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Iran at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Iran at the Olympic Games

Flag of Iran
IOC code  IRI
NOC National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Website www.olympic.ir (Persian) (English)
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors 38 in 10 sports
Flag bearer Arash Miresmaeili[1]
Medals
Rank: 29 		Gold
2 		Silver
2 		Bronze
2 		Total
6
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games

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 official debut in 1948 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.[1][2]

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.[3]

Contents

  • Medalists 1
  • Competitors 2
  • Athletics 3
  • Boxing 4
  • Cycling 5
    • Road 5.1
    • Track 5.2
  • Judo 6
  • Shooting 7
  • Swimming 8
  • Table tennis 9
  • Taekwondo 10
  • Weightlifting 11
  • Wrestling 12
  • See also 13
  • References 14
  • External links 15

Medalists

Competitors

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 2 0 2
Boxing 1 0 1
Cycling 4 0 4
Judo 7 0 7
Shooting 0 1 1
Swimming 1 0 1
Table tennis 1 0 1
Taekwondo 2 0 2
Weightlifting 6 0 6
Wrestling 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).[4][5][6]

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
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Sajjad Moradi 800 m 1:49.49 7 Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Abbas Samimi Discus throw 57.57 28 Did not advance

Boxing

Iran has qualified one boxer.[7]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Mohammad Asheri Lightweight BYE  Valentino (ITA)
L 18–37 		Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Abbas Saeidi Tanha Men's road race[8] Did not finish
Amir Zargari Did not finish

Track

Pursuit[9]
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinals Final
Time Rank Opponent
Results 		Rank Opponent
Results 		Rank
Hossein Askari Men's individual pursuit 4:39.302 15 Did not advance
Omnium[9]
Athlete Event Points Laps Rank
Mehdi Sohrabi Men's points race Did not finish

Judo

Seven Iranian judoka qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.[10] 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.[1]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh −60 kg  Cameroun (CMR)
W 0030–0001 		 Nazaryan (ARM)
W 0010–0001 		 Zintiridis (GRE)
W 1000–0021 		 GEO)
L 0011–0122 		BYE  Choi M-H (KOR)
L 0000–1002 		5
Arash Miresmaeili −66 kg  Vaks (ISR)
L WO 		Did not advance
Hamed Malekmohammadi −73 kg  Jereb (SLO)
W 1000–0010 		 Bivol (MDA)
L 0000–1000 		Did not advance  León (VEN)
W 1010–0000 		 Neto (POR)
L 0020–1110 		Did not advance
Reza Chahkhandagh −81 kg  Echarte (ESP)
W 1000–0000 		 Hontyuk (UKR)
L 0002–1001 		Did not advance  Belgaïd (MAR)
L 0001–0013 		Did not advance
Abbas Fallah −90 kg   0111–1002 L
)CAN(		 Did not advance
Masoud Khosravinejad −100 kg  Maksimov (RUS)
L 0001–0100 		Did not advance
Mahmoud Miran +100 kg  Brutus (HAI)
W 1002–0001 		 Tataroğlu (TUR)
W 1000–0010 		 Pepic (AUS)
W 0110–0100 		 Tmenov (RUS)
L 0010–1110 		BYE  van der Geest (NED)
L 0001–0201 		5

Shooting

Iran has qualified a single shooter.[11]

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Nasim Hassanpour 10 m air pistol 376 28 Did not advance

Swimming

Iran has selected one swimmer under the Universality rule.[12]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Babak Farhoudi 100 m freestyle 56.42 61 Did not advance

Table tennis

Iran has qualified one table tennis player.[13]

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Mohammad Reza Akhlaghpasand Men's singles  Monteiro (BRA)
L 1–4 		Did not advance

Taekwondo

Two Iranian taekwondo jin qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.[14]

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Hadi Saei Men's −68 kg  Molfetta (ITA)
W RSC 		 Silva (BRA)
W 8–6 		 Song M-S (KOR)
W 9–9 SUP 		BYE  Huang C-H (TPE)
W 4–3
Yousef Karami Men's −80 kg  Noikoed (THA)
W 16–12 		 Trenton (AUS)
W 13–9 		 López (USA)
L 6–7 		BYE  Hamdouni (TUN)
W 12–4 		 Ahmadov (AZE)
W 9–8

Weightlifting

Six Iranian weightlifters qualified for the following events.[15]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Mehdi Panzvan Men's −69 kg 147.5 =4 172.5 DNF 147.5 DNF
Mohammad Hossein Barkhah Men's −77 kg 160 =5 197.5 6 357.5 5
Asghar Ebrahimi Men's −94 kg 165 =16 190 16 355 16
Shahin Nassirinia 172.5 11 220 =1 392.5 4
Mohsen Beiranvand Men's −105 kg 180 DNF — — — DNF
Hossein Rezazadeh Men's +105 kg 210 1 263.5 WR 1 472.5

