Iran competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place during the summer of 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's return in 1948 after having made their debut in 1900, Iranian athletes have attended every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of 1980 and 1984 which they boycotted.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Javad Foroughi Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol Mohammad Reza Geraei Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg Sajjad Ganjzadeh Karate Men's +75 kg Ali Davoudi Weightlifting Men's +109 kg Hassan Yazdani Wrestling Men's freestyle 86 kg Mohammad Hadi Saravi Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg Amir Hossein Zare Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg
Competitors
SportMenWomenTotalArchery 1 0 1Athletics 2 1 3Badminton 0 1 1Basketball 12 0 12Boxing 2 0 2Canoeing 1 0 1Cycling 1 0 1Fencing 4 0 4Karate 1 2 3Rowing 0 1 1Shooting 2 4 6Swimming 1 0 1Table Tennis 1 0 1Taekwondo 2 1 3Volleyball 12 0 12Weightlifting 2 0 2Wrestling 11 0 11 Total 55 10 65
Archery
One Iranian archer qualified for the men's individual recurve by advancing to the semifinal stage and obtaining one of the three available spots at the 2019 Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankMilad VaziriMen's individual62963 L 0–6Did not advance
Athletics
Iranian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
Track & road events AthleteEventHeat QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankHassan TaftianMen's 100 mcolspan=2 10.194Did not advanceMahdi PirjahanMen's 400 m hurdlesWithdrew after testing positive for COVID-19Farzaneh FasihiWomen's 100 m11.761 Q11.798Did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionEhsan HaddadiMen's discus throw58.9826Did not advance
Badminton
Iranian women's badminton player, Sorayya Aghaei, got the allocation quotas from the Badminton World Federation after Airi Mikkela withdrew. She is the first ever women's badminton player to represent Iran at the Olympic Games.
AthleteEventGroup StageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankSorayya AghaeiWomen's singles W (21–14, 21–7)L (11–21, 3–21)2Did not advance
Basketball
Indoor Summary TeamEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankIran men'sMen's tournament L 78–84 L 66–120 L 62–794Did not advance
Men's tournament
Iran men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics as the highest-ranked Asian squad at the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China, marking the country's return to the sport after a twelve-year absence.
Team roster
Group play
Boxing
Iran entered two male boxers into the Olympic tournament. 19-year-old Danial Shahbakhsh (men's featherweight) and Asia's second-seeded boxer Seyed Shahin Mousavi (men's middleweight) secured the spots on the Iranian squad, by scoring a box-off triumph each in their respective weight divisions at the 2020 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankDanial ShahbakhshMen's featherweightW 5–0L Did not advanceSeyed Shahin MousaviMen's middleweightL 2–3Did not advance
Canoeing
Sprint Iran qualified a single boat (men's K-1 1000 m) for the Games by winning the gold medal at the 2021 Asian Canoe Sprint Qualification Regatta in Pattaya, Thailand.
AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankAli AghamirzaeiMen's K-1 1000 m3:48.6095 QF3:52.8344Did not advance Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling
Road Iran entered one rider to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of his top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking.
AthleteEventTimeRankSaeid SafarzadehMen's road raceDid not finishMen's time trial1:05:14.6235
Fencing
Iranian fencers qualified a full squad in the men's team sabre for the first time at the Games, as the highest-ranked nation from Asia outside the world's top four in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / Opposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreOpposition ScoreRankMojtaba AbediniMen's sabreW 15–10L 7–15Did not advanceAli Pakdaman W 15–12W 15–9L 6–15Did not advanceMohammad RahbariW 15–13L 7–15Did not advanceMojtaba AbediniAli Pakdaman Mohammad RahbariMohammad Fotouhi*Men's team sabrecolspan=3 L 44–45Classification semifinalW 45–36Fifth place finalL 24–456
Karate
Iran entered three karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. Sajjad Ganjzadeh (men's +75 kg), Sara Bahmanyar (women's 55 kg), and Hamideh Abbasali (women's +61 kg) qualified directly for their respective kumite categories by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings.
Kumite AthleteEventGroup stageSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSajjad GanjzadehMen's +75 kg W 3–1D 0–0 W 6–0W 2–11 QW 2–2W 4–0 Sara BahmanyarWomen's −55 kgW 5–4L 1–5L 2–53Did not advanceHamideh AbbasaliWomen's +61 kgW 4–0L 0–4W 9–7L 4–84Did not advance
Rowing
Iran qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games by winning the silver medal and securing the second of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, Japan.
