Iran competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 86 competitors, 82 men and 4 women, took part in 50 events in 9 sports. Moslem Eskandar-Filabi was the flagbearer for Iran in the opening ceremony. This would be the last Olympics Iran would take part in until the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, due to the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and the outbreak of the Iran–Iraq War, which lasted from 1980 to 1988.
Competitors SportMenWomenTotalAquatics, Water polo 11 11Athletics 4 4Boxing 6 6Cycling, Road 6 6Cycling, Track 2 2Fencing 9 4 13Football 17 17Shooting 4 4Weightlifting 7 7Wrestling 17 17 Total 82 4 86
Medal summary Medal table SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal Weightlifting 1 1 Wrestling 1 1 Total 0 1 1 2
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Mansour Barzegar Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg Mohammad Nassiri Weightlifting Men's 52 kg
Results by event
Aquatics Water polo
Men Squad listInitial roundFinal roundRankGroup ARankGroup E (7th–12th)RankFirouz AbdolmohammadianJahangir TavakkoliHeidar ShonjaniAhmad PeidayeshDariush MovahediBahram TavakkoliReza KamraniManouchehr ParchamiHossein NassimAbdolreza MajdpourAhmad Yaghouti Coach: Mansour GarousiL 1–124L 3–11612L 0–15L 2–8L 3–12L 1–8L 2–10L 0–16
Athletics
Men AthleteEventRound 1Round 2SemifinalFinalRankHeatTimeRankHeatTimeRankHeatTimeRankTimeRankAyoub Bodaghi100 m311.397Did not advance62200 m722.476Did not advance39Hossein Rabbi5000 m214:47.1210Did not advance3310000 m331:44.2713Did not advance36
AthleteEventQualifyingFinalResultRankResultRankTeymour GhiasiHigh jump2.1022Did not advanceSalman HesamDiscus throw52.4028Did not advance
Boxing
Men AthleteEvent1/32 final1/16 final1/8 finalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankSaeid Bashiri48 kgL KnockoutDid not advance17Behzad Ghaedi57 kgByeW WalkoverL Did not advance9Parviz Bahmani60 kgByeW WalkoverL 0–5Did not advance9Ali Bahri67 kgL Did not advance33Mohammad Azarhazin75 kgW 4–1L 0–5Did not advance9Parviz Badpa+81 kgByeL KnockoutDid not advance9
Cycling
Road
Men AthleteEventTimeRankMohammad Ali MohammadiRoad raceDid not finishHassan ArianfardRoad raceDid not finishMahmoud DelshadRoad raceDid not finishAsghar KhodayariRoad raceDid not finishHassan ArianfardKhosro HaghgoshaGholam Hossein KouhiAsghar KhodayariTeam time trial2:28:2524
Track
Men AthleteEventElimination1/8 finalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankTimeRankMasoud Mobarakizadeh1 km time trial1:14.16925Gholam Hossein KouhiIndividual pursuitOverlappedDid not advance—
Fencing
Men AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3EliminationFinalRankPoolsRankPoolsRankPoolsRankSarkis AssadourianIndividual épéeL 2–5Pool H3 L 2–5Pool A6Did not advance32W 5–4L 2–5W 5–2L 3–5L 0–5L 4–5W 5–4L 3–5Iraj DastgerdiIndividual épéeW 5–1Pool I5Did not advance49L 3–5L 2–5L 1–5W 5–4Esfandiar ZarnegarIndividual épéeL 4–5Pool G5Did not advance58L 1–5L 3–5L 0–5Ahmad AkbariIndividual foilW 5–4Pool H5Did not advance38W 5–2L 3–5L 4–5L 0–5Hossein NiknamIndividual foilL 0–5Pool G4 L 1–5Pool A6Did not advance33W 5–4L 3–5L 1–5L 2–5L 0–5L 3–5W 5–3W 5–4Ali Asghar PashapourIndividual foilW 5–2Pool I5Did not advance38L 0–5W 5–4L 3–5L 4–5Ahmad EskandarpourIndividual sabreW 5–4Pool B5Did not advance37L 2–5L 1–5L 3–5Abdolhamid FathiIndividual sabreL 0–5Pool A5Did not advance43L 4–5L 0–5L 1–5Esmaeil PashapourIndividual sabreL 1–5Pool F4 L 1–5Pool D6Did not advance34L 2–5L 3–5W 5–1L 0–5L 2–5L 2–5L 0–5
