Iran at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Iran at the
2016 Summer Olympics
Iran at the; 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IRI
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Website	www.olympic.ir(in Persian and English)
inRio de Janeiro
Competitors	63 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Zahra Nemati
Medals; Ranked 24th	Gold 3 Silver 1 Bronze 4 Total 8
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Iran(officially theIslamic Republic of Iran) competed at the2016 Summer OlympicsinRio de Janeiro,from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's return in1948after having made their debut in1900,Iranian athletes had attended in everySummer Olympic Gamesof the modern era, with the exception of the1980and1984 Summer Olympics.

TheNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iranfielded a team of 63 athletes, 54 men and 9 women, across 15 sports at the Games.^[2]It was the nation's second-largest delegation sent to the Olympics, and featured Iran's highest female participation in history.Men's volleyballwas the only team-based sport in which Iran was represented at the Games, the nation's Olympic debut.^[3]Wrestling accounted for the largest number of athletes by an individual-based sport with 12 entries; there was only a single competitor each in archery, bo xing, flatwater canoeing, rowing, and swimming.

The Iranian roster featured a number of past Olympic medalists, including discus throwerEhsan Haddadi,who won the nation's first ever athletics medal with a silver, and four defending champions from London: weightlifterBehdad Salimi,and Greco-Roman wrestlersHamid Sourian,Omid Norouzi,andGhasem Rezaei.Other notable Iranian athletes included table tennis playerNoshad Alamianand his younger brotherNimain the men's singles, rifle shooter and London 2012 finalistElaheh Ahmadi,and paraplegic archerZahra Nemati,who significantly became the nation's first ever female athlete to earn an Olympic or Paralympic title four years earlier.^[4]Consequently, Nemati's story and sporting success prompted her to lead the Iranian delegation as the nation's third female flag bearer in Olympic history during the opening ceremony.^[1]

Iran left Rio de Janeiro with a total of 8 medals (3 gold, 1 silver, and 4 bronze), finishing twenty-fourth in the overall standings.^[5]Five of these medals were awarded to the team in wrestling, two in weightlifting, and one in taekwondo. Among the nation's medalists were taekwondo fighterKimia Alizadeh,who became the first Iranian woman to stand on the podium by taking the bronze, and weightlifterKianoush Rostami,who bested his runner-up feat from London, lifting a new world record for gold in the men's 85 kg category.^{[citation needed]}

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Kianoush Rostami	Weightlifting	Men's 85 kg	August 12
Gold	Sohrab Moradi	Weightlifting	Men's 94 kg	August 13
Gold	Hassan Yazdani	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg	August 19
Silver	Komeil Ghasemi	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 125 kg	August 20
Bronze	Saeid Abdevali	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 75 kg	August 14
Bronze	Ghasem Rezaei	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg	August 16
Bronze	Kimia Alizadeh	Taekwondo	Women's 57 kg	August 18
Bronze	Hassan Rahimi	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg	August 19

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Weightlifting	2	0	0	2
Wrestling	1	1	3	5
Taekwondo	0	0	1	1
Total	3	1	4	8

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
Day 1	6 August	0	0	0	0
Day 2	7 August	0	0	0	0
Day 3	8 August	0	0	0	0
Day 4	9 August	0	0	0	0
Day 5	10 August	0	0	0	0
Day 6	11 August	0	0	0	0
Day 7	12 August	1	0	0	1
Day 8	13 August	1	0	0	1
Day 9	14 August	0	0	1	1
Day 10	15 August	0	0	0	0
Day 11	16 August	0	0	1	1
Day 12	17 August	0	0	0	0
Day 13	18 August	0	0	1	1
Day 14	19 August	1	0	1	2
Day 15	20 August	0	1	0	1
Day 16	21 August	0	0	0	0
Total		3	1	4	8

Competitors

Iranian delegation at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	0	1	1
Athletics	9	1	10
Bo xing	1	0	1
Canoeing	1	0	1
Cycling	3	0	3
Fencing	2	0	2
Judo	2	0	2
Rowing	0	1	1
Shooting	1	4	5
Swimming	1	0	1
Table tennis	2	1	3
Taekwondo	3	1	4
Volleyball	12	0	12
Weightlifting	5	0	5
Wrestling	12	0	12
Total	54	9	63

Archery

One Iranian archer qualified for the women's individual recurve by obtaining one of the three Olympic places available from the2015 Asian Archery ChampionshipsinBangkok, Thailand.^[6]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Zahra Nemati	Women's individual	609	49	Stepanova(RUS) L2–6	did not advance

Athletics

Iranian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[7]^[8]

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 loseror,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

Ehsan Haddadiin men's discus throw.

