Iran at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Iran competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 86 competitors, 82 men and 4 women, took part in 50 events in 9 sports.^[1] Moslem Eskandar-Filabi was the flagbearer for Iran in the opening ceremony.^[2] This would be the last Olympics Iran would take part in until the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, due to the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and the outbreak of the Iran–Iraq War, which lasted from 1980 to 1988.

Iran at the 1976 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IRI (IRN used at these Games)
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Iran
Website	www.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Montreal
Competitors	86 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Moslem Eskandar-Filabi
Medals Ranked 33rd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1900 1904–1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980–1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Aquatics, Water polo	11		11
Athletics	4		4
Boxing	6		6
Cycling, Road	6		6
Cycling, Track	2		2
Fencing	9	4	13
Football	17		17
Shooting	4		4
Weightlifting	7		7
Wrestling	17		17
Total	82	4	86

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Weightlifting			1	1
Wrestling		1		1
Total	0	1	1	2

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Mansour Barzegar	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg
Bronze	Mohammad Nassiri	Weightlifting	Men's 52 kg

Results by event

Aquatics

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men^[3]

Squad list	Initial round		Final round		Rank
	Group A	Rank	Group E (7th–12th)	Rank
Firouz Abdolmohammadian Jahangir Tavakkoli Heidar Shonjani Ahmad Peidayesh Dariush Movahedi Bahram Tavakkoli Reza Kamrani Manouchehr Parchami Hossein Nassim Abdolreza Majdpour Ahmad Yaghouti Coach: Mansour Garousi	Italy L 1–12	4	Mexico L 3–11	6	12
	Yugoslavia L 0–15		Australia L 2–8
	Cuba L 3–12		Canada L 1–8
			Cuba L 2–10
			Soviet Union L 0–16

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men^[4]

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Round 2			Semifinal			Final		Rank
		Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ayoub Bodaghi	100 m	3	11.39	7	Did not advance								62
	200 m	7	22.47	6	Did not advance								39
Hossein Rabbi	5000 m	2	14:47.12	10							Did not advance		33
	10000 m	3	31:44.27	13							Did not advance		36

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Teymour Ghiasi	High jump	2.10	22	Did not advance
Salman Hesam	Discus throw	52.40	28	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men^[5]

Athlete	Event	1/32 final	1/16 final	1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Saeid Bashiri	48 kg		Gedó (HUN) L Knockout	Did not advance				17
Behzad Ghaedi	57 kg	Bye	Sichula (ZAM) W Walkover	Nowakowski (GDR) L RSC	Did not advance			9
Parviz Bahmani	60 kg	Bye	El-Agely (LBA) W Walkover	Tzvetkov (BUL) L 0–5	Did not advance			9
Ali Bahri	67 kg	Bachfeld (GDR) L RSC	Did not advance					33
Mohammad Azarhazin	75 kg		Dorfer (AUT) W 4–1	Kačar (YUG) L 0–5	Did not advance			9
Parviz Badpa	+81 kg		Bye	Hill (BER) L Knockout	Did not advance			9

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Road

Men^[6]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mohammad Ali Mohammadi	Road race	Did not finish
Hassan Arianfard	Road race	Did not finish
Mahmoud Delshad	Road race	Did not finish
Asghar Khodayari	Road race	Did not finish
Hassan Arianfard Khosro Haghgosha Gholam Hossein Kouhi Asghar Khodayari	Team time trial	2:28:25	24

Track

Men^[7]

Athlete	Event	Elimination		1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Time	Rank
Masoud Mobarakizadeh	1 km time trial						1:14.169	25
Gholam Hossein Kouhi	Individual pursuit	Overlapped		Did not advance				—

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men^[8]

