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Iran at the
Olympics
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IOC code IRI
NOC National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
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Medals
Ranked 41st
Gold Silver Bronze Total
27 29 32 88
Summer appearances
  • 1900
  • 1904–1936
  • 1948
  • 1952
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
  • 1980–1984
  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1996
  • 2000
  • 2004
  • 2008
  • 2012
  • 2016
  • 2020
Winter appearances
  • 1956
  • 1960
  • 1964
  • 1968
  • 1972
  • 1976
  • 1980–1994
  • 1998
  • 2002
  • 2006
  • 2010
  • 2014
  • 2018

Iran, formerly known as Persia before 1935 and officially the Islamic Republic of Iran since 1979, first participated in the Olympic Games in 1900. Iran has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since 1948, except for 1980 and 1984 due to political boycotts. Iran has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games on several occasions since 1956.

Iran has participated in 19 Olympics so far. Iran participated in 9 Summer Olympics and gained 4 gold medals before that 1979 Revolution, also Iran participated in 10 Summer Olympics and it won 23 gold medals after the revolution.

Freydoun Malkom, a fencer who competed in the épée event in the 1900 Summer Olympics, was the first Iranian Olympic competitor. Iranian athletes have won a total of 88 medals, all in wrestling, weightlifting, taekwondo, athletics, shooting, and karate. Iran's National Olympic Committee was founded in 1947.

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal table

Medals by Summer Games

Iran at Summer Olympics Chart
Iran at Summer Olympic Games
Jafar Salmasi 1
The first olympic medal for Iran, Jafar Salmasi
Shigeru Kasahara, Emam-Ali Habibi, Alimbeg Bestayev 1956b
Emam-Ali Habibi, 1956 Melbourne
Imre Földi, Mohammad Nassiri, Henryk Trębicki 1968
Mohammad Nassiri, 1968 Mexico City
Straltsou, Moradi, Didžbalis Rio 2016
Sohrab Moradi, 2016 Summer Olympics
Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Kingdom of Greece Greece 1896 Athens did not participate
France France 1900 Paris 1 0 0 0 0 —
United States United States 1904 St. Louis did not participate
United Kingdom United Kingdom 1908 London
Sweden Sweden 1912 Stockholm
Belgium Belgium 1920 Antwerp
France France 1924 Paris
Netherlands Netherlands 1928 Amsterdam
United States United States 1932 Los Angeles
Nazi Germany Germany 1936 Berlin
United Kingdom United Kingdom 1948 London 36 0 0 1 1 34
Finland Finland 1952 Helsinki 22 0 3 4 7 30
Australia Australia 1956 Melbourne 17 2 2 1 5 14
Italy Italy 1960 Rome 25 0 1 3 4 27
Japan Japan 1964 Tokyo 63 0 0 2 2 34
Mexico Mexico 1968 Mexico City 14 2 1 2 5 19
West Germany West Germany 1972 Munich 50 0 2 1 3 28
Canada Canada 1976 Montreal 86 0 1 1 2 33
Soviet Union Soviet Union 1980 Moscow did not participate
United States United States 1984 Los Angeles
South Korea South Korea 1988 Seoul 27 0 1 0 1 36
Spain Spain 1992 Barcelona 40 0 1 2 3 44
United States United States 1996 Atlanta 18 1 1 1 3 43
Australia Australia 2000 Sydney 35 3 0 1 4 27
Greece Greece 2004 Athens 38 2 2 2 6 29
China China 2008 Beijing 55 1 0 1 2 52
United Kingdom United Kingdom 2012 London 53 7 5 1 13 12
Brazil Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro 63 3 1 4 8 24
Japan Japan 2020 Tokyo 65 3 2 2 7 27
France France 2024 Paris 41 3 6 3 12 21
United States United States 2028 Los Angeles future event
Australia
Total (19/30) 749 27 29 32 88 39