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Reza Ghasemi	Men's 100 m	Bye		10:47	7	did not advance
Hassan Taftian	Men's 100 m	Bye		10:17	3q	10:23	8	did not advance
Mohammad Jafar Moradi	Men's marathon	—						2:31:58	129
Hamid Reza Zouravand	Men's 20 km walk	—						1:27:45	54

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Mohammad Arzandeh	Men's long jump	7.31	29	did not advance
Ehsan Haddadi	Men's discus throw	60.15	24	did not advance
Mahmoud Samimi	Men's discus throw	56.94	30	did not advance
Pezhman Ghalehnoei	Men's hammer throw	69.15	28	did not advance
Kaveh Mousavi	Men's hammer throw	65.03	29	did not advance
Leila Rajabi	Women's shot put	16.34	32	did not advance

Bo xing

Iran has entered one boxer to compete in the men's light heavyweight division into the Olympic bo xing tournament. 2012 OlympianEhsan Rouzbahaniwas the only Iranian finishing among the top two of his respective division in the AIBA Pro Bo xing series.^[9]^[10]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ehsan Rouzbahani	Men's light heavyweight	Müllenberg(NED) L0–3	did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Iran has received a spare berth from theInternational Canoe Federationto enter a boat in the men's C-1 200 m to the Olympics, as the next highest-ranked nation, not yet qualified, at the 2015 Canoe Sprint World Championships, and as a response to the forfeiture of five boats held by the Russians due to their previous doping bans and their implications in the "disappearing positive methodology" set out in the McClaren Report on Russia's state-sponsored doping.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Adel Mojallali	Men's C-1 200 m	41.650	4Q	42.386	6	did not advance

Qualification Legend:FA= Qualify to final (medal);FB= Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Iranian cycling team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Road

Iranian riders qualified for a maximum of three quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 4 national ranking in the2015 UCI Asia Tour.^[12]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Ghader Mizbani	Men's road race	did not finish
Ghader Mizbani	Men's time trial	1:21:39.45	31
Arvin Moazzami	Men's road race	did not finish
Samad Pourseyedi	Men's road race	did not finish

Fencing

Following the completion of the Grand Prix finals, Iran has entered two fencers into the Olympic competition. Sabre fencers Ali Pakdaman and 2012 OlympianMojtaba Abedinihad claimed their spots on the Iranian team by finishing among the top 14 individuals in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.^[13]


Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mojtaba Abedini	Men's sabre	Yahodka(UKR) W15–9	Gu B-g(KOR) W15–12	Anstett(FRA) W15–13	Homer(USA) L14–15	Kim J-h(KOR) L8–15	4
Ali Pakdaman	Men's sabre	Szabo(GER) L11–15	did not advance

Judo

Iran has qualified three judokas for each of the following weight classes at the Games. London 2012 OlympianJavad Mahjoubwas ranked among the top 22 eligible judokas for men in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016, whileAlireza Khojastehat men's half-lightweight (66 kg) earned a continental quota spot from the Asian region, as the highest-ranked Iranian judoka outside of direct qualifying position.^[14]^[15]Khojasteh subsequently withdrew from the Olympics before the opening ceremony.^[16]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Saeid Mollaei	Men's −81 kg	Bye	Khalmurzaev(RUS) L000–000S	did not advance
Javad Mahjoub	Men's −100 kg	Bye	Nikiforov(BEL) L000–100	did not advance

Rowing

Iran has qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Olympics at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta inChungju,South Korea.^{[citation needed]}

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mahsa Javar	Women's single sculls	8:39.28	4R	8:06.57	3SE/F	Bye		8:45.54	2FE	8:43.34	28

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

Shooting

Iranian shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the2015 ISSF World Cupseries, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.^[17]

