Iran at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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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.

Iran at the
2008 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIRI
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Websitewww.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Beijing
Competitors55 in 13 sports
Flag bearer Homa Hosseini
Medals
Ranked 51st
Gold
1
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Competitors

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 1 1 2
Athletics 6 0 6
Badminton 1 0 1
Basketball 12 0 12
Boxing 3 0 3
Cycling 3 0 3
Judo 6 0 6
Rowing 1 1 2
Swimming 1 0 1
Table tennis 1 0 1
Taekwondo 2 1 3
Weightlifting 3 0 3
Wrestling 12 0 12
Total 52 3 55

Archery

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Hojjatollah Vaezi Men's individual 604 63  Champia (IND)
L 98–112 		Did not advance
Najmeh Abtin Women's individual 568 60  Kwon U-S (PRK)
L 96–106 		Did not advance

Athletics

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 1:46.10 6 q 1:46.08 5 Did not advance
Ehsan Mohajer Shojaei 1:49.25 8 Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Ehsan Haddadi Discus throw 61.34 17 Did not advance
Amin Nikfar Shot put NM — Did not advance
Abbas Samimi Discus throw 59.92 26 Did not advance
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Hadi Sepehrzad Result 10.92 6.80 16.02 1.90 50.75 14.64 50.32 4.00 49.56 5:06.67 7483 21
Points 878 767 852 714 780 894 877 617 582 522

Badminton

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Kaveh Mehrabi Men's singles  Hsieh (TPE)
L 16–21, 12–21 		Did not advance

Basketball

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Iran roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Iran men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
F/C 4 Ali Doraghi 23 – (1984-09-20)September 20, 1984 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Petrochimi
PG 5 Amir Amini 24 – (1984-06-10)June 10, 1984 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Kaveh
PG 6 Javad Davari 25 – (1983-04-25)April 25, 1983 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Petrochimi
PG 7 Mehdi Kamrani 26 – (1982-06-01)June 1, 1982 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Mahram
SG 8 Saeid Davarpanah 20 – (1987-09-07)September 7, 1987 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Kaveh
SG 9 Iman Zandi 26 – (1981-09-19)September 19, 1981 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) BEEM
SG 10 Hamed Afagh 25 – (1983-02-01)February 1, 1983 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Saba Battery
F/C 11 Hamed Sohrabnejad 25 – (1983-05-07)May 7, 1983 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Mahram
PF 12 Oshin Sahakian 22 – (1986-03-21)March 21, 1986 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Zob Ahan
C 13 Mousa Nabipour 24 – (1983-08-14)August 14, 1983 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Kaveh
SF 14 Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (C) 25 – (1983-05-11)May 11, 1983 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Mahram
C 15 Hamed Haddadi 23 – (1985-05-19)May 19, 1985 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) Saba Battery
Head coach
    Assistant coach(es)
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • nat field describes country
      of last club
      before the tournament
    • Age field is age on August 9, 2008
    Group play
    Pos Team
    • v
    • t
    • e
    		 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
    1  Lithuania 5 4 1 425 400 +25 9 Quarterfinals
    2  Argentina 5 4 1 425 361 +64 9
    3  Croatia 5 3 2 399 380 +19 8
    4  Australia 5 3 2 457 405 +52 8
    5  Russia 5 1 4 387 406 −19 6
    6  Iran 5 0 5 323 464 −141 5
    Source: FIBA archive
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
    Notes:
    1. Head-to-head record: Lithuania 1–0 Argentina
    2. Head-to-head record: Croatia 1–0 Australia
    10 August 2008
    09:00
    Report
    Russia  71–49  Iran
    Scoring by quarter: 24–5, 14–17, 8–16, 25–11
    Pts: Holden 19
    Rebs: Monia 6
    Asts: Savrasenko 4    		 Pts: Nikkhah 16
    Rebs: Haddadi 8
    Asts: Kamrani 3
    Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
    Attendance: 11,083
    Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
    12 August 2008
    09:00
    Report
    Iran  67–99  Lithuania
    Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 14–31, 19–28, 14–25
    Pts: Haddadi 21
    Rebs: Sahakian 12
    Asts: Amini 4    		 Pts: Kleiza 22
    Rebs: Kleiza 8
    Asts: Jasikevičius, Lukauskis, Mačiulis 3
    Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
    Attendance: 11,083
    Referees: Eddie Rush (USA)
    14 August 2008
    11:15
    Report
    Australia  106–68  Iran
    Scoring by quarter: 28–15, 25–14, 22–19, 31–20
    Pts: Newley 24
    Rebs: Bogut 7
    Asts: Mills, Worthington, Bruton 5    		 Pts: Nikkhah 23
    Rebs: Haddadi 8
    Asts: Davari 4
    Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
    Attendance: 11,083
    Referees: Nikolaos Zavlanos (GRE)
    16 August 2008
    16:45
    Report
    Iran  82–97  Argentina
    Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 19–23, 24–30, 25–25
    Pts: Haddadi 21
    Rebs: Haddadi 16
    Asts: Kamrani 4    		 Pts: Ginobili 32
    Rebs: Scola 7
    Asts: Prigioni 6
    Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
    Attendance: 11,083
    Referees: Nikolaos Pitsilkas (GRE)
    18 August 2008
    09:00
    Report
    Iran  57–91  Croatia
    Scoring by quarter: 8–19, 8–35, 23–16, 18–21
    Pts: Nikkhah 25
    Rebs: Haddadi 15
    Asts: Haddadi 2    		 Pts: Rozić, Tomas 16
    Rebs: Lončar, Barać 7
    Asts: Ukić 8
    Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
    Attendance: 11,083
    Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

    Boxing

    Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
    Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Rank
    Morteza Sepahvand Light welterweight  Hassini (TUN)
    W 16–4     		 Gheorghe (ROU)
    W 8–4     		 Díaz (DOM)
    L 6–11     		Did not advance
    Mehdi Ghorbani Light heavyweight  Negrón (PUR)
    L 4–13     		Did not advance
    Ali Mazaheri Heavyweight N/a  Chakhkiyev (RUS)
    L 3–7     		Did not advance

    Cycling

    Road

    Athlete Event Time Rank
    Hossein Askari Men's road race 6:34:22 51
    Men's time trial 1:08:46 34
    Ghader Mizbani Men's road race 6:39:42 78
    Mehdi Sohrabi Did not finish

    Judo

    Men
    Athlete Event Preliminary Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Repechage 3 Final / BM
    Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Rank
    Masoud Akhondzadeh −60 kg Bye  Drakšič (SLO)
    W 0110–0010     		 Choi (KOR)
    L 0000–1000     		Did not advance  Albarracín (ARG)
    W 0020–0001     		 Sobirov (UZB)
    L 0001–0010     		Did not advance
    Arash Miresmaeili −66 kg Bye  Adamiec (POL)
    W 0001–0000     		 Uchishiba (JPN)
    L 0000–0020     		Did not advance  Jacinto (DOM)
    W 0011–0000     		 Sharipov (UZB)
    L 0001–0010     		Did not advance
    Ali Maloumat −73 kg N/a  Kanamaru (JPN)
    W 1001–0001     		 Pina (POR)
    W 0111–0001     		 Dashdavaa (MGL)
    W 1100–0010     		 Mammadli (AZE)
    L 0000–1000     		Bye  Guilheiro (BRA)
    L 0000–1000     		5
    Hamed Malekmohammadi −81 kg Bye  Sedej (SLO)
    W 1000–0000     		 Camilo (BRA)
    L 0000–1010     		Did not advance
    Hossein Ghomi −90 kg N/a  Kazusionak (BLR)
    L 0000–1110     		Did not advance
    Mohammad Reza Roudaki +100 kg Bye  Rybak (BLR)
    W 1001–0001     		 Jónsson (ISL)
    W 1000–0001     		 Gujejiani (GEO)
    L 0000–0011     		Did not advance Bye  McCormick (USA)
    W 1001–0001     		 Tmenov (RUS)
    W 1010–0001     		 Brayson (CUB)
    L 0000–0200     		5