Medals by Winter Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
Italy Italy 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 3 0 0 0 0 —
United States United States 1960 Squaw Valley did not participate
Austria Austria 1964 Innsbruck 4 0 0 0 0 —
France France 1968 Grenoble 4 0 0 0 0 —
Japan Japan 1972 Sapporo 4 0 0 0 0 —
Austria Austria 1976 Innsbruck 4 0 0 0 0 —
United States United States 1980 Lake Placid did not participate
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1984 Sarajevo
Canada Canada 1988 Calgary
France France 1992 Albertville
Norway Norway 1994 Lillehammer
Japan Japan 1998 Nagano 1 0 0 0 0 —
United States United States 2002 Salt Lake City 2 0 0 0 0 —
Italy Italy 2006 Turin 2 0 0 0 0 —
Canada Canada 2010 Vancouver 4 0 0 0 0 —
Russia Russia 2014 Sochi 5 0 0 0 0 —
South Korea South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 4 0 0 0 0 —
China China 2022 Beijing 3 0 0 0 0 –
Italy Italy 2026 Milan/Cortina future event
France
United States
Total (12/24) 40 0 0 0 0 —

Medals by sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Wrestling 13 19 23 55
Weightlifting 9 6 5 20
Taekwondo 3 3 4 10
Shooting 1 0 0 1
Karate 1 0 0 1
Athletics 0 1 0 1
Total (6) 27 29 32 88

