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Iran at the
Paralympics

IPC code

IRI

NPC

I.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee

Medals

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
55	37	44	136

Summer appearances

1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016

Winter appearances

1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018

Iran first competed at the Paralympic Games in 1988, at the Summer Games in Seoul, South Korea.

Medal tables
Medalists
- 1988
- 1992
- 1996
- 2000
- 2004
- 2008
- 2012
- 2016
Related pages
See also

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1988 Seoul	4	1	3	8	27
1992 Barcelona	1	2	1	4	37
1996 Atlanta	9	5	3	17	20
2000 Sydney	11	4	7	22	17
2004 Athens	7	3	13	23	23
2008 Beijing	5	6	3	14	22
2012 London	10	7	7	24	11
2016 Rio de Janeiro	8	9	7	24	15
Total	55	37	44	136	29

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
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	—
2014 Sochi	0	0	0	0	—
2018 Pyeongchang	0	0	0	0	—
Total	0	0	0	0	—

Medals by sport

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Archery	3	1	2	6
Athletics	31	24	28	83
Football 5-a-side	0	1	0	1
Football 7-a-side	0	1	2	3
Judo	0	1	1	2
Powerlifting	11	7	9	27
Shooting	4	0	2	6
Sitting volleyball	6	2	0	8
Total	55	37	44	136

Medalists

1988

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Mokhtar Nourafshan	Athletics	Men's discus throw 3
1 Gold	Hadi Yarahmadi	Athletics	Men's javelin throw 4
1 Gold	Javad Abdollahzadeh	Athletics	Men's javelin throw 5
1 Gold	Ali Kashfia Mohammad Hossein Parastar Kazem Esmaeilian Mohammad Ali Tabatabaei Mohammad Mostafavi Ahmad Shivani Mohsen Barati Hadi Rezaei Reza Gozali Hossein Hashemi Saeid Hanifi Reza Bodaghi	Volleyball	Men's sitting
2 Silver	Ahmad Rezaei	Athletics	Men's javelin throw L5
3 Bronze	Ali Asghar Hadizadeh	Athletics	Men's shot put L5
3 Bronze	Reza Chavoshi	Athletics	Men's discus throw 3
3 Bronze	Hassan Samavati	Athletics	Men's discus throw A1–3/A9/L3

1992

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Gholam Akhavan Ahmad Shivani Hadi Rezaei Parviz Firouzi Hassan Hashemi Ali Akbar Salavatian Hassan Mohammadi Ali Golkar Majid Soleimani Ali Kashfia Hassan Zendehgard	Volleyball	Men's sitting
2 Silver	Hossein Agha-Barghchi	Athletics	Men's shot put C6
2 Silver	Avaz Azmoudeh	Athletics	Men's javelin throw THW4
3 Bronze	Hossein Agha-Barghchi	Athletics	Men's discus throw C7

1996

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Ghader Modabber	Athletics	Men's shot put F51
1 Gold	Hossein Agha-Barghchi	Athletics	Men's discus throw F35
1 Gold	Ghader Modabber	Athletics	Men's discus throw F51
1 Gold	Abdolreza Jokar	Athletics	Men's discus throw F52
1 Gold	Ghader Modabber	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F51
1 Gold	Mokhtar Nourafshan	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F53
1 Gold	Mohammad Reza Mirzaei	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F56
1 Gold	Enayatollah Bokharaei	Shooting	Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1
1 Gold	Gholam Akhavan Farshid Ashouri Mohsen Barati Jalil Imeri Ali Golkar Parviz Firouzi Ali Kashfia Hadi Rezaei Ali Akbar Salavatian Hassan Shahi Ahmad Shivani Majid Soleimani	Volleyball	Men's sitting
2 Silver	Mokhtar Nourafshan	Athletics	Men's shot put F53
2 Silver	Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar	Athletics	Men's shot put F55
2 Silver	Mokhtar Nourafshan	Athletics	Men's discus throw F53
2 Silver	Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar	Athletics	Men's discus throw F55
2 Silver	Fereydoun Karimipour	Powerlifting	Men's 56 kg
3 Bronze	Abdolreza Jokar	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F52
3 Bronze	Allahbakhsh Akbari	Powerlifting	Men's 60 kg
3 Bronze	Zeinal Siavoshani	Powerlifting	Men's 67.5 kg

