Iran participated at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country's delegation consists of 72 competitors in nine sports: football 7-a-side, goalball, judo, powerlifting, shooting, table tennis, track and field athletics, volleyball, and wheelchair basketball.
Competitors
SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 13 1 14Football 7-a-side 11 11Goalball 6 6Judo 5 5Powerlifting 7 7Shooting 2 1 3Sitting volleyball 12 12Table tennis 2 2Wheelchair basketball 12 12 Total 68 4 72
Medal summary Medal table SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal Athletics 2 3 1 6 Football 7-a-side 1 1 Judo 1 1 Powerlifting 2 2 1 5 Sitting volleyball 1 1 Total 5 6 3 14
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Javad Hardani Athletics Men's discus throw F37/38 Mohammad Reza Mirzaei Athletics Men's javelin throw F57/58 Hamzeh Mohammadi Powerlifting Men's 60 kg Kazem Rajabi Powerlifting Men's +100 kg Mohammad HosseinifarMohammad Reza RahimiReza PeidayeshDavoud AlipourianMehdi HamidzadehNasser HassanpourSadegh BigdeliJalil ImeriSaeid EbrahimiIssa ZirahiRamezan SalehiMohammad Khaleghi Sitting volleyball Men Mehrdad Karamzadeh Athletics Men's discus throw F42 Ali Mohammadyari Athletics Men's discus throw F55/56 Abdolreza Jokar Athletics Men's javelin throw F53/54 Saeid Rahmati Judo Men's 60 kg Ali Hosseini Powerlifting Men's 67.5 kg Majid Farzin Powerlifting Men's 75 kg Javad Hardani Athletics Men's javelin throw F37/38 Habibollah HeidarimehrEsmaeil MalekzadehGholamreza NajafiHadi SafariBahman AnsariEhsan GholamhosseinpourMorteza HeidariAbdolreza KarimzadehRasoul AtashafrouzMoslem AkbariArdeshir Mahini Football 7-a-side Men Ali Sadeghzadeh Powerlifting Men's 100 kg
Results by event Athletics
Men AthleteEventRound 1FinalRankHeatTimeRankTimeRankAli Elahi10000 m T1234:38.75885000 m T13116:03.555 Did not finish
AthleteEventResultScoreRankMehdi AsghariShot put F4212.507Mehrdad KaramzadehShot put F4213.585Discus throw F4244.74Jalil Bagheri JeddiShot put F55/569.9988212Mehdi MoradiShot put F57/5813.4410026Siamak Saleh-FarajzadehDiscus throw F33/34/52Did not startJalal KhakzadiehDiscus throw F33/34/52Did not startJavad HardaniDiscus throw F37/3845.62 PR1024Javelin throw F37/3847.65972Farzad SepahvandDiscus throw F4451.239484Ali MohammadyariDiscus throw F55/5639.391023Mohsen KaediJavelin throw F35/3642.619755Abdolreza JokarJavelin throw F53/5422.08 WR1108Mohammad Reza MirzaeiJavelin throw F57/5840.84 WR1052
Women AthleteEventResultScoreRankFatemeh MontazeriShot put F57/589.019278Discus throw F57/5828.208978
Football 7-a-side
Men Squad listPreliminariesSemifinalFinalRankPool BRankHabibollah HeidarimehrEsmaeil MalekzadehGholamreza NajafiHadi SafariBahman AnsariEhsan GholamhosseinpourMorteza HeidariAbdolreza KarimzadehRasoul AtashafrouzMoslem AkbariArdeshir MahiniCoach: Alireza RaadiW 4–22 L 0–53rd place matchW 4–0W 3–0L 0–4
Goalball
Men Squad listPreliminariesQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankGroup BRankRahmatollah HosseiniMohammad SoranjiMohsen JalilvandBehzad JahangiriJavad JalaliMehdi SayyahiCoach: Mohammad BidgoliL 5–95Did not advance9th place matchW 7–29W 8–5L 5–10L 3–4W 8–6
Judo
Men AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage finalFinalRankSaeid Rahmati60 kgW 1000–0010W 0100–0010W 1000–0000L 0000–1000Reza Golmohammadi66 kgW 1000–0000W 0010–0003L 0000–10013rd place matchL 0000–10005Mousa Pourabbas73 kgW 1011–0000L 0000–0010ByeRepechageL 0000–1011Did not advance7Amir Mirhassan Nattaj81 kgL 0000–1001Did not advanceRepechageW 0002–0000RepechageW 0101–0001RepechageL 0001–00115Hamzeh Nadri100 kgL 0000–1001Did not advanceRepechageL 0000–1000Did not advance9
Powerlifting
Men AthleteEventResultRankMorteza Dashti48 kgNo markGholam Hossein Chaltoukkar56 kg172.57Hamzeh Mohammadi60 kg202.5 PRAli Hosseini67.5 kg215.0Majid Farzin75 kg212.5Ali Sadeghzadeh100 kg230.0Kazem Rajabi+100 kg265.0 WR
Shooting
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreTotalRankBahman Karimi10 m air pistol SH156014Did not advanceRamezan Salehnejad10 m air rifle standing SH158611Did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreTotalRankNayyereh Akef10 m air pistol SH136011Did not advance
Mixed AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreTotalRankNayyereh Akef50 m pistol SH150723Did not advanceBahman Karimi50 m pistol SH15364 86.7622.76Ramezan Salehnejad10 m air rifle prone SH158842Did not advance50 m rifle prone SH158222Did not advance
Sitting volleyball
Men Squad listPreliminariesSemifinalFinalRankPool BRankMohammad HosseinifarMohammad Reza RahimiReza PeidayeshDavoud AlipourianMehdi HamidzadehNasser HassanpourSadegh BigdeliJalil ImeriSaeid EbrahimiIssa ZirahiRamezan SalehiMohammad KhaleghiCoach: Hadi RezaeiW 3–025–7, 25–7, 25–51 W 3–025–22, 25–13, 25–20W 3–025–22, 25–18, 25–22W 3–025–9, 25–11, 25–8W 3–027–25, 25–12, 25–18
Table tennis
Women AthleteEventPreliminaries / QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankGroupsRankNarges KhazaeiSingles 1/2L 1–35–11, 4–11, 12–10, 9–11Group B2Did not advance8W 3–211–6, 7–11, 11–9, 7–11, 11–6Forough BakhtiariSingles 3L 0–36–11, 4–11, 6–11Group B2Did not advance8L 2–311–6, 11–7, 9–11, 8–11, 8–11W 3–011–6, 11–6, 11–5Forough BakhtiariNarges KhazaeiTeam 1–3L 2–33–1, 0–3, 2–3, 3–0, 0–3Did not advance5
Wheelchair basketball
Men Squad listPreliminariesQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankPool ARankSaman Bolaghi Ahmad Daghaghelehpour Alireza Ahmadi Morteza Gharibloo Adel Torfi Zakaria Hesamizadeh Hakim Mansouri Ebrahim Ahmadi Esmaeil Hosseinpour Gholamreza Nami Bahman Seifi Vahid Gholam-Azad Coach: Abdolghafour KamravaW 73–623 L WalkoverdisqualifiedW 92–66W 69–50L 63–73L 62–93
References
External links International Paralympic Committee