List of medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event Date
33 Bronze Salmasi, JafarJafar Salmasi United Kingdom 1948 London Weightlifting Men's 60 kg 019 August 1948
22 Silver Takhti, GholamrezaGholamreza Takhti Finland 1952 Helsinki Wrestling Men's freestyle 79 kg 0423 July 1952
22 Silver Givehchi, NasserNasser Givehchi Finland 1952 Helsinki Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg 0523 July 1952
22 Silver Namjoo, MahmoudMahmoud Namjoo Finland 1952 Helsinki Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 0725 July 1952
33 Bronze Mollaghasemi, MahmoudMahmoud Mollaghasemi Finland 1952 Helsinki Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg 0223 July 1952
33 Bronze Mojtabavi, AbdollahAbdollah Mojtabavi Finland 1952 Helsinki Wrestling Men's freestyle 73 kg 0323 July 1952
33 Bronze Jahanbakht, TofighTofigh Jahanbakht Finland 1952 Helsinki Wrestling Men's freestyle 67 kg 0623 July 1952
33 Bronze Mirzaei, AliAli Mirzaei Finland 1952 Helsinki Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 0825 July 1952
11 Gold Habibi, Emam-AliEmam-Ali Habibi Australia 1956 Melbourne Wrestling Men's freestyle 67 kg 121 December 1956
11 Gold Takhti, GholamrezaGholamreza Takhti Australia 1956 Melbourne Wrestling Men's freestyle 87 kg 131 December 1956
22 Silver Yaghoubi, MehdiMehdi Yaghoubi Australia 1956 Melbourne Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 101 December 1956
22 Silver Khojastehpour, Mohammad AliMohammad Ali Khojastehpour Australia 1956 Melbourne Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg 111 December 1956
33 Bronze Namjoo, MahmoudMahmoud Namjoo Australia 1956 Melbourne Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 0923 November 1956
22 Silver Takhti, GholamrezaGholamreza Takhti Italy 1960 Rome Wrestling Men's freestyle 87 kg 156 September 1960
33 Bronze Paziraei, MohammadMohammad Paziraei Italy 1960 Rome Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg 1431 August 1960
33 Bronze Seifpour, EbrahimEbrahim Seifpour Italy 1960 Rome Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg 166 September 1960
33 Bronze Elmkhah, EsmaeilEsmaeil Elmkhah Italy 1960 Rome Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 177 September 1960
33 Bronze Heidari, Ali AkbarAli Akbar Heidari Japan 1964 Tokyo Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg 1814 October 1964
33 Bronze Sanatkaran, Mohammad AliMohammad Ali Sanatkaran Japan 1964 Tokyo Wrestling Men's freestyle 78 kg 1914 October 1964
11 Gold Nassiri, MohammadMohammad Nassiri Mexico 1968 Mexico City Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 2013 October 1968
11 Gold Movahed, AbdollahAbdollah Movahed Mexico 1968 Mexico City Wrestling Men's freestyle 70 kg 2220 October 1968
22 Silver Jalayer, ParvizParviz Jalayer Mexico 1968 Mexico City Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg 2115 October 1968
33 Bronze Talebi, AboutalebAboutaleb Talebi Mexico 1968 Mexico City Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 2320 October 1968
33 Bronze Seyed-Abbasi, ShamseddinShamseddin Seyed-Abbasi Mexico 1968 Mexico City Wrestling Men's freestyle 63 kg 2420 October 1968
22 Silver Nassiri, MohammadMohammad Nassiri West Germany 1972 Munich Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 2528 August 1972
22 Silver Aliabadi, RahimRahim Aliabadi West Germany 1972 Munich Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg 2710 September 1972
33 Bronze Javadi, EbrahimEbrahim Javadi West Germany 1972 Munich Wrestling Men's freestyle 48 kg 2631 August 1972
22 Silver Barzegar, MansourMansour Barzegar Canada 1976 Montreal Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 2931 July 1976
33 Bronze Nassiri, MohammadMohammad Nassiri Canada 1976 Montreal Weightlifting Men's 52 kg 2818 July 1976
22 Silver Mohammadian, AskariAskari Mohammadian South Korea 1988 Seoul Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 301 October 1988
22 Silver Mohammadian, AskariAskari Mohammadian Spain 1992 Barcelona Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg 327 August 1992
33 Bronze Khadem, Amir RezaAmir Reza Khadem Spain 1992 Barcelona Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 316 August 1992
33 Bronze Khadem, RasoulRasoul Khadem Spain 1992 Barcelona Wrestling Men's freestyle 82 kg 337 August 1992
11 Gold Khadem, RasoulRasoul Khadem United States 1996 Atlanta Wrestling Men's freestyle 90 kg 362 August 1996
22 Silver Jadidi, AbbasAbbas Jadidi United States 1996 Atlanta Wrestling Men's freestyle 100 kg 3531 July 1996
33 Bronze Khadem, Amir RezaAmir Reza Khadem United States 1996 Atlanta Wrestling Men's freestyle 82 kg 3431 July 1996
11 Gold Tavakkoli, HosseinHossein Tavakkoli Australia 2000 Sydney Weightlifting Men's 105 kg 3725 September 2000
11 Gold Rezazadeh, HosseinHossein Rezazadeh Australia 2000 Sydney Weightlifting Men's +105 kg 3826 September 2000
11 Gold Dabir, AlirezaAlireza Dabir Australia 2000 Sydney Wrestling Men's freestyle 58 kg 401 October 2000
33 Bronze Saei, HadiHadi Saei Australia 2000 Sydney Taekwondo Men's 68 kg 3928 September 2000
11 Gold Rezazadeh, HosseinHossein Rezazadeh Greece 2004 Athens Weightlifting Men's +105 kg 4125 August 2004
11 Gold Saei, HadiHadi Saei Greece 2004 Athens Taekwondo Men's 68 kg 4227 August 2004
22 Silver Rezaei, AlirezaAlireza Rezaei Greece 2004 Athens Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg 4428 August 2004
22 Silver Mostafa-Jokar, MasoudMasoud Mostafa-Jokar Greece 2004 Athens Wrestling Men's freestyle 60 kg 4529 August 2004
33 Bronze Karami, YousefYousef Karami Greece 2004 Athens Taekwondo Men's 80 kg 4328 August 2004
