Iran at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Iran competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Iran sent a delegation of 50 competitors, all men, who participated in 33 events in 7 sports. Two competitors in the football tournament did not take part in any matches.[1][2][3]

Iran at the 1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IRI (IRN used at these Games)
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Iran
Website	www.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Munich
Competitors	50 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Abdollah Movahed
Medals Ranked 28th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1900 1904–1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980–1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	3		3
Boxing	5		5
Cycling, Road	4		4
Cycling, Track	4		4
Fencing	2		2
Football	19		19
Weightlifting	3		3
Wrestling	14		14
Total	50	0	50

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Weightlifting		1		1
Wrestling		1	1	2
Total	0	2	1	3

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Mohammad Nassiri	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg
Silver	Rahim Aliabadi	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg
Bronze	Ebrahim Javadi	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 48 kg

Results by event

Athletics

Men[4]

Athlete	Event	Heat			Second round			Semifinal			Final		Rank
		Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Farhad Navab	100 m	4	11.02	6	Did not advance								75
Reza Entezari	400 m	8	47.89	4 Q	2	48.69	8	Did not advance					39
	800 m	1	1:50.5	5	Did not advance						Did not advance		38

Athlete	Event	Qualifying round		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Teymour Ghiasi	High jump	2.12	25	Did not advance

Boxing

Men[5]

Athlete	Event	1/32 final	1/16 final	1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Manuchehr Bahmani	54 kg	Bye	Wang (ROC) L 2–3	Did not advance				17
Jabbar Feli	57 kg	Bye	Waruinge (KEN) L 1–4	Did not advance				17
Hossein Eghmaz	60 kg	Khallafallah (EGY) W RSC	Mikhailov (BUL) L 2–3	Did not advance				17
Nosrat Vakil Monfared	63.5 kg		Montague (IRL) L RSC	Did not advance				17
Vartex Parsanian	67 kg	Bye	Mkanga (TAN) W 5–0	Murunga (KEN) L RSC	Did not advance			9

Cycling

Road

Men[6]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Khosro Haghgosha Mohammad Taghi Khodavand Gholam Hossein Kouhi Behrouz Rahbar	Team time trial	2:34:30.7	32

Track

Men[7]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	2nd round	1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Gholam Hossein Kouhi	Sprint	Köther (FRG)  Pedersen (DEN) L 11.30, DNS	Did not advance					—
Behrouz Rahbar	Sprint	Geschke (GDR)  Díaz (COL) L 11.52, DNS	Did not advance					—

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Time	Rank
Behrouz Rahbar	1 km time trial					1:15.39	28
Khosro Haghgosha	Individual pursuit	5:22.98	25	Did not advance			25
Khosro Haghgosha Mohammad Taghi Khodavand Gholam Hossein Kouhi Behrouz Rahbar	Team pursuit	5:10.80	22	Did not advance			22

Fencing

Men[8]

Athlete	Event	Eliminating round		1/8 final		1/4 final		Semifinal		Final	Rank
		Pools	Rank	Pools	Rank	Pools	Rank	Pools	Rank
Pirouz Adamiat	Individual épée	Johnson (GBR) L 4–5	Pool L 6	Did not advance							59
		Schulze (GDR) L 2–5
		Fenyvesi (HUN) W 5–2
		Castillejos (MEX) L 2–5
		von Essen (SWE) L 3–5
Ali Asghar Pashapour	Individual épée	Trost (AUT) L 3–5	Pool E 5	Did not advance							60
		Uhlig (GDR) L 3–5
		Manelli (LUX) L 2–5
		Paramonov (URS) L 3–5
		Masin (USA) W 5–3
	Individual foil	Wessel (FRG) L 1–5	Pool A 5	Did not advance							48
		Chan (HKG) W 5–3
		Kamuti (HUN) L 2–5
		Calderón (MEX) L 2–5
		Stankovich (URS) L 1–5

Football

Men[9]

