Iran at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after missing both the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics.

Iran at the
1988 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIRI
(IRN used at these Games)
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Websitewww.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Seoul
Competitors27 in 4 sports
Flag bearer Hassan Zahedi
Medals
Ranked 36th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Competitors
Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 11
Cycling, Road 66
Cycling, Track 22
Taekwondo 44
Wrestling 1515
Total27027

Medal summary

Medal table
Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Taekwondo11
Wrestling11
Total0101

Note: Demonstration sports indicated in italics.

Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event
 SilverAskari MohammadianWrestlingMen's freestyle 57 kg

Results by event

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men[1]
Athlete Event Time Rank
Nasser Babapour Marathon 3:00:20 93

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Road
Men[2]
Athlete Event Time Rank
Iraj Amirakhori Road race 4:32:56 56
Mohammad Reza Bajoul Road race Did not finish
Siamak Safarzadeh Road race 4:42:47 93
Mostafa Chaichi
Abbas Esmaeili
Mehrdad Safarzadeh
Siamak Safarzadeh		 Team time trial 2:15:29.5 23

Track
Men[3]
Athlete Event Qualification 1/8 final Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Time Rank
Jalil Eftekhari 1 km time trial 1:11.683 27
Mostafa Chaichi Individual pursuit Overlapped Did not advance —
Athlete Event Qualification Final Rank
Heat Score Rank Score Rank
Jalil Eftekhari Points race 2 13 (–2 laps) 14 Did not advance 29

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men's freestyle[4]
Athlete Event Eliminatory round Final Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 / 7
Nasser Zeinalnia 48 kg  Delgado (COL)
W 17–0		  Şükrüoğlu (TUR)
W 4–3		  Kobayashi (JPN)
L Fall		  Vanni (USA)
L Fall		 Did not advance 7th place match
 Anger (GDR)
L Walkover		 8
Majid Torkan 52 kg  Lo (TPE)
W 15–0		  Woodcraft (CAN)
W Fall		  Toguzov (URS)
L 2–4		  Trstena (YUG)
L DNF		 Did not advance 13
Askari Mohammadian 57 kg  Battuul (MGL)
W Fall		  Kimani (KEN)
W 15–0		  Chen (CHN)
W Fall		  Noh (KOR)
W 16–1		  Ivanov (BUL)
W 5–4		 Bye  Beloglazov (URS)
L 1–5
Akbar Fallah 62 kg  Farrugia (MLT)
W 15–0		  Kim (KOR)
W 4–3		 Bye  Bohay (CAN)
W 6–1		  Polky (GDR)
W 10–3		  Helmdach (FRG)
W 5–0		 3rd place match
 Shterev (BUL)
L 2–5		 4
 Sarkisyan (URS)
L 1–12
Amir Reza Khadem 68 kg Bye  El-Khodary (EGY)
W 16–0		  Rauhala (FIN)
L 7–8		  Wattar (SYR)
W 17–1		  Fadzaev (URS)
L 4–12		 Did not advance 11
Ayat Vagozari 74 kg  Varayev (URS)
L 3–5		  Anwar (PAK)
W 20–9		  Kumar (IND)
W Fall		  Westendorf (GDR)
W 6–3		  Hara (JPN)
W 12–9		  Sofiadi (BUL)
L DNF		 5th place match
 Rauhala (FIN)
L DNF		 6
Ahmad Afghan 82 kg  Nto (CMR)
W Fall		  Iglesias (ESP)
W 15–0		  Rinke (CAN)
L 6–7		  Sükhbat (MGL)
L 0–15		 Did not advance 11
Mohammad Reza Toupchi 90 kg  Lukowski (FRG)
W 3–2		  Alabakov (BUL)
L 2–3		  Kim (KOR)
L DSQP		 Did not advance 17
Men's Greco-Roman[5]
Athlete Event Eliminatory round Final Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 / 7
Reza Simkhah 48 kg  Scherer (FRG)
L 5–10		  Yang (CHN)
L 0–16		 Did not advance Did not advance 13
Abdolkarim Kakahaji 52 kg  Murtoaro (FIN)
L 8–10		  Miyahara (JPN)
L 1–6		 Did not advance 14
Ahad Pazaj 57 kg  Sigde (NOR)
L Fall		  Chestakov (URS)
L 0–15		 Did not advance 20
Ahad Javansalehi 62 kg  Madzhidov (URS)
L 3–8		  Lakhal (TUN)
W 5–0		  An (KOR)
L Disqualification		 Did not advance Did not advance 10
Masoud Ghadimi 68 kg  Zhao (CHN)
W 2–1		  Abrial (FRA)
L Fall		  Kim (KOR)
L Disqualification		 Did not advance 21
Reza Andouz 74 kg  Turlykhanov (URS)
L Fall		  Balcı (TUR)
L DSQP		 Did not advance 16
Mehdi Moradi Ganjeh 82 kg  Stoykov (BUL)
L 0–14		  Fredriksson (SWE)
L DSQP		 Did not advance 16

Demonstration sports

Taekwondo
Main article: Taekwondo at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Men[6]
Athlete Event 1/8 final Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Fariborz Danesh 50 kg  Rumeon (NED)
W Points		  Torroella (MEX)
L Points		 Did not advance 5
Feisal Danesh 58 kg  Carvallo (ECU)
W Points		  Salim (DEN)
W Points		  Sanabria (ESP)
L Points		 Did not advance
Hassan Zahedi 83 kg  Fraser (GBR)
L Walkover		 Did not advance —
Mansour Bagheri +83 kg  Da Rocha (GHA)
W Points		  Kim (USA)
L Points		 Did not advance 5

References
  1. "XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 239. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  2. "XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 351 and 355. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  3. "XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 351–354. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  4. "XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 655–667. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  5. "XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 642–650. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  6. "XXIVth Olympiad Seoul 1988 Official Report – Volume 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 708–715. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
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