Iran at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Iran at the
1956 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIRI
(IRN used at these Games)
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Iran
Websitewww.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors17 in 3 sports
Flag bearerMahmoud Namjoo
Medals
Ranked 14th
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Iran competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia; 17 athletes competed. Emam-Ali Habibi and Gholamreza Takhti won the nation's first gold medal in the Olympics, all in wrestling.[1][2]

Competitors

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 2 2
Weightlifting 7 7
Wrestling 8 8
Total 17 0 17

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Weightlifting 1 1
Wrestling 2 2 4
Total 2 2 1 5

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Emam-Ali Habibi Wrestling Men's freestyle 67 kg
 Gold Gholamreza Takhti Wrestling Men's freestyle 87 kg
 Silver Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg
 Silver Mehdi Yaghoubi Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg
 Bronze Mahmoud Namjoo Weightlifting Men's 56 kg

Results by event

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Men[3]
Athlete Event Time Rank
Ali Baghbanbashi Marathon Did not finish
Athlete Event 100m LJ SP HJ 400m 110m H DT PV JT 1500m Total Rank
Najmeddin Farabi Decathlon 12.1
572 		6.25
575 		11.31
524 		1.70
656 		52.3
684 		17.4
372 		28.73
347 		3.30
438 		41.23
375 		4:24.8
560 		5103 12

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Men[4]
Athlete Event Press Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Mahmoud Namjoo 56 kg 100.0 102.5 130.0 332.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hossein Zarini 60 kg 92.5 92.5 120.0 305.0 13
Henrik Tamraz 67.5 kg 115.0 105.0 145.0 365.0 5
Ebrahim Peiravi 75 kg 107.5 117.5 147.5 372.5 7
Jalal Mansouri 82.5 kg 132.5 122.5 162.5 417.5 4
Hassan Rahnavardi 90 kg 140.0 127.5 157.5 425.0 4
Firouz Pojhan +90 kg 147.5 132.5 170.0 450.0 4

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Men's freestyle[5]
Athlete Event First round Second round Third round Fourth round Fifth round Final round Rank
Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour 52 kg Bye  Chinazzo (ITA)
W 3–0 		 Delgado (USA)
W 3–0 		 Asai (JPN)
W 3–0 		 Akbaş (TUR)
W 3–0 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
 Tsalkalamanidze (URS)
L Fall
Mehdi Yaghoubi 57 kg  Shakhov (URS)
W 3–0 		 Jameson (AUS)
W Fall 		 Pandey (IND)
W Fall 		 Dağıstanlı (TUR)
L 1–2 		 Lee (KOR)
W 3–0 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Nasser Givehchi 62 kg  Geldenhuys (RSA)
W 3–0 		 Hall (GBR)
W Fall 		 Penttilä (FIN)
L 1–2 		 Şit (TUR)
L 0–3 		Did not advance 6
Emam-Ali Habibi 67 kg  Anderberg (SWE)
W Fall 		 Tóth (HUN)
W 3–0 		 Bielle (FRA)
W 3–0 		 Nizzola (ITA)
W 3–0 		 Kasahara (JPN)
W 3–0 		 Bestayev (URS)
W Fall 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Nabi Sorouri 73 kg  Singh (IND)
W Fall 		 Fischer (USA)
L 0–3 		 Petkov (BUL)
W 3–0 		 de Villiers (RSA)
W 3–0 		Did not advance 4
Abbas Zandi 79 kg  Katsuramoto (JPN)
W 3–0 		Bye  Atlı (TUR)
L 0–3 		 Hodge (USA)
L Fall 		Did not advance 7
Gholamreza Takhti 87 kg  Theron (RSA)
W Fall 		 Steckle (CAN)
W Fall 		 Ohira (JPN)
W Fall 		 Coote (AUS)
W Fall 		 Kulayev (URS)
W 3–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
 Blair (USA)
W 3–0
Hossein Nouri +87 kg  Mehmedov (BUL)
L 0–3 		 da Silva (NZL)
W 3–0 		 Kaplan (TUR)
L Fall 		Did not advance Did not advance 9

References

  1. ^ "Iran at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  2. ^ "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. p. 262. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  3. ^ "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 303 and 344. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  4. ^ "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 636–648. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  5. ^ "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 660–675. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2011.