Iran competed at the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 36 competitors, all men, took part in 23 events in 5 sports. The country's sole medal was a weightlifting bronze won in the featherweight division by Jafar Salmasi.
Iranian fencer Freydoun Malkom had competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, which made him the first Olympic athlete from Iran, but the first time the nation sent a team to compete at the Olympics was at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Competitors
SportMenWomenTotalBasketball 13 13Boxing 8 8Shooting 3 3Weightlifting 5 5Wrestling 7 7 Total 36 0 36
Medal summary Medal table SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal Weightlifting 1 1 Total 0 0 1 1
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Jafar Salmasi Weightlifting Men's 60 kg
Results by event Basketball
Men Squad listPreliminary groupQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankGroup DRankKazem AshtariHossein JabbarzadeganHoushang RafatjahAbolfazl SolbiAsghar EhsasiHossein KarandishFereydoun SadeghiHossein SoroudiFereydoun EsfandiariFarhang MohtadiZiaeddin ShademanHossein SaoudipourHossein Hashemi Coach: Kazem RahbariL 30–6249th–16th placesL 25–8113th–16th placesW 2–0, WO13th place matchL 36–7014W 49–22L 27–68L 30–63
Boxing
Men AthleteEvent1st round2nd roundQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankGhasem Rasaeli51 kgL PointsDid not advance17Emmanuel Agassi54 kgL PointsDid not advance17Jamshid Fani58 kgL DisqualificationDid not advance17Masoud Rahimiha62 kgL PointsDid not advance17George Issabeg67 kgL PointsDid not advance17Hossein Tousi73 kgW PointsL PointsDid not advance9Eskandar Shora80 kgByeL PointsDid not advance9Mohammad Jamshidabadi+80 kgByeL DisqualificationDid not advance9
Shooting
Open AthleteEventScoreRankFarhang Khosropanah50 m rifle prone54569300 m rifle 3 positions47236Samad Mollazal50 m rifle prone51171300 m rifle 3 positions66034Mahmoud Sakhaei50 m rifle prone55267300 m rifle 3 positions58735
Weightlifting
Men AthleteEventPressSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankMahmoud Namjoo56 kg82.582.5122.5 OR287.55Jafar Salmasi60 kg100.0 OR97.5115.0312.5Asadollah Mahini67.5 kg85.092.5117.5295.019Nasser Mirghavami75 kg102.595.0130.0327.513Rasoul Raeisi82.5 kg110.0110.0135.0355.08
Wrestling
Men's freestyle AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7 / 8RankMansour Raeisi52 kgL 0–3W FallW FallL 0–3Did not advance4Hassan Saadian62 kgL FallW 2–1L 0–3Did not advance11Ali Ghaffari67 kgL 0–3W FallL FallDid not advance11Abbas Zandi73 kgW FallL FallL 0–3Did not advance7Abbas Hariri79 kgL 1–2Did not appearDid not advance16Mansour Mirghavami87 kgL 0–3L 0–3Did not advance12Abolghasem Sakhdari+87 kgByeL 1–2L FallDid not advance5
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database