Wrestling

Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
Men's freestyle[16]
Athlete Event Elimination Pool Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Babak Nourzad −55 kg  Naranbaatar (MGL)
L 0–3 PO 		 Kim H-S (KOR)
W 3–1 PP 		N/A 3 Did not advance 16
Masoud Mostafa-Jokar −60 kg  Prizreni (ALB)
W 3–0 PO 		 Aslanasvili (GRE)
W 3–1 PP 		N/A 1 Q BYE  Inoue (JPN)
W 3–1 PP 		 Quintana (CUB)
L 0–3 PO
Alireza Dabir −66 kg  Murtazaliev (RUS)
L 0–3 PO 		 Tavkazakhov (UZB)
L 1–3 PP 		N/A 3 Did not advance 18
Mehdi Hajizadeh −74 kg  GEO)
W 3–1 PP 		 Williams (USA)
L 0–3 PO 		N/A 2 Did not advance 13
Majid Khodaei −84 kg  Kumar (IND)
W 3–1 PP 		 Yokoyama (JPN)
W 3–1 PP 		N/A 1 Q  Sanderson (USA)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance  Loizidis (GRE)
W 3–0 PO 		5
Alireza Heidari −96 kg  GEO)
W 3–1 PP 		 Jaoude (BRA)
W 4–0 ST 		N/A 1 Q  Aghayev (AZE)
W 3–0 PO 		 Ibragimov (UZB)
L 1–3 PP 		 Cormier (USA)
W 3–1 PP
Alireza Rezaei −120 kg  Boyadzhiev (BUL)
W 3–0 PO 		 Ösökhbayar (MGL)
W 3–0 PO 		 Hrynkevich (BLR)
W 3–0 PO 		1 Q BYE  Mutalimov (KAZ)
W 3–1 PP 		 Taymazov (UZB)
L 0–5 VT
Men's Greco-Roman[17]
Athlete Event Elimination Pool Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Hassan Rangraz −55 kg  Rivas (CUB)
L 1–3 PP 		 Benchenaf (ALG)
W 4–0 ST 		N/A 2 Did not advance 9
Ali Ashkani −60 kg  Monzón (CUB)
L 1–3 PP 		 Tüfenk (TUR)
L 1–3 PP 		 Gikas (GRE)
W 3–1 PP 		3 Did not advance 11
Parviz Zeidvand −66 kg  Begaliev (KGZ)
W 3–0 PO 		 Sánchez (ESP)
W 3–1 PP 		N/A 1 Q  Mansurov (AZE)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance  Kim I-S (KOR)
L 0–5 EV 		DSQ
Behrouz Jamshidi −84 kg  Avramis (GRE)
L 1–3 PP 		 Aanes (NOR)
W 3–0 PO 		N/A 2 Did not advance 9
Masoud Hashemzadeh −96 kg  Sudureac (ROM)
W 3–1 PP 		 Ežerskis (LTU)
W 5–0 VT 		N/A 1 Q  Chkhaidze (KGZ)
W 3–1 PP 		 GEO)
L 1–3 PP 		 Özal (TUR)
L 1–3 PP 		DSQ*
Sajjad Barzi −120 kg  Deák-Bárdos (HUN)
W 3–1 PP 		 Ahokas (FIN)
W 3–1 PP 		N/A 1 Q  Szczepaniak (FRA)
W 3–0 PO 		 Baroyev (RUS)
L 0–3 PO 		 Gardner (USA)
L 0–3 PO 		4

* Masoud Hashemzadeh was disqualified for protesting after the bronze medal match.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Staff (17 August 2004). "Iran praises athlete for forfeit to Israeli".  
  2. ^ "'"Iranian cleared of judo 'boycott.  
  3. ^ "Disqualification was as good as gold".  
  4. ^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved June 4, 2011. 
  5. ^ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards".  
  6. ^ "2004 Olympics Official Results Book – Athletics" (PDF).  
  7. ^ "2004 Olympics Official Results Book – Boxing" (PDF).  
  8. ^ "2004 Olympics Official Results Book – Cycling Road" (PDF).  
  9. ^ a b "2004 Olympics Official Results Book – Cycling Track" (PDF).  
  10. ^ "2004 Olympics Official Results Book – Judo" (PDF).  
  11. ^ "2004 Olympics Official Results Book – Shooting" (PDF).  
  12. ^ "2004 Olympics Official Results Book – Swimming" (PDF).  
  13. ^ "2004 Olympics Official Results Book – Table Tennis" (PDF).  
  14. ^ "2004 Olympics Official Results Book – Taekwondo" (PDF).  
  15. ^ "2004 Olympics Official Results Book – Weightlifting" (PDF).  
  16. ^ "2004 Olympics Official Results Book – Wrestling" (PDF).  
  17. ^ "2004 Olympics Official Results Book – Wrestling" (PDF).  

External links

  • Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
  • National Olympic Committee of Iran (Persian) (English)
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