33 Bronze Heidari, AlirezaAlireza Heidari Greece 2004 Athens Wrestling Men's freestyle 96 kg 4629 August 2004
11 Gold Saei, HadiHadi Saei China 2008 Beijing Taekwondo Men's 80 kg 4822 August 2008
33 Bronze Mohammadi, MoradMorad Mohammadi China 2008 Beijing Wrestling Men's freestyle 60 kg 4719 August 2008
11 Gold Mohammadpour, SaeidSaeid Mohammadpour United Kingdom 2012 London Weightlifting Men's 94 kg 504 August 2012
11 Gold Sourian, HamidHamid Sourian United Kingdom 2012 London Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg 515 August 2012
11 Gold Norouzi, OmidOmid Norouzi United Kingdom 2012 London Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg 526 August 2012
11 Gold Nassirshalal, NavabNavab Nassirshalal United Kingdom 2012 London Weightlifting Men's 105 kg 536 August 2012
11 Gold Rezaei, GhasemGhasem Rezaei United Kingdom 2012 London Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg 547 August 2012
11 Gold Salimi, BehdadBehdad Salimi United Kingdom 2012 London Weightlifting Men's +105 kg 557 August 2012
11 Gold Ghasemi, KomeilKomeil Ghasemi United Kingdom 2012 London Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg 6111 August 2012
22 Silver Rostami, KianoushKianoush Rostami United Kingdom 2012 London Weightlifting Men's 85 kg 493 August 2012
22 Silver Anoushiravani, SajjadSajjad Anoushiravani United Kingdom 2012 London Weightlifting Men's +105 kg 567 August 2012
22 Silver Haddadi, EhsanEhsan Haddadi United Kingdom 2012 London Athletics Men's discus throw 577 August 2012
22 Silver Bagheri Motamed, MohammadMohammad Bagheri Motamed United Kingdom 2012 London Taekwondo Men's 68 kg 589 August 2012
22 Silver Goudarzi, SadeghSadegh Goudarzi United Kingdom 2012 London Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 5910 August 2012
33 Bronze Lashgari, EhsanEhsan Lashgari United Kingdom 2012 London Wrestling Men's freestyle 84 kg 6011 August 2012
11 Gold Rostami, KianoushKianoush Rostami Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Weightlifting Men's 85 kg 6212 August 2016
11 Gold Moradi, SohrabSohrab Moradi Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Weightlifting Men's 94 kg 6313 August 2016
11 Gold Yazdani, HassanHassan Yazdani Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 6819 August 2016
22 Silver Ghasemi, KomeilKomeil Ghasemi Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg 6920 August 2016
33 Bronze Abdevali, SaeidSaeid Abdevali Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 75 kg 6414 August 2016
33 Bronze Rezaei, GhasemGhasem Rezaei Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg 6516 August 2016
33 Bronze Alizadeh, KimiaKimia Alizadeh Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Taekwondo Women's 57 kg 6618 August 2016
33 Bronze Rahimi, HassanHassan Rahimi Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 6719 August 2016
11 Gold Foroughi, JavadJavad Foroughi Japan 2020 Tokyo Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol 7024 July 2021
11 Gold Geraei, Mohammad RezaMohammad Reza Geraei Japan 2020 Tokyo Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg 724 August 2021
11 Gold Ganjzadeh, SajjadSajjad Ganjzadeh Japan 2020 Tokyo Karate Men's kumite +75 kg 767 August 2021
22 Silver Davoudi, AliAli Davoudi Japan 2020 Tokyo Weightlifting Men's +109 kg 734 August 2021
22 Silver Yazdani, HassanHassan Yazdani Japan 2020 Tokyo Wrestling Men's freestyle 86 kg 745 August 2021
33 Bronze Saravi, Mohammad HadiMohammad Hadi Saravi Japan 2020 Tokyo Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg 713 August 2021
33 Bronze Zare, Amir HosseinAmir Hossein Zare Japan 2020 Tokyo Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg 756 August 2021
11 Gold Mohammad Hadi Saravi France 2024 Paris Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman −97 kg 787 August 2024
11 Gold Saeid Esmaeili France 2024 Paris Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman −67 kg 808 August 2024
11 Gold Arian Salimi France 2024 Paris Taekwondo Men's +80 kg 8610 August 2024
22 Silver Alireza Mohmadi France 2024 Paris Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman −87 kg 818 August 2024
22 Silver Nahid Kiani France 2024 Paris Taekwondo Women's 57 kg 828 August 2024
22 Silver Yazdani, HassanHassan Yazdani France 2024 Paris Wrestling Men's freestyle 86 kg 839 August 2024
22 Silver Mehran Barkhordari France 2024 Paris Taekwondo Men's 80 kg 849 August 2024
22 Silver Zare, Amir HosseinAmir Hossein Zare France 2024 Paris Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg 8510 August 2024
22 Silver Rahman Amouzad France 2024 Paris Wrestling Men's freestyle 65 kg 8711 August 2024
33 Bronze Amin Mirzazadeh France 2024 Paris Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg 776 August 2024
33 Bronze Mobina Nematzadeh France 2024 Paris Taekwondo Women's 49 kg 797 August 2024
33 Bronze Amir Ali Azarpira France 2024 Paris Wrestling Men's 97 kg 8811 August 2024
  • Kianoush Rostami originally won the bronze medal, but was upgraded to silver on 26 November 2016 after the original silver medalist tested positive for doping.
  • Saeid Mohammadpour originally finished 5th, but was upgraded to the gold medal position on 20 December 2016 since the top four weightlifters tested positive for doping.
  • Komeil Ghasemi originally won the bronze medal, but was upgraded to gold on 26 July 2019 after the original gold and silver medalists tested positive for doping.
  • Navab Nassirshalal originally won the silver medal, but was upgraded to gold on 19 December 2019 after the original gold medalist tested positive for doping.

