Iran at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Iran at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Iran at the; 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IRI
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Website	www.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors	18 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Lida Fariman
Medals; Ranked 43rd	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 3
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;

Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA. This was for the first time after the Iranian Revolution of 1979 that Iran had a female athlete in its team. Wrestler Rasoul Khadem won the nation's first Olympic Games gold medal in 28 years since Mexico City 1968.

Quick facts Iran at the 1996 Summer Olympics, IOC code ...

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Aquatics, Swimming	1		1
Athletics	1		1
Boxing	4		4
Judo	1		1
Shooting		1	1
Wrestling	10		10
Total	17	1	18

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Rasoul Khadem	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 90 kg
Silver	Abbas Jadidi	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 100 kg
Bronze	Amir Reza Khadem	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 82 kg

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hamed Rezakhani	1500 m freestyle	17:22.86	33	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Heat	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank
Hamid Sajjadi	10000 m	1	29:22.65	20	Did not advance		35

Athlete	Event	1/16 elimination	1/8 elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Rank
Babak Moghimi	63.5 kg	Suslekov (BUL) W 11–3	Legras (SEY) W 16–7	Niyazymbetov (KAZ) L 8–13	Did not advance	5
Kourosh Molaei	75 kg	Wells (USA) L 7–24	Did not advance			17
Ayoub Pourtaghi	81 kg	Mandengue (FRA) L 9–21	Did not advance			17
Mohammad Reza Samadi	+91 kg	Dokiwari (NGR) L RSCI	Did not advance			17

Competitors

Athlete	Event	Round 1	1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Round 5	Round 6	Final	Rank
Gholamreza Mohammadi	52 kg	Varela (CUB) W 4–0	Legrand (FRA) W 5–0	Bye	Abdullayev (AZE) L 0–10		Repechage Mongush (RUS) L 1–3	5th place match Topaktaş (TUR) W 4–2	5
Mohammad Talaei	57 kg	Abdullayev (AZE) W 4–1	Guzov (BLR) L 3–5	Repechage Puerto (CUB) W 5–0	Repechage Umakhanov (RUS) W 1–0	Repechage Zakhartdinov (UZB) W 4–2	Repechage Ri (PRK) L Fall	5th place match Trstena (MKD) L 3–4	6
Abbas Hajkenari	62 kg	Brands (USA) L 0–3	Repechage Nieves (PUR) L 3–8	Did not advance					19
Akbar Fallah	68 kg	Fadzaev (UZB) L 2–2	Repechage Oziti (NGR) W 1–0	Repechage Weiss (AUS) W 5–0	Repechage Sánchez (CUB) L 1–3	Did not advance			10
Issa Momeni	74 kg	Saitiev (RUS) L 0–8	Repechage Loizidis (GRE) W 3–0	Repechage Rodríguez (CUB) L 1–4	Did not advance				16
Amir Reza Khadem	82 kg	Gogolishvili (GEO) W 3–0	Khinchagov (UZB) W 1–0	Bye	Magomedov (RUS) L 0–4		Repechage Ibragimov (AZE) W 3–0	3rd place match Öztürk (TUR) W 0–0
Rasoul Khadem	90 kg	Kodei (NGR) W 6–1	Bayramukov (KAZ) W 4–3	Bye	Tedeyev (UKR) W 3–0			Khadartsev (RUS) W 3–0
Abbas Jadidi	100 kg	Magomedov (AZE) W 4–0	Khabelov (RUS) W 4–0	Bye	Garmulewicz (POL) W 4–1			Angle (USA) L 1–1
Ebrahim Mehraban	130 kg	Singh (GBR) W 6–2	Gombos (HUN) L 0–3	Repechage Kovalevsky (KGZ) L 2–3	Did not advance				12