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Elimination	Final	Rank
		Pools	Rank	Pools	Rank	Pools	Rank
Sarkis Assadourian	Individual épée	Masin (USA) L 2–5	Pool H 3 Q	Mørch (NOR) L 2–5	Pool A 6	Did not advance				32
		Chousurin (THA) W 5–4		Szabo (ROU) L 2–5
		Bertinetti (ITA) W 5–2		Fenyvesi (HUN) L 3–5
		Bourne (GBR) L 0–5		Müller (AUT) L 4–5
		Koppang (NOR) W 5–4		Bykov (URS) L 3–5
Iraj Dastgerdi	Individual épée	Hernández (PUR) W 5–1	Pool I 5	Did not advance						49
		Normann (NOR) L 3–5
		Iorgu (ROU) L 2–5
		Giger (SUI) L 1–5
		Schiel (LUX) W 5–4
Esfandiar Zarnegar	Individual épée	Vergara (ARG) L 4–5	Pool G 5	Did not advance						58
		Suchanecki (SUI) L 1–5
		Wiech (POL) L 3–5
		Edling (SWE) L 0–5
Ahmad Akbari	Individual foil	Vergara (ARG) W 5–4	Pool H 5	Did not advance						38
		Behr (FRG) W 5–2
		Jurka (TCH) L 3–5
		Ballinger (USA) L 4–5
		Kawatsu (JPN) L 0–5
Hossein Niknam	Individual foil	Jingu (JPN) L 0–5	Pool G 4 Q	Koziejowski (POL) L 1–5	Pool A 6	Did not advance				33
		Fekete (CAN) W 5–4		Kuki (ROU) L 3–5
		Wojciechowski (POL) L 1–5		Jurka (TCH) L 2–5
		Romankov (URS) L 0–5		Noël (FRA) L 3–5
		Petruş (ROU) W 5–3		Stankovich (URS) W 5–4
Ali Asghar Pashapour	Individual foil	Feraud (ARG) W 5–2	Pool I 5	Did not advance						38
		Reichert (FRG) L 0–5
		Koziejowski (POL) W 5–4
		Kuki (ROU) L 3–5
		Jhons (CUB) L 4–5
Ahmad Eskandarpour	Individual sabre	Deanfield (GBR) W 5–4	Pool B 5	Did not advance						37
		Bierkowski (POL) L 2–5
		Mikhailov (BUL) L 1–5
		Apostol (USA) L 3–5
Abdolhamid Fathi	Individual sabre	Bonissent (FRA) L 0–5	Pool A 5	Did not advance						43
		Méndez (ARG) L 4–5
		Nazlymov (URS) L 0–5
		Nowara (POL) L 1–5
Esmaeil Pashapour	Individual sabre	Ortíz (CUB) L 1–5	Pool F 4 Q	Westbrook (USA) L 1–5	Pool D 6	Did not advance				34
		Maffei (ITA) L 2–5		Marin (ROU) L 3–5
		Brandstätter (AUT) W 5–1		Méndez (ARG) L 0–5
		Kaplan (USA) L 2–5		Jabłonowski (POL) L 2–5
				Sidyak (URS) L 0–5

Athlete	Event	Round 1		1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Pools	Rank
Sarkis Assadourian Iraj Dastgerdi Ali Asghar Pashapour Esfandiar Zarnegar	Team épée	Italy L 5–11	Pool C 3	Did not advance				11
		Sweden L 4–11
Ali Asghar Pashapour Sarkis Assadourian Hossein Niknam Ahmad Akbari	Team foil	United States L 4–12	Pool D 3		Did not advance			9
		Poland L 3–13
		Hong Kong W 9–7
Abdolhamid Fathi Ahmad Eskandarpour Ahmad Akbari Esmaeil Pashapour	Team sabre	Hungary L 2–14	Pool D 4		Did not advance			9
		Poland L 7–9
		Argentina L 4–9

Women^[9]

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Elimination	Final	Rank
		Pools	Rank	Pools	Rank	Pools	Rank
Jila Almasi	Individual foil	Enríquez (PUR) W 5–4	Pool I 5	Did not advance						37
		Wrigglesworth (GBR) L 3–5
		Borghs (BEL) L 3–5
		Latrille (FRA) L 3–5
		Staszak (POL) W 5–2
Giti Mohebban	Individual foil	Armstrong (USA) W 5–4	Pool G 6	Did not advance						42
		Oka (JPN) L 3–5
		Dumont (FRA) L 1–5
		Rejtő (HUN) L 0–5
		Mangiarotti (ITA) L 0–5
Mahvash Shafaei	Individual foil	Drori (ISR) L 3–5	Pool H 6	Did not advance						45
		Franke (USA) L 4–5
		Collino (ITA) L 1–5
		Halsted (GBR) L 2–5
		Hanisch (FRG) L 2–5

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Pools	Rank
Giti Mohebban Jila Almasi Mahvash Shafaei Maryam Achak	Team foil	Italy L 3–13	Pool D 4	Did not advance			9
		Great Britain L 7–9
		United States L 5–11

Football

Main article: Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men^[10]

Squad list	Eightfinal		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
	Group C	Rank
Mansour Rashidi Hassan Nazari Andranik Eskandarian Bijan Zolfagharnasab Parviz Ghelichkhani Ebrahim Ghasempour Ali Parvin Nasrollah Abdollahi Nasser Nouraei Hassan Roshan Alireza Khorshidi Hassan Nayebagha Gholam Hossein Mazloumi Sahameddin Mirfakhraei Ghafour Jahani Alireza Azizi Nasser Hejazi Coach: Heshmat Mohajerani	Cuba W 1–0	2 Q	Soviet Union L 1–2	Did not advance		5
	Poland L 2–3