Athletes with most medals

  • Athletes in bold are still active with Iran.
# Athlete Sport Games Gold medal olympic.svg Silver medal olympic.svg Bronze medal olympic.svg Total
1 Hadi Saei Taekwondo 2000–2008 2 0 1 3
2 Hossein Rezazadeh Weightlifting 2000–2004 2 0 0 2
3 Gholamreza Takhti Wrestling 1952–1964 1 2 0 3
Hassan Yazdani Wrestling 2016–2024 1 2 0 3
5 Mohammad Nassiri Weightlifting 1968–1976 1 1 1 3
6 Komeil Ghasemi Wrestling 2012–2016 1 1 0 2
Kianoush Rostami Weightlifting 2012–2016 1 1 0 2
8 Rasoul Khadem Wrestling 1992–1996 1 0 1 2
Ghasem Rezaei Wrestling 2012–2016 1 0 1 2
Mohammad Hadi Saravi Wrestling 2020–2024 1 0 1 2
11 Askari Mohammadian Wrestling 1988–1992 0 2 0 2
12 Mahmoud Namjoo Weightlifting 1952–1956 0 1 1 2
Amir Hossein Zare Wrestling 2020–2024 0 1 1 2
14 Amir Reza Khadem Wrestling 1992–1996 0 0 2 2

Sport by year

Summer Olympics

Sport 00 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 Years
 
Aquatics, Diving 1 1
Aquatics, Swimming 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9
Aquatics, Water polo 11 1
Archery 2 2 1 1 1 5
Athletics 1 2 1 8 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 2 6 10 10 3 2 17
Badminton 1 1 2
Basketball 13 12 12 3
Boxing 8 6 4 5 5 6 6 4 5 1 3 4 1 2 14
Canoeing, Sprint 1 2 1 1 2 5
Cycling, Road 4 4 7 7 7 2 2 3 3 3 1 1 12
Cycling, Track 2 5
Equestrian 1 1
Fencing 1 4 2 13 1 2 4 4 8
Football 17 19 17 3
Gymnastics, Artistic 2 1 2
Judo 1 3 7 6 1 2 6
Karate 3 1
Rowing 2 2 1 1 3 5
Shooting 3 1 4 4 1 1 1 3 5 6 4 11
Sport climbing 1 1
Table tennis 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 3 8
Taekwondo 4 3 2 2 3 3 4 3 4 7
Volleyball 12 12 2
Weightlifting 5 7 7 5 5 4 3 7 5 6 6 3 6 5 2 2 16
Wrestling 7 8 8 12 12 9 14 17 15 16 10 11 13 12 13 12 11 12 18
Total 1 36 22 17 23 63 14 50 86 27 40 18 35 38 55 53 63 65 41 19

Winter Olympics

Sport 56 64 68 72 76 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Years
 
Skiing, Alpine 3 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 12
Skiing, Cross-country 1 1 1 2 2 1 6
Total 3 4 4 4 4 1 2 2 4 5 4 2 11

See also

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