Iran at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Iran at the
1996 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeIRI
NPCI.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.ir
in Atlanta
Competitors30 in 4 sports
Medals
Ranked 20th
Gold
9
Silver
5
Bronze
3
Total
17
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States.

Competitors

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 7 7
Powerlifting 6 6
Shooting 3 2 5
Volleyball 12 12
Total 28 2 30

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics 7 4 1 12
Powerlifting 1 2 3
Shooting 1 1
Volleyball 1 1
Total 9 5 3 17

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Ghader Modabber Athletics Men's shot put F51
 Gold Hossein Agha-Barghchi Athletics Men's discus throw F35
 Gold Ghader Modabber Athletics Men's discus throw F51
 Gold Abdolreza Jokar Athletics Men's discus throw F52
 Gold Ghader Modabber Athletics Men's javelin throw F51
 Gold Mokhtar Nourafshan Athletics Men's javelin throw F53
 Gold Mohammad Reza Mirzaei Athletics Men's javelin throw F56
 Gold Enayatollah Bokharaei Shooting Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1
 Gold Gholam Akhavan
Farshid Ashouri
Mohsen Barati
Jalil Imeri
Ali Golkar
Parviz Firouzi
Ali Kashfia
Hadi Rezaei
Ali Akbar Salavatian
Hassan Shahi
Ahmad Shivani
Majid Soleimani
Volleyball Men's sitting
 Silver Mokhtar Nourafshan Athletics Men's shot put F53
 Silver Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar Athletics Men's shot put F55
 Silver Mokhtar Nourafshan Athletics Men's discus throw F53
 Silver Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar Athletics Men's discus throw F55
 Silver Fereydoun Karimipour Powerlifting Men's 56 kg
 Bronze Abdolreza Jokar Athletics Men's javelin throw F52
 Bronze Allahbakhsh Akbari Powerlifting Men's 60 kg
 Bronze Zeinal Siavoshani Powerlifting Men's 67.5 kg

Results by event

Athletics

Men

Athlete Event Result Rank
Hossein Agha-Barghchi Shot put F35 Did not start
Discus throw F35 35.92 WR
Mohammad Hassani Shot put F43/44 12.74 9
Pentathlon P44 Did not finish
Ghader Modabber Shot put F51 7.17 WR
Discus throw F51 16.48 PR
Javelin throw F51 15.68 WR
Abdolreza Jokar Shot put F52 6.13 5
Discus throw F52 20.34 WR
Javelin throw F52 15.08
Mokhtar Nourafshan Shot put F53 8.77
Discus throw F53 27.12
Javelin throw F53 25.78 PR
Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar Shot put F55 9.77
Discus throw F55 35.52
Mohammad Reza Mirzaei Shot put F56 11.08 5
Javelin throw F56 40.42 PR

Powerlifting

Men

Athlete Event Result Rank
Saeid Mokhtarian 52 kg 145.0 5
Fereydoun Karimipour 56 kg 170.0
Allahbakhsh Akbari 60 kg 177.5
Zeinal Siavoshani 67.5 kg 185.0
Amrollah Dehghani 90 kg 197.5 4
Mahmoud Kordkhili +100 kg 200.0 9

Shooting

Men

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Mohammad Mohammadi 10 m air rifle 3×40 SH1 1170 10 Did not advance

Women

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Zahra Alibeigi 10 m air rifle standing SH1 368 15 Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Enayatollah Bokharaei 10 m air rifle prone SH1 600 =WR 1 Q 105.8 705.8 PR
Mohammad Mohammadi 10 m air rifle prone SH1 599 5 Q 103.3 702.3 8
Ramezan Salehnejad 10 m air rifle prone SH1 597 11 Did not advance
Fatemeh Raef 10 m air rifle prone SH2 546 26 Did not advance

Volleyball

Men's sitting

Squad list Preliminary round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Pool A Rank
Gholam Akhavan
Farshid Ashouri
Mohsen Barati
Jalil Imeri
Ali Golkar
Parviz Firouzi
Ali Kashfia
Hadi Rezaei
Ali Akbar Salavatian
Hassan Shahi
Ahmad Shivani
Majid Soleimani
 Hungary
W 3–0
1 Q  Ukraine
W 3–0
 Netherlands
W 3–0
 Norway
W 3–1
 Kazakhstan
W 3–0
 Finland
W 3–1
 Russia
W 3–0
 Argentina
W 3–0

References