 7 | | 7 |
| Karate | 7 | | 7 |
| Shooting | | 5 | 5 |
| Taekwondo | 4 | | 4 |
| Tennis | 4 | | 4 |
| Volleyball | 12 | | 12 |
| Weightlifting | 10 | | 10 |
| Wrestling | 20 | | 20 |
| Total | 153 | 5 | 158 |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Boxing | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Equestrian | | | 1 | 1 |
| Judo | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Karate | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Wrestling | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| Total | 9 | 9 | 8 | 26 |

### Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Ayoub Pourtaghi | Boxing | Men's 81 kg |
| Gold | Maziar Farid-Khomami | Karate | Men's kumite 70 kg |
| Gold | Fariborz Askari | Taekwondo | Men's 70 kg |
| Gold | Nader Rahmati | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 48 kg |
| Gold | Ali Akbarnejad | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 68 kg |
| Gold | Behrouz Yari | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 74 kg |
| Gold | Amir Reza Khadem | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 82 kg |
| Gold | Rasoul Khadem | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 90 kg |
| Gold | Ebrahim Mehraban | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 130 kg |
| Silver | Mohammad Reza Samadi | Boxing | Men's +91 kg |
| Silver | Mahmoud Miran | Judo | Men's +95 kg |
| Silver | Arash Javanshir | Karate | Men's kumite 65 kg |
| Silver | Saeid Ashtian | Karate | Men's kumite 75 kg |
| Silver | Ebrahim Saadati | Taekwondo | Men's 76 kg |
| Silver | Farzad Zarakhsh | Taekwondo | Men's +83 kg |
| Silver | Ayoub Baninosrat | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 100 kg |
| Silver | Reza Simkhah | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg |
| Silver | Hassan Babak | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg |
| Bronze | Anoushiravan Nourian | Boxing | Men's 67 kg |
| Bronze | Bahman Azizpour | Boxing | Men's 91 kg |
| Bronze | Davoud Bahrami Ezzat Vojdani Kazem Vojdani Shahrokh Moghaddam | Equestrian | Team jumping |
| Bronze | Hassan Ahadpour | Judo | Men's 60 kg |
| Bronze | Vahid Khajeh-Hosseini | Karate | Men's kumite +80 kg |
| Bronze | Majid Amintorabi | Taekwondo | Men's 83 kg |
| Bronze | Oveis Mallah | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 57 kg |
| Bronze | Reza Safaei | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 62 kg |

## Results by event
### Aquatics
#### Diving
##### Men

| AthleteA | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Final | Final |
| AthleteA | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Gholamreza Kheibarinejad | 3 m springboard | 302.91 | 8 Q | 434.46 | 9 |
| Adel Mirabian | 3 m springboard | 249.75 | 11 Q | 368.40 | 11 |
| Adel Mirabian | 10 m platform | 272.43 | 8 Q | 351.78 | 8 |

#### Water polo
##### Men

| Squad list | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Rank |
| Iran Coach: Stanislav Pivovarov | Singapore W 10–6 | Japan L 11–15 | China L 6–10 | Kazakhstan L 6–10 | South Korea W 9–8 | 4 |