AthleteEventRound 11/8 finalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankPoolsRankSarkis AssadourianIraj DastgerdiAli Asghar PashapourEsfandiar ZarnegarTeam épéeL 5–11Pool C3Did not advance11L 4–11Ali Asghar PashapourSarkis AssadourianHossein NiknamAhmad AkbariTeam foilL 4–12Pool D3Did not advance9L 3–13W 9–7Abdolhamid FathiAhmad EskandarpourAhmad AkbariEsmaeil PashapourTeam sabreL 2–14Pool D4Did not advance9L 7–9L 4–9
Women AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3EliminationFinalRankPoolsRankPoolsRankPoolsRankJila AlmasiIndividual foilW 5–4Pool I5Did not advance37L 3–5L 3–5L 3–5W 5–2Giti MohebbanIndividual foilW 5–4Pool G6Did not advance42L 3–5L 1–5L 0–5L 0–5Mahvash ShafaeiIndividual foilL 3–5Pool H6Did not advance45L 4–5L 1–5L 2–5L 2–5
AthleteEventRound 1QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankPoolsRankGiti MohebbanJila AlmasiMahvash ShafaeiMaryam AchakTeam foilL 3–13Pool D4Did not advance9L 7–9L 5–11
Football
Men Squad listEightfinalQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalRankGroup CRankMansour RashidiHassan NazariAndranik EskandarianBijan ZolfagharnasabParviz GhelichkhaniEbrahim GhasempourAli ParvinNasrollah AbdollahiNasser NouraeiHassan RoshanAlireza KhorshidiHassan NayebaghaGholam Hossein MazloumiSahameddin MirfakhraeiGhafour JahaniAlireza AziziNasser Hejazi Coach: Heshmat MohajeraniW 1–02 L 1–2Did not advance5L 2–3
Shooting
Open AthleteEventScoreRankMohammad Ali AlijaniTrap15041Houshang GhazviniTrap71, 43Kamil JafariSkeet17062Esfandiar LariSkeet17954
Weightlifting
Men AthleteEventSnatchClean & jerkTotalRankMohammad Nassiri52 kg100.0135.0235.0Fazlollah Dehkhoda56 kg105.0135.0240.08Feizollah Nasseri56 kg100.0132.5232.510Davoud Maleki60 kg115.0145.0260.06Mehdi Attar-Ashrafi75 kg130.0165.0295.013Houshang Kargarnejad110 kg142.5180.0322.517Ali Vali110 kg140.0No mark——
Wrestling
Men's freestyle AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6FinalRankSobhan Rouhi48 kgW FallL FallW 14–13L FallDid not advanceDid not advance9Habib Fattahi52 kgL FallW 24–2L FallDid not advanceDid not advance10Ramezan Kheder57 kgW 23–5W 18–15W 24–9W 26–8L 8–12L FallDid not advance5Mohsen Farahvashi62 kgL 6–8W 4–4W 9–5ByeW 18–12L Did not advance4Mohammad Reza Navaei68 kgW 19–7L FallW FallL 1–16Did not advance10Mansour Barzegar74 kgW 6–6W 11–5W W W 23–8W 11–8L FallMohammad Hassan Mohebbi82 kgL L 10–13Did not advance13Alireza Soleimani90 kgL FallW 21–7L FallDid not advance12Reza Soukhtehsaraei100 kgL 6–8W 10–4L FallDid not advanceDid not advance9Moslem Eskandar-Filabi+100 kgByeL W FallL Did not advance7
Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7 / FinalRankKhalil Rashid-Mohammadzadeh48 kgW FallL FallL Did not advanceDid not advance8Morad Ali Shirani52 kgByeL 6–9W 15–12L 10–16Did not advanceDid not advance6Gholamreza Ghassab62 kgL FallW 27–14L FallDid not advance9Jafar Alizadeh68 kgW FallL 8–22L FallDid not advance14Houshang Montazeralzohour82 kgL L FallDid not advance13Hashem Kolahi90 kgL 9–25ByeL FallDid not advanceDid not advance9Bahram Moshtaghi100 kgL FallL FallDid not advanceDid not advance11
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database