Iran at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Iran (officially the Islamic Republic of Iran) competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The nation has competed at every Summer Olympic games since its return in 1948, after having made their debut in 1900, with the exception of the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics. The National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran sent the nation's second-largest delegation to the Games, one less than it sent to Beijing. A total of 53 athletes, 45 men and 8 women, competed in 14 sports. This was also the youngest delegation in Iran's Olympic history, with half the team under the age of 25, and many of them are expected to reach their peak in time for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Heavyweight boxer Ali Mazaheri was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Iran at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IRI
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Website	www.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in London
Competitors	53 in 14 sports
Flag bearers	Ali Mazaheri (opening) Komeil Ghasemi (closing)
Medals Ranked 12th	Gold 7 Silver 5 Bronze 1 Total 13
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Iran left London with a total of 13 medals (7 gold, 5 silver, and 1 bronze), finishing twelfth in the overall medal standings. This was also the most successful Olympics for the Middle East, winning the largest number of medals at a single games, and surpassing by just double the record from Athens. Notable accomplishments included the nation's first gold medals in men's Greco-Roman wrestling, and the nation's first medal in athletics, won by discus thrower Ehsan Haddadi.^[1][2]

Medalists

Main article: 2012 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Saeid Mohammadpour Weightlifting Men's 94kg 4 August  Gold Hamid Sourian Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg 5 August  Gold Omid Norouzi Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg 6 August  Gold Navab Nassirshalal Weightlifting Men's 105 kg 6 August  Gold Behdad Salimi Weightlifting Men's +105 kg 7 August  Gold Ghasem Rezaei Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg 7 August  Gold Komeil Ghasemi Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg 11 August  Silver Kianoush Rostami Weightlifting Men's 85 kg 3 August  Silver Ehsan Haddadi Athletics Men's discus throw 7 August  Silver Sajjad Anoushiravani Weightlifting Men's +105 kg 7 August  Silver Mohammad Bagheri Motamed Taekwondo Men's 68 kg 9 August  Silver Sadegh Goudarzi Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 10 August  Bronze Ehsan Lashgari Wrestling Men's freestyle 84 kg 11 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 0 1 0 1 Taekwondo 0 1 0 1 Weightlifting 3 2 0 5 Wrestling 4 1 1 6 Total 7 5 1 13

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Athletics	9	1	10
Boxing	4	0	4
Canoeing	1	1	2
Cycling	3	0	3
Fencing	1	0	1
Judo	1	0	1
Rowing	1	1	2
Shooting	1	2	3
Swimming	1	0	1
Table tennis	1	1	2
Taekwondo	2	1	3
Weightlifting	6	0	6
Wrestling	13	0	13
Total	45	8	53

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Two Iranian archers (one man and one woman) qualified for the London 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
Milad Vaziri	Men's individual[3]	662	39	Vélez (MEX) L 1–7	Did not advance
Zahra Dehghan	Women's individual[3]	614	55	Avitia (MEX) L 2–6	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Iranian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[4][5]

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

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rouhollah Askari	110 m hurdles	13.97	7	—		Did not advance
Reza Ghasemi	100 m	Bye		10.31	4	Did not advance
Sajjad Hashemi	400 m	47.75	6	—		Did not advance
Sajjad Moradi	800 m	1:48.23	2 Q	—		DSQ		Did not advance
Ebrahim Rahimian	20 km walk	—						DNF

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Mohammad Arzandeh	Long jump	7.84	17	Did not advance
Ehsan Haddadi	Discus throw	65.19	6 Q	68.18
Kaveh Mousavi	Hammer throw	72.70	22	Did not advance
Amin Nikfar	Shot put	18.62	33	Did not advance

Women

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Leila Rajabi	Shot put	17.55	22	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Iran has so far qualified boxers for the following events.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mehdi Tolouti	Light welterweight	Alonso (ESP) W 16–12	Yeleussinov (KAZ) L 10–19	Did not advance
Amin Ghasemipour	Welterweight	Maestre (VEN) L 8–13	Did not advance
Ehsan Rouzbahani	Light heavyweight	Monroy (COL) W 12–10	Muzaffer (TUR) W 18–12	Niyazymbetov (KAZ) L 10–13	Did not advance
Ali Mazaheri	Heavyweight	—	Larduet (CUB) L DSQ	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Iran has qualified boats for the following events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ahmad Reza Talebian	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:39.504	6	Did not advance
Arezoo Hakimi	Women's K-1 200 m	44.576	7	Did not advance
	Women's K-1 500 m	1:58.598	7	Did not advance

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

Cycling

Alireza Haghi in men's time trial.

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Alireza Haghi	Men's road race[7]	Did not finish
	Men's time trial	57:41.44	36
Mehdi Sohrabi	Men's road race	OTL
Amir Zargari		Did not finish

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Men^[8]

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
Mojtaba Abedini	Individual sabre	Zalomir (ROU) L 7–15	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mohammad Reza Roudaki	Men's +100 kg[9]	Malki (MAR) L WO	Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Iran has qualified for the following boats.

