Iran at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Iran at the
1956 Summer Olympics
IOC code IRI
NOC National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Website www.olympic.ir (Persian) (English)
in Melbourne/Stockholm
Competitors 17 in 3 sports
Flag bearer Mahmoud Namjoo
Medals
Ranked 14th
Gold Silver Bronze Total
2 2 1 5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Iran competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 17 athletes and represented Iran in the 1956 Olympics.[1][2]

Competitors

Sport Men Women Total
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
 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
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
Mahmoud Namjoo 56 kg 100.0 102.5 130.0 332.5 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
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
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		 2nd, silver medalist(s)
 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		 2nd, silver medalist(s)
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		 1st, gold medalist(s)
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		 1st, gold medalist(s)
 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

  1. ↑ "Iran at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  2. ↑ "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. p. 262. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  3. ↑ "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 303 and 344. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 636–648. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  5. ↑ "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 660–675. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
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