Squad list	Preliminary round		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
	Group C	Rank
Reza Ghoflsaz (reserve) Ebrahim Ashtiani Jafar Kashani Majid Halvaei Akbar Kargarjam Parviz Ghelichkhani Ali Parvin Ali Jabbari Mohammad Sadeghi Safar Iranpak Asghar Sharafi Gholam Vafakhah Javad Ghorab Mahmoud Khordbin Mehdi Lavasani Alireza Azizi Javad Allahverdi (reserve) Mehdi Monajati Mansour Rashidi Coach: Mohammad Ranjbar	Hungary L 0–5	3	Did not advance			9
	Denmark L 0–4
	Brazil W 1–0

Weightlifting

Men[10]

Athlete	Event	Press	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Mohammad Reza Nasehi	52 kg	95.0	90.0	120.0	305.0	DOP
Mohammad Nassiri	56 kg	127.5	100.0	142.5	370.0
Nasrollah Dehnavi	67.5 kg	150.0	125.0	160.0	435.0	5

Wrestling

Men's freestyle[11]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7 / Final	Rank
Ebrahim Javadi	48 kg	Gonzales (USA) D Points	Jamsran (MGL) W Fall	Baygin (TUR) W Superiority	Umeda (JPN) W Points			Dmitriyev (URS) W Points
								Nikolov (BUL) L Points
Mohammad Ghorbani	52 kg	Kato (JPN) L Fall	Did not appear	Did not advance					24
Ramezan Kheder	57 kg	Mayer (GDR) W Points	Velarde (PER) W Fall	Gill (GBR) W Fall	Khoilogdorj (MGL) W Points	Klinga (HUN) L Points	Yanagida (JPN) L Points	Did not advance	7
Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi	62 kg	Tůma (TCH) W Superiority	Ramos (CUB) W Points	Koutsoupakis (GRE) W Superiority	Toulotte (FRA) W Superiority	Abe (JPN) L Points	Did not appear	Did not advance	5
Abdollah Movahed	68 kg	Olmedo (PAN) W Superiority	Did not appear	Did not advance				Did not advance	25
Mansour Barzegar	74 kg	Bye	Yoshida (JPN) W Superiority	Urbanovics (HUN) D Points	Gusov (URS) W Fall	Seger (FRG) L Fall	Did not advance		5
Ali Hajiloo	82 kg	Sasaki (JPN) D Points	Aspin (NZL) W Points	Iorga (ROU) L Fall	Did not advance				13
Reza Khorrami	90 kg	Martinetti (SUI) W Fall	Kamada (JPN) W Points	Knoll (FRG) W Points	Peterson (USA) L Points	Bajkó (HUN) D Points	Did not advance		5
Abolfazl Anvari	100 kg	Engel (TCH) W Points	N'Diaye (SEN) W Fall	Bayanmönkh (MGL) L Fall	Yarygin (URS) L Fall	Did not advance		Did not advance	7
Moslem Eskandar-Filabi	+100 kg	Zambrano (PER) W Superiority	Taylor (USA) L Points	Makowiecki (POL) W Fall	Germer (GDR) W Points	Medved (URS) L Fall		Did not advance	4

Men's Greco-Roman[12]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7 / Final	Rank
Rahim Aliabadi	48 kg	Sarı (TUR) W Fall	Dlimi (TUN) W Fall	Maas (FRG) W Points	Ishida (JPN) L Superiority	Hirvonen (FIN) W Superiority		Berceanu (ROU) L Points
								Angelov (BUL) W Fall
Mehdi Houryar	52 kg	Kirov (BUL) L Fall	Zeman (TCH) L Points	Did not advance				Did not advance	15
Firouz Alizadeh	57 kg	Yamamoto (JPN) L Fall	Did not appear	Did not advance					28
Mohammad Dalirian	68 kg	Nakos (GRE) W Points	Apostolov (BUL) L Fall	Supron (POL) L Fall	Did not advance				15

References

1. "Iran at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
2. "Javad Allehverdi Profile". FIFA. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
3. "Reza Ghoflsaz Profile". FIFA. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
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6. "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume III" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. p. 213. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
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9. "FIFA Tournaments, Munich 1972". FIFA. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
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External links

• National Olympic Committee of Iran - 1972 Summer Olympics Results for Iran