# Iran at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Iran competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia; 17 athletes competed. Emam-Ali Habibi and Gholamreza Takhti won the nation's first gold medal in the Olympics, all in wrestling.

## Competitors

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 2 | | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 7 | | 7 |
| Wrestling | 8 | | 8 |
| Total | 17 | 0 | 17 |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Weightlifting | | | 1 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 2 | 2 | | 4 |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |

### Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Emam-Ali Habibi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 67 kg |
| Gold | Gholamreza Takhti | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 87 kg |
| Silver | Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 52 kg |
| Silver | Mehdi Yaghoubi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 57 kg |
| Bronze | Mahmoud Namjoo | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg |

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

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Ali Baghbanbashi | Marathon | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Athlete | Event | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Total | Rank |
| Najmeddin Farabi | Decathlon | 12.1 572 | 6.25 575 | 11.31 524 | 1.70 656 | 52.3 684 | 17.4 372 | 28.73 347 | 3.30 438 | 41.23 375 | 4:24.8 560 | 5103 | 12 |

### Weightlifting
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Mahmoud Namjoo | 56 kg | 100.0 | 102.5 | 130.0 | 332.5 | |
| Hossein Zarini | 60 kg | 92.5 | 92.5 | 120.0 | 305.0 | 13 |
| Henrik Tamraz | 67.5 kg | 115.0 | 105.0 | 145.0 | 365.0 | 5 |
| Ebrahim Peiravi | 75 kg | 107.5 | 117.5 | 147.5 | 372.5 | 7 |
| Jalal Mansouri | 82.5 kg | 132.5 | 122.5 | 162.5 | 417.5 | 4 |
| Hassan Rahnavardi | 90 kg | 140.0 | 127.5 | 157.5 | 425.0 | 4 |
| Firouz Pojhan | +90 kg | 147.5 | 132.5 | 170.0 | 450.0 | 4 |

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

| Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round | Fifth round | Final round | Rank |
| Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour | 52 kg | Bye | Chinazzo (ITA) W 3–0 | Delgado (USA) W 3–0 | Asai (JPN) W 3–0 | | Akbaş (TUR) W 3–0 | |
| Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour | 52 kg | Bye | Chinazzo (ITA) W 3–0 | Delgado (USA) W 3–0 | Asai (JPN) W 3–0 | | Tsalkalamanidze (URS) L Fall | |
| Mehdi Yaghoubi | 57 kg | Shakhov (URS) W 3–0 | Jameson (AUS) W Fall | Pandey (IND) W Fall | Dağıstanlı (TUR) L 1–2 | Lee (KOR) W 3–0 | | |
| Nasser Givehchi | 62 kg | Geldenhuys (RSA) W 3–0 | Hall (GBR) W Fall | Penttilä (FIN) L 1–2 | Şit (TUR) L 0–3 | | Did not advance | 6 |
| Emam-Ali Habibi | 67 kg | Anderberg (SWE) W Fall | Tóth (HUN) W 3–0 | Bielle (FRA) W 3–0 | Nizzola (ITA) W 3–0 | Kasahara (JPN) W 3–0 | Bestayev (URS) W Fall | |
| Nabi Sorouri | 73 kg | Singh (IND) W Fall | Fischer (USA) L 0–3 | Petkov (BUL) W 3–0 | de Villiers (RSA) W 3–0 | | Did not advance | 4 |
| Abbas Zandi | 79 kg | Katsuramoto (JPN) W 3–0 | Bye | Atlı (TUR) L 0–3 | Hodge (USA) L Fall | Did not advance | Did not advance | 7 |
| Gholamreza Takhti | 87 kg | Theron (RSA) W Fall | Steckle (CAN) W Fall | Ohira (JPN) W Fall | Coote (AUS) W Fall | | Kulayev (URS) W 3–0 | |
| Gholamreza Takhti | 87 kg | Theron (RSA) W Fall | Steckle (CAN) W Fall | Ohira (JPN) W Fall | Coote (AUS) W Fall | | Blair (USA) W 3–0 | |
| Hossein Nouri | +87 kg | Mehmedov (BUL) L 0–3 | da Silva (NZL) W 3–0 | Kaplan (TUR) L Fall | Did not advance | | Did not advance | 9 |