Iran competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 22 athletes represented Iran in the 1952 Olympics.[1][2]
Iran at the 1952 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | IRI |
NOC | National Olympic Committee of Iran |
Website | www |
in Helsinki | |
Competitors | 22 in 4 sports |
Flag bearer | Mahmoud Namjoo |
Medals Ranked 30th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Sport | Men | Women | Total |
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Athletics | 1 | 1 | |
Boxing | 6 | 6 | |
Weightlifting | 7 | 7 | |
Wrestling | 8 | 8 | |
Total | 22 | 0 | 22 |
Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Weightlifting | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Wrestling | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Total | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
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Silver | Mahmoud Namjoo | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg |
Silver | Nasser Givehchi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 62 kg |
Silver | Gholamreza Takhti | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 79 kg |
Bronze | Ali Mirzaei | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg |
Bronze | Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 52 kg |
Bronze | Tofigh Jahanbakht | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 67 kg |
Bronze | Abdollah Mojtabavi | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 73 kg |
Athlete | Event | First round | Final | Rank | |||
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Heat | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
Ali Baghbanbashi | 5000 m | 2 | 15:03.0 | 11 | Did not advance | 36 | |
3000 m steeplechase | 2 | 9:13.2 | 6 | Did not advance | 17 |
Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
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Fazlollah Nikkhah | 54 kg | Bye | Kang (KOR) L 0–3 |
Did not advance | 9 | ||
Emmanuel Aghassian | 57 kg | Leisching (RSA) L 0–3 |
Did not advance | 17 | |||
Petros Nazarbegian | 60 kg | Bye | Pakkanen (FIN) L 0–3 |
Did not advance | 9 | ||
Ebrahim Afsharpour | 63.5 kg | Milligan (IRL) L 0–3 |
Did not advance | 17 | |||
George Issabeg | 67 kg | Abdelrahman (EGY) W Disqualification |
Linneman (NED) L 1–2 |
Did not advance | 9 | ||
Ardashes Saginian | 71 kg | Herrera (ARG) L 0–3 |
Did not advance | 17 |
Athlete | Event | Press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
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Ali Mirzaei | 56 kg | 95.0 | 92.5 | 112.5 | 300.0 | |
Mahmoud Namjoo | 56 kg | 90.0 | 95.0 | 122.5 | 307.5 | |
Mohsen Tabatabaei | 60 kg | 90.0 | 97.5 | 120.0 | 307.5 | 8 |
Hassan Ferdos | 67.5 kg | 102.5 | 107.5 | 135.0 | 345.0 | 5 |
Jalal Mansouri | 75 kg | 110.0 | 107.5 | 140.0 | 357.5 | 8 |
Hassan Rahnavardi | 82.5 kg | 120.0 | 122.5 | 160.0 | 402.5 | 4 |
Firouz Pojhan | 90 kg | 112.5 | 120.0 | 155.0 | 387.5 | 5 |
Athlete | Event | First round | Second round | Third round | Fourth round | Fifth round | Final round | Rank |
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Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | 52 kg | Das (IND) W Fall |
Baise (RSA) W Fall |
Weber (GER) W 3–0 |
Gemici (TUR) W 2–1 |
Sayadov (URS) W 2–1 |
Kitano (JPN) L 0–3 |
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Mehdi Yaghoubi | 57 kg | Mammadbeyov (URS) L Fall |
Borders (USA) W 3–0 |
Shehata (EGY) W 3–0 |
Did not advance | 8 | ||
Nasser Givehchi | 62 kg | Hall (GBR) W 3–0 |
Bye | Mangave (IND) W 3–0 |
Essawi (EGY) W 2–1 |
Tominaga (JPN) W 2–1 |
Şit (TUR) L 0–3 |
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Henson (USA) W 2–1 | ||||||||
Tofigh Jahanbakht | 67 kg | Gál (HUN) W 3–0 |
Myland (GBR) W Fall |
Yüce (TUR) W 2–1 |
Nettesheim (GER) W 2–1 |
Yaltyryan (URS) W 3–0 |
Anderberg (SWE) L 0–3 |
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Evans (USA) L 0–3 | ||||||||
Abdollah Mojtabavi | 73 kg | Keisala (FIN) W 2–1 |
Rybalko (URS) W 2–1 |
Scott (AUS) W 3–0 |
Yamazaki (JPN) W 3–0 |
Berlin (SWE) W 3–0 |
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Smith (USA) L 0–3 | ||||||||
Gholamreza Takhti | 79 kg | Brunaud (FRA) W Fall |
Lahti (FIN) W Fall |
Genuth (ARG) W Fall |
Zafer (TUR) W 3–0 |
Gocke (GER) W 3–0 |
Tsimakuridze (URS) L 1–2 |
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Gurics (HUN) W Walkover | ||||||||
Abbas Zandi | 87 kg | Bye | Coote (AUS) W 3–0 |
Sepponen (FIN) W 3–0 |
Palm (SWE) L 1–2 |
Did not advance | 5 | |
Ahmad Vafadar | +87 kg | Kangasniemi (FIN) L Fall |
Atan (TUR) L 1–2 |
Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |