Iran at the 2002 Asian Games

Iran participated in the 2002 Asian Games held in the city of Busan. This country is ranked 10th with 8 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad.

Iran at the
2002 Asian Games
IOC codeIRI
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Websitewww.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Busan
Competitors126 in 15 sports
Flag bearerAli Daei
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
8
Silver
14
Bronze
14
Total
36
Asian Games appearances (overview)

Competitors

Sport Men Women Total
Aquatics, Water polo 13 13
Archery 1 1
Athletics 3 1 4
Canoeing, Sprint 2 4 6
Cycling, Mountain bike 2 2
Cycling, Road 2 2
Cycling, Track 7 7
Equestrian 3 1 4
Football 20 20
Judo 7 7
Karate 5 5
Shooting 3 4 7
Taekwondo 6 3 9
Volleyball 12 12
Weightlifting 8 8
Wrestling 14 14
Wushu 7 7
Total 113 13 126

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics 1 1
Cycling, Track 1 1
Football 1 1
Judo 1 1 3 5
Karate 2 3 5
Shooting 1 1
Taekwondo 1 1 2 4
Volleyball 1 1
Weightlifting 1 3 3 7
Wrestling 1 2 5 8
Wushu 1 1 2
Total 8 14 14 36

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Ebrahim Mirzapour
Mehdi Amirabadi
Yahya Golmohammadi
Saeid Lotfi
Javad Nekounam
Iman Mobali
Javad Kazemian
Ali Daei
Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht
Mehdi Rahmati
Hossein Kaebi
Moharram Navidkia
Abolfazl Hajizadeh
Mohsen Bayatinia
Ali Badavi
Siavash Akbarpour
Jalal Kameli Mofrad
Mohammad Nosrati
Hamid Azizzadeh
Ershad Yousefi
Football Men
 Gold Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh Judo Men's 60 kg
 Gold Alireza Katiraei Karate Men's kumite 70 kg
 Gold Mehran Behnamfar Karate Men's kumite +75 kg
 Gold Hadi Saei Taekwondo Men's 72 kg
 Gold Hossein Rezazadeh Weightlifting Men's +105 kg
 Gold Alireza Heidari Wrestling Men's freestyle 96 kg
 Gold Hossein Ojaghi Wushu Men's sanshou 70 kg
 Silver Abbas Samimi Athletics Men's discus throw
 Silver Hossein Askari
Alireza Haghi
Abbas Saeidi Tanha
Amir Zargari
Mehdi Sohrabi
Cycling, Track Men's team pursuit
 Silver Mahmoud Miran Judo Men's +100 kg
 Silver Hossein Rouhani Karate Men's kumite 60 kg
 Silver Mehdi Amouzadeh Karate Men's kumite 65 kg
 Silver Jasem Vishkaei Karate Men's kumite 75 kg
 Silver Behzad Khodadad Taekwondo Men's 58 kg
 Silver Amir Hossein Monazzami
Amir Hosseini
Abbas Ghasemian
Peyman Akbari
Mohammad Mansouri
Ahsanollah Shirkavand
Mahmoud Afshardoust
Behnam Mahmoudi
Mohammad Torkashvand
Afshin Oliaei
Alireza Behboudi
Rahman Mohammadirad
Volleyball Men
 Silver Mohammad Hossein Barkhah Weightlifting Men's 77 kg
 Silver Hadi Panzvan Weightlifting Men's 85 kg
 Silver Kourosh Bagheri Weightlifting Men's 94 kg
 Silver Alireza Dabir Wrestling Men's freestyle 66 kg
 Silver Abbas Jadidi Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg
 Silver Mohammad Aghaei Wushu Men's sanshou 65 kg
 Bronze Hamed Malekmohammadi Judo Men's 73 kg
 Bronze Abbas Fallah Judo Men's 100 kg
 Bronze Mahmoud Miran Judo Men's open
 Bronze Lida Fariman
Elham Hashemi
Raheleh Kheirollahzadeh
Shooting Women's 10 m running target team
 Bronze Majid Aflaki Taekwondo Men's 78 kg
 Bronze Parvaneh Tehrani Taekwondo Women's 55 kg
 Bronze Mehdi Panzvan Weightlifting Men's 69 kg
 Bronze Mohammad Ali Falahatinejad Weightlifting Men's 77 kg
 Bronze Hossein Tavakkoli Weightlifting Men's 105 kg
 Bronze Mohammad Rezaei Wrestling Men's freestyle 55 kg
 Bronze Mehdi Hajizadeh Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg
 Bronze Parviz Zeidvand Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg
 Bronze Masoud Hashemzadeh Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg
 Bronze Alireza Gharibi Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg

Results by event

Aquatics

Water polo

Team Event Preliminary round Semifinal Final Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Rank
 Iran Men  Singapore
W 13–3
 Kazakhstan
L 4–12
2 Q  Japan
L 9–12
3rd place match
 China
L 6–10
4
Roster
  • Alireza Shahidipour
  • Bahman Mouchehkiani
  • Alireza Amirian
  • Ahmad Nesaei
  • Majid Gholami
  • Vahid Rezaei
  • Ali Saleh
  • Saeid Mirmehdi
  • Kambiz Rakhshanimehr
  • Ali Akbar Shirjian
  • Hamed Dalil-Heirati
  • Mohsen Rezvani
  • Meisam Jafari

Coach: Ante Nakić

Archery

Recurve
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Score Rank
Majid Mirrahimi Men's individual 1288 21 Q  Nan (MYA)
L 153–157
Did not advance 22

Athletics

Athlete Event Round 1 Final Rank
Time Rank Time / Result
Mehdi Jelodarzadeh Men's 800 m 1:49.13 4 Did not advance 10
Mehdi Jelodarzadeh Men's 1500 m DNF
Sajjad Moradi 3:50.25 11
Abbas Samimi Men's discus throw 60.44 m
Parisa Behzadi Women's shot put 12.96 m 8

Canoeing

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final Rank
Time Rank Time Rank Time
Babak Samari Men's K1 1000 m 3:52.752 5
Mohsen Milad
Babak Samari
Men's K2 500 m 1:37.352 4
Sonia Nourizad Women's K1 500 m 2:11.570 5 QS 2:11.044 2 Q 2:11.691 8
Hengameh Ahadpour
Farahnaz Amirshaghaghi
Women's K2 500 m 2:02.822 6
Hengameh Ahadpour
Raheleh Ahadpour
Farahnaz Amirshaghaghi
Sonia Nourizad
Women's K4 500 m 1:51.790 7

Cycling

Mountain bike

Athlete Event Time Rank
Ahad Kazemi Men's cross-country Did not start
Ghader Mizbani Did not start

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Ahad Kazemi Men's road race 4:26:54 17
Ghader Mizbani 4:24:19 7
Ghader Mizbani Men's individual time trial 1:05:38.39 5

Track

Athlete Event Qualifying Round 1 Final Rank
Time Rank Time Rank Time / Score
Hassan Ali Varposhti Men's 1 km time trial 1.08.917 5
Hossein Askari Men's individual pursuit 4.47.041 3 Q  Liu (TPE)
W 4.47.053DNS
3 QB 3rd place match
 Iijima (JPN)
L 4.48.264–4.44.004
4
Abbas Saeidi Tanha Men's points race 26 pts 5
Moezeddin Seyed-Rezaei 8 pts 9
Amir Zargari
Alireza Haghi
Men's madison 9 pts 5
Hossein Askari
Alireza Haghi
Abbas Saeidi Tanha
Amir Zargari

Mehdi Sohrabi (heats)
Men's team pursuit 4.25.727 2 Q  Chinese Taipei
W 4.24.462OVL
2 Q  China
L 4.23.108–4.20.753

Equestrian

Athlete Event Qualifier / Team final Final Jump-off Rank
1st 2nd Total Rank 1st 2nd Total Pen. Time
Arsia Ardalan on Canterbuliry Individual jumping 0 16 16 22 Did not advance 24
Tara Ardalan on Air Ride 0 4 4 6 Q 16 18 34 Not needed 13
Ali Nilforoushan on Herr Schroder 4 4 8 14 Q 4 1 5 Not needed 5
Ramin Shakki on Revanche 4 7 11 18 Q 0 8 8 Not needed 6
Tara Ardalan on Air Ride
Ali Nilforoushan on Herr Schroder
Ramin Shakki on Revanche
Arsia Ardalan on Canterbuliry
Team jumping 4 15 19 5