2000

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Ghader Modabber	Athletics	Men's shot put F52
1 Gold	Mokhtar Nourafshan	Athletics	Men's shot put F54
1 Gold	Ghader Modabber	Athletics	Men's discus throw F52
1 Gold	Abdolreza Jokar	Athletics	Men's discus throw F53
1 Gold	Mokhtar Nourafshan	Athletics	Men's discus throw F54
1 Gold	Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar	Athletics	Men's discus throw F56
1 Gold	Aref Khosravinia	Athletics	Men's discus throw F57
1 Gold	Avaz Azmoudeh	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F54
1 Gold	Mohammad Reza Mirzaei	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F57
1 Gold	Amrollah Dehghani	Powerlifting	Men's 100 kg
1 Gold	Enayatollah Bokharaei	Shooting	Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1
1 Gold	Ali Eshghi Hojjat Behravan Ali Akbar Salavatian Parviz Firouzi Issa Zirahi Jalil Imeri Farshid Ashouri Ali Golkar Majid Soleimani Ali Kashfia Reza Peidayesh Mohammad Reza Rahimi	Volleyball	Men's sitting
2 Silver	Dariush Namvar	Athletics	Men's discus throw F56
2 Silver	Fereydoun Karimipour	Powerlifting	Men's 56 kg
2 Silver	Mansour Dimasi	Powerlifting	Men's 75 kg
2 Silver	Saeid Bafandeh	Powerlifting	Men's 82.5 kg
3 Bronze	Abbas Mohseni	Athletics	Men's shot put F37
3 Bronze	Hossein Agha-Barghchi	Athletics	Men's discus throw F36
3 Bronze	Vahab Saalabi	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F42
3 Bronze	Ghader Modabber	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F52
3 Bronze	Abdolreza Jokar	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F53
3 Bronze	Allahbakhsh Akbari	Powerlifting	Men's 67.5 kg
3 Bronze	Nayyereh Akef	Shooting	Women's 10 m air pistol SH1

2004

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Siamak Saleh-Farajzadeh	Athletics	Men's discus throw F33/34
1 Gold	Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar	Athletics	Men's discus throw F56
1 Gold	Ali Naderi	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F55/56
1 Gold	Mohammad Reza Mirzaei	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F57
1 Gold	Morteza Dashti	Powerlifting	Men's 48 kg
1 Gold	Kazem Rajabi	Powerlifting	Men's 100 kg
~~1 Gold~~ \|\| ~~Habibollah Mousavi~~ \|\| Powerlifting \|\| Men's +100 kg
2 Silver	Javad Hardani	Athletics	Men's discus throw F38
2 Silver	Jalil Bagheri Jeddi	Athletics	Men's discus throw F55
2 Silver	Davoud Alipourian Sadegh Bigdeli Saeid Ebrahimi Jalil Imeri Ali Golkar Mehdi Hamidzadeh Nasser Hassanpour Mohammad Reza Rahimi Ramezan Salehi Issa Zirahi	Volleyball	Men's sitting
3 Bronze	Mohsen Amoo-Aghaei	Athletics	Men's shot put F33/34
3 Bronze	Asghar Zareeinejad	Athletics	Men's shot put F40
3 Bronze	Mehrdad Karamzadeh	Athletics	Men's shot put F42
3 Bronze	Mokhtar Nourafshan	Athletics	Men's discus throw F55
3 Bronze	Alireza Kamalifar	Athletics	Men's discus throw F58
3 Bronze	Vahab Saalabi	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F42
3 Bronze	Avaz Azmoudeh	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F54
3 Bronze	Abdolreza Jokar	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F52/53
3 Bronze	Azam Khodayari	Athletics	Women's discus throw F56–58
3 Bronze	Hani Asakereh	Judo	Men's 73 kg
3 Bronze	Gholam Hossein Chaltoukkar	Powerlifting	Men's 52 kg
3 Bronze	Hamzeh Mohammadi	Powerlifting	Men's 67.5 kg
3 Bronze	Reza Boroumand	Powerlifting	Men's 75 kg

2008

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Javad Hardani	Athletics	Men's discus throw F37/38
1 Gold	Mohammad Reza Mirzaei	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F57/58
1 Gold	Hamzeh Mohammadi	Powerlifting	Men's 60 kg
1 Gold	Kazem Rajabi	Powerlifting	Men's +100 kg
1 Gold	Mohammad Hosseinifar Mohammad Reza Rahimi Reza Peidayesh Davoud Alipourian Mehdi Hamidzadeh Nasser Hassanpour Sadegh Bigdeli Jalil Imeri Saeid Ebrahimi Issa Zirahi Ramezan Salehi Mohammad Khaleghi	Sitting volleyball	Men
2 Silver	Mehrdad Karamzadeh	Athletics	Men's discus throw F42
2 Silver	Ali Mohammadyari	Athletics	Men's discus throw F55/56
2 Silver	Abdolreza Jokar	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F53/54
2 Silver	Saeid Rahmati	Judo	Men's 60 kg
2 Silver	Ali Hosseini	Powerlifting	Men's 67.5 kg
2 Silver	Majid Farzin	Powerlifting	Men's 75 kg
3 Bronze	Javad Hardani	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F37/38
3 Bronze	Habibollah Heidarimehr Esmaeil Malekzadeh Gholamreza Najafi Hadi Safari Bahman Ansari Ehsan Gholamhosseinpour Morteza Heidari Abdolreza Karimzadeh Rasoul Atashafrouz Moslem Akbari Ardeshir Mahini	Football 7-a-side	Men
3 Bronze	Ali Sadeghzadeh	Powerlifting	Men's 100 kg

2012

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
1 Gold	Zahra Nemati	Archery	Women's individual recurve W1/W2	4 September
1 Gold	Peyman Nasiri	Athletics	Men's 1500 m T20	4 September
1 Gold	Jalil Bagheri Jeddi	Athletics	Men's shot put F54/55/56	1 September
1 Gold	Javad Hardani	Athletics	Men's discus throw F37/38	7 September
1 Gold	Mohsen Kaedi	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F33/34	1 September
1 Gold	Mohammad Khalvandi	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F57/58	8 September
1 Gold	Nader Moradi	Powerlifting	Men's 60 kg	1 September
1 Gold	Ali Hosseini	Powerlifting	Men's 75 kg	3 September
1 Gold	Majid Farzin	Powerlifting	Men's 82.5 kg	4 September
1 Gold	Siamand Rahman	Powerlifting	Men's +100 kg	5 September
2 Silver	Mohsen Kaedi	Athletics	Men's shot put F34	4 September
2 Silver	Mehrdad Karam Zadeh	Athletics	Men's discus throw F42	2 September
2 Silver	Sajad Nikparast	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F12/13	5 September
2 Silver	Kamran Shokrisalari	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F42	7 September
2 Silver	Abdolreza Jokar	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F52/53	4 September
2 Silver	Rouhollah Rostami	Powerlifting	Men's 67.5 kg	2 September
2 Silver	Volleyball team Majid Lashgari Reza Peidayesh Davood Alipourian Ahmad Eiri Naser Hassanpour Sadegh Bigdeli Jalil Eimery (captain) Seyed Saeid Ebrahimi Isa Zirahi Ramezan Salehi Mohammad Khaleghi	Volleyball	Men's volleyball	8 September
3 Bronze	Razieh Shir Mohammadi Zahra Javanmard Zahra Nemati	Archery	Women's team recurve open	5 September
3 Bronze	Javad Hardani	Athletics	Men's shot put F37/38	5 September
3 Bronze	Ali Mohammadyari	Athletics	Men's discus throw F54/55/56	5 September
3 Bronze	Farzad Sepahvand	Athletics	Men's discus throw F44	6 September
3 Bronze	Football 7-a-side team Mehran Nikoee Majd Moslem Khazaeipirsarabi Ehsan Gholamhosseinpour Morteza Heidari Bahman Ansari Hashem Rastegarimobin Sadegh Hassani Baghi Farzad Mehri Jasem Bakhshi Moslem Akbari (captain) Rasoul Atashafrouz Abdolreza Karimizadeh	Football 7-a-side	Football 7-a-side	9 September
3 Bronze	Ali Sadeghzadeh	Powerlifting	Men's 100 kg	5 September
3 Bronze	Sareh Javanmardi	Shooting	Women's 10 m air pistol SH1	31 August

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	5	5	3	13
Powerlifting	4	1	1	6
Archery	1	0	1	2
Sitting volleyball	0	1	0	1
Football 7-a-side	0	0	1	1
Shooting	0	0	1	1
Total	10	7	7	24

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
2	31 August	0	0	1	1
3	1 September	3	0	0	3
4	2 September	0	2	0	2
5	3 September	1	0	0	1
6	4 September	3	2	0	5
7	5 September	1	1	4	6
8	6 September	0	0	1	1
9	7 September	1	1	0	2
10	8 September	1	1	0	2
11	9 September	0	0	1	1
Total		10	7	7	24

