| Iran at the 1956 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | IRI |
| 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 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 | |
| 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} Delgado (USA)W 3–0 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 | .png){kind=small} Lee (KOR)W 3–0 | | |
| Nasser Givehchi | 62 kg | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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.