Football

Team Event Preliminary round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Rank
 Iran Men  Afghanistan
W 10–0
 Lebanon
W 2–0
 Qatar
D 1–1
1 Q  Kuwait
W 1–0
 South Korea
W 0–0, 5–3 Pen
 Japan
W 2–1
Roster
  • Ebrahim Mirzapour
  • Mehdi Amirabadi
  • Yahya Golmohammadi
  • Saeid Lotfi
  • Javad Nekounam
  • Iman Mobali
  • Javad Kazemian
  • Ali Daei
  • Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht
  • Mehdi Rahmati
  • Hossein Kaebi
  • Moharram Navidkia
  • Abolfazl Hajizadeh
  • Mohsen Bayatinia
  • Ali Badavi
  • Siavash Akbarpour
  • Jalal Kameli Mofrad
  • Mohammad Nosrati
  • Hamid Azizzadeh
  • Ershad Yousefi

Coach: Branko Ivanković

Judo

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final Rank
Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh Men's 60 kg Bye  Shah (IND)
W 1001–0000
 Al-Dhafeeri (KUW)
W 1001–0000
 Jia (CHN)
W 0200–0102
 Donbay (KAZ)
W 0200–0010
Arash Miresmaeili Men's 66 kg Bye  Petryanin (UZB)
W 0021–0010
 Nurmuhammedow (TKM)
L 0001–1011
Repechage
 Singh (IND)
W 0010–0001
Repechage
 Smagulov (KGZ)
L 1021–0010
Did not advance 7
Hamed Malekmohammadi Men's 73 kg  Lama (NEP)
W 1000–0000
 Choi (KOR)
L 0000–0001
Repechage
 Ramirez (PHI)
W 1101–0000
Repechage
 Shakharov (KAZ)
W 0101–0001
3rd place match
 Pak (PRK)
W 0011–0010
Kazem Sarikhani Men's 81 kg  Zhang (CHN)
W 1001–0010
 Al-Zahrani (KSA)
W 1010–0000
 Akiyama (JPN)
L 0001–0010
3rd place match
 Nyamkhüü (MGL)
L 0000–1000
5
Masoud Khosravinejad Men's 90 kg  Fong (HKG)
W 1000–0000
 Pereteyko (UZB)
W 0102–0030
 Ochirbat (MGL)
L 0001–0120
3rd place match
 Park (KOR)
L 0001–0020
5
Abbas Fallah Men's 100 kg Bye  Suzuki (JPN)
L 0001–1100
Repechage
 Sokolov (UZB)
W 1001–0001
Bye 3rd place match
 Khidirov (TJK)
W 1141–0000
Mahmoud Miran Men's +100 kg  Berduta (KAZ)
W 1010–0010
 Kang (KOR)
W 1000–0000
 Muneta (JPN)
L 0100–1000
Men's open Bye  Liu (CHN)
W 1001–0010
 Tangriev (UZB)
L 0011–1000
3rd place match
 Ikhsangaliyev (KAZ)
W 1010–0100

Karate

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Hossein Rouhani Men's 60 kg  Al-Marzouq (JOR)
W 2–0
 Al-Qattan (KUW)
W 2–2
 Lee (KOR)
W 10–2
 Imai (JPN)
L 2–3
Mehdi Amouzadeh Men's 65 kg  Heuangmany (LAO)
W 10–2
 Mastonzoda (TJK)
W 7–5
 Al-Matrouk (KUW)
W 2–0
 Basri (INA)
L 1–3
Alireza Katiraei Men's 70 kg  Adwan (QAT)
W 3–0
 Al-Sharabi (YEM)
W 4–0
 Maharjan (NEP)
W 4–2
 Kazhymukanov (KAZ)
W 2–0
Jasem Vishkaei Men's 75 kg Bye  Kim (KOR)
W 6–4
 Rafati (QAT)
W 2–0
 Muneer (KUW)
L 0–0
Mehran Behnamfar Men's +75 kg  Abdullah (BRU)
W 8–0
 Al-Qadasi (YEM)
W 5–0
 Ismoilov (TJK)
W 0–0
 Korolev (KAZ)
W 0–0

