Iran competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia; 17 athletes competed. Emam-Ali Habibi and Gholamreza Takhti won the nation's first gold medal in the Olympics, all in wrestling.
Competitors
SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 2 2Weightlifting 7 7Wrestling 8 8 Total 17 0 17
Medal summary
Medal table SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal Weightlifting 1 1 Wrestling 2 2 4 Total 2 2 1 5
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Emam-Ali Habibi Wrestling Men's freestyle 67 kg Gholamreza Takhti Wrestling Men's freestyle 87 kg Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg Mehdi Yaghoubi Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg Mahmoud Namjoo Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
Results by event
Athletics
Men AthleteEventTimeRankAli BaghbanbashiMarathonDid not finish
AthleteEvent100mLJSPHJ400m110m HDTPVJT1500mTotalRankNajmeddin FarabiDecathlon12.15726.2557511.315241.7065652.368417.437228.733473.3043841.233754:24.8560510312
Weightlifting
Men AthleteEventPressSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankMahmoud Namjoo56 kg100.0102.5130.0332.5Hossein Zarini60 kg92.592.5120.0305.013Henrik Tamraz67.5 kg115.0105.0145.0365.05Ebrahim Peiravi75 kg107.5117.5147.5372.57Jalal Mansouri82.5 kg132.5122.5162.5417.54Hassan Rahnavardi90 kg140.0127.5157.5425.04Firouz Pojhan+90 kg147.5132.5170.0450.04
Wrestling
Men's freestyle AthleteEventFirst roundSecond roundThird roundFourth roundFifth roundFinal roundRankMohammad Ali Khojastehpour52 kgByeW 3–0W 3–0W 3–0W 3–0L FallMehdi Yaghoubi57 kgW 3–0W FallW FallL 1–2W 3–0Nasser Givehchi62 kgW 3–0W FallL 1–2L 0–3Did not advance6Emam-Ali Habibi67 kgW FallW 3–0W 3–0W 3–0W 3–0W FallNabi Sorouri73 kgW FallL 0–3W 3–0W 3–0Did not advance4Abbas Zandi79 kgW 3–0ByeL 0–3L FallDid not advance7Gholamreza Takhti87 kgW FallW FallW FallW FallW 3–0W 3–0Hossein Nouri+87 kgL 0–3W 3–0L FallDid not advanceDid not advance9
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database