# Iran at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after missing both the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics, due to the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the Iran–Iraq War, which lasted from 1980 until 1988.

## Competitors

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 1 | | 1 |
| Cycling, Road | 6 | | 6 |
| Cycling, Track | 2 | | 2 |
| Taekwondo | 4 | | 4 |
| Wrestling | 15 | | 15 |
| Total | 27 | 0 | 27 |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Taekwondo | | | 1 | 1 |
| Wrestling | | 1 | | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Note: Demonstration sports indicated in italics.

### Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Silver | Askari Mohammadian | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 57 kg |

## Results by event
### Athletics
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Nasser Babapour | Marathon | 3:00:20 | 93 |

### Cycling
#### Road
##### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Iraj Amirakhori | Road race | 4:32:56 | 56 |
| Mohammad Reza Bajoul | Road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Siamak Safarzadeh | Road race | 4:42:47 | 93 |
| Mostafa Chaichi Abbas Esmaeili Mehrdad Safarzadeh Siamak Safarzadeh | Team time trial | 2:15:29.5 | 23 |

#### Track
##### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Jalil Eftekhari | 1 km time trial | | | | | | 1:11.683 | 27 |
| Mostafa Chaichi | Individual pursuit | Overlapped | Overlapped | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Rank |
| Jalil Eftekhari | Points race | 2 | 13 (–2 laps) | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 29 |

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

| Athlete | Event | Eliminatory round | Eliminatory round | Eliminatory round | Eliminatory round | Eliminatory round | Eliminatory round | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 / 7 | Final | Rank |
| Nasser Zeinalnia | 48 kg | Delgado (COL) W 17–0 | Şükrüoğlu (TUR) W 4–3 | Kobayashi (JPN) L Fall | Vanni (USA) L Fall | Did not advance | Did not advance | 7th place match Anger (GDR) L Walkover | 8 |
| Majid Torkan | 52 kg | Lo (TPE) W 15–0 | Woodcraft (CAN) W Fall | Toguzov (URS) L 2–4 | Trstena (YUG) L DNF | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |
| Askari Mohammadian | 57 kg | Battuul (MGL) W Fall | Kimani (KEN) W 15–0 | Chen (CHN) W Fall | Noh (KOR) W 16–1 | Ivanov (BUL) W 5–4 | Bye | Beloglazov (URS) L 1–5 | |
| Akbar Fallah | 62 kg | Farrugia (MLT) W 15–0 | Kim (KOR) W 4–3 | Bye | Bohay (CAN) W 6–1 | Polky (GDR) W 10–3 | Helmdach (FRG) W 5–0 | 3rd place match Shterev (BUL) L 2–5 | 4 |
| Akbar Fallah | 62 kg | Farrugia (MLT) W 15–0 | Kim (KOR) W 4–3 | Bye | Bohay (CAN) W 6–1 | Polky (GDR) W 10–3 | Sarkisyan (URS) L 1–12 | 3rd place match Shterev (BUL) L 2–5 | 4 |
| Amir Reza Khadem | 68 kg | Bye | El-Khodary (EGY) W 16–0 | Rauhala (FIN) L 7–8 | Wattar (SYR) W 17–1 | Fadzaev (URS) L 4–12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 11 |
| Ayat Vagozari | 74 kg | Varayev (URS) L 3–5 | Anwar (PAK) W 20–9 | Kumar (IND) W Fall | Westendorf (GDR) W 6–3 | Hara (JPN) W 12–9 | Sofiadi (BUL) L DNF | 5th place match Rauhala (FIN) L DNF | 6 |
| Ahmad Afghan | 82 kg | Nto (CMR) W Fall | Iglesias (ESP) W 15–0 | Rinke (CAN) L 6–7 | Sükhbat (MGL) L 0–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 11 |
| Mohammad Reza Toupchi | 90 kg | Lukowski (FRG) W 3–2 | Alabakov (BUL) L 2–3 | Kim (KOR) L DSQP | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |

#### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Eliminatory round | Eliminatory round | Eliminatory round | Eliminatory round | Eliminatory round | Eliminatory round | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 / 7 | Final | Rank |
| Reza Simkhah | 48 kg | Scherer (FRG) L 5–10 | Yang (CHN) L 0–16 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | | Did not advance | 13 |
| Abdolkarim Kakahaji | 52 kg | Murtoaro (FIN) L 8–10 | Miyahara (JPN) L 1–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 |
| Ahad Pazaj | 57 kg | Sigde (NOR) L Fall | Chestakov (URS) L 0–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 20 |
| Ahad Javansalehi | 62 kg | Madzhidov (URS) L 3–8 | Lakhal (TUN) W 5–0 | An (KOR) L Disqualification | Did not advance | Did not advance | | Did not advance | 10 |
| Masoud Ghadimi | 68 kg | Zhao (CHN) W 2–1 | Abrial (FRA) L Fall | Kim (KOR) L Disqualification | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 21 |
| Reza Andouz | 74 kg | Turlykhanov (URS) L Fall | Balcı (TUR) L DSQP | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |
| Mehdi Moradi Ganjeh | 82 kg | Stoykov (BUL) L 0–14 | Fredriksson (SWE) L DSQP | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |

## Demonstration sports
### Taekwondo
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Fariborz Danesh | 50 kg | Rumeon (NED) W Points | Torroella (MEX) L Points | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |
| Feisal Danesh | 58 kg | Carvallo (ECU) W Points | Salim (DEN) W Points | Sanabria (ESP) L Points | Did not advance | |
| Hassan Zahedi | 83 kg | Fraser (GBR) L Walkover | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — |
| Mansour Bagheri | +83 kg | Da Rocha (GHA) W Points | Kim (USA) L Points | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |