Iran_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics
Iran at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Iran sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. In total 55 Iranian athletes went to Beijing, including three women. These Olympics are regarded as less successful than their previous Games, as Iran only achieved one gold and one bronze medal.
Quick Facts Iran at the 2008 Summer Olympics, IOC code ...
| Iran at the 2008 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | IRI |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
| Website | www |
| in Beijing | |
| Competitors | 55 in 13 sports |
| Flag bearer | Homa Hosseini |
| Medals Ranked 51st |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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More information Medal, Name ...
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More information Sport, Men ...
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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| Archery | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Athletics | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Badminton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Basketball | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Boxing | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Cycling | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Judo | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Rowing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Table tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Taekwondo | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Weightlifting | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Wrestling | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Total | 52 | 3 | 55 |
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Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
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| Score | Seed | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
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Rank | ||
| Hojjatollah Vaezi | Men's individual | 604 | 63 |  Champia (IND)L 98–112 |
Did not advance | |||||
| Najmeh Abtin | Women's individual | 568 | 60 |  Kwon U-S (PRK)L 96–106 |
Did not advance | |||||
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Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Key
- Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
- NR = National record
- N/A = Round not applicable for the event
- Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
- Men[1]
- Track & road events
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Sajjad Moradi | 800 m | 1:46.10 | 6 q | 1:46.08 | 5 | Did not advance | |
| Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei | 1:49.25 | 8 | Did not advance | ||||
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- Field events
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Ehsan Haddadi | Discus throw | 61.34 | 17 | Did not advance | |
| Amin Nikfar | Shot put | NM | — | Did not advance | |
| Abbas Samimi | Discus throw | 59.92 | 26 | Did not advance | |
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- Combined events – Decathlon
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadi Sepehrzad | Result | 10.92 | 6.80 | 16.02 | 1.90 | 50.75 | 14.64 | 50.32 | 4.00 | 49.56 | 5:06.67 | 7483 | 21 |
| Points | 878 | 767 | 852 | 714 | 780 | 894 | 877 | 617 | 582 | 522 |
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Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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| Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
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Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| Kaveh Mehrabi | Men's singles[2] |  Hsieh (TPE)L 16–21, 12–21 |
Did not advance | |||||
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Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Men's tournament
- Roster
The following is the Iran roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[3]
More information Players, Coaches ...
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- Group play
More information Pos, Pld ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Lithuania |
5 | 4 | 1 | 425 | 400 | +25 | 9[lower-alpha 1] | Quarterfinals |
| 2 |  Argentina |
5 | 4 | 1 | 425 | 361 | +64 | 9[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 |  Croatia |
5 | 3 | 2 | 399 | 380 | +19 | 8[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 4 |  Australia |
5 | 3 | 2 | 457 | 405 | +52 | 8[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 5 |  Russia |
5 | 1 | 4 | 387 | 406 | −19 | 6 | |
| 6 |  Iran |
5 | 0 | 5 | 323 | 464 | −141 | 5 |
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Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
10 August 2008 09:00 |
| Russia |
71–49 | Iran |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–5, 14–17, 8–16, 25–11 | ||
| Pts: Holden 19 Rebs: Monia 6 Asts: Savrasenko 4 |
Pts: Nikkhah 16 Rebs: Haddadi 8 Asts: Kamrani 3 | |
12 August 2008 09:00 |
| Iran |
67–99 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 14–31, 19–28, 14–25 | ||
| Pts: Haddadi 21 Rebs: Sahakian 12 Asts: Amini 4 |
Pts: Kleiza 22 Rebs: Kleiza 8 Asts: Jasikevičius, Lukauskis, Mačiulis 3 | |
14 August 2008 11:15 |
| Australia |
106–68 | Iran |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–15, 25–14, 22–19, 31–20 | ||
| Pts: Newley 24 Rebs: Bogut 7 Asts: Mills, Worthington, Bruton 5 |
Pts: Nikkhah 23 Rebs: Haddadi 8 Asts: Davari 4 | |
Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Morteza Sepahvand | Light welterweight[4] |  Hassini (TUN)W 16–4 |
 Gheorghe (ROU)W 8–4 |
 Díaz (DOM)L 6–11 |
Did not advance | ||
| Mehdi Ghorbani | Light heavyweight[4] |  Negrón (PUR)L 4–13 |
Did not advance | ||||
| Ali Mazaheri | Heavyweight[4] | — |  Chakhkiyev (RUS)L 3–7 |
Did not advance | |||
