Iran at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Iran sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. In total 55 Iranian athletes went to Beijing, including three women. These Olympics are regarded as less successful than their previous Games, as Iran only achieved one gold and one bronze medal.

Medalists

| width="78%" align="left" valign="top" | Medal Name Sport Event Hadi Saei Taekwondo Men's 80 kg Morad Mohammadi Wrestling Men's freestyle 60 kg

| width="22%" align="left" valign="top" | Medals by sportSportTotal Taekwondo 1 0 0 1 Wrestling 0 0 1 1 Total 1 0 1 2

Competitors SportMenWomenTotalArchery 1 1 2Athletics 6 0 6Badminton 1 0 1Basketball 12 0 12Boxing 3 0 3Cycling 3 0 3Judo 6 0 6Rowing 1 1 2Swimming 1 0 1Table tennis 1 0 1Taekwondo 2 1 3Weightlifting 3 0 3Wrestling 12 0 12 Total 52 3 55

Archery

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankHojjatollah VaeziMen's individual60463L 98–112Did not advanceNajmeh AbtinWomen's individual56860L 96–106Did not advance

Athletics

Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankSajjad Moradi800 m1:46.106 q1:46.085Did not advanceEhsan Mohajer Shojaei1:49.258Did not advance

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionEhsan HaddadiDiscus throw61.3417Did not advanceAmin NikfarShot put—Did not advanceAbbas SamimiDiscus throw59.9226Did not advance

Combined events – Decathlon AthleteEvent 100 m 400 m 1500 mFinalRankHadi SepehrzadResult10.926.8016.021.9050.7514.6450.324.0049.565:06.67748321Points878767852714780894877617582522

Badminton

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankKaveh MehrabiMen's singlesL 16–21, 12–21Did not advance

Basketball

Men's tournament Roster

Group play

Boxing

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMorteza SepahvandLight welterweightW 16–4W 8–4L 6–11Did not advanceMehdi GhorbaniLight heavyweightL 4–13Did not advanceAli MazaheriHeavyweightL 3–7Did not advance

Cycling

Road AthleteEventTimeRankHossein AskariMen's road race6:34:2251Men's time trial1:08:4634Ghader MizbaniMen's road race6:39:4278Mehdi SohrabiDid not finish

Judo

Men AthleteEventPreliminaryRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMasoud Akhondzadeh−60 kgW 0110–0010L 0000–1000Did not advanceW 0020–0001L 0001–0010Did not advanceArash Miresmaeili−66 kgW 0001–0000L 0000–0020Did not advanceW 0011–0000L 0001–0010Did not advanceAli Maloumat−73 kgW 1001–0001W 0111–0001W 1100–0010L 0000–1000colspan=3 L 0000–10005Hamed Malekmohammadi−81 kgW 1000–0000L 0000–1010Did not advanceHossein Ghomi−90 kgL 0000–1110Did not advanceMohammad Reza Roudaki+100 kgW 1001–0001W 1000–0001L 0000–0011Did not advanceW 1001–0001W 1010–0001L 0000–02005

Rowing

Men AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMohsen ShadiSingle sculls7:48.245 SE/Fcolspan=2 7:20.341 FE7:06.5425

Women AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankHoma HosseiniSingle sculls9:02.124 FEcolspan=4 8:18.2026 Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Swimming

Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMohammad Alirezaei100 m breaststrokeDid not advance

Table tennis

AthleteEventPreliminary roundRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAfshin NorouziMen's singlesL 2–4Did not advance

Taekwondo

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageBronze MedalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankReza NaderianMen's −58 kgL 1–2Did not advanceHadi SaeiMen's −80 kgW 7–0W 3–2W 4–1colspan=2 W 6–4Sara Khoshjamal FekriWomen's −49 kgW 5–0L 0–2Did not advance

Weightlifting

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankResultRankResultRankAsghar EbrahimiMen's −94 kg180121243924Mohsen BiranvandMen's −105 kg1809210113909Rashid SharifiMen's +105 kg196623064266

Wrestling

Men's freestyle AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAbbas Dabbaghi−55 kgW 3–1 L 0–3 Did not advance10Morad Mohammadi−60 kgW 3–0 W 3–0 L 0–3 colspan=2 W 3–1 Mehdi Taghavi−66 kgW 3–1 L 0–3 Did not advanceL 1–3 Did not advance10Meisam Mostafa-Jokar−74 kgL 0–3 Did not advance19Reza Yazdani−84 kgW 3–0 L 0–5 Did not advance11Saeid Ebrahimi−96 kgW 3–1 L 0–3 Did not advance10Fardin Masoumi−120 kgW 3–0 L 0–5 Did not advanceW 3–1 W 3–1 L 1–3 5

Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankHamid Sourian−55 kgW 5–0 W 3–0 L 1–3 Did not advanceW 3–1 L 1–3 5Ali Mohammadi−66 kgW 3–1 L 1–3 Did not advance11Saman Tahmasebi−84 kgW 3–1 L 1–3 Did not advance11Ghasem Rezaei−96 kgL 1–3 Did not advance16Masoud Hashemzadeh−120 kgL 0–3 Did not advanceL 1–3 Did not advance15

References

External links National Olympic committee of Iran beijing2008.cn