### Basketball
#### Men

| Squad list | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Squad list | Group B | Rank | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Mohammad Kasaeipour Safa Ali Kamalian Mehran Hatami Ali Tofigh Mohsen Sadeghzadeh Mohammad Mehdi Izadpanah Hamid Kashani Omid Validipak Saeid Khani Hamid Kolasangiani Mehran Shahintab Faramarz Pouresfehani Coach: Vitaly Zastakhov | South Korea L 78–102 | 3 | 7th–8th places Chinese Taipei L 90–95 | 7th place match Saudi Arabia L 87–95 | 8 |
| Mohammad Kasaeipour Safa Ali Kamalian Mehran Hatami Ali Tofigh Mohsen Sadeghzadeh Mohammad Mehdi Izadpanah Hamid Kashani Omid Validipak Saeid Khani Hamid Kolasangiani Mehran Shahintab Faramarz Pouresfehani Coach: Vitaly Zastakhov | Philippines L 86–89 | 3 | 7th–8th places Chinese Taipei L 90–95 | 7th place match Saudi Arabia L 87–95 | 8 |
| Mohammad Kasaeipour Safa Ali Kamalian Mehran Hatami Ali Tofigh Mohsen Sadeghzadeh Mohammad Mehdi Izadpanah Hamid Kashani Omid Validipak Saeid Khani Hamid Kolasangiani Mehran Shahintab Faramarz Pouresfehani Coach: Vitaly Zastakhov | Kazakhstan W 69–68 | 3 | 7th–8th places Chinese Taipei L 90–95 | 7th place match Saudi Arabia L 87–95 | 8 |
| Mohammad Kasaeipour Safa Ali Kamalian Mehran Hatami Ali Tofigh Mohsen Sadeghzadeh Mohammad Mehdi Izadpanah Hamid Kashani Omid Validipak Saeid Khani Hamid Kolasangiani Mehran Shahintab Faramarz Pouresfehani Coach: Vitaly Zastakhov | United Arab Emirates W 88–81 | 3 | 7th–8th places Chinese Taipei L 90–95 | 7th place match Saudi Arabia L 87–95 | 8 |

### Boxing
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | 1st round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Arman Naghdi | 48 kg | Ballo (INA) L 6–13 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Babak Asghari | 51 kg | Recaido (PHI) L RSC | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Bijan Batmani | 54 kg | Igusquisa (PHI) L RSC | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Mohammad Reza Shaterloo | 57 kg | Bahari (INA) L 7–12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Pejman Chalak | 60 kg | Brin (PHI) L 8–13 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Omid Rashid | 63.5 kg | Nitami (JPN) L RSC | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Anoushiravan Nourian | 67 kg | Imaoka (JPN) W RSC | Arziev (KGZ) W 10–2 | Chenglai (THA) L 17–26 | Did not advance | |
| Asadollah Johari | 71 kg | Bye | Pan (CHN) L RSC | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |
| Siamak Varzideh | 75 kg | Bye | Yarbekov (UZB) L 10–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |
| Ayoub Pourtaghi | 81 kg | | Bye | Singh (IND) W 16–9 | Ko (KOR) W 9–7 | |
| Bahman Azizpour | 91 kg | Bye | Filipovich (KGZ) W 21–12 | Hawsawi (KSA) L 4–6 | Did not advance | |
| Mohammad Reza Samadi | +91 kg | | Shtorm (KAZ) W 14–7 | Khan (PAK) W RSC | Maskaev (UZB) L RSC | |

### Cycling
#### Road

Men
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Hossein Askari | Road race | 4:52:53 | 26 |

#### Track

Men
| Athlete | Event | Rank |
| Bahram Shafizadeh | 1 km time trial | 15 |
| Majid Nasseri | 4 km individual pursuit | 5 |
| Team | 4 km team pursuit | 6 |

