Iran at the
1972 Summer Olympics
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 33
Boxing 55
Cycling, Road 44
Cycling, Track 44
Fencing 22
Football 1919
Weightlifting 33
Wrestling 1414
Total50050

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Weightlifting11
Wrestling112
Total0213

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 SilverMohammad NassiriWeightliftingMen's 56 kg
 SilverRahim AliabadiWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 48 kg
 BronzeEbrahim JavadiWrestlingMen's freestyle 48 kg

Results by event

Athletics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Reza Ghoflsaz Profile". FIFA. Archived from the original on July 2, 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume III" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 48–59. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
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