Iran competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. 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 the nation's second-largest delegation to the Games, one less than it sent to Beijing. A total of 53 athletes, 45 men and 8 women, competed in 14 sports. This was also the youngest delegation in Iran's Olympic history, with half the team under the age of 25, and many of them are expected to reach their peak in time for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Heavyweight boxer Ali Mazaheri was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
Iran left London with a total of 13 medals (7 gold, 5 silver, and 1 bronze), finishing twelfth in the overall medal standings. This was also the most successful Olympics for the Middle East, winning the largest number of medals at a single games, and surpassing by just double the record from Athens. Notable accomplishments included the nation's first gold medals in men's Greco-Roman wrestling, and the nation's first medal in athletics, won by discus thrower Ehsan Haddadi.
Medalists
| width="78%" align="left" valign="top" | Medal Name Sport Event Date Saeid Mohammadpour Weightlifting Men's 94kg Hamid Sourian Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg Omid Norouzi Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg Navab Nassirshalal Weightlifting Men's 105 kg Behdad Salimi Weightlifting Men's +105 kg Ghasem Rezaei Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg Komeil Ghasemi Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg Kianoush Rostami Weightlifting Men's 85 kg Ehsan Haddadi Athletics Men's discus throw Sajjad Anoushiravani Weightlifting Men's +105 kg Mohammad Bagheri Motamed Taekwondo Men's 68 kg Sadegh Goudarzi Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg Ehsan Lashgari Wrestling Men's freestyle 84 kg | width="22%" align="left" valign="top" | Medals by sportSportTotalAthletics 0 1 0 1Taekwondo 0 1 0 1Weightlifting 3 2 0 5Wrestling 4 1 1 6 Total 7 5 1 13
Competitors SportMenWomenTotalArchery 1 1 2Athletics 9 1 10Boxing 4 0 4Canoeing 1 1 2Cycling 3 0 3Fencing 1 0 1Judo 1 0 1Rowing 1 1 2Shooting 1 2 3Swimming 1 0 1Table tennis 1 1 2Taekwondo 2 1 3Weightlifting 6 0 6Wrestling 13 0 13 Total 45 8 53
Archery
Two Iranian archers (one man and one woman) qualified for the London Olympics.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMilad VaziriMen's individual66239 L 1–7Did not advanceZahra DehghanWomen's individual61455 L 2–6Did not advance
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):
Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankRouhollah Askari110 m hurdles13.977colspan=2 Did not advanceReza Ghasemi100 mcolspan=2 10.314Did not advanceSajjad Hashemi400 m47.756colspan=2 Did not advanceSajjad Moradi800 m1:48.232 Qcolspan=2 Did not advanceEbrahim Rahimian20 km walkcolspan=6
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionMohammad ArzandehLong jump7.8417Did not advanceEhsan HaddadiDiscus throw65.196 Q68.18Kaveh MousaviHammer throw72.7022Did not advanceAmin NikfarShot put18.6233Did not advance
Women Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionLeila RajabiShot put17.5522Did not advance
Boxing
Iran has so far qualified boxers for the following events.
Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMehdi ToloutiLight welterweightW 16–12L 10–19Did not advanceAmin GhasemipourWelterweightL 8–13Did not advanceEhsan RouzbahaniLight heavyweightW 12–10W 18–12L 10–13Did not advanceAli MazaheriHeavyweightL Did not advance
Canoeing
Sprint Iran has qualified boats for the following events
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAhmad Reza TalebianMen's K-1 1000 m3:39.5046Did not advanceArezoo HakimiWomen's K-1 200 m44.5767Did not advanceWomen's K-1 500 m1:58.5987Did not advance Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling
Road AthleteEventTimeRankAlireza HaghiMen's road raceDid not finishMen's time trial57:41.4436Mehdi SohrabiMen's road raceAmir ZargariDid not finish
Fencing
Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankMojtaba AbediniIndividual sabreL 7–15Did not advance
Judo
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMohammad Reza RoudakiMen's +100 kgL Did not advance
Rowing
Iran has qualified for the following boats.
Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTime RankMohsen ShadiSingle sculls7:27.426 R7:11.552 QF7:32.726 SC/D8:20.296 FD7:31.4222
Women AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTime RankSoulmaz AbbasiSingle sculls8:17.466 R8:05.992 QF8:27.286 SC/D8:30.746 FD8:57.9824 Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Shooting
Iran has qualified three quota places in the shooting events;
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankEbrahim Barkhordari10 m air pistol56933Did not advance50 m pistol55227Did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankElaheh Ahmadi10 m air rifle3975 Q499.1650 m rifle 3 positions56743Did not advanceMahlagha Jambozorg10 m air rifle39143Did not advance50 m rifle 3 positions58114Did not advance
Swimming
Iran has selected one swimmer under the Universality rule.
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMohammad Bidarian100 m freestyle52.9342Did not advance
Table tennis
Iran has qualified 2 athletes.
AthleteEventPreliminary roundRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankNoshad AlamianMen's singlesW 4–0W 4–3L 0–4Did not advanceNeda ShahsavariWomen's singlesL 3–4Did not advance
Taekwondo
Iran has qualified two men and one woman.
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageBronze MedalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMohammad Bagheri MotamedMen's −68 kg W 7–2W 5–4W 5–5 colspan=2 L 5–6Yousef KaramiMen's −80 kgL 2–8Did not advanceL 7–11Did not advanceSousan HajipourWomen's −67 kgL 4–5Did not advance
Weightlifting
Iran has qualified 6 men.
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankSohrab MoradiMen's −85 kg167———Kianoush Rostami17142093380Saeid MohammadpourMen's −94 kg18332196402Navab NassirshalalMen's –105 kg184=5227=1411Sajjad AnoushiravaniMen's +105 kg20432452449Behdad Salimi208=12471455
Wrestling
Iran has qualified 13 quota places.
Men's freestyle AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankHassan Rahimi−55 kgW 3–0 L 1–3 Did not advance8Masoud Esmaeilpour−60 kgW 3–0 W 3–1 L 1–3 Did not advanceL 1–3 Did not advance7Mehdi Taghavi−66 kgL 1–3 Did not advance14Sadegh Goudarzi–74 kgW 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0 colspan=2 L 0–3 Ehsan Lashgari−84 kgW 3–0 W 5–0 W 3–0 L 1–3 colspan=2 W 3–0 Reza Yazdani−96 kgW 3–1 W 3–0 L 0–5 colspan=2 L 0–5 5Komeil Ghasemi−120 kgW 3–0 L 0–3 Did not advanceW 3–0 W 3–0
Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankHamid Sourian−55 kgW 3–1 W 3–0 W 3–0 colspan=2 W 3–0 Omid Norouzi−60 kgW 3–1 W 3–0 W 3–0 W 3–0 colspan=2 W 3–0 Saeid Abdevali−66 kgW 3–0 L 0–3 Did not advance11Habibollah Akhlaghi−84 kgL 1–3 Did not advance13Ghasem Rezaei−96 kgW 3–1 W 3–0 W 3–0 colspan=2 W 3–0 Bashir Babajanzadeh−120 kgW 3–0 W 3–1 L 0–3 Did not advance7
References
External links National Olympic committee of Iran London 2012 official website