Iran, formerly known as Persia before 1935 and officially the Islamic Republic of Iran since 1979, first participated in the Olympic Games in 1900. Iran has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since 1948, except for 1980 and 1984 due to political boycotts. Iran has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games on several occasions since 1956.

Iran has participated in 19 Summer Olympics and 13 Winter Olympics so far. Iran participated in 9 Summer Olympics and gained 4 gold medals before the 1979 Revolution, and participated in 10 Summer Olympics and won 23 gold medals after the revolution.

Freydoun Malkom, a fencer who competed in the épée event at the 1900 Summer Olympics, was the first Iranian Olympic competitor. Jafar Salmasi won Iran's first Olympic medal in 1948, and Kimia Alizadeh was the first Iranian female Olympic medalist, having done so in 2016. Iranian athletes have won a total of 88 Summer Olympic medals, all in wrestling, weightlifting, taekwondo, athletics, shooting, and karate. Iran's National Olympic Committee was founded in 1947.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by Winter Games

Medals by summer sport SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal 13 19 23 55 9 6 5 20 3 3 4 10 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 Total (6) 27 29 32 88

List of medalists MedalNameGamesSportEventDate Weightlifting Men's 60 kg 019 August 1948 Wrestling Men's freestyle 79 kg 0423 July 1952 Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg 0523 July 1952 Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 0725 July 1952 Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg 0223 July 1952 Wrestling Men's freestyle 73 kg 0323 July 1952 Wrestling Men's freestyle 67 kg 0623 July 1952 Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 0825 July 1952 Wrestling Men's freestyle 67 kg 121 December 1956 Wrestling Men's freestyle 87 kg 131 December 1956 Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 101 December 1956 Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg 111 December 1956 Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 0923 November 1956 Wrestling Men's freestyle 87 kg 156 September 1960 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg 1431 August 1960 Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg 166 September 1960 Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 177 September 1960 Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg 1814 October 1964 Wrestling Men's freestyle 78 kg 1914 October 1964 Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 2013 October 1968 Wrestling Men's freestyle 70 kg 2220 October 1968 Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg 2115 October 1968 Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 2320 October 1968 Wrestling Men's freestyle 63 kg 2420 October 1968 Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 2528 August 1972 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg 2710 September 1972 Wrestling Men's freestyle 48 kg 2631 August 1972 Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 2931 July 1976 Weightlifting Men's 52 kg 2818 July 1976 Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 301 October 1988 Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg 327 August 1992 Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 316 August 1992 Wrestling Men's freestyle 82 kg 337 August 1992 Wrestling Men's freestyle 90 kg 362 August 1996 Wrestling Men's freestyle 100 kg 3531 July 1996 Wrestling Men's freestyle 82 kg 3431 July 1996 Weightlifting Men's 105 kg 3725 September 2000 Weightlifting Men's +105 kg 3826 September 2000 Wrestling Men's freestyle 58 kg 401 October 2000 Taekwondo Men's 68 kg 3928 September 2000 Weightlifting Men's +105 kg 4125 August 2004 Taekwondo Men's 68 kg 42 Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg 44 Wrestling Men's freestyle 60 kg 45 Taekwondo Men's 80 kg 43 Wrestling Men's freestyle 96 kg 46 Taekwondo Men's 80 kg 48 Wrestling Men's freestyle 60 kg 47 Weightlifting Men's 94 kg 50 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg 51 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg 52 Weightlifting Men's 105 kg 53 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg 54 Weightlifting Men's +105 kg 55 Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg 61 Weightlifting Men's 85 kg 49 Weightlifting Men's +105 kg 56 Athletics Men's discus throw 57 Taekwondo Men's 68 kg 58 Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 59 Wrestling Men's freestyle 84 kg 60 Weightlifting Men's 85 kg 62 Weightlifting Men's 94 kg 63 Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 68 Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg 69 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 75 kg 64 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg 65 Taekwondo Women's 57 kg 66 Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 67 Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol 70 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg 72 Karate Men's kumite +75 kg 76 Weightlifting Men's +109 kg 73 Wrestling Men's freestyle 86 kg 74 Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg 71 Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg 75 Mohammad Hadi Saravi Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman −97 kg 78 Saeid Esmaeili Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman −67 kg 80 Arian Salimi Taekwondo Men's +80 kg 86 Alireza Mohmadi Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman −87 kg 81 Nahid Kiani Taekwondo Women's 57 kg 82 Wrestling Men's freestyle 86 kg 83 Mehran Barkhordari Taekwondo Men's 80 kg 84 Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg 85 Rahman Amouzad Wrestling Men's freestyle 65 kg 87 Amin Mirzazadeh Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg 77 Mobina Nematzadeh Taekwondo Women's 49 kg 79 Amir Ali Azarpira Wrestling Men's 97 kg 88

Kianoush Rostami originally won the bronze medal, but was upgraded to silver on 26 November 2016 after the original silver medalist tested positive for doping. Saeid Mohammadpour originally finished 5th, but was upgraded to the gold medal position on 20 December 2016 since the top four weightlifters tested positive for doping. Komeil Ghasemi originally won the bronze medal, but was upgraded to gold on 26 July 2019 after the original gold and silver medalists tested positive for doping. Navab Nassirshalal originally won the silver medal, but was upgraded to gold on 19 December 2019 after the original gold medalist tested positive for doping.

Athletes with most medals Athletes in bold are still active with Iran. # Athlete Sport Games Total1 Hadi Saei 2000–2008 2 0 1 32 Hossein Rezazadeh 2000–2004 2 0 0 23 Gholamreza Takhti 1952–1964 1 2 0 3 Hassan Yazdani 2016–2024 1 2 0 35 Mohammad Nassiri 1968–1976 1 1 1 36 Komeil Ghasemi 2012–2016 1 1 0 2 Kianoush Rostami 2012–2016 1 1 0 28 Rasoul Khadem 1992–1996 1 0 1 2 Ghasem Rezaei 2012–2016 1 0 1 2 Mohammad Hadi Saravi 2020–2024 1 0 1 211 Askari Mohammadian 1988–1992 0 2 0 212 Mahmoud Namjoo 1952–1956 0 1 1 2 Amir Hossein Zare 2020–2024 0 1 1 214 Amir Reza Khadem 1992–1996 0 0 2 2

Sport by year Summer Olympics

Sport 00 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 Years   Aquatics, Diving 1 1 Aquatics, Swimming 1 111111119 Aquatics, Water polo 11 1 Archery 221115 Athletics 121813412112610103217 Badminton 1 1 2 Basketball 13 12 12 3 Boxing 86 45 56 64513412 14 Canoeing, Sprint 1 21125 Cycling, Road 4 4777 223331112 Cycling, Track 2 5 Equestrian 1 1 Fencing 1 4 213 12448 Football 17 1917 3 Gymnastics, Artistic 2 12 Judo 137612 6 Karate 3 1 Rowing 221135 Shooting 3 14 4 111 356411 Sport climbing 1 1 Table tennis 1 11123138 Taekwondo 4 3 22334347 Volleyball 1212 2 Weightlifting 57755437 5 663652216 Wrestling 7881212914171516101113121312111218 Total 1 36 22 17 23 63 14 50 86 27 40 18 35 38 55 53 63 65 41 19

Winter Olympics

Sport 56 64 68 72 76 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 26 Years Alpine skiing344441113321213 Cross-country skiing 11122127 Total 3 4 4 4 4 1 2 2 4 5 4 2 4 11

See also List of flag bearers for Iran at the Olympics :Category:Olympic competitors for Iran Iran at the Paralympics Iran at the Asian Games

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