Iran competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. The nation has competed at every Summer Olympic games, since its return in 1948 after having made their debut in 1900, with the exception of the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics. The National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran sent a total of 38 athletes, 37 men and 1 woman, to compete in 10 sports. Half-lightweight judoka Arash Miresmaeili, who later forfeited his first match against Israel's Ehud Vaks for medical reasons, was the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.

Iran left Athens with a total of six medals (two golds, two silver, and two bronze), finishing twenty-ninth in the overall medal standings. Half of these medals were awarded to the athletes in men's freestyle wrestling. Taekwondo jin Hadi Saei claimed his first ever Olympic title in the men's featherweight division, in addition to his bronze medal from Sydney.

Medalists

| style="text-align:left; width:72%; vertical-align:top;"| Medal Name Sport Event Date Hossein Rezazadeh Weightlifting Men's +105 kg Hadi Saei Taekwondo Men's 68 kg Alireza Rezaei Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg Masoud Mostafa-Jokar Wrestling Men's freestyle 60 kg Yousef Karami Taekwondo Men's 80 kg Alireza Heidari Wrestling Men's freestyle 96 kg | style="text-align:left; width:23%; vertical-align:top;"|

Medals by sportSport TotalTaekwondo 1012Weightlifting 1001Wrestling 0213Total2226

Competitors SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 2 0 2Boxing 1 0 1Cycling 4 0 4Judo 7 0 7Shooting 0 1 1Swimming 1 0 1Table tennis 1 0 1Taekwondo 2 0 2Weightlifting 6 0 6Wrestling 13 0 13 Total 37 1 38

Athletics

Iranian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).

Key Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only Q = Qualified for the next round q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target NR = National record N/A = Round not applicable for the event Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankSajjad Moradi800 m1:49.497Did not advance

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionAbbas SamimiDiscus throw57.5728Did not advance

Boxing

Iran has qualified one boxer.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMohammad AsheriLightweightL 18–37Did not advance

Cycling

Road AthleteEventTimeRankAbbas Saeidi TanhaMen's road raceDid not finishAmir ZargariDid not finish

Track Pursuit AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalsFinalTimeRankOpponentResultsRankOpponentResultsRankHossein AskariMen's individual pursuit4:39.30215Did not advance

Omnium AthleteEventPointsLapsRankMehdi SohrabiMen's points raceDid not finish

Judo

Seven Iranian judoka qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics. Half-lightweight judoka Arash Miresmaeili forfeited his first match against Israel's Ehud Vaks, and accepted his disqualification from the International Judo Federation because a medical condition left him much heavier to fight.

Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMasoud Haji Akhondzadeh−60 kgW 0030–0001W 0010–0001W 1000–0021L 0011–0122colspan=3 L 0000–10025Arash Miresmaeili−66 kgL Did not advanceHamed Malekmohammadi−73 kgW 1000–0010L 0000–1000Did not advanceW 1010–0000L 0020–1110Did not advanceReza Chahkhandagh−81 kgW 1000–0000L 0002–1001Did not advanceL 0001–0013Did not advanceAbbas Fallah−90 kgL 0111–1002Did not advanceMasoud Khosravinejad−100 kgL 0001–0100Did not advanceMahmoud Miran+100 kgW 1002–0001W 1000–0010W 0110–0100L 0010–1110colspan=3 L 0001–02015

Shooting

Iran has qualified a single shooter.

Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankNasim Hassanpour10 m air pistol37628Did not advance

Swimming

Iran has selected one swimmer under the Universality rule.

Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankBabak Farhoudi100 m freestyle56.4261Did not advance

Table tennis

Iran has qualified one table tennis player.

AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMohammad Reza AkhlaghpasandMen's singlesL 1–4Did not advance

Taekwondo

Two Iranian taekwondo jin qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankHadi SaeiMen's −68 kgW W 8–6W 9–9 colspan=2 W 4–3Yousef KaramiMen's −80 kgW 16–12W 13–9L 6–7W 12–4W 9–8

Weightlifting

Six Iranian weightlifters qualified for the following events.

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankMehdi PanzvanMen's −69 kg147.5=4172.5147.5Mohammad Hossein BarkhahMen's −77 kg160=5197.56357.55Asghar EbrahimiMen's −94 kg165=161901635516Shahin Nassirinia172.511220=1392.54Mohsen BeiranvandMen's −105 kg180———Hossein RezazadehMen's +105 kg2101263.5 1472.5

Wrestling

Key - Victory by Fall. - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points. - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankBabak Nourzad−55 kgL 0–3 W 3–1 3Did not advance16Masoud Mostafa-Jokar−60 kgW 3–0 W 3–1 1 QW 3–1 L 0–3 Alireza Dabir−66 kgL 0–3 L 1–3 3Did not advance18Mehdi Hajizadeh−74 kgW 3–1 L 0–3 2Did not advance13Majid Khodaei−84 kgW 3–1 W 3–1 1 QL 1–3 Did not advanceW 3–0 5Alireza Heidari−96 kgW 3–1 W 4–0 1 QW 3–0 L 1–3 W 3–1 Alireza Rezaei−120 kgW 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0 1 QW 3–1 L 0–5

Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankHassan Rangraz−55 kgL 1–3 W 4–0 2Did not advance9Ali Ashkani−60 kgL 1–3 L 1–3 W 3–1 3Did not advance11Parviz Zeidvand−66 kgW 3–0 W 3–1 1 QL 1–3 Did not advanceL 0–5 Behrouz Jamshidi−84 kgL 1–3 W 3–0 2Did not advance9Masoud Hashemzadeh−96 kgW 3–1 W 5–0 1 QW 3–1 L 1–3 L 1–3 *Sajjad Barzi−120 kgW 3–1 W 3–1 1 QW 3–0 L 0–3 L 0–3 4 * Masoud Hashemzadeh was disqualified for protesting after the bronze medal match.

See also Iran at the 2002 Asian Games Iran at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

References

External links Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad National Olympic Committee of Iran