Iran at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after missing both the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics, due to the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the Iran–Iraq War, which lasted from 1980 until 1988.

Competitors SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 1 1Cycling, Road 6 6Cycling, Track 2 2Taekwondo 4 4Wrestling 15 15 Total 27 0 27

Medal summary Medal table SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal Taekwondo 1 1 Wrestling 1 1 Total 0 1 0 1

Note: Demonstration sports indicated in italics.

Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Askari Mohammadian Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg

Results by event

Athletics

Men AthleteEventTimeRankNasser BabapourMarathon3:00:2093

Cycling

Road

Men AthleteEventTimeRankIraj AmirakhoriRoad race4:32:5656Mohammad Reza BajoulRoad raceDid not finishSiamak SafarzadehRoad race4:42:4793Mostafa ChaichiAbbas EsmaeiliMehrdad SafarzadehSiamak SafarzadehTeam time trial2:15:29.523

Track

Men AthleteEventQualification1/8 finalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankTimeRankJalil Eftekhari1 km time trial1:11.68327Mostafa ChaichiIndividual pursuitOverlappedDid not advance—

AthleteEventQualificationFinalRankHeatScoreRankScoreRankJalil EftekhariPoints race213 (–2 laps)14Did not advance29

Wrestling

Men's freestyle AthleteEventEliminatory roundFinalRankRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6 / 7Nasser Zeinalnia48 kgW 17–0W 4–3L FallL FallDid not advance7th place matchL Walkover8Majid Torkan52 kgW 15–0W FallL 2–4L Did not advance13Askari Mohammadian57 kgW FallW 15–0W FallW 16–1W 5–4ByeL 1–5Akbar Fallah62 kgW 15–0W 4–3ByeW 6–1W 10–3W 5–03rd place matchL 2–54L 1–12Amir Reza Khadem68 kgByeW 16–0L 7–8W 17–1L 4–12Did not advance11Ayat Vagozari74 kgL 3–5W 20–9W FallW 6–3W 12–9L 5th place matchL 6Ahmad Afghan82 kgW FallW 15–0L 6–7L 0–15Did not advance11Mohammad Reza Toupchi90 kgW 3–2L 2–3L Did not advance17

Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEventEliminatory roundFinalRankRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6 / 7Reza Simkhah48 kgL 5–10L 0–16Did not advanceDid not advance13Abdolkarim Kakahaji52 kgL 8–10L 1–6Did not advance14Ahad Pazaj57 kgL FallL 0–15Did not advance20Ahad Javansalehi62 kgL 3–8W 5–0L DisqualificationDid not advanceDid not advance10Masoud Ghadimi68 kgW 2–1L FallL DisqualificationDid not advance21Reza Andouz74 kgL FallL Did not advance16Mehdi Moradi Ganjeh82 kgL 0–14L Did not advance16

Demonstration sports Taekwondo

Men AthleteEvent1/8 finalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankFariborz Danesh50 kgW PointsL PointsDid not advance5Feisal Danesh58 kgW PointsW PointsL PointsDid not advanceHassan Zahedi83 kgL WalkoverDid not advance—Mansour Bagheri+83 kgW PointsL PointsDid not advance5

References

External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database