Elaheh Ahmadifinished sixth in women's 10 m air rifle final.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Pouria Norouzian	Men's 10 m air rifle	622.2	22	—		did not advance
Pouria Norouzian	Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions	1168	26	—		did not advance
Elaheh Ahmadi	Women's 10 m air rifle	417.8	3Q	—		122.5	6
Mahlagha Jambozorg	Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions	574	27	—		did not advance
Najmeh Khedmati	Women's 10 m air rifle	415.7	11	—		did not advance
Najmeh Khedmati	Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions	583	6Q	—		402.3	8
Golnoush Sebghatollahi	Women's 10 m air pistol	379	21	—		did not advance
Golnoush Sebghatollahi	Women's 25 m pistol	572	28	did not advance

Qualification Legend:Q= Qualify for the next round;q= Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Iran's only swimmer in Rio 2016,Arya Nasimi Shad.

Iran has received an Universality invitation fromFINAto send a male swimmer to the Olympics.^[18]^[19]^[20]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Arya Nasimi Shad	Men's 200 m breaststroke	2:20.18	39	did not advance

Table tennis

Iran has entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games.Nima Alamianand 2012 OlympianNeda Shahsavarisecured the Olympic spot each in the men's and women's singles as the highest-ranked table tennis player coming from the Middle Asia zone, while Nima's elder brotherNoshad Alamianscored a second-stage victory to take the remaining spot on the Iranian team at the Asian Qualification Tournament inHong Kong.^[21]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nima Alamian	Men's singles	Jha(USA) W4–1	Ionescu(ROU) L1–4	did not advance
Noshad Alamian	Men's singles	Bye	Tokič(SLO) L1–4	did not advance
Neda Shahsavari	Women's singles	Bye	Privalova(BLR) L3–4	did not advance

Taekwondo

Iran entered four athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics.Farzan Ashourzadeh,Mehdi Khodabakhshi,andSajjad Mardaniqualified automatically for their respective weight classes by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings.^{[citation needed]}Meanwhile,Kimia Alizadehwas the only Iranian female finishing among the top two in the women's lightweight category (57 kg) at the2016 Asian Qualification TournamentinManila,Philippines.^[22]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Farzan Ashourzadeh	Men's −58 kg	Hajjami(MAR) L3–4	did not advance
Mehdi Khodabakhshi	Men's −80 kg	Ferrera(HON) W13–1PTG	Beigi(AZE) L5–17PTG	did not advance
Sajjad Mardani	Men's +80 kg	Taufatofua(TGA) W16–1PTG	Cho(GBR) 0L3–4SUD	did not advance
Kimia Alizadeh	Women's −57 kg	Zaninović(CRO) W7–6	Calvo(ESP) L7–8	Did not advance	Harnsujin(THA) W14–10	Glasnović(SWE) W5–1

Volleyball

Indoor

Men's tournament

Iran men's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by picking up the continental spot as the highest-ranked Asian team at the first meet of theWorld Olympic Qualifying TournamentinTokyo,Japan, signifying the nation's Olympic debut in the sport.^[23]

Team roster

The following is theIranroster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[24]

Head coach:Raúl Lozano

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2015–16 club
1	Shahram Mahmoudi	20 July 1988	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	347 cm (137 in)	332 cm (131 in)	Sarmayeh Bank Tehran
2	Milad Ebadipour	17 October 1993	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	350 cm (140 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Shahrdari Urmia
4	Saeid Marouf(C)	20 October 1985	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	331 cm (130 in)	311 cm (122 in)	Shahrdari Urmia
5	Farhad Ghaemi	28 August 1989	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	355 cm (140 in)	335 cm (132 in)	Paykan Tehran
6	Mohammad Mousavi	22 August 1987	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	362 cm (143 in)	344 cm (135 in)	Sarmayeh Bank Tehran
7	Hamzeh Zarini	18 October 1985	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	351 cm (138 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Kalleh Mazandaran
9	Adel Gholami	9 February 1986	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	341 cm (134 in)	330 cm (130 in)	Sarmayeh Bank Tehran
10	Amir Ghafour	6 June 1991	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	354 cm (139 in)	334 cm (131 in)	Paykan Tehran
12	Mojtaba Mirzajanpour	7 October 1991	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	355 cm (140 in)	348 cm (137 in)	Paykan Tehran
13	Mehdi Mahdavi	13 February 1984	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	310 cm (120 in)	Sarmayeh Bank Tehran
15	Mostafa Sharifat	16 September 1987	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	332 cm (131 in)	313 cm (123 in)	Matin Varamin
19	Mehdi Marandi(L)	12 May 1986	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	295 cm (116 in)	280 cm (110 in)	Paykan Tehran