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRank TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankNazanin MalaeiWomen's single sculls 7:59.01 3 QFcolspan=2 8:07.323 SA/B 7:45.52 6 FB 7:42.5711 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
Iranian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.
AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankJavad ForoughiMen's 10 m air pistol5805 Qcolspan=2 rowspan=9 244.8 Mahyar SedaghatMen's 10 m air rifle629.19Did not advanceMen's 50 m rifle 3 positions116820Did not advanceFatemeh KaramzadehWomen's 50 m rifle 3 positions116322Did not advanceWomen's 10 m air rifle624.923Did not advanceNajmeh KhedmatiWomen's 50 m rifle 3 positions116518Did not advanceHanieh RostamianWomen's 10 m air pistol57610Did not advanceWomen's 25 m pistol57728Did not advanceArmina SadeghianWomen's 10 m air rifle622.630Did not advanceMahyar SedaghatNajmeh KhedmatiMixed 10 m air rifle team624.915Did not advanceJavad ForoughiHanieh RostamianMixed 10 m air pistol team5758 Q3825Did not advance
Swimming
Iran received an Universality invitation from FINA to send a male swimmer to the 2020 Summer Olympics.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMatin BalsiniMen's 200 m butterfly1:59.97 NR33Did not advance
Table tennis
Iran entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Nima Alamian scored a zonal-match triumph for Central Asia to book a men's singles spot at the Asian Qualification Tournament in Doha, Qatar.
AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round 3Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankNima AlamianMen's singlesL 1–4Did not advance
Taekwondo
Iran entered three athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Armin Hadipour (men's 58 kg) qualified directly for their respective weight classes by finishing among the top five, while Mirhashem Hosseini received a spare berth freed up by the 2019 World Grand Slam winner in the men's lightweight category (68 kg), as the next highest-placed taekwondo practitioner, not yet qualified, in the WT Olympic Rankings. On the women's side, Nahid Kiani scored a semifinal victory in the lightweight category (57 kg) to book the remaining spot on the Iranian taekwondo squad at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankArmin HadipourMen's −58 kgW 22–19L 6–26Did not advanceMirhashem HosseiniMen's −68 kgW 18–15L 22–34Did not advanceL 21–30Did not advance 7Nahid KianiWomen's −57 kgL 9–18Did not advance
Volleyball
Indoor Summary TeamEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankIran men'sMen's tournamentW 3–2W 3–0L 0–3L 1–3L 2–35Did not advance
Men's tournament
Iran men's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the final match and securing an outright berth at the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Jiangmen, China.
Team roster
Group play
Weightlifting
Iran entered two weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian and 2017 world champion Ali Hashemi (men's 109 kg) and the reigning Asian champion Ali Davoudi (men's +109 kg) secured one of the top eight slots each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings.
AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankAli HashemiMen's –109 kg1845228184Ali Davoudi Men's +109 kg20022412441
Wrestling
Iran qualified eleven wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Five of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle (57 and 86 kg), men's Greco-Roman (60, 77, and 130 kg) at the 2019 World Championships, while five additional licenses were awarded to the Iranian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals of their respective weight categories at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
On February 19, 2020, United World Wrestling awarded an additional Olympic license to Iran in men's freestyle 125 kg, as a response to the doping violations on the Syrian and Uzbek wrestler at the World Championships.
Freestyle AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankReza AtriMen's −57 kgW 3–1 PPW 3–1 PPL 1–3 PPL 1–3 PP5Morteza GhiasiMen's −65 kgW 3–1 PPL 0–5 VTDid not advance8Mostafa Hosseinkhani Men's −74 kgL 0–3 PODid not advance15Hassan YazdaniMen's −86 kgW 3–1 PPW 4–1 SPW 3–1 PPL 1–3 PPMohammad MohammadianMen's −97 kgL 1–3 PPDid not advance13Amir Hossein ZareMen's −125 kgW 3–0 POW 4–1 SPL 1–3 PPW 3–0 PO
Greco-Roman AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAlireza NejatiMen's −60 kgL 1–3 PPDid not advance10Mohammad Reza GeraeiMen's −67 kgW 4–0 STW 3–1 PPW 3–1 PPW 4–1 STMohammad Ali GeraeiMen's −77 kgW 3–1 PPW 3–1 PPL 1–3 PPL 1–4 SP5Mohammad Hadi SaraviMen's −97 kgW 4–0 STW 3–0 POL 1–3 PPW 3–1 PPAmin MirzazadehMen's −130 kgW 3–0 POL 0–4 STDid not advance W 3–1 PPL 1–3 PP5
Demonstration sports
Taekwondo Team event