Iran at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Iran competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. The nation has competed at every Summer Olympic games, since its return in 1948 after having made their debut in 1900, with the exception of the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics. The National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran sent a total of 38 athletes, 37 men and 1 woman, to compete in 10 sports. Half-lightweight judoka Arash Miresmaeili, who later forfeited his first match against Israel's Ehud Vaks for medical reasons, was the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.<ref name=armires/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Iran left Athens with a total of six medals (two golds, two silver, and two bronze), finishing twenty-ninth in the overall medal standings. Half of these medals were awarded to the athletes in men's freestyle wrestling. Taekwondo jin Hadi Saei claimed his first ever Olympic title in the men's featherweight division, in addition to his bronze medal from Sydney.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Medalists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Template:Gold medal	Hossein Rezazadeh	Weightlifting	Men's +105 kg	Template:Dts
Template:Gold medal	Hadi Saei	Taekwondo	Men's 68 kg	Template:Dts
Template:Silver medal	Alireza Rezaei	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 120 kg	Template:Dts
Template:Silver medal	Masoud Mostafa-Jokar	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 60 kg	Template:Dts
Template:Bronze medal	Yousef Karami	Taekwondo	Men's 80 kg	Template:Dts
Template:Bronze medal	Alireza Heidari	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 96 kg	Template:Dts

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Medals by sport
Sport	Template:Gold01	Template:Silver02	Template:Bronze03	Total
Taekwondo	1	0	1	2
Weightlifting	1	0	0	1
Wrestling	0	2	1	3
Total	2	2	2	6

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	2	0	2
Boxing	1	0	1
Cycling	4	0	4
Judo	7	0	7
Shooting	0	1	1
Swimming	1	0	1
Table tennis	1	0	1
Taekwondo	2	0	2
Weightlifting	6	0	6
Wrestling	13	0	13
Total	37	1	38

Athletics

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Iranian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sajjad Moradi	800 m	1:49.49	7	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Abbas Samimi	Discus throw	57.57	28	Did not advance

Boxing

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Iran has qualified one boxer.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mohammad Asheri	Lightweight	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 18–37	Did not advance

Cycling

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Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Abbas Saeidi Tanha	Men's road race<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Did not finish
Amir Zargari		Did not finish

Track

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Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Hossein Askari	Men's individual pursuit	4:39.302	15	Did not advance

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Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Mehdi Sohrabi	Men's points race	Did not finish

Judo

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Seven Iranian judoka qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Half-lightweight judoka Arash Miresmaeili forfeited his first match against Israel's Ehud Vaks, and accepted his disqualification from the International Judo Federation because a medical condition left him much heavier to fight.<ref name=armires/>

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh	−60 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 0030–0001	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 0010–0001	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 1000–0021	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0011–0122	colspan=3 Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0000–1002	5
Arash Miresmaeili	−66 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Template:Abbr	Did not advance
Hamed Malekmohammadi	−73 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 1000–0010	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0000–1000	Did not advance		Template:FlagIOCathlete W 1010–0000	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0020–1110	Did not advance
Reza Chahkhandagh	−81 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 1000–0000	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0002–1001	Did not advance		Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0001–0013	Did not advance
Abbas Fallah	−90 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0111–1002	Did not advance
Masoud Khosravinejad	−100 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0001–0100	Did not advance
Mahmoud Miran	+100 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 1002–0001	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 1000–0010	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 0110–0100	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0010–1110	colspan=3 Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0001–0201	5

Shooting

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Iran has qualified a single shooter.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nasim Hassanpour	10 m air pistol	376	28	Did not advance

Swimming

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Iran has selected one swimmer under the Universality rule.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Babak Farhoudi	100 m freestyle	56.42	61	Did not advance

Table tennis

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Iran has qualified one table tennis player.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mohammad Reza Akhlaghpasand	Men's singles	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Two Iranian taekwondo jin qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hadi Saei	Men's −68 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 8–6	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 9–9 Template:Abbr	colspan=2 Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 4–3	Template:Gold01
Yousef Karami	Men's −80 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 16–12	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 13–9	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 6–7	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 12–4	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 9–8	Template:Bronze03

Weightlifting

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Six Iranian weightlifters qualified for the following events.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mehdi Panzvan	Men's −69 kg	147.5	=4	172.5	Template:Abbr	147.5	Template:Abbr
Mohammad Hossein Barkhah	Men's −77 kg	160	=5	197.5	6	357.5	5
Asghar Ebrahimi	Men's −94 kg	165	=16	190	16	355	16
Shahin Nassirinia		172.5	11	220	=1	392.5	4
Mohsen Beiranvand	Men's −105 kg	180	Template:Abbr	—	—	—	Template:Abbr
Hossein Rezazadeh	Men's +105 kg	210	1	263.5 Template:WR	1	472.5	Template:Gold01

Wrestling

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Key

• Template:Abbr - Victory by Fall.
• Template:Abbr - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
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Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Babak Nourzad	−55 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 Template:Abbr	Template:N/a	3	Did not advance			16
Masoud Mostafa-Jokar	−60 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 Template:Abbr	Template:N/a	1 Q	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3 Template:Abbr	Template:Silver02
Alireza Dabir	−66 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 Template:Abbr	Template:N/a	3	Did not advance			18
Mehdi Hajizadeh	−74 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3 Template:Abbr	Template:N/a	2	Did not advance			13
Majid Khodaei	−84 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 Template:Abbr	Template:N/a	1 Q	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 Template:Abbr	Did not advance	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0 Template:Abbr	5
Alireza Heidari	−96 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 4–0 Template:Abbr	Template:N/a	1 Q	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 Template:Abbr	Template:Bronze03
Alireza Rezaei	−120 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0 Template:Abbr	1 Q	Template:N/a	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–5 Template:Abbr	Template:Silver02

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Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / Template:Abbr
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hassan Rangraz	−55 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 4–0 Template:Abbr	Template:N/a	2	Did not advance			9
Ali Ashkani	−60 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 Template:Abbr	3	Did not advance			11
Parviz Zeidvand	−66 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 Template:Abbr	Template:N/a	1 Q	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 Template:Abbr	Did not advance	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–5 Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr
Behrouz Jamshidi	−84 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0 Template:Abbr	Template:N/a	2	Did not advance			9
Masoud Hashemzadeh	−96 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 5–0 Template:Abbr	Template:N/a	1 Q	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 Template:Abbr	Template:Abbr*
Sajjad Barzi	−120 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–1 Template:Abbr	Template:N/a	1 Q	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3–0 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3 Template:Abbr	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3 Template:Abbr	4

* Masoud Hashemzadeh was disqualified for protesting after the bronze medal match.

See also

• Iran at the 2002 Asian Games
• Iran at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• National Olympic Committee of Iran Template:In lang

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