# Iran at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athletes from Iran competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

## Competitors

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Aquatics, Swimming | 1 | | 1 |
| Athletics | 1 | | 1 |
| Boxing | 5 | | 5 |
| Canoeing, Sprint | 1 | | 1 |
| Cycling, Road | 2 | | 2 |
| Equestrian | 1 | | 1 |
| Judo | 3 | | 3 |
| Shooting | | 1 | 1 |
| Table tennis | 1 | | 1 |
| Taekwondo | 2 | | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 6 | | 6 |
| Wrestling | 11 | | 11 |
| Total | 34 | 1 | 35 |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Taekwondo | | | 1 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 2 | | | 2 |
| Wrestling | 1 | | | 1 |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |

### Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Hossein Tavakkoli | Weightlifting | Men's 105 kg |
| Gold | Hossein Rezazadeh | Weightlifting | Men's +105 kg |
| Gold | Alireza Dabir | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 58 kg |
| Bronze | Hadi Saei | Taekwondo | Men's 68 kg |

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

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Hamid Reza Mobarrez | 100 m freestyle | 54.12 | 65 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Athletics
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Time | Rank | Heat | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Rank |
| Mehdi Jelodarzadeh | 800 m | 6 | 1:47.91 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 35 |

### Boxing
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Mohammad Rahim Rahimi | 51 kg | Tou (BUR) L Walkover | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — |
| Bijan Batmani | 57 kg | Juarez (USA) L RSCO | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |
| Anoushiravan Nourian | 63.5 kg | Olusegun (NGR) L Walkover | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | — |
| Babak Moghimi | 67 kg | Husanov (UZB) L 5–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |
| Rouhollah Hosseini | 91 kg | | Simmons (CAN) L 6–11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |

### Canoeing
#### Sprint
##### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Time | Rank | Heat | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Rank |
| Nader Eivazi | K1 500 m | 3 | 1:49.306 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 29 |
| Nader Eivazi | K1 1000 m | 2 | 3:59.767 | 8 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 31 |

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

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Hossein Askari | Road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Ahad Kazemi | Road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |

### Equestrian
#### Jumping

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Qualifier | Qualifier | Qualifier | Qualifier | Qualifier | Final round A | Final round A | Final round B | Final round B | Final round B |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank |
| Ali Nilforoushan | Campione | Individual | 18.50 | 12.00 | 20.00 | 50.50 | 56 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Judo
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final | Rank |
| Arash Miresmaeili | 66 kg | Bye | Özkan (TUR) L 0001–0110 | Bye | Repechage Georgiev (BUL) W 1001–0000 | Repechage Zhang (CHN) W 1001–0001 | Repechage Nakamura (JPN) W 1000–0000 | 3rd place match Giovinazzo (ITA) L 0010–0010 | 5 |
| Kazem Sarikhani | 81 kg | Bye | Guindo (MLI) W 1001–0011 | Randall (GBR) W 0200–0013 | Delgado (POR) L 0001–1012 | Repechage Kelly (AUS) W 1100–0101 | Repechage Budõlin (EST) L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | 7 |
| Mahmoud Miran | +100 kg | Bye | Möller (GER) L 0001–0001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 20 |

### Shooting
#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank |
| Manijeh Kazemi | 10 m air pistol | 362 | 43 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Table tennis
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Group round | Group round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Groups | Rank | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Majid Ehteshamzadeh | Singles | Keen (NED) L 0–3 4–21, 11–21, 5–21 | Group J 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 49 |
| Majid Ehteshamzadeh | Singles | Tsiokas (GRE) L 0–3 19–21, 13–21, 13–21 | Group J 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 49 |

### Taekwondo
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final | Rank |
| Hadi Saei | 68 kg | Hsu (TPE) W 5–2 | Hernando (ARG) W 3–0 | Sin (KOR) L 3–5 | Repechage Massimino (AUS) W 6–5 | 3rd place match Çalışkan (AUT) W 4–2 | |
| Majid Aflaki | 80 kg | Estrada (MEX) L 3–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 11 |

### Weightlifting
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Mehdi Panzvan | 62 kg | 140.0 | 162.5 | 302.5 | 5 |
| Mohammad Hossein Barkhah | 77 kg | No mark | — | — | — |
| Shahin Nassirinia | 85 kg | No mark | — | — | — |
| Kourosh Bagheri | 94 kg | 187.5 | 215.0 | 402.5 | 4 |
| Hossein Tavakkoli | 105 kg | 190.0 | 235.0 | 425.0 | |
| Hossein Rezazadeh | +105 kg | 212.5 WR | 260.0 | 472.5 WR | |