### Football
#### Men

| Squad list | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Squad list | Group A | Rank | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Behzad Gholampour Javad Zarincheh Reza Shahroudi Nader Mohammadkhani Amir Ghalenoei Javad Manafi Sadegh Varmazyar Jamshid Shahmohammadi Ali Daei Farshad Pious Ali Asghar Modir-Rousta Behzad Dadashzadeh Hassan Shirmohammadi Afshin Peyrovani Jalal Basharzad Karim Bagheri Mohammad Salek-Jabbari Mojtaba Moharrami Ali Eftekhari Iman Alami Coach: Stanko Poklepović | Bahrain D 0–0 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9 |
| Behzad Gholampour Javad Zarincheh Reza Shahroudi Nader Mohammadkhani Amir Ghalenoei Javad Manafi Sadegh Varmazyar Jamshid Shahmohammadi Ali Daei Farshad Pious Ali Asghar Modir-Rousta Behzad Dadashzadeh Hassan Shirmohammadi Afshin Peyrovani Jalal Basharzad Karim Bagheri Mohammad Salek-Jabbari Mojtaba Moharrami Ali Eftekhari Iman Alami Coach: Stanko Poklepović | Turkmenistan D 1–1 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9 |
| Behzad Gholampour Javad Zarincheh Reza Shahroudi Nader Mohammadkhani Amir Ghalenoei Javad Manafi Sadegh Varmazyar Jamshid Shahmohammadi Ali Daei Farshad Pious Ali Asghar Modir-Rousta Behzad Dadashzadeh Hassan Shirmohammadi Afshin Peyrovani Jalal Basharzad Karim Bagheri Mohammad Salek-Jabbari Mojtaba Moharrami Ali Eftekhari Iman Alami Coach: Stanko Poklepović | China L 0–1 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9 |
| Behzad Gholampour Javad Zarincheh Reza Shahroudi Nader Mohammadkhani Amir Ghalenoei Javad Manafi Sadegh Varmazyar Jamshid Shahmohammadi Ali Daei Farshad Pious Ali Asghar Modir-Rousta Behzad Dadashzadeh Hassan Shirmohammadi Afshin Peyrovani Jalal Basharzad Karim Bagheri Mohammad Salek-Jabbari Mojtaba Moharrami Ali Eftekhari Iman Alami Coach: Stanko Poklepović | Yemen W 4–0 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | 9 |

### Karate
#### Men's kata

| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Alaeddin Nekoufar | Individual | 46.6 | 4 |

### Shooting
#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank |
| Lida Fariman | 10 m air rifle | 379 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Elham Hashemi | 10 m air rifle | 368 | 26 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Elham Hashemi | 50 m rifle prone | | | 572 | 572 | 22 |
| Leila Taghipour | 10 m air rifle | 381 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Zahra Mahroughi | 50 m rifle prone | | | 582 | 582 | 9 |
| Leila Vaseghi | 50 m rifle prone | | | 571 | 571 | 26 |
| Lida Fariman Elham Hashemi Leila Taghipour | 10 m air rifle team | | | 1128 | 1128 | 7 |
| Elham Hashemi Zahra Mahroughi Leila Vaseghi | 50 m rifle prone team | | | 1725 | 1725 | 6 |

### Taekwondo

Men
| Athlete | Event | Final |
| Fariborz Askari | Lightweight –70 kg | Yamashita (JPN) W 5–2 |
| Ebrahim Saadati | Welterweight –76 kg | Jung (KOR) L |
| Majid Amintorabi | Middleweight –83 kg | Did not advance |
| Farzad Zarakhsh | Heavyweight +83 kg | Kim (KOR) L |

### Tennis
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | 1st round | 2nd round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Ramin Raziani | Singles | Ramachandran (MAS) L 1–2 7–6, 6–7, 3–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |
| Jahanbakhsh Souri | Singles | Natekar (IND) L 0–2 3–6, 3–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |
| Ramin Raziani Mostafa Saleh Jahanbakhsh Souri Mohammad Reza Tavakkoli | Team | | Chinese Taipei L 0–3 0–2, 0–2, 0–2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |

### Volleyball

Men
| Team | Rank |
| Iran | 5 |

### Weightlifting
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Esmaeil Taghipour | 76 kg | 135.0 | 170.0 | 305.0 | 6 |
| Bahman Zare | 76 kg | 145.0 | 165.0 | 310.0 | 5 |
| Abbas Talebi | 83 kg | 150.0 | 180.0 | 330.0 | 5 |
| Ali Biglari | 91 kg | 150.0 | 180.0 | 340.0 | 8 |
| Mirmahmoud Hakemzadeh | 91 kg | 162.5 | 195.0 | 357.5 | 4 |
| Raeis Ali Hatami | 99 kg | 160.0 | 195.0 | 355.0 | 5 |
| Mozaffar Ajali | 108 kg | No mark | — | — | — |
| Ali Jabbari | 108 kg | 155.0 | 180.0 | 335.0 | 6 |
| Sadegh Delkhosh | +108 kg | 150.0 | 185.0 | 335.0 | 7 |
| Ramezan Ali Teymouri | +108 kg | | No mark | — | — |

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

| Athlete | Event | 1st round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final | Rank |
| Nader Rahmati | 48 kg | Moon (KOR) W 5–4 | Falsario (PHI) W 10–0 | Kumar (IND) W 5–0 | | Züünbayan (MGL) W 8–0 | |
| Gholamreza Mohammadi | 52 kg | Sasayama (JPN) W 3–0 | Bye | Dun (CHN) L 4–5 | Repechage Kim (KOR) W 2–1 | 3rd place match Donbaev (KGZ) L 1–1 | 4 |
| Oveis Mallah | 57 kg | Kim (KOR) W 1–1 | Kui (CHN) W 5–3 | Tsogtbayar (MGL) L 4–5 | Repechage Zupparov (UZB) W 3–2 | 3rd place match Kim (KOR) W 5–2 | |
| Reza Safaei | 62 kg | | | | | 3rd place match Madjinov (KGZ) W | |
| Ali Akbarnejad | 68 kg | | Jam (AFG) W 11–0 | Omuraliev (KGZ) W 1–0 | | Katsu (JPN) W 3–0 | |
| Behrouz Yari | 74 kg | | Fayaz (PAK) W 11–0 | Park (KOR) W 3–0 | | Ota (JPN) W 2–0 | |
| Amir Reza Khadem | 82 kg | | Yokoyama (JPN) W 3–0 | Yang (KOR) W 2–1 | | Zhabrailov (KAZ) W 2–2 | |
| Rasoul Khadem | 90 kg | | Bayramukov (KAZ) W 8–0 | | | Ito (JPN) W 5–0 | |
| Ayoub Baninosrat | 100 kg | | Asanuma (JPN) W 9–0 | Habibullah (AFG) W Fall | | Kim (KOR) L 1–2 | |
| Ebrahim Mehraban | 130 kg | | Kim (KOR) W 9–1 | Obata (JPN) W 3–0 | | Klimov (KAZ) W 5–3 | |

#### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | 1st round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final | Rank |
| Reza Simkhah | 48 kg | Hu (CHN) W 12–1 | Bye | Yusuf (INA) W 10–0 | | Sim (KOR) L 0–7 | |
| Abdolkarim Kakahaji | 52 kg | Al-Faraj (SYR) L 0–12 | | | Repechage Han (CHN) L Fall | 5th place match Nakamori (JPN) L 1–5 | 6 |
| Shahriar Salehi | 57 kg | | Sheng (CHN) L 1–4 | Repechage Guhiting (PHI) W | Repechage Al-Sobai (SYR) W | 3rd place match Lee (KOR) L 0–3 | 4 |
| Ahad Pazaj | 62 kg | Choi (KOR) L 2–3 | | | | | ? |
| Mehdi Sadeghpour | 68 kg | | Kim (KOR) L 4–5 | Repechage Shah (AFG) W | Repechage Al-Osta (SYR) W | 3rd place match Mori (JPN) L 1–3 | 4 |
| Ahad Javansalehi | 74 kg | | Bye | Han (KOR) L | | 3rd place match Katayama (JPN) L 5–6 | 4 |
| Arash Motamedi | 82 kg | | Turlykhanov (KAZ) L 0–5 | Bye | Repechage Mukai (JPN) W 6–3 | 3rd place match Kim (KOR) L 3–5 | 4 |
| Hassan Babak | 90 kg | | Zayar (SYR) W | Bye | | Eom (KOR) L 1–4 | |
| Jaber Abbaszadeh | 100 kg | | Bye | Song (KOR) L 2–6 | Repechage Keniaev (UZB) W | 3rd place match Nonomura (JPN) L 2–2 | 4 |
| Abdollah Azizi | 130 kg | | Suzuki (JPN) L 0–3 | Repechage Kashour (SYR) W | | 3rd place match Hu (CHN) L 0–4 | 4 |