# Iran at the 1951 Asian Games

Iran participated in the 1951 Asian Games held in the capital city of New Delhi, India from March 4, 1951, to March 11, 1951. This country is ranked 3rd with 8 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad. Ahmad Ordoubadi was the flagbearer for Iran in the opening ceremony.

## Competitors

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Aquatics, Diving | 2 | | 2 |
| Aquatics, Swimming | 2 | | 2 |
| Athletics | 8 | | 8 |
| Basketball | 10 | | 10 |
| Cycling, Road / Track | 1 | | 1 |
| Football | 17 | | 17 |
| Weightlifting | 11 | | 11 |
| Total | 49 | 0 | 49 |
* Ahmad Ordoubadi participated in both athletics and weightlifting.
* Hossein Soroudi participated in both basketball and football.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Aquatics, Diving | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| Basketball | | | 1 | 1 |
| Football | | 1 | | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 7 | 3 | | 10 |
| Total | 8 | 6 | 2 | 16 |

### Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Ali Baghbanbashi | Athletics | Men's 5000 m |
| Gold | Mahmoud Namjoo | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg |
| Gold | Jafar Salmasi | Weightlifting | Men's 60 kg |
| Gold | Hassan Ferdos | Weightlifting | Men's 67.5 kg |
| Gold | Firouz Pojhan | Weightlifting | Men's 75 kg |
| Gold | Hassan Rahnavardi | Weightlifting | Men's 82.5 kg |
| Gold | Rasoul Raeisi | Weightlifting | Men's 90 kg |
| Gold | Leon Kurukchian | Weightlifting | Men's +90 kg |
| Silver | Taghi Askari | Aquatics, Diving | Men's 10 m platform |
| Silver | Ali Baghbanbashi | Athletics | Men's 3000 m steeplechase |
| Silver | Nader Afshar Alavinejad Nader Afshar Naderi Amir Aghahosseini Mohsen Azad Mahmoud Bayati Masoud Boroumand Amir Eraghi Hossein Fekri Aref Gholizadeh Mansour Hajian Parviz Kouzehkanani George Markarian Mehdi Masoud-Ansari Mehdi Nassiroghloo Mahmoud Shakibi Hossein Soroudi Ghorban Ali Tari | Football | Men |
| Silver | Ali Mirzaei | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg |
| Silver | Jalal Mansouri | Weightlifting | Men's 75 kg |
| Silver | Ahmad Ordoubadi | Weightlifting | Men's +90 kg |
| Bronze | Taghi Askari | Aquatics, Diving | Men's 3 m springboard |
| Bronze | Hossein Soroudi Kamal Mashhoun Alireza Oshar Reza Masoumi Mashallah Safiyar Kambiz Mokhberi Abolfazl Solbi Hossein Soudipour Hossein Razi Hassan Khaleghpour | Basketball | Men |

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

| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Taghi Askari | 3 m springboard | 271.45 | |
| Taghi Askari | 10 m platform | 325.35 | |
| Manouchehr Khamoush | 10 m platform | 250.85 | 4 |

#### Swimming
##### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Mousa Boroumand | 100 m freestyle | | ? |
| Tofigh Yousefzadeh | 200 m breaststroke | 3:11.2 | 4 |

### Athletics
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Time | Rank | Heat | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Rank |
| Hossein Ali Archin | 100 m | 3 | | 3 | 2 | | 5 | did not advance | did not advance | ? |
| Hossein Ali Archin | 200 m | 3 | | 3 | | | | | | ? |
| Ali Baghbanbashi | 5000 m | | | | | | | 15:54.2 | 1 | |
| Ali Baghbanbashi | 3000 m steeplechase | | | | | | | 9:31.8 | 2 | |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Ahmad Ordoubadi | Shot put | | ? |
| Ahmad Ordoubadi | Discus throw | | ? |

### Basketball
#### Men

| Squad list | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Rank |
| Hossein Soroudi Kamal Mashhoun Alireza Oshar Reza Masoumi Mashallah Safiyar Kambiz Mokhberi Abolfazl Solbi Hossein Soudipour Hossein Razi Hassan Khaleghpour Coach: Kazem Rahbari | Japan L 34–40 | India W 63–52 | Philippines L 41–65 | Burma W 84–38 | |

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

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Jasem Jasemzadeh | Road race | | ? |

#### Track
##### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Jasem Jasemzadeh | Sprint | did not start | did not start | did not advance | did not advance | — |

### Football
#### Men

| Squad list | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Nader Afshar Alavinejad Nader Afshar Naderi Amir Aghahosseini Mohsen Azad Mahmoud Bayati Masoud Boroumand Amir Eraghi Hossein Fekri Aref Gholizadeh Mansour Hajian Parviz Kouzehkanani George Markarian Mehdi Masoud-Ansari Mehdi Nassiroghloo Mahmoud Shakibi Hossein Soroudi Ghorban Ali Tari Coach: Mostafa Salimi | Burma W 2–0 | Japan W 0–0, 3–2 Rep | India L 0–1 | |

### Weightlifting
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Press (lb) | Snatch (lb) | Clean & Jerk (lb) | Total (lb) | Rank |
| Ali Mirzaei | 56 kg | 205 | 200 | 250 | 655 | |
| Mahmoud Namjoo | 56 kg | 205.25 | 214.75 | 280 | 700 | |
| Arsham Khachikian | 60 kg | | | | 620 | 6 |
| Jafar Salmasi | 60 kg | 210 | 210 | 255 | 675 | |
| Hassan Ferdos | 67.5 kg | 210 | 220 | 265 | 695 | |
| Jalal Mansouri | 75 kg | 230 | 230 | 295 | 755 | |
| Firouz Pojhan | 75 kg | 225 | 230 | 310 | 765 | |
| Hassan Rahnavardi | 82.5 kg | 265 | 255 | 325 | 845 | |
| Rasoul Raeisi | 90 kg | 255 | 240 | 310 | 805 | |
| Leon Kurukchian | +90 kg | 235 | 230 | 310 | 775 | |
| Ahmad Ordoubadi | +90 kg | 215 | 225 | 285 | 725 | |