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Open^[11]

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Mohammad Ali Alijani	Trap	150	41
Houshang Ghazvini	Trap	71, DNF	43
Kamil Jafari	Skeet	170	62
Esfandiar Lari	Skeet	179	54

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men^[12]

Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & jerk	Total	Rank
Mohammad Nassiri	52 kg	100.0	135.0	235.0
Fazlollah Dehkhoda	56 kg	105.0	135.0	240.0	8
Feizollah Nasseri	56 kg	100.0	132.5	232.5	10
Davoud Maleki	60 kg	115.0	145.0	260.0	6
Mehdi Attar-Ashrafi	75 kg	130.0	165.0	295.0	13
Houshang Kargarnejad	110 kg	142.5	180.0	322.5	17
Ali Vali	110 kg	140.0	No mark	—	—

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's freestyle^[13]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Final	Rank
Sobhan Rouhi	48 kg	Frías (MEX) W Fall	Isaev (BUL) L Fall	Ri (PRK) W 14–13	Kim (KOR) L Fall	Did not advance		Did not advance	9
Habib Fattahi	52 kg	Jeon (KOR) L Fall	Bognanni (ITA) W 24–2	Gál (HUN) L Fall	Did not advance			Did not advance	10
Ramezan Kheder	57 kg	Barry (CAN) W 23–5	Anghel (ROU) W 18–15	Jung (KOR) W 24–9	Hatziioannidis (GRE) W 26–8	Dukov (BUL) L 8–12	Brüchert (GDR) L Fall	Did not advance	5
Mohsen Farahvashi	62 kg	Akdağ (TUR) L 6–8	Maekawa (JPN) W 4–4	Beiler (CAN) W 9–5	Bye	Davis (USA) W 18–12	Oidov (MGL) L DSQP	Did not advance	4
Mohammad Reza Navaei	68 kg	Weisenberger (FRG) W 19–7	Keaser (USA) L Fall	Fiszman (ARG) W Fall	Sugawara (JPN) L 1–16	Did not advance			10
Mansour Barzegar	74 kg	Ashuraliev (URS) W 6–6	Pavlov (BUL) W 11–5	Spagnoli (ITA) W DSQP	Övermark (FIN) W DSQP	Hempel (GDR) W 23–8		Dziedzic (USA) W 11–8
								Date (JPN) L Fall
Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi	82 kg	Kovács (HUN) L DSQP	Mazur (POL) L 10–13	Did not advance					13
Alireza Soleimani	90 kg	Yatsu (JPN) L Fall	Grangier (FRA) W 21–7	Morgan (CUB) L Fall	Did not advance				12
Reza Soukhtehsaraei	100 kg	Shimizu (JPN) L 6–8	Stratz (FRG) W 10–4	Hellickson (USA) L Fall	Did not advance			Did not advance	9
Moslem Eskandar-Filabi	+100 kg	Bye	Balla (HUN) L DSQP	Adiyaatömör (MGL) W Fall	Șimon (ROU) L DSQP	Did not advance			7

Men's Greco-Roman^[14]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7 / Final	Rank
Khalil Rashid-Mohammadzadeh	48 kg	Quistelli (ITA) W Fall	Moriwaki (JPN) L Fall	Angelov (BUL) L DSQP	Did not advance			Did not advance	8
Morad Ali Shirani	52 kg	Bye	Rácz (HUN) L 6–9	Hirayama (JPN) W 15–12	Krauß (FRG) L 10–16	Did not advance		Did not advance	6
Gholamreza Ghassab	62 kg	Réczi (HUN) L Fall	Giuffrida (ITA) W 27–14	Miyahara (JPN) L Fall	Did not advance				9
Jafar Alizadeh	68 kg	Mané (SEN) W Fall	Skiöld (SWE) L 8–22	Nalbandyan (URS) L Fall	Did not advance				14
Houshang Montazeralzohour	82 kg	Petković (YUG) L DSQP	Takanishi (JPN) L Fall	Did not advance					13
Hashem Kolahi	90 kg	Andersson (SWE) L 9–25	Bye	Kwieciński (POL) L Fall	Did not advance			Did not advance	9
Bahram Moshtaghi	100 kg	Skrzydlewski (POL) L Fall	Rheingans (USA) L Fall	Did not advance				Did not advance	11