# Iran at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Iran competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 25 athletes represented Iran in the 1960 Olympics.

## Competitors

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 1 | | 1 |
| Boxing | 4 | | 4 |
| Shooting | 1 | | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 5 | | 5 |
| Wrestling | 12 | | 12 |
| Total | 23 | 0 | 23 |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

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

### Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Silver | Gholamreza Takhti | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 87 kg |
| Bronze | Esmaeil Elmkhah | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg |
| Bronze | Ebrahim Seifpour | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 52 kg |
| Bronze | Mohammad Paziraei | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg |

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

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Rouhollah Rahmani | Triple jump | 14.70 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Boxing
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | 1/32 final | 1/16 final | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Ezaria Ilkhanoff | 51 kg | Bye | Badrian (RHO) W 4–1 | Botta (ARG) L Walkover | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Sadegh Aliakbarzadeh | 54 kg | Bye | Nasir (PAK) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |
| Vazik Kazarian | 63.5 kg | Bye | Kelsey (GBR) L 2–3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 17 |
| Ghasem Amiryavari | 67 kg | Bye | Cornejo (CHI) W 3–2 | Drogosz (POL) L 0–5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |

### Shooting
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Elimination round | Elimination round | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Gholam Hossein Mobasser | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 471 | 71 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Gholam Hossein Mobasser | 50 m rifle prone | 384 | 33 Q | 567 | 50 |

### Weightlifting
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Esmaeil Elmkhah | 56 kg | 97.5 | 100.0 | 132.5 | 330.0 | |
| Ali Safa-Sonboli | 60 kg | 92.5 | No mark | — | — | — |
| Henrik Tamraz | 67.5 kg | 112.5 | 105.0 | 130.0 | 347.5 | 14 |
| Mohammad Ami-Tehrani | 75 kg | 117.5 | 120.0 | 155.0 | 392.5 | 6 |
| Mongashti Amirian | 82.5 kg | 120.0 | 120.0 | 150.0 | 390.0 | 10 |

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

| Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round | Fifth round | Sixth round | Final round | Rank |
| Ebrahim Seifpour | 52 kg | Gröning (AUS) W Fall | Rantala (FIN) W Fall | Kropp (POL) W Fall | Zoete (FRA) W Fall | Aliyev (URS) W Fall | Bilek (TUR) L Points | Matsubara (JPN) L Points | |
| Mehdi Yaghoubi | 57 kg | Akbaş (TUR) D Points | Mancini (SMR) W Fall | Im (KOR) W Points | Asai (JPN) L Points | Did not advance | | Did not advance | 7 |
| Mohammad Khadem | 62 kg | Rubashvili (URS) L Fall | Giani (USA) W Points | Kang (KOR) W Fall | Sato (JPN) L Fall | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 8 |
| Mostafa Tajik | 67 kg | Ashrafuddin (PAK) W Fall | Şahin (TUR) W Points | Nazem (LIB) W Fall | Ries (RSA) W Fall | Valchev (BUL) L Fall | Wilson (USA) L Points | | 4 |
| Emam-Ali Habibi | 73 kg | Choi (KOR) W Fall | Carlsson (SWE) W Points | Bashir (PAK) W Points | De Vescovi (ITA) W Points | Blubaugh (USA) L Fall | | Did not advance | 4 |
| Mansour Mehdizadeh | 79 kg | Thomas (NZL) L Fall | Antonsson (SWE) W Points | Güngör (TUR) D Points | Did not advance | Did not advance | | | 12 |
| Gholamreza Takhti | 87 kg | Gunga (AFG) W Fall | Parsons (AUS) W Fall | Kawano (JPN) W Fall | Gurics (HUN) W Fall | van Zyl (RSA) W Fall | | Atlı (TUR) L Points | |
| Yaghoub Ali Shourvarzi | +87 kg | Ordman (RSA) W Fall | Dzarasov (URS) L Fall | Dietrich (EUA) L Fall | Did not advance | Did not advance | | Did not advance | 10 |

#### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round | Fifth round | Sixth round | Final round | Rank |
| Mohammad Paziraei | 52 kg | Mewis (BEL) W Points | El-Sayed (EGY) L Points | Hajduk (POL) W Points | Bye | Kochergin (URS) W Points | | | |
| Ali Banihashemi | 57 kg | Švec (TCH) L Points | Dora (YUG) L Points | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | | Did not advance | 17 |
| Hossein Mollaghasemi | 62 kg | Mäkinen (FIN) W Points | Gregório (POR) W Fall | Allen (USA) W Points | Şulţ (ROU) W Points | Vyrupayev (URS) L Fall | Did not advance | Did not advance | 6 |
| Mansour Hazrati | 79 kg | Punkari (FIN) D Points | Kormaník (TCH) L Points | Ayvaz (TUR) L Points | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 |