Iran at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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.

Iran at the 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IRI
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Website	www.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Beijing
Competitors	55 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Homa Hosseini
Medals Ranked 51st	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event  Gold Hadi Saei Taekwondo Men's 80 kg  Bronze Morad Mohammadi Wrestling Men's freestyle 60 kg

Medals by sport Sport Total Taekwondo 1 0 0 1 Wrestling 0 0 1 1 Total 1 0 1 2

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
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

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	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

Athletics

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		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

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		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

Combined events – Decathlon

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

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kaveh Mehrabi	Men's singles[2]	Hsieh (TPE) L 16–21, 12–21	Did not advance

Basketball

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]

Iran men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. F/C 4 Ali Doraghi 23 – (1984-09-20)September 20, 1984 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Petrochimi PG 5 Amir Amini 24 – (1984-06-10)June 10, 1984 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Kaveh PG 6 Javad Davari 25 – (1983-04-25)April 25, 1983 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Petrochimi PG 7 Mehdi Kamrani 26 – (1982-06-01)June 1, 1982 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Mahram SG 8 Saeid Davarpanah 20 – (1987-09-07)September 7, 1987 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Kaveh SG 9 Iman Zandi 26 – (1981-09-19)September 19, 1981 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) BEEM SG 10 Hamed Afagh 25 – (1983-02-01)February 1, 1983 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Saba Battery F/C 11 Hamed Sohrabnejad 25 – (1983-05-07)May 7, 1983 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Mahram PF 12 Oshin Sahakian 22 – (1986-03-21)March 21, 1986 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Zob Ahan C 13 Mousa Nabipour 24 – (1983-08-14)August 14, 1983 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Kaveh SF 14 Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (C) 25 – (1983-05-11)May 11, 1983 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Mahram C 15 Hamed Haddadi 23 – (1985-05-19)May 19, 1985 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) Saba Battery	Head coach Rajko Toroman Assistant coach(es) Mehran Hatami Srđan Petković Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age field is age on August 9, 2008

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania	5	4	1	425	400	+25	9[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Argentina	5	4	1	425	361	+64	9[a]
3	Croatia	5	3	2	399	380	+19	8[b]
4	Australia	5	3	2	457	405	+52	8[b]
5	Russia	5	1	4	387	406	−19	6
6	Iran	5	0	5	323	464	−141	5

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:

1. Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Argentina
2. Head-to-head record: Croatia 1–0 Australia

10 August 2008 09:00

Report

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

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)

12 August 2008 09:00

Report

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

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Eddie Rush (USA)

14 August 2008 11:15

Report

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

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)

16 August 2008 16:45

Report

Iran	82–97	Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 19–23, 24–30, 25–25
Pts: Haddadi 21 Rebs: Haddadi 16 Asts: Kamrani 4		Pts: Ginobili 32 Rebs: Scola 7 Asts: Prigioni 6

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)

18 August 2008 09:00

Report

Iran	57–91	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 8–19, 8–35, 23–16, 18–21
Pts: Nikkhah 25 Rebs: Haddadi 15 Asts: Haddadi 2		Pts: Rozić, Tomas 16 Rebs: Lončar, Barać 7 Asts: Ukić 8

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 11,083 Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		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

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
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

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men^[6]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	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

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men^[7]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		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

Women^[8]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Homa Hosseini	Single sculls	9:02.12	4 FE	Bye				8:18.20	26

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

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men^[9]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mohammad Alirezaei	100 m breaststroke	DNS		Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		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

Taekwondo

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
Sara Khoshjamal Fekri	Women's −49 kg[12]	Toudali (MAR) W 5–0	Yang S-C (TPE) L 0–2	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Wrestling

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]

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		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
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

Men's Greco-Roman^[15]

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		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