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Argentina	5	4	1	12	12	4	3.000	394	335	1.176	Quarterfinals
2	Poland	5	4	1	12	14	5	2.800	447	389	1.149
3	Russia	5	4	1	11	13	6	2.167	432	367	1.177
4	Iran	5	2	3	7	8	9	0.889	389	392	0.992
5	Egypt	5	1	4	3	3	12	0.250	286	362	0.790
6	Cuba	5	0	5	0	1	15	0.067	300	403	0.744

Source:FIVB
Rules for classification:Tiebreakers

7 August 2016(2016-08-07) 22:35	Argentina	3–0	Iran	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho,Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,460 Referees: Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA), Liu Jiang (CHN)
	(25–23, 26–24, 25–18) Results Statistics

9 August 2016(2016-08-09) 17:35	Poland	3–2	Iran	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho,Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,227 Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Susana Rodríguez (ESP)
	(25–17, 25–23, 23–25, 20–25, 18–16) Results Statistics

11 August 2016(2016-08-11) 09:30	Iran	3–0	Cuba	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho,Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,625 Referees: Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA), Juray Mokrý (SVK)
	(25–21, 31–29, 25–16) Results Statistics

13 August 2016(2016-08-13) 09:30	Iran	3–0	Egypt	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho,Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 6,262 Referees: Andrey Zenovich (RUS), Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA)
	(28–26, 25–22, 25–16) Results Statistics

15 August 2016(2016-08-15) 15:00	Russia	3–0	Iran	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho,Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,387 Referees: Liu Jiang (CHN), Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA)
	(25–23, 25–16, 25–20) Results Statistics

Quarterfinal

17 August 2016(2016-08-17) 18:00	Italy	3–0	Iran	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho,Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,213 Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Juraj Mokrý (SVK)
	(31–29, 25–19, 25–17) Results Statistics

Weightlifting

Iran's gold medalistsKianoush RostamiandSohrab Moradiin weightlifting

Iranian weightlifters have qualified five men's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the2014and2015 IWF World Championships.The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.^[25]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Kianoush Rostami	Men's −85 kg	179	1	217	1	396WR
Ali Hashemi	Men's −94 kg	173	7	210	7	383	7
Sohrab Moradi	Men's −94 kg	182	1	221	1	403
Mohammad Reza Barari	Men's −105 kg	186	6	220	6	406	6
Behdad Salimi	Men's +105 kg	216WR	1	~~245~~	DNF	216	DNF

Wrestling

Iran has qualified a total of twelve wrestlers for each the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. Majority of Olympic berths were awarded to Iranian wrestlers, who finished among the top six at the2015 World Championships,while two other wrestlers progressed to the top two finals to book Olympic spots each in the men's freestyle 130 kg and men's Greco-Roman 66 kg at the2016 Asian Qualification Tournament.^[26]

Two further wrestlers had claimed the remaining Olympic slots to round out the Iranian roster in separate World Qualification Tournaments; one of them in men's Greco Roman 120 kg at theinitialmeet inUlaanbaatar,and the other in men's Greco-Roman 59 kg at thefinalmeet inIstanbul.