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

| Athlete | Event | Elimination | Elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Pools | Rank | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Behnam Tayyebi | 54 kg | Züünbayan (MGL) W 3–2 | Pool F 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |
| Behnam Tayyebi | 54 kg | Kardanov (GRE) L 0–7 | Pool F 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |
| Behnam Tayyebi | 54 kg | Railean (MDA) L 1–2 | Pool F 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |
| Alireza Dabir | 58 kg | Embalo (GBS) W 10–0 | Pool A 1 Q | Pürevbaatar (MGL) W 5–2 | Brands (USA) W 6–4 | Buslovych (UKR) W 3–0 | |
| Alireza Dabir | 58 kg | Sissaouri (CAN) W 3–0 | Pool A 1 Q | Pürevbaatar (MGL) W 5–2 | Brands (USA) W 6–4 | Buslovych (UKR) W 3–0 | |
| Mohammad Talaei | 63 kg | Kolat (USA) W 5–4 | Pool C 1 Q | Hayrapetyan (ARM) W 3–2 | Barzakov (BUL) L 0–4 | 3rd place match Jang (KOR) L 2–12 | 4 |
| Mohammad Talaei | 63 kg | Islamov (UZB) W Walkover | Pool C 1 Q | Hayrapetyan (ARM) W 3–2 | Barzakov (BUL) L 0–4 | 3rd place match Jang (KOR) L 2–12 | 4 |
| Amir Tavakkolian | 69 kg | Bedineishvili (GEO) W 5–4 | Pool A 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 10 |
| Amir Tavakkolian | 69 kg | Igali (CAN) L 2–2 | Pool A 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 10 |
| Pejman Dorostkar | 76 kg | Mönkhbayar (MGL) W 3–0 | Pool B 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 12 |
| Pejman Dorostkar | 76 kg | Laliyev (KAZ) L 1–3 | Pool B 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 12 |
| Amir Reza Khadem | 85 kg | Ghiță (ROU) W 5–3 | Pool F 1 Q | Bye | Romero (CUB) L 0–3 | 3rd place match Ibragimov (MKD) L 1–4 | 4 |
| Amir Reza Khadem | 85 kg | Aka-Akesse (CIV) W 4–0 | Pool F 1 Q | Bye | Romero (CUB) L 0–3 | 3rd place match Ibragimov (MKD) L 1–4 | 4 |
| Amir Reza Khadem | 85 kg | Kapuvári (HUN) W 5–3 | Pool F 1 Q | Bye | Romero (CUB) L 0–3 | 3rd place match Ibragimov (MKD) L 1–4 | 4 |
| Alireza Heidari | 97 kg | Scherrer (SUI) W 7–1 | Pool B 1 Q | Kurtanidze (GEO) L 0–1 | Did not advance | 5th place match Xanthopoulos (GRE) L Walkover | 6 |
| Alireza Heidari | 97 kg | Doğu (TUR) W 6–1 | Pool B 1 Q | Kurtanidze (GEO) L 0–1 | Did not advance | 5th place match Xanthopoulos (GRE) L Walkover | 6 |
| Abbas Jadidi | 130 kg | Topalidis (GRE) W 9–1 | Pool F 1 Q | Bye | Musulbes (RUS) L 0–3 | 3rd place match Rodríguez (CUB) L 0–1 | 4 |
| Abbas Jadidi | 130 kg | Modebadze (GEO) W 4–0 | Pool F 1 Q | Bye | Musulbes (RUS) L 0–3 | 3rd place match Rodríguez (CUB) L 0–1 | 4 |

#### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Elimination | Elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Pools | Rank | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Hassan Rangraz | 54 kg | Švehla (CZE) W 8–2 | Pool C 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 |
| Hassan Rangraz | 54 kg | Wang (CHN) L 2–8 | Pool C 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 |
| Ali Ashkani | 58 kg | Majoros (HUN) W 5–1 | Pool B 1 Q | Kim (KOR) L 1–3 | Did not advance | 5th place match Gruenwald (USA) W 3–2 | 5 |
| Ali Ashkani | 58 kg | Guliashvili (GEO) W 7–0 | Pool B 1 Q | Kim (KOR) L 1–3 | Did not advance | 5th place match Gruenwald (USA) W 3–2 | 5 |
| Parviz Zeidvand | 69 kg | Dugushiev (AZE) L 0–5 | Pool C 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |
| Parviz Zeidvand | 69 kg | Lappalainen (FIN) L 1–2 | Pool C 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |