Iran at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeIRI
NPCI.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.ir
in London
Competitors79 in 13 sports
Flag bearer Abdolreza Jokar
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
10
Silver
7
Bronze
7
Total
24
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Iran competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.[1]

Competitors

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 336
Athletics 14216
Cycling 11
Football 5-a-side 1010
Football 7-a-side 1212
Goalball 44
Judo 66
Powerlifting 88
Shooting 22
Swimming 11
Table tennis 11
Volleyball 1111
Wheelchair tennis 11
Total72779

Medalists

Medals by sport
Sport Total
Athletics 5 5 3 13
Powerlifting 4 1 1 6
Archery 1 0 1 2
Sitting volleyball 0 1 0 1
Football 7-a-side 0 0 1 1
Shooting 0 0 1 1
Total 10 7 7 24
Medals by date
Day Date Total
2 31 August 0 0 1 1
3 1 September 3 0 0 3
4 2 September 0 2 0 2
5 3 September 1 0 0 1
6 4 September 3 2 0 5
7 5 September 1 1 4 6
8 6 September 0 0 1 1
9 7 September 1 1 0 2
10 8 September 1 1 0 2
11 9 September 0 0 1 1
Total 10 7 7 24
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 GoldZahra NematiArcheryWomen's individual recurve W1/W24 September
 GoldPeyman NasiriAthleticsMen's 1500 m T204 September
 GoldJalil Bagheri JeddiAthleticsMen's shot put F54/55/561 September
 GoldJavad HardaniAthleticsMen's discus throw F37/387 September
 GoldMohsen KaediAthleticsMen's javelin throw F33/341 September
 GoldMohammad KhalvandiAthleticsMen's javelin throw F57/588 September
 GoldNader MoradiPowerliftingMen's 60 kg1 September
 GoldAli HosseiniPowerliftingMen's 75 kg3 September
 GoldMajid FarzinPowerliftingMen's 82.5 kg4 September
 GoldSiamand RahmanPowerliftingMen's +100 kg5 September
 SilverMohsen KaediAthleticsMen's shot put F344 September
 SilverMehrdad Karam ZadehAthleticsMen's discus throw F422 September
 SilverSajad NikparastAthleticsMen's javelin throw F12/135 September
 SilverKamran ShokrisalariAthleticsMen's javelin throw F427 September
 SilverAbdolreza JokarAthleticsMen's javelin throw F52/534 September
 SilverRouhollah RostamiPowerliftingMen's 67.5 kg2 September
 SilverVolleyball team
  • Majid Lashgari
  • Reza Peidayesh
  • Davood Alipourian
  • Ahmad Eiri
  • Naser Hassanpour
  • Sadegh Bigdeli
  • Jalil Eimery (captain)
  • Seyed Saeid Ebrahimi
  • Isa Zirahi
  • Ramezan Salehi
  • Mohammad Khaleghi
VolleyballMen's volleyball8 September
 BronzeRazieh Shir Mohammadi
Zahra Javanmard
Zahra Nemati
ArcheryWomen's team recurve open5 September
 BronzeJavad HardaniAthleticsMen's shot put F37/385 September
 BronzeAli MohammadyariAthleticsMen's discus throw F54/55/565 September
 BronzeFarzad SepahvandAthleticsMen's discus throw F446 September
 BronzeFootball 7-a-side team
  • Mehran Nikoee Majd
  • Moslem Khazaeipirsarabi
  • Ehsan Gholamhosseinpour
  • Morteza Heidari
  • Bahman Ansari
  • Hashem Rastegarimobin
  • Sadegh Hassani Baghi
  • Farzad Mehri
  • Jasem Bakhshi
  • Moslem Akbari (captain)
  • Rasoul Atashafrouz
  • Abdolreza Karimizadeh
Football 7-a-sideFootball 7-a-side9 September
 BronzeAli SadeghzadehPowerliftingMen's 100 kg5 September
 BronzeSareh JavanmardiShootingWomen's 10 m air pistol SH131 August

Archery

Men

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Rank
Amin Alikhani Nezhad Individual recurve standing 588 18  Kim (KOR)
L 2–6
did not advance
Ebrahim Ranjbar Individual recurve W1/W2 648 2 Bye  Chopyk (UKR)
W 7–1
 Shahabipour (IRI)
W 7–1
 Sanawi (MAS)
L 5–6
 Tseng (TPE)
L 3–7
4
Roham Shahabipour 603 7 Bye  Ozen (TUR)
W 6–0
 Ranjbar (IRI)
L 1–7
did not advance
Amin Alikhani Nezhad
Ebrahim Ranjbar
Roham Shahabipour
Team recurve open 1839 4 Bye  South Korea (KOR)
L 192–201
did not advance