Shooting

Athlete Event Qualification Final Team events
Score Rank Score Total Rank Athlete Event Score Rank
Reza Ahmadi Men's 10 m air rifle 569 44 Did not advance Reza Ahmadi
Ehsan Homayouni
Hossein Jahanmiri
Men's 10 m air rifle team 1735 11
Ehsan Homayouni 587 16 Did not advance
Hossein Jahanmiri 579 30 Did not advance
Lida Fariman Women's 10 m air rifle 387 22 Did not advance Lida Fariman
Elham Hashemi
Yalda Khodabandeh
Women's 10 m air rifle team 1130 10
Elham Hashemi 378 32 Did not advance
Yalda Khodabandeh 365 39 Did not advance
Lida Fariman Women's 50 m rifle prone 582 21 Lida Fariman
Elham Hashemi
Raheleh Kheirollahzadeh
Women's 50 m rifle prone team 1740 6
Elham Hashemi 575 33
Raheleh Kheirollahzadeh 583 18
Lida Fariman Women's 10 m running target 159 8 Lida Fariman
Elham Hashemi
Raheleh Kheirollahzadeh
Women's 10 m running target team 358
Elham Hashemi 96 10
Raheleh Kheirollahzadeh 103 9

Taekwondo

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Behzad Khodadad Men's 58 kg  Dhabaia (PLE)
W RSC (16–0)
 Al-Aradi (BRN)
W RSC (7–0)
 Khegai (UZB)
W RSC (10–0)
 Bhandari (IND)
W 4–1
 Kim (KOR)
L 2–11
Omid Gholamzadeh Men's 62 kg Bye  Bout (CAM)
W 7–3
 Kim (KOR)
L 5–7
Did not advance 5
Hadi Saei Men's 72 kg Bye  Al-Daihani (KUW)
W WO
 In (CAM)
W 13–0
 Yerden (KAZ)
W 11–3
 Lee (KOR)
W 4–3
Majid Aflaki Men's 78 kg Bye  Geisler (PHI)
W 11–7
 Oh (KOR)
L 1–1
Did not advance
Yousef Karami Men's 84 kg Bye  Kim (KOR)
L 6–7
Did not advance 5
Hadi Afshar Men's +84 kg  Lu (TPE)
W 6–4
 Al-Adhami (QAT)
L 6–10
Did not advance 5
Tayyebeh Fadaeinejad Women's 51 kg  Abdulla (BRN)
W RSC (12–1)
 Putri (INA)
L 2–6
Did not advance 5
Parvaneh Tehrani Women's 55 kg  Phạm (VIE)
W 1–1
 Norden (BHU)
W 4–0
 Premwaew (THA)
L 2–7
Did not advance
Marzieh Asadi Women's 59 kg Bye  Lê (VIE)
L 2–4
Did not advance 5

Volleyball

Indoor

Team Event Preliminary round Semifinal Final Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Rank
 Iran Men  Macau
W 3–0
(25–15, 25–15, 25–15)
 India
W 3–2
(25–20, 25–23, 37–39, 26–28, 15–12)
 Qatar
W 3–0
(25–22, 25–15, 25–22)
 South Korea
L 0–3
(17–25, 20–25, 12–25)
2 Q  China
W 3–2
(25–16, 19–25, 25–21, 22–25, 15–11)
 South Korea
L 0–3
(18–25, 19–25, 23–25)
Roster
  • Amir Hossein Monazzami
  • Amir Hosseini
  • Abbas Ghasemian
  • Peyman Akbari
  • Mohammad Mansouri
  • Ahsanollah Shirkavand
  • Mahmoud Afshardoust
  • Behnam Mahmoudi
  • Mohammad Torkashvand
  • Afshin Oliaei
  • Alireza Behboudi
  • Rahman Mohammadirad

Coach: Park Ki-won

Weightlifting

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Mehdi Panzvan Men's 69 kg 150.0 175.0 325.0
Mohammad Hossein Barkhah Men's 77 kg 160.0 202.5 GR 362.5
Mohammad Ali Falahatinejad 150.0 200.0 350.0
Shahin Nassirinia Men's 85 kg No mark
Hadi Panzvan 167.5 200.0 367.5
Kourosh Bagheri Men's 94 kg 175.0 210.0 385.0
Hossein Tavakkoli Men's 105 kg 180.0 220.0 400.0
Hossein Rezazadeh Men's +105 kg 200.0 GR 240.0 GR 440.0 GR