Key:

VT –Victory by fall.
PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hassan Rahimi	−57 kg	Bye	Mnatsakanyan(ARM) W4–0^ST	Lebedev(RUS) W3–1^PP	Higuchi(JPN) L1–3^PP	Bye		Bonne(CUB) W5–0^VT
Meisam Nasiri	−65 kg	Novachkov(BUL) L1–3^PP	did not advance						15
Hassan Yazdani	−74 kg	Bye	Castelly(HAI) W4–0^ST	Demirtaş(TUR) W3–0^PO	Usserbayev(KAZ) W4–0^ST	Bye		Geduev(RUS) W3–1^PP
Alireza Karimi	−86 kg	Saadaoui(TUN) W3–0^PO	Ganev(BUL) W3–1^PP	Cox(USA) L1–3^PP	did not advance				7
Reza Yazdani	−97 kg	Bölükbaşı(TUR) W4–0^ST	Gazyumov(AZE) L1–3^PP	did not advance		Baran(POL) W3–1^PP	Ibragimov(UZB) L0–5^VT	Did not advance	7
Komeil Ghasemi	−125 kg	Jarvis(CAN) W3–1^PP	Kamal(EGY) W3–0^PO	Petriashvili(GEO) W3–1^PP	Dlagnev(USA) W4–0^ST	Bye		Akgül(TUR) L1–3^PP

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hamid Sourian	−59 kg	Ota(JPN) L1–3^PP	did not advance			Kebispayev(KAZ) L0–5^VT	did not advance		11
Omid Norouzi	−66 kg	Bye	Rivas(VEN) W3–1^PP	Bolkvadze(GEO) L0–3^PO	did not advance				10
Saeid Abdevali	−75 kg	Bye	Madsen(DEN) L1–3^PP	did not advance		Bye	Nemeš(SRB) W3–1^PP	Bácsi(HUN) W3–1^PP
Habibollah Akhlaghi	−85 kg	Berg(SWE) W4–0^ST	Chakvetadze(RUS) L0–5^VT	did not advance		Tahmasebi(AZE) W3–1^PP	Kudla(GER) L1–3^PP	Did not advance	7
Ghasem Rezaei	−98 kg	Bye	Pérez(VEN) W4–0^ST	Lugo(CUB) L0–3^PO	Did not advance	Bye	Xiao D(CHN) W3–0^PO	Schön(SWE) W3–1^PP
Bashir Babajanzadeh	−130 kg	Bye	Meng Q(CHN) W3–1^PP	Popp(GER) L3–1^PP	did not advance				10

Referees and Officials

Among the Iranian representatives in Rio 2016 Olympics,Alireza Faghani,Reza Sokhandan and Mohammadreza Mansouri were theFootballreferees, and Iman Farzin appointed as the only Iranian official in Press Operations forBadmintonGames.^[27]^[28]^[29]

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^"Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System"(PDF).Rio 2016.FINA.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 21 February 2015.Retrieved23 January2015.
^"Iran receives swimming quota at Budapest C'ship".Mehr News Agency.3 July 2016.Retrieved11 July2016.
^Marshall, Ian (14 April 2016)."Dramatic Decider, Neda Shahsavari Recovers from Brink to Secure Olympic Place".ITTF.Archived fromthe originalon 16 April 2016.Retrieved14 April2016.
^"Ten Countries Secure Rio 2016 Berths at Asian Qualification Tournament".World Taekwondo Federation.17 April 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 19 April 2016.Retrieved18 April2016.
^"Iran achieve first-ever Olympic qualification with first defeat of Poland".FIVB.4 June 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 5 June 2016.Retrieved4 June2016.
^"Iran men's volleyball team roster".Rio 2016.FIVB.Retrieved5 November2017.
^"Rio 2016 Weightlifting – List of Athletes by Bodyweight Category"(PDF).International Weightlifting Federation.Retrieved21 July2016.
^"Wrestling for Rio 2016".United World Wrestling.Retrieved19 September2015.
^"Iran's Alireza Faghani to Referee at Rio 2016 Olympic - Sports news".Tasnim News Agency.Retrieved11 May2020.
^"علیرضا فغانی دیدارنهایی فوتبال المپیک را قضاوت خواهد کرد | شبکه ورزش".varzeshtv.ir.Retrieved11 May2020.
^"خبرگزاری فارس - فرزین، تنها ناظر ایرانی در مسابقات المپیک 2016".خبرگزاری فارس.11 August 2016.Retrieved11 May2020.

External links

Iran at the 2016 Summer OlympicsatSR/Olympics(archived)

[flag-bearer-1] "Zahra Nemati Named Iran Flagbearer at Olympics".Tasnim News Agency.23 January 2016.Retrieved27 January2016.