2016

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
1 Gold	Gholamreza Rahimi	Archery	Men's individual recurve open	13 September
1 Gold	Zahra Nemati	Archery	Women's Individual recurve open	15 September
1 Gold	Mohammad Khalvandi	Athletics	Men's Javelin Throw–F57	12 September
1 Gold	Majid Farzin	Powerlifting	Men's 80 kg	12 September
1 Gold	Siamand Rahman	Powerlifting	Men's +107 kg	14 September
1 Gold	rowspan="2"\| Sareh Javanmardi	Shooting	Women's 10m air pistol SH1	9 September
1 Gold	Shooting	Mixed 50m pistol SH1	14 September
1 Gold	Sitting Volleyball team Mehrzad Mehravan Morteza Mehrzadselakjani Majid Lashkarisanami Davoud Alipourian (c) Abolfazl Oliyaei Ramezan Salehihajikolaei Sadegh Bigdeli Meisam Ali Pour Hossein Golestani Isa Zirahi Arash Khormali Mahdi Babadi	Sitting volleyball	Sitting volleyball	18 September
2 Silver	Zahra Nemati Ebrahim Ranjbar	Archery	Team recurve open	11 September
2 Silver	Saman Pakbaz	Athletics	Men's Shot Put – F12	8 September
2 Silver	Alireza Ghaleh Naseri	Athletics	Men's Discus Throw – F56	10 September
2 Silver	Sajad Mohammadian	Athletics	Men's Shot Put – F42	12 September
2 Silver	Abdollah Heydari	Athletics	Men's Javelin Throw – F57	12 September
2 Silver	Sajad Nikparast	Athletics	Men's Javelin Throw – F13	14 September
2 Silver	Hamed Amiri	Athletics	Men's Shot Put – F55	16 September
2 Silver	Football 5-a-side team Meysam Shojaeiyan Behzad Zadaliasghari Mohammadreza Mehninasab Hossein Rajabpour (c) Ahmadreza Shahhosseini Sadegh Rahimighasr Amir Pourrazavi Mohammad Heidari Rasool Baseri Akbar Shoushtari	Football 5-a-side	Football 5-a-side	17 September
2 Silver	Football 7-a-side team Moslem Khazaei Pirsarabi Hashem Rastegarimobin (c) Lotfollah Jangjou Rasoul Atashafrouz Sadegh Hassani Baghi Mohammad Kharat Behnam Sohrabi Hossein Tiz Bor Mehdi Jamali Jasem Bakhshi Hassan Safari Farzad Mehri Moslem Akbari Babak Safari	Football 7-a-side	Football 7-a-side	16 September
3 Bronze	Ebrahim Ranjbar	Archery	Men's individual recurve open	13 September
3 Bronze	Peyman Nasiri Bazanjani	Athletics	Men's 1500m T20	13 September
3 Bronze	Asadollah Azimi	Athletics	Men's Shot Put – F53	14 September
3 Bronze	Javad Hardani	Athletics	Men's Javelin Throw – F38	15 September
3 Bronze	Mohsen Kaedi	Athletics	Men's Javelin Throw – F34	15 September
3 Bronze	Javid Ehsani Shakib	Athletics	Men's Shot Put – F57	17 September
3 Bronze	Ali Sadeghzadeh	Powerlifting	Men's –107 kg	14 September

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Archery	2	1	1	4
Powerlifting	2	0	1	3
Shooting	2	0	0	2
Athletics	1	6	5	12
Sitting volleyball	1	0	0	1
Football 5-a-side	0	1	0	1
Football 7-a-side	0	1	0	1
Total	8	9	7	24

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
1	8 September	0	1	0	1
2	9 September	1	0	0	1
3	10 September	0	1	0	1
4	11 September	0	1	0	1
5	12 September	2	2	0	4
6	13 September	1	0	2	3
7	14 September	2	1	2	5
8	15 September	1	0	2	3
9	16 September	0	2	0	2
10	17 September	0	1	1	2
11	18 September	1	0	0	1
Total		8	9	7	24

Medals by gender^{(Comparison graphs)}
Gender				Total	Percentage
Male	5	8	7	20	83.33%
Female	3	0	0	3	12.50%
Mixed	0	1	0	1	4.17%
Total	8	9	7	24	100%

Iran at the Olympics