Wrestling

Freestyle
Athlete Event Group round Quarterfinal
or Repechage
Semifinal Final Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Rank
Mohammad Rezaei Men's 55 kg  Naranbaatar (MGL)
W 5–2
 Kim (KOR)
W 4–2
1 Q  Mansurov (UZB)
L 0–11
3rd place match
 Mamyrov (KAZ)
W 10–0
Masoud Mostafa-Jokar Men's 60 kg  Ri (PRK)
W Fall (7–2)
 Nadyrbek Uulu (KGZ)
L WO
 Siddiq (QAT)
W WO
2 Did not advance 6
Alireza Dabir Men's 66 kg  Mohammed (QAT)
W 10–0
 Pehlwan (PAK)
W 11–0
1 Q Bye  Bayarmagnai (MGL)
W 3–2
 Baek (KOR)
L 1–3
Mehdi Hajizadeh Men's 74 kg  Ali (PAK)
W 8–2
 Maan (IND)
W 9–1
 Batchuluun (MGL)
W 6–0
1 Q  Abdusalomov (TJK)
L 7–9
3rd place match
 Siriguleng (CHN)
W 9–0
Pejman Dorostkar Men's 84 kg  Aliev (TJK)
L 2–3
 Semba (JPN)
W 4–1
2 Did not advance 5
Alireza Heidari Men's 96 kg  Wang (CHN)
W Fall (5–3)
 Bayramukov (KAZ)
W 4–0
 Mann (IND)
W 8–0
1 Q Bye  Ibragimov (UZB)
W 3–1
 Krupnyakov (KGZ)
W 5–0
Abbas Jadidi Men's 120 kg  Villanueva (PHI)
W 11–0
 Li (CHN)
W 5–1
 Jamal (QAT)
W 10–0
1 Q Bye  Cheema (IND)
W Fall (5–0)
 Taymazov (UZB)
L 0–10
Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Group round Quarterfinal
or Repechage
Semifinal Final Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Rank
Hamid Banitamim Men's 55 kg  Kang (PRK)
L 0–6
 Khatri (IND)
L 5–6
3 Did not advance 9
Ali Ashkani Men's 60 kg  Al-Mandi (YEM)
W 11–0
 Mamedow (TKM)
W 3–2
1 Q  Koizhaiganov (KAZ)
L 1–4
Did not advance 5
Mehdi Nassiri Men's 66 kg  Manukyan (KAZ)
L 1–2
 Kobonov (KGZ)
L Fall (0–4)
3 Did not advance 9
Parviz Zeidvand Men's 74 kg  El-Habeche (LIB)
W 10–0
 Nawaf (QAT)
W 13–0
1 Q  Khalimov (KAZ)
L 1–3
3rd place match
 Biktyakov (UZB)
W 3–0
Majid Ramezani Men's 84 kg  Erofaylov (UZB)
L 1–7
 Al-Araj (JOR)
W 6–1
 Mambetov (KAZ)
L 2–6
3 Did not advance 8
Masoud Hashemzadeh Men's 96 kg  Assembekov (KAZ)
W 3–0
 Cheglakov (UZB)
L 0–4
2 QR Repechage
 Jiang (CHN) W 3–1
 Morikaku (JPN) W 3–0
 Park (KOR)
L 1–3
3rd place match
 Al-Haiek (SYR)
W 4–0
Alireza Gharibi Men's 120 kg  Go (PHI)
W 11–0
 Kuziev (UZB)
W 8–0
1 Q Bye  Tsurtsumia (KAZ)
L 0–3
3rd place match
 Kuziev (UZB)
W 4–2

Wushu

Taolu
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total Rank
Form Score Form Score Form Score
Arash Azizi Men's changquan Changquan 9.15 Daoshu 9.13 Gunshu 9.21 27.49 11
Hadi Ghamkhar Men's nanquan Nanquan 9.28 Nandao 9.25 Nangun 9.23 27.76 11
Sanshou
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Mehdi Jafarpour Men's 52 kg  Phan (VIE)
W 2–1
 Khamsounthone (LAO)
L 1–2
Did not advance 5
Ramin Movahednia Men's 56 kg  Kim (KOR)
L 1–2
Did not advance 9
Mehdi Mohammadinasab Men's 60 kg  Pasiwat (PHI)
L 0–2
Did not advance 9
Mohammad Aghaei Men's 65 kg  Enami (JPN)
W 2–0
 Phùng (VIE)
W 2–0
 Yu (CHN)
W 2–1
 Chomphuphuang (THA)
L 0–2
Hossein Ojaghi Men's 70 kg  Saparbekov (KGZ)
W 2–0
 Li (CHN)
W 2–0
 Ponork (THA)
W 2–0

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