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Iran at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Iran at the
1972 Summer Olympics
State flag of Iran (1964–1980).svg
IOC codeIRI
(IRN used at these Games)
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Iran
Websitewww.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Munich
Competitors50 in 7 sports
Flag bearer Abdollah Movahed
Medals
Ranked 28th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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]

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

Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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

Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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

Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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

Main article: Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Nasrollah Dehnavi 67.5 kg 150.0 125.0 160.0 435.0 5

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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

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  2. ^ "Javad Allehverdi Profile". FIFA. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Reza Ghoflsaz Profile". FIFA. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
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