Women

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Rank
Razieh Shir Mohammadi Individual recurve standing 552 5 Bye  Comte (SUI)
L 2–6
did not advance
Zahra Javanmard 481 15  Walmsley (GBR)
L 0–6
did not advance
Zahra Nemati Individual recurve W1/W2 613 PR 1 Bye  Perna (ITA)
W 6–0
 Girismen (TUR)
W 6–0
 Floreno (ITA)
W 6–0
 Mijno (ITA)
W 7–3
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Razieh Shir Mohammadi
Zahra Javanmard
Zahra Nemati
Team recurve open 1646 3  Czech Republic (CZE)
W 190–167
 South Korea (KOR)
L 186–192
 Italy (ITA)
W 188–184
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Athletics

Men
Track events
Athlete Events Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Peyman Nasiri 1500 m T20 3:58.49 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Field events
Athlete Event Result Rank
Salman Abbariki Shot put F34 NM 16
Mohsen Kaedi 12.94 m AS 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Javelin throw F33/34 38.30 m WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Javad Hardani Shot put F37/38 15.43 m AS 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Discus throw F37/38 1024 pts WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jalil Bagheri Jeddi Shot put F54/55/56 988 pts PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jalal Khakzadiyeh Discus throw F32/33/34 936 pts 9
Mehrdad Karam Zadeh Discus throw F42 44.62 m 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Farzad Sepahvand Discus throw F44 58.39 m 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ali Mohammadyari Discus throw F54/55/56 978 pts 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sajad Nikparast Javelin throw F12/13 63.15 m 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Seyed Erfan Hosseini 57.94 m 4
Kamran Shokrisalari Javelin throw F42 52.06 m 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Abdolreza Jokar Javelin throw F52/53 920 pts 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mohammad Khalvandi Javelin throw F57/58 50.98 m WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Women

Field events
Athlete Event Result Rank
Hajar Taktaz Shot put F11/12 970 pts 5
Marziyeh Sedighi Shot put F54/55/56 837 9

Cycling

Road
Athlete Event Time Rank
Bahman Golbarnezhad Men's road race C4-5 did not finish
Men's time trial C4 did not start
Track
Athlete Event Time Rank
Bahman Golbarnezhad Men's 1 km time trial C4-5 1:13.799 18

Football 5-a-side

The following is the Iran squad in the football 5-a-side tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[2]

No. Pos. Player Age Club
1GKMorteza Maboodi Dalivand32Gilan
2DFAmir Pourrazavi Haftdaran27Azarbayejan Sharghi
3DFMaghsoud Gholizadeh Abdoljabbar30Azarbayejan Sharghi
4FWMohammad Keshtkar28Fars
7FWAbdolhamid Shalhavizadeh25Khoozestan
8DFMohammad Heidari28Khoozestan
9FWHossein Rajab Pour25Khoozestan
10FWBehzad Zadaliasghari Yengejeh24Azarbayejan Sharghi
11FWAhmadreza Shah Hosseini Ardekani22Fars
12GKMeysam Shojaeiyan23Fars
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain (ESP) 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5 Qualified for the medal round
2  Argentina (ARG) 3 1 2 0 2 0 +2 5
3  Iran (IRI) 3 1 0 2 1 4 3 3 Qualified for the classification round
4  Great Britain (GBR) 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 2
Source:
Iran 0–2 Argentina
Report Velo 27', 48'
Attendance: 1,985
Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Spain 2–0 Iran
Martín Gaitán 13', 22' Report
Attendance: 1,996
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)

Great Britain 0–1 Iran
Report Ardekani 21' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,273
Referee: François Carcouët (France)
5th–8th place semi-final
Iran 1–0 Turkey
Rajab Pour 19' Report
Attendance: 1,510
Referee: Niels Haupt (Germany)
5th–6th place match
Iran 0–0 (a.e.t.) China
Report
Penalties
Shalhavizadeh soccer ball with red X
Ardekani soccer ball with red X
Haftdaran soccer ball with red X
0–1 soccer ball with red X Zhoubin
soccer ball with check mark Yafeng
soccer ball with red X Dongdong
Attendance: 1,603
Referee: François Carcouët (France)

Rank: 6th

Football 7-a-side

The following is the Iran squad in the football 7-a-side tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[3]

No. Pos. Player Age Club
1GKMehran Nikoee Majd30Gilan
2MFHashem Rastegarimobin27Zanjan
5MFSadegh Hassani Baghi28Gilan
6MFFarzad Mehri27Zanjan
7MFJasem Bakhshi25Gilan
8DFEhsan Gholamhosseinpour Bousheh23Fars
9DFMorteza Heidari34Tehran
10DFBahman Ansari32Markazi
11FWRasoul Atashafrouz30Gilan
13MFMoslem Akbari27Gilan
19FWAbdolreza Karimizadeh30Khoozestan
22GKMoslem Khazaeipirsarabi25Kermanshah
Group play
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia (RUS) 3 3 0 0 19 1 +18 9 Qualified for the medal round
2  Iran (IRI) 3 2 0 1 13 5 +8 6
3  Netherlands (NED) 3 1 0 2 5 13 8 3 Qualified for the classification round
4  Argentina (ARG) 3 0 0 3 2 20 18 0
Source:
Netherlands 1–4 Iran
Straatman 52' Report Mehri 4'
Akbari 27'
Karimizadeh 30'
Ansari 60+6'
Attendance: 4,405
Referee: Ross Haswell (GBR)