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Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Road
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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| Hossein Askari | Men's road race[5] | 6:34:22 | 51 |
| Men's time trial[5] | 1:08:46 | 34 | |
| Ghader Mizbani | Men's road race[5] | 6:39:42 | 78 |
| Mehdi Sohrabi | Did not finish | ||
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Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Men[6]
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | |
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| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
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Opposition Result |
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Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Masoud Akhondzadeh | −60 kg | Bye |  Drakšič (SLO)W 0110–0010 |
 Choi (KOR)L 0000–1000 |
Did not advance |  Albarracín (ARG)W 0020–0001 |
 Sobirov (UZB)L 0001–0010 |
Did not advance | |||
| Arash Miresmaeili | −66 kg | Bye |  Adamiec (POL)W 0001–0000 |
 Uchishiba (JPN)L 0000–0020 |
Did not advance | Jacinto (DOM) W 0011–0000 |
Sharipov (UZB) L 0001–0010 |
Did not advance | |||
| Ali Maloumat | −73 kg | — | Kanamaru (JPN) W 1001–0001 |
 Pina (POR)W 0111–0001 |
 Dashdavaa (MGL)W 1100–0010 |
 Mammadli (AZE)L 0000–1000 |
Bye |  Guilheiro (BRA)L 0000–1000 |
5 | ||
| Hamed Malekmohammadi | −81 kg | Bye | Sedej (SLO) W 1000–0000 |
Camilo (BRA) L 0000–1010 |
Did not advance | ||||||
| Hossein Ghomi | −90 kg | — |  Kazusionak (BLR)L 0000–1110 |
Did not advance | |||||||
| Mohammad Reza Roudaki | +100 kg | Bye | Rybak (BLR) W 1001–0001 |
 Jónsson (ISL)W 1000–0001 |
 Gujejiani (GEO)L 0000–0011 |
Did not advance | Bye |  McCormick (USA)W 1001–0001 |
Tmenov (RUS) W 1010–0001 |
 Brayson (CUB)L 0000–0200 |
5 |
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Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Men[7]
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Mohsen Shadi | Single sculls | 7:48.24 | 5 SE/F | Bye | 7:20.34 | 1 FE | 7:06.54 | 25 | |
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- Women[8]
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Homa Hosseini | Single sculls | 9:02.12 | 4 FE | Bye | 8:18.20 | 26 | |||
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Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Men[9]
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Mohammad Alirezaei | 100 m breaststroke | DNS | Did not advance | ||||
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Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Afshin Norouzi | Men's singles[10] |  Bobocica (ITA)L 2–4 |
Did not advance | |||||||
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Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Bronze Medal | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Reza Naderian | Men's −58 kg[11] | Wenceslau (BRA) L 1–2 |
Did not advance | |||||
| Hadi Saei | Men's −80 kg[11] |  Bista (NEP)W 7–0 |
 Zhu G (CHN)W 3–2 |
Ahmadov (AZE) W 4–1 |
Bye | Sarmiento (ITA) W 6–4 |
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| Sara Khoshjamal Fekri | Women's −49 kg[12] |  Toudali (MAR)W 5–0 |
Yang S-C (TPE) L 0–2 |
Did not advance | ||||
Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Asghar Ebrahimi | Men's −94 kg[13] | 180 | 1 | 212 | 4 | 392 | 4 |
| Mohsen Biranvand | Men's −105 kg[13] | 180 | 9 | 210 | 11 | 390 | 9 |
| Rashid Sharifi | Men's +105 kg[13] | 196 | 6 | 230 | 6 | 426 | 6 |
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Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Key:
- VT - Victory by Fall.
- PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
- PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
- Men's freestyle[14]
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
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| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Abbas Dabbaghi | −55 kg | Bye |  Serrano (COL)W 3–1 PP |
Kudukhov (RUS) L 0–3 PO |
Did not advance | 10 | |||
| Morad Mohammadi | −60 kg | Bye |  Madany (EGY)W 3–0 PO |
 Azarbayjani (CAN)W 3–0 PO |
Batirov (RUS) L 0–3 PO |
Bye | Huseynov (AZE) W 3–1 PP |
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| Mehdi Taghavi | −66 kg | Bye | Garcia (CAN) W 3–1 PP |
 Şahin (TUR)L 0–3 PO |
Did not advance | Bye | Garzón (CUB) L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | 10 |
| Meisam Mostafa-Jokar | −74 kg | Bye |  Terziev (BUL)L 0–3 PO |
Did not advance | 19 | ||||
| Reza Yazdani | −84 kg | Horbik (POL) W 3–0 PO |
Temrezov (AZE) L 0–5 VT |
Did not advance | 11 | ||||
| Saeid Ebrahimi | −96 kg | Bye | Emara (EGY) W 3–1 PP |
Gogshelidze (GEO) L 0–3 PO |
Did not advance | 10 | |||
| Fardin Masoumi | −120 kg |  Langowski (MEX)W 3–0 PO |
Akhmedov (RUS) L 0–5 VT |
Did not advance | Boyadzhiev (BUL) W 3–1 PP |
Mocco (USA) W 3–1 PP |
 Mutalimov (KAZ)L 1–3 PP |
5 | |
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- Men's Greco-Roman[15]
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
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| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Hamid Sourian | −55 kg | Venkov (BUL) W 5–0 VT |
 Elwais (PLW)W 3–0 PO |
Mankiev (RUS) L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | Bye |  Fris (SRB)W 3–1 PP |
Park E-C (KOR) L 1–3 PP |
5 |
| Ali Mohammadi | −66 kg | Kim M-C (KOR) W 3–1 PP |
Siamionau (BLR) L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | 11 | ||||
| Saman Tahmasebi | −84 kg | Bye |  Daragan (UKR)W 3–1 PP |
Avluca (TUR) L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | 11 | |||
| Ghasem Rezaei | −96 kg |  Ežerskis (LTU)L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | 16 | |||||
| Masoud Hashemzadeh | −120 kg | Bye | Baroev (RUS) L 0–3 PO |
Did not advance | Bye | Mizgaitis (LTU) L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | 15 | |
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