Iran at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Iran at the 1956 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | IRI (IRN used at these Games) |
NOC | National Olympic Committee of Iran |
Website | www |
in Melbourne/Stockholm | |
Competitors | 17 in 3 sports |
Flag bearer | Mahmoud Namjoo |
Medals Ranked 14th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Iran competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia; 17 athletes competed.[1][2]
Competitors
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Athletics | 2 | 2 | |
Weightlifting | 7 | 7 | |
Wrestling | 8 | 8 | |
Total | 17 | 0 | 17 |
Medal summary
Medal table
Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | ||
Wrestling | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Total | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Medalists
Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Gold | Emam-Ali Habibi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 67 kg |
Gold | Gholamreza Takhti | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 87 kg |
Silver | Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 52 kg |
Silver | Mehdi Yaghoubi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 57 kg |
Bronze | Mahmoud Namjoo | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg |
Results by event
Athletics
- Men[3]
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Ali Baghbanbashi | Marathon | Did not finish |
Athlete | Event | 100m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400m | 110m H | DT | PV | JT | 1500m | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Najmeddin Farabi | Decathlon | 12.1 572 | 6.25 575 | 11.31 524 | 1.70 656 | 52.3 684 | 17.4 372 | 28.73 347 | 3.30 438 | 41.23 375 | 4:24.8 560 | 5103 | 12 |
Weightlifting
- Men[4]
Athlete | Event | Press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
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Mahmoud Namjoo | 56 kg | 100.0 | 102.5 | 130.0 | 332.5 | |
Hossein Zarini | 60 kg | 92.5 | 92.5 | 120.0 | 305.0 | 13 |
Henrik Tamraz | 67.5 kg | 115.0 | 105.0 | 145.0 | 365.0 | 5 |
Ebrahim Peiravi | 75 kg | 107.5 | 117.5 | 147.5 | 372.5 | 7 |
Jalal Mansouri | 82.5 kg | 132.5 | 122.5 | 162.5 | 417.5 | 4 |
Hassan Rahnavardi | 90 kg | 140.0 | 127.5 | 157.5 | 425.0 | 4 |
Firouz Pojhan | +90 kg | 147.5 | 132.5 | 170.0 | 450.0 | 4 |
Wrestling
- Men's freestyle[5]
Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round | Fifth round | Final round | Rank |
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Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour | 52 kg | Bye | Chinazzo (ITA) W 3–0 | Delgado (USA) W 3–0 | Asai (JPN) W 3–0 | Akbaş (TUR) W 3–0 | ||
Tsalkalamanidze (URS) L Fall | ||||||||
Mehdi Yaghoubi | 57 kg | Shakhov (URS) W 3–0 | Jameson (AUS) W Fall | Pandey (IND) W Fall | Dağıstanlı (TUR) L 1–2 | Lee (KOR) W 3–0 | ||
Nasser Givehchi | 62 kg | Geldenhuys (RSA) W 3–0 | Hall (GBR) W Fall | Penttilä (FIN) L 1–2 | Şit (TUR) L 0–3 | Did not advance | 6 | |
Emam-Ali Habibi | 67 kg | Anderberg (SWE) W Fall | Tóth (HUN) W 3–0 | Bielle (FRA) W 3–0 | Nizzola (ITA) W 3–0 | Kasahara (JPN) W 3–0 | Bestayev (URS) W Fall | |
Nabi Sorouri | 73 kg | Singh (IND) W Fall | Fischer (USA) L 0–3 | Petkov (BUL) W 3–0 | de Villiers (RSA) W 3–0 | Did not advance | 4 | |
Abbas Zandi | 79 kg | Katsuramoto (JPN) W 3–0 | Bye | Atlı (TUR) L 0–3 | Hodge (USA) L Fall | Did not advance | 7 | |
Gholamreza Takhti | 87 kg | Theron (RSA) W Fall | Steckle (CAN) W Fall | Ohira (JPN) W Fall | Coote (AUS) W Fall | Kulayev (URS) W 3–0 | ||
Blair (USA) W 3–0 | ||||||||
Hossein Nouri | +87 kg | Mehmedov (BUL) L 0–3 | da Silva (NZL) W 3–0 | Kaplan (TUR) L Fall | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
References
- ^ "Iran at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
- ^ "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. p. 262. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
- ^ "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 303 and 344. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
- ^ "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 636–648. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
- ^ "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 660–675. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
External links
- Official Olympic Reports
- International Olympic Committee results database
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Nations in bullet brackets indicating competed at the Equestrian events (Stockholm only)