Argentina 1–8 Iran
Fernández Romano 47' Report Gholamhosseinpour 2', 60+3'
Mehri 6', 58'
Atashafrouz 13', 14'
Bakhshi 18'
Heidari 29'
Attendance: 10,561
Referee: Garry Polkey (GBR)

Iran 1–3 Russia
Mehri 36' (pen.) Report Kuligin 18'
Larionov 37'
Ramonov 46'
Attendance: 4,276
Referee: Keith Stroud (GBR)
Semi-final
Ukraine 2–1 Iran
Dotsenko 37'
Shkvarlo 57'
Report Bakhshi 51'
Attendance: 2,900
Referee: Stephen Conroy (GBR)
Bronze medal match
Brazil 0–5 Iran
Report Atashafrouz 17', 23'
Mehri 20', 60+1'
Bakhshi 57'
Attendance: 11,197
Referee: Kevin Wright (GBR)

Rank: 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Goalball

Men's tournament

Squad list Group stage Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
From:  China
W 9–5
1  Finland
L 1–5
did not advance
 Canada
W 9–2
 Belgium
L 6–8
 South Korea
W 4–3
 Algeria
W 4–2
Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Iran 5 4 0 1 32 20 +12 12 Quarterfinals
 China 5 3 1 1 20 14 +6 10
 Belgium 5 3 1 1 19 16 +3 10
 Algeria 5 2 0 3 18 17 +1 6
 South Korea 5 1 0 4 18 28 10 3 Eliminated
 Canada 5 1 0 4 16 28 12 3
Source:
30 August 2012
13:45
China  5 – 9  Iran Copper Box, London
Referees: Launel Scott (CAN), Bülent Kimyon (TUR)
Yao 3
Chen 2
Report Sayahi 9

31 August 2012
19:45
Iran  9 – 2  Canada Copper Box, London
Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Tony Connolly (USA)
Jafari 4
Sayahi 3
Shahbazi 1
Shirdel 1
Report Gaulin 2

1 September 2012
18:30
Belgium  8 – 6  Iran Copper Box, London
Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Juha Vuokila (FIN)
de Rick 3
Bihi 3
Vanhove 1
Mapreni 1
Report Sayahi 3
Jafari 2
Shahbazi 1

2 September 2012
13:45
Iran  4 – 3  South Korea Copper Box, London
Referees: Janne Ahokas (FIN), Dawna Christy (CAN)
Sayahi 4 Report Hong SW 2
Kim CH 1

3 September 2012
10:15
Iran  4 – 2  Algeria Copper Box, London
Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Tony Connolly (USA)
Sayahi 2
Jafari 1
Shirdel 1
Report Mokrane 2
Quarter-final
5 September 2012
21:00
Iran  1 – 5  Finland Copper Box, London
Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Kimberly Anderson (USA)
Sayahi 1 Report Posio 3
Mattila 2

Judo

Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
First round
Repechage
Final
Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Saeid Rahmati Men's 66 kg  Falcon (VEN)
L 000H–100
did not advance
Mohammad Ali Shanani Men's 73 kg  Solovey (UKR)
L 000–101
did not advance  Powell (GBR)
W 1103–0101
 Takahashi (JPN)
L 0001–100
did not advance
Seyed Amir Nattaj Men's 81 kg  Cimciler (TUR)
W 020–0001
 Effron (ARG)
L 0012–0112
did not advance Bye  Shevchenko (RUS)
L 0003–010
did not advance
Hani Asakereh Men's 90 kg Bye  Kretsul (RUS)
L 0001–100
did not advance  G Tapia (MEX)
W 100–000
 Dashtseren (MGL)
W 100–000
 Lencina (ARG)
L 0001–100
5
Hamed Alizadeh Men's 100 kg Bye  Upmann (GER)
W 010–0003
 GG Choi (KOR)
L 0001–100
Bye  Tenorio (BRA)
L 0104–1003
5
Hamzeh Nadri Men's +100 kg Bye  Silva (BRA)
L 000–0011
did not advance  Papp (HUN)
W 001–0002
 JM Park (KOR)
W 100–0004
 Dominguez (CUB)
L 0003–0101
5

