Iran at the Olympics

Iran was first at the Olympic Games in 1948.  They have been in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for 1980 and 1984.  Iran has also been in some Winter Olympic Games since 1956.

The National Olympic Committee for Iran is the National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran.  It was formed in 1947.

 Medal tables 
 Medals by Summer Games 

GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank  1900 Paris  0  0  0  0   1904–1936  Did not participate  1948 London  0  0  1  1  34  1952 Helsinki  0  3  4  7  30  1956 Melbourne  2  2  1  5  14  1960 Rome  0  1  3  4  27  1964 Tokyo  0  0  2  2  34  1968 Mexico City  2  1  2  5  19  1972 Munich  0  2  1  3  28  1976 Montreal  0  1  1  2  33  1980 Moscow  Did not participate (Boycotted)  1984 Los Angeles  Did not participate (Boycotted)  1988 Seoul  0  1  0  1  36  1992 Barcelona  0  1  2  3  44  1996 Atlanta  1  1  1  3  43  2000 Sydney  3  0  1  4  27  2004 Athens  2  2  2  6  29  2008 Beijing  1  0  1  2  52  2012 London  7  5  1  13  122016 Rio de Janeiro3148252020 Tokyo3227 Total  24  23  29  76  42

 Medals by Winter Games 
GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotalRank  1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo  0  0  0  0    1960 Squaw Valley  Did not participate  1964 Innsbruck  0  0  0  0    1968 Grenoble  0  0  0  0    1972 Sapporo  0  0  0  0    1976 Innsbruck  0  0  0  0   1980–1994  Did not participate  1998 Nagano  0  0  0  0    2002 Salt Lake City  0  0  0  0    2006 Turin  0  0  0  0    2010 Vancouver  0  0  0  0   Total  0  0  0  0  —

 Medals by sport 
GamesGoldSilverBronzeTotal Athletics  0  1  0  1Karate1001Shooting1001 Taekwondo  2  1  2  5 Weightlifting  5  5  6  16 Wrestling  8  13  17  38 Total  15  20  25  60

 List of medalists 
MedalNameGamesSportEventDate   Jafar Salmasi  1948 London  Weightlifting  Men's featherweight  August 9   Mahmoud Mollaghasemi  1952 Helsinki  Wrestling  Men's freestyle flyweight  July 23   Abdollah Mojtabavi  1952 Helsinki  Wrestling  Men's freestyle welterweight  July 23   Gholamreza Takhti  1952 Helsinki  Wrestling  Men's freestyle middleweight  July 23   Nasser Givehchi  1952 Helsinki  Wrestling  Men's freestyle featherweight  July 23   Jahanbakht Tofigh  1952 Helsinki  Wrestling  Men's freestyle lightweight  July 23   Mahmoud Namjoo  1952 Helsinki  Weightlifting  Men's bantamweight  July 25   Ali Mirzaei  1952 Helsinki  Weightlifting  Men's bantamweight  July 25   Mahmoud Namjoo  1956 Melbourne  Weightlifting  Men's bantamweight  November 23   Mehdi Yaghoubi  1956 Melbourne  Wrestling  Men's freestyle bantamweight  December 1   Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour  1956 Melbourne  Wrestling  Men's freestyle flyweight  December 1   Emam-Ali Habibi  1956 Melbourne  Wrestling  Men's freestyle lightweight  December 1   Gholamreza Takhti  1956 Melbourne  Wrestling  Men's freestyle light heavyweight  December 1   Mohammad Paziraei  1960 Rome  Wrestling  Men's Greco-Roman flyweight  August 31   Gholamreza Takhti  1960 Rome  Wrestling  Men's freestyle light heavyweight  September 6   Ebrahim Seifpour  1960 Rome  Wrestling  Men's freestyle flyweight  September 6   Esmaeil Elmkhah  1960 Rome  Weightlifting  Men's bantamweight  September 7   Ali Akbar Heidari  1964 Tokyo  Wrestling  Men's freestyle 52 kg  October 14   Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran  1964 Tokyo  Wrestling  Men's freestyle 78 kg  October 14   Mohammad Nassiri  1968 Mexico City  Weightlifting  Men's 56 kg  October 13   Parviz Jalayer  1968 Mexico City  Weightlifting  Men's 67.5 kg  October 15   Abdollah Movahed  1968 Mexico City  Wrestling  Men's freestyle 70 kg  October 20   Aboutaleb Talebi  1968 Mexico City  Wrestling  Men's freestyle 57 kg October 20   Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi  1968 Mexico City  Wrestling  Men's freestyle 63 kg  October 20   Mohammad Nassiri  1972 Munich  Weightlifting  Men's 56 kg  August 28   Ebrahim Javadi  1972 Munich  Wrestling  Men's freestyle 48 kg  August 31   Rahim Aliabadi  1972 Munich  Wrestling  Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg  September 10   Mohammad Nassiri  1976 Montreal  Weightlifting  Men's 52 kg  July 18   Mansour Barzegar  1976 Montreal  Wrestling  Men's freestyle 74 kg  July 31   Askari Mohammadian  1988 Seoul  Wrestling  Men's freestyle 57 kg  October 1   Amir Reza Khadem  1992 Barcelona  Wrestling  Men's freestyle 74 kg  August 6   Askari Mohammadian  1992 Barcelona  Wrestling  Men's freestyle 62 kg  August 7   Rasoul Khadem  1992 Barcelona  Wrestling  Men's freestyle 82 kg  August 7   Amir Reza Khadem  1996 Atlanta  Wrestling  Men's freestyle 82 kg  July 31   Abbas Jadidi  1996 Atlanta  Wrestling  Men's freestyle 100 kg  July 31   Rasoul Khadem  1996 Atlanta  Wrestling  Men's freestyle 90 kg  August 2   Hossein Tavakkoli  2000 Sydney  Weightlifting Men's 105 kg  September 25   Hossein Rezazadeh  2000 Sydney  Weightlifting  Men's +105 kg  September 26   Hadi Saei  2000 Sydney  Taekwondo  Men's 68 kg  September 28   Alireza Dabir  2000 Sydney  Wrestling  Men's freestyle 58 kg  October 1   Hossein Rezazadeh  2004 Athens  Weightlifting  Men's +105 kg  August 25   Hadi Saei  2004 Athens  Taekwondo  Men's 68 kg  August 27   Yousef Karami  2004 Athens  Taekwondo  Men's 80 kg  August 28   Alireza Rezaei  2004 Athens  Wrestling  Men's freestyle 120 kg  August 28   Masoud Mostafa-Jokar  2004 Athens  Wrestling  Men's freestyle 60 kg  August 29   Alireza Heidari  2004 Athens  Wrestling  Men's freestyle 96 kg August 29   Morad Mohammadi  2008 Beijing  Wrestling  Men's freestyle 60 kg  August 19   Hadi Saei  2008 Beijing  Taekwondo  Men's 80 kg  August 22   Kianoush Rostami  2012 London  Weightlifting  Men's 85 kg  493 August 2012   Hamid Sourian  2012 London  Wrestling  Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg  505 August 2012   Omid Norouzi  2012 London  Wrestling  Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg  516 August 2012   Navab Nassirshalal  2012 London  Weightlifting  Men's 105 kg  526 August 2012   Ghasem Rezaei  2012 London  Wrestling  Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg  537 August 2012   Behdad Salimi  2012 London  Weightlifting  Men's +105 kg  547 August 2012   Sajjad Anoushiravani  2012 London  Weightlifting  Men's +105 kg  557 August 2012   Ehsan Haddadi  2012 London  Athletics  Men's discus throw  567 August 2012   Mohammad Bagheri Motamed  2012 London  Taekwondo  Men's 68 kg  579 August 2012   Sadegh Goudarzi  2012 London  Wrestling  Men's freestyle 74 kg  5810 August 2012   Ehsan Lashgari  2012 London  Wrestling  Men's freestyle 84 kg  5911 August 2012   Komeil Ghasemi  2012 London  Wrestling  Men's freestyle 120 kg  6011 August 2012

Related pages
 List of IOC country codes

 References 

Other websites 

 Islamic Republic of Iran profile at London2012.com 

Olympics
Category:Nations at the Olympics
Category:National sports teams of Iran