Iran at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after missing both the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics.

Iran at the
1988 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIRI
(IRN used at these Games)
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Websitewww.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Seoul
Competitors27 in 4 sports
Flag bearer Hassan Zahedi
Medals
Ranked 36th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Competitors

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 11
Cycling, Road 66
Cycling, Track 22
Taekwondo 44
Wrestling 1515
Total27027

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Taekwondo11
Wrestling11
Total0101

Note: Demonstration sports indicated in italics.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 SilverAskari MohammadianWrestlingMen's freestyle 57 kg

Results by event

Athletics

Men[1]
Athlete Event Time Rank
Nasser Babapour Marathon 3:00:20 93

Cycling

Road

Men[2]
Athlete Event Time Rank
Iraj Amirakhori Road race 4:32:56 56
Mohammad Reza Bajoul Road race Did not finish
Siamak Safarzadeh Road race 4:42:47 93
Mostafa Chaichi
Abbas Esmaeili
Mehrdad Safarzadeh
Siamak Safarzadeh
Team time trial 2:15:29.5 23

Track

Men[3]
Athlete Event Qualification 1/8 final Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Time Rank
Jalil Eftekhari 1 km time trial 1:11.683 27
Mostafa Chaichi Individual pursuit Overlapped Did not advance
Athlete Event Qualification Final Rank
Heat Score Rank Score Rank
Jalil Eftekhari Points race 2 13 (–2 laps) 14 Did not advance 29

Wrestling

Men's freestyle[4]
Athlete Event Eliminatory round Final Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 / 7
Nasser Zeinalnia 48 kg  Delgado (COL)
W 17–0
 Şükrüoğlu (TUR)
W 4–3
 Kobayashi (JPN)
L Fall
 Vanni (USA)
L Fall
Did not advance 7th place match
 Anger (GDR)
L Walkover
8
Majid Torkan 52 kg  Lo (TPE)
W 15–0
 Woodcraft (CAN)
W Fall
 Toguzov (URS)
L 2–4
 Trstena (YUG)
L DNF
Did not advance 13
Askari Mohammadian 57 kg  Battuul (MGL)
W Fall
 Kimani (KEN)
W 15–0
 Chen (CHN)
W Fall
 Noh (KOR)
W 16–1
 Ivanov (BUL)
W 5–4
Bye  Beloglazov (URS)
L 1–5
Akbar Fallah 62 kg  Farrugia (MLT)
W 15–0
 Kim (KOR)
W 4–3
Bye  Bohay (CAN)
W 6–1
 Polky (GDR)
W 10–3
 Helmdach (FRG)
W 5–0
3rd place match
 Shterev (BUL)
L 2–5
4
 Sarkisyan (URS)
L 1–12
Amir Reza Khadem 68 kg Bye  El-Khodary (EGY)
W 16–0
 Rauhala (FIN)
L 7–8
 Wattar (SYR)
W 17–1
 Fadzaev (URS)
L 4–12
Did not advance 11
Ayat Vagozari 74 kg  Varayev (URS)
L 3–5
 Anwar (PAK)
W 20–9
 Kumar (IND)
W Fall
 Westendorf (GDR)
W 6–3
 Hara (JPN)
W 12–9
 Sofiadi (BUL)
L DNF
5th place match
 Rauhala (FIN)
L DNF
6
Ahmad Afghan 82 kg  Nto (CMR)
W Fall
 Iglesias (ESP)
W 15–0
 Rinke (CAN)
L 6–7
 Sükhbat (MGL)
L 0–15
Did not advance 11
Mohammad Reza Toupchi 90 kg  Lukowski (FRG)
W 3–2
 Alabakov (BUL)
L 2–3
 Kim (KOR)
L DSQP
Did not advance 17
Men's Greco-Roman[5]
Athlete Event Eliminatory round Final Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 / 7
Reza Simkhah 48 kg  Scherer (FRG)
L 5–10
 Yang (CHN)
L 0–16
Did not advance Did not advance 13
Abdolkarim Kakahaji 52 kg  Murtoaro (FIN)
L 8–10
 Miyahara (JPN)
L 1–6
Did not advance 14
Ahad Pazaj 57 kg  Sigde (NOR)
L Fall
 Chestakov (URS)
L 0–15
Did not advance 20
Ahad Javansalehi 62 kg  Madzhidov (URS)
L 3–8
 Lakhal (TUN)
W 5–0
 An (KOR)
L Disqualification
Did not advance Did not advance 10
Masoud Ghadimi 68 kg  Zhao (CHN)
W 2–1
 Abrial (FRA)
L Fall
 Kim (KOR)
L Disqualification
Did not advance 21
Reza Andouz 74 kg  Turlykhanov (URS)
L Fall
 Balcı (TUR)
L DSQP
Did not advance 16
Mehdi Moradi Ganjeh 82 kg  Stoykov (BUL)
L 0–14
 Fredriksson (SWE)
L DSQP
Did not advance 16

Demonstration sports

Taekwondo

Men[6]
Athlete Event 1/8 final Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Fariborz Danesh 50 kg  Rumeon (NED)
W Points
 Torroella (MEX)
L Points
Did not advance 5
Feisal Danesh 58 kg  Carvallo (ECU)
W Points
 Salim (DEN)
W Points
 Sanabria (ESP)
L Points
Did not advance
Hassan Zahedi 83 kg  Fraser (GBR)
L Walkover
Did not advance
Mansour Bagheri +83 kg  Da Rocha (GHA)
W Points
 Kim (USA)
L Points
Did not advance 5

References

  1. "XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 239. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  2. "XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 351 and 355. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  3. "XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 351–354. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  4. "XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 655–667. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  5. "XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 642–650. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  6. "XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 708–715. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
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