Powerlifting

Athlete Event Total lifted Rank
Amir Jafari Men's 56 kg 173 kg 6
Nader Moradi Men's 60 kg 196 kg 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Rouhollah Rostami Men's 67.5 kg 208 kg 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ali Hosseini Men's 75 kg 225 kg 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Majid Farzin Men's 82.5 kg 237 kg 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Seyed Hamed Solhipour Men's 90 kg 225 kg 4
Ali Sadeghzadeh Men's 100 kg 235 kg 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Siamand Rahman Men's +100 kg 280 kg PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Shooting

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Sareh Javanmardi Women's 10 m air pistol SH1 376 3 469.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Alieh Mahmoudi 374 4 467.1 6

Volleyball

Men's tournament

Overview
Team Group stage[4] Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
 Iran  Rwanda
W 3–0
1  Great Britain
W 3–0
 Russia
W 3–0
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
L 1–3
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
 China
W 3–0
 Brazil
W 3–0
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
W 3–1
Roster

The following is the Iranian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.[5]

Head coach: Hadi Rezaei

Name Date of birth Position 2012 club
2Majid Lashgarisanami6 August 1979UNIran Gostareshe Foulad
3Reza Peidayesh5 September 1978WSIran Dokhaniyat
4Davood Alipourian6 May 1985SEIran Zob Ahan
5Ahmad Eiri21 March 1988MIran Gostareshe Foulad
6Naser Hassanpour Alinazari30 March 1974UNIran Gonbad
7Sadegh Bigdeli26 February 1984WSIran Gostareshe Foulad
8Jalil Eimery21 September 1972SEIran Zob Ahan
9Seyedsaeid Ebrahimibaladezaei1 July 1979OSIran Zob Ahan
10Isa Zirahi4 June 1979OSIran Zob Ahan
11Ramezan Salehi Hajikolaei11 March 1979LIran Zob Ahan
12Mohammad Khaleghi23 October 1981SEIran Gostareshe Foulad
Group play
Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1  Iran 4 4 0 8 12 1 12.000 322 207 1.556
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 3 1 7 10 3 3.333 309 240 1.288
3  Brazil 4 2 2 6 6 6 1.000 257 230 1.117
4  China 4 1 3 5 3 9 0.333 243 266 0.914
5  Rwanda 4 0 4 4 0 12 0.000 115 300 0.383
Source:
30 August 2012
21:00
Iran  3–0  Rwanda ExCeL London, London
Referees: Janko Plešnik (SLO), Dee Wauchope (GBR)
(25–11, 25–6, 25–8)
Report

1 September 2012
14:00
Iran  3–0  China ExCeL London, London
Referees: Dimosthenis Kostopoulos (GRE), Amin Al-Traifi (KSA)
(25–15, 25–19, 25–12)
Report

3 September 2012
14:00
Iran  3–0  Brazil ExCeL London, London
Referees: Amin Al-Traifi (KSA), Mourad El-Baroudy (EGY)
(25–21, 25–15, 25–17)
Report

4 September 2012
16:00
Iran  3–1  Bosnia and Herzegovina ExCeL London, London
Referees: Report
(22–25, 25–18, 25–18, 25–22)
Dariusz Jasinski (POL), Janko Plesnik (SLO)
Quarter-final
5 September 2012
21:20
Great Britain  0–3  Iran ExCeL London, London
Referees: Dimosthenis Kostopoulos (GRE), Ute Fisher (GER)
(18–25, 13–25, 15–25)
Report
Semi-final
6 September 2012
21:00
Russia  0–3  Iran ExCeL London, London
Referees: Benno Meijer (NED), Ronaldo Chaves (BRA)
(15–25, 18–25, 18–25)
Report
Final
8 September 2012
18:00
Bosnia and Herzegovina  3–1  Iran ExCeL London, London
Referees: Anton Probst (GER), Toomas Murulo (EST)
(19–25, 25–21, 25–22, 25–15)
Report

Swimming

Men
Athlete Events Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Shahin Izadyar 50 m freestyle S10 25.97 5 did not advance
100 m freestyle S10 57.91 AS 7 did not advance
100 m breaststroke SB9 1:12.23 2 1:12.47 8
200 m individual medley SM10 2:28.51 7 did not advance

Table tennis

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Hassan Janfeshan Singles class 2  Kim (KOR)
L 0–3
 Ruep (AUT)
W 3–1
2 did not advance

Wheelchair tennis

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Hossein Mamipour Men's singles  Jaroszewski (POL)
L 2–6, 1–6
did not advance

References

  1. "Iran - 2012 Paralympic News, Athletes, Medals". LOCOG. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  2. "Men's Football 5-a-side – Team Rosters – Iran". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  3. "Men's Football 7-a-side – Team Rosters – Iran". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  4. "Volleyball - Sitting Competition Schedule Event Details" (PDF). London 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  5. Men's Sitting Volleyball – Teams – Iran, london2012.com. Retrieved 1 October 2012.
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