Soulmaz Abbasi paddled her own pace in women's singles sculls.

Men^[10]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mohsen Shadi	Single sculls	7:27.42	6 R	7:11.55	2 QF	7:32.72	6 SC/D	8:20.29	6 FD	7:31.42	22

Women^[11]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Soulmaz Abbasi	Single sculls	8:17.46	6 R	8:05.99	2 QF	8:27.28	6 SC/D	8:30.74	6 FD	8:57.98	24

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

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Iran has qualified three quota places in the shooting events;^[12]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ebrahim Barkhordari	10 m air pistol	569	33	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	552	27	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Elaheh Ahmadi	10 m air rifle	397	5 Q	499.1	6
	50 m rifle 3 positions	567	43	Did not advance
Mahlagha Jambozorg	10 m air rifle	391	43	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	581	14	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Iran has selected one swimmer under the Universality rule.

Men^[13]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mohammad Bidarian	100 m freestyle	52.93	42	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Iran has qualified 2 athletes.

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
Noshad Alamian	Men's singles	Bye	Han (AUS) W 4–0	Tang P (HKG) W 4–3	Boll (GER) L 0–4	Did not advance
Neda Shahsavari	Women's singles	Oshonaike (NGR) L 3–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Iran has qualified two men and one woman.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mohammad Bagheri Motamed	Men's −68 kg	Boui (CAF) W 7–2	Nikpai (AFG) W 5–4	Silva (BRA) W 5–5 SUP	Bye		Tazegül (TUR) L 5–6
Yousef Karami	Men's −80 kg	García (ESP) L 2–8	Did not advance		Muhammad (GBR) L 7–11	Did not advance
Sousan Hajipour	Women's −67 kg	Marton (AUS) L 4–5	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Iran has qualified 6 men.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sohrab Moradi	Men's −85 kg	167	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
Kianoush Rostami		171	4	209	3	380
Saeid Mohammadpour	Men's −94 kg	183	3	219	6	402
Navab Nassirshalal	Men's –105 kg	184	=5	227	=1	411
Sajjad Anoushiravani	Men's +105 kg	204	3	245	2	449
Behdad Salimi		208	=1	247	1	455

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Iran has qualified 13 quota places.

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
Hassan Rahimi	−55 kg	Naranbaatar (MGL) W 3–0 PO	Kumar (IND) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					8
Masoud Esmaeilpour	−60 kg	Torres (MEX) W 3–0 PO	Zhumagaziyev (KAZ) W 3–1 PP	Kudukhov (RUS) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	Bye	Dutt (IND) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	7
Mehdi Taghavi	−66 kg	López (CUB) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance						14
Sadegh Goudarzi	–74 kg	Bye	Terziev (BUL) W 3–0 PO	Tigiev (UZB) W 3–0 PO	Hatos (HUN) W 3–0 PO	Bye		Burroughs (USA) L 0–3 PO
Ehsan Lashgari	−84 kg	Baiduashov (KAZ) W 3–0 PO	Nurmagomedov (ARM) W 5–0 EX	Urishev (RUS) W 3–0 PO	Sharifov (AZE) L 1–3 PP	Bye		Bölükbaşı (TUR) W 3–0 PO
Reza Yazdani	−96 kg	Bye	Gadisov (RUS) W 3–1 PP	Musaev (KGZ) W 3–0 PO	Andriitsev (UKR) L 0–5 VB	Bye		Gazyumov (AZE) L 0–5 VB	5
Komeil Ghasemi	−120 kg	Bye	Bhullar (CAN) W 3–0 PO	Taymazov (UZB) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance	Bye	Matuhin (GER) W 3–0 PO	Dlagnev (USA) W 3–0 PO

Men's Greco-Roman^[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
Hamid Sourian	−55 kg	Bye	Eraliev (KGZ) W 3–1 PP	Módos (HUN) W 3–0 PO	Nyblom (DEN) W 3–0 PO	Bye		Bayramov (AZE) W 3–0 PO
Omid Norouzi	−60 kg	Sheng J (CHN) W 3–1 PP	Angelov (BUL) W 3–0 PO	Kebispayev (KAZ) W 3–0 PO	Matsumoto (JPN) W 3–0 PO	Bye		Lashkhi (GEO) W 3–0 PO
Saeid Abdevali	−66 kg	Bye	Yüksel (TUR) W 3–0 PO	Guénot (FRA) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance				11
Habibollah Akhlaghi	−84 kg	Shorey (CUB) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance						13
Ghasem Rezaei	−96 kg	Bye	İldem (TUR) W 3–1 PP	Aleksanyan (ARM) W 3–0 PO	Estrada (CUB) W 3–0 PO	Bye		Totrov (RUS) W 3–0 PO
Bashir Babajanzadeh	−120 kg	Nadhim (IRQ) W 3–0 PO	Patrikeyev (ARM) W 3–1 PP	Eurén (SWE) L 0–3 PO	Did not advance				7