[2] Slavin, Barbara (4 August 2016)."Iranian wrestlers go for the gold in Rio".Al-Monitor.Archived fromthe originalon 28 October 2016.Retrieved27 October2016.

[3] Kashani, Hanif (7 August 2016)."Iran's volleyball team looks to shock the world in Rio".Al-Monitor.Archived fromthe originalon 28 October 2016.Retrieved27 October2016.

[4] "Iran Paralympic archer Zahra Nemati to carry Olympic flag".BBC Sport.25 January 2016.Retrieved27 October2016.

[5] "Iran's Olympic squad finishes 25th with 8 medals".Mehr News Agency.22 August 2016.Retrieved27 October2016.

[6] "First Rio 2016 continental qualifier adds 5 more nations from Asia".World Archery Federation.8 November 2015.Retrieved9 November2015.

[7] "iaaf.org – Top Lists".IAAF.Retrieved18 April2015.

[8] "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards"(PDF).IAAF.Retrieved18 April2015.

[9] "Ehsan Rouzbahani first Iranian to win 2016 Rio Olympics quota".Tehran Times.Archived fromthe originalon 4 February 2015.Retrieved30 January2015.

[10] "First 60 boxers from 24 countries confirmed for Rio 2016 as early Olympic quota places taken up".AIBA.10 December 2015.Retrieved10 December2015.

[11] "Canoeing Removes Five Russian Athletes from Rio 2016 Olympic Games".International Canoe Federation.Retrieved26 July2016.

[12] "UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas".Cyclingnews.18 January 2016.Retrieved20 January2016.

[13] "Russia top as Olympic qualification by ranking ends".FIE.5 April 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 17 April 2016.Retrieved6 April2016.

[14] "IJF Officially Announces Qualified Athletes for Rio 2016 Olympic Games".International Judo Federation.23 June 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 7 July 2016.Retrieved24 June2016.

[15] "IJF confirms 3 Olympics spots for Iranian judokas".Mehr News Agency.16 May 2016.Retrieved17 May2016.

[16] رقابتهای جودو فردا قرعه کشی می شود/ نام خجسته از لیست خارج شد[Judo competition draw to be held tomorrow, Khojasteh to be delisted] (in Persian). Mehr News Agency. 2 August 2016.Retrieved4 August2016.

[17] "Quota Places by Nation and Number".issf-sports.org/.ISSF.30 May 2016.Retrieved30 May2016.

[18] "Swimming World Rankings".FINA.Archived fromthe originalon 6 January 2011.Retrieved14 March2015.

[19] "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System"(PDF).Rio 2016.FINA.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 21 February 2015.Retrieved23 January2015.

[20] "Iran receives swimming quota at Budapest C'ship".Mehr News Agency.3 July 2016.Retrieved11 July2016.

[21] Marshall, Ian (14 April 2016)."Dramatic Decider, Neda Shahsavari Recovers from Brink to Secure Olympic Place".ITTF.Archived fromthe originalon 16 April 2016.Retrieved14 April2016.

[22] "Ten Countries Secure Rio 2016 Berths at Asian Qualification Tournament".World Taekwondo Federation.17 April 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 19 April 2016.Retrieved18 April2016.

[23] "Iran achieve first-ever Olympic qualification with first defeat of Poland".FIVB.4 June 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 5 June 2016.Retrieved4 June2016.

[24] "Iran men's volleyball team roster".Rio 2016.FIVB.Retrieved5 November2017.

[25] "Rio 2016 Weightlifting – List of Athletes by Bodyweight Category"(PDF).International Weightlifting Federation.Retrieved21 July2016.

[26] "Wrestling for Rio 2016".United World Wrestling.Retrieved19 September2015.

[27] "Iran's Alireza Faghani to Referee at Rio 2016 Olympic - Sports news".Tasnim News Agency.Retrieved11 May2020.

[28] "علیرضا فغانی دیدارنهایی فوتبال المپیک را قضاوت خواهد کرد | شبکه ورزش".varzeshtv.ir.Retrieved11 May2020.

[29] "خبرگزاری فارس - فرزین، تنها ناظر ایرانی در مسابقات المپیک 2016".خبرگزاری فارس.11 August 2016.Retrieved11 May2020.

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