    Rowing

    Men
    Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
    Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
    Mohsen Shadi Single sculls 7:48.24 5 SE/F Bye 7:20.34 1 FE 7:06.54 25
    Women
    Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
    Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
    Homa Hosseini Single sculls 9:02.12 4 FE Bye 8:18.20 26

    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
    Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
    Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
    Mohammad Alirezaei 100 m breaststroke DNS Did not advance

    Table tennis

    Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
    Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Rank
    Afshin Norouzi Men's singles  Bobocica (ITA)
    L 2–4     		Did not advance

    Taekwondo

    Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze Medal Final
    Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Rank
    Reza Naderian Men's −58 kg  Wenceslau (BRA)
    L 1–2     		Did not advance
    Hadi Saei Men's −80 kg  Bista (NEP)
    W 7–0     		 Zhu G (CHN)
    W 3–2     		 Ahmadov (AZE)
    W 4–1     		Bye  Sarmiento (ITA)
    W 6–4
    Sara Khoshjamal Fekri Women's −49 kg  Toudali (MAR)
    W 5–0     		 Yang S-C (TPE)
    L 0–2     		Did not advance

    Weightlifting

    Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
    Result Rank Result Rank
    Asghar Ebrahimi Men's −94 kg 180 1 212 4 392 4
    Mohsen Biranvand Men's −105 kg 180 9 210 11 390 9
    Rashid Sharifi Men's +105 kg 196 6 230 6 426 6

    Wrestling

    Key:

    • VT - Victory by Fall.
    • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
    • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
    Men's freestyle
    Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
    Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Rank
    Abbas Dabbaghi −55 kg Bye  Serrano (COL)
    W 3–1 PP     		 Kudukhov (RUS)
    L 0–3 PO     		Did not advance 10
    Morad Mohammadi −60 kg Bye  Madany (EGY)
    W 3–0 PO     		 Azarbayjani (CAN)
    W 3–0 PO     		 Batirov (RUS)
    L 0–3 PO     		Bye  Huseynov (AZE)
    W 3–1 PP
    Mehdi Taghavi −66 kg Bye  Garcia (CAN)
    W 3–1 PP     		 Şahin (TUR)
    L 0–3 PO     		Did not advance Bye  Garzón (CUB)
    L 1–3 PP     		Did not advance 10
    Meisam Mostafa-Jokar −74 kg Bye  Terziev (BUL)
    L 0–3 PO     		Did not advance 19
    Reza Yazdani −84 kg  Horbik (POL)
    W 3–0 PO     		 Temrezov (AZE)
    L 0–5 VT     		Did not advance 11
    Saeid Ebrahimi −96 kg Bye  Emara (EGY)
    W 3–1 PP     		 Gogshelidze (GEO)
    L 0–3 PO     		Did not advance 10
    Fardin Masoumi −120 kg  Langowski (MEX)
    W 3–0 PO     		 Akhmedov (RUS)
    L 0–5 VT     		Did not advance  Boyadzhiev (BUL)
    W 3–1 PP     		 Mocco (USA)
    W 3–1 PP     		 Mutalimov (KAZ)
    L 1–3 PP     		5
    Men's Greco-Roman
    Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
    Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Opposition
    Result     		Rank
    Hamid Sourian −55 kg  Venkov (BUL)
    W 5–0 VT     		 Elwais (PLW)
    W 3–0 PO     		 Mankiev (RUS)
    L 1–3 PP     		Did not advance Bye  Fris (SRB)
    W 3–1 PP     		 Park E-C (KOR)
    L 1–3 PP     		5
    Ali Mohammadi −66 kg  Kim M-C (KOR)
    W 3–1 PP     		 Siamionau (BLR)
    L 1–3 PP     		Did not advance 11
    Saman Tahmasebi −84 kg Bye  Daragan (UKR)
    W 3–1 PP     		 Avluca (TUR)
    L 1–3 PP     		Did not advance 11
    Ghasem Rezaei −96 kg  Ežerskis (LTU)
    L 1–3 PP     		Did not advance 16
    Masoud Hashemzadeh −120 kg Bye  Baroev (RUS)
    L 0–3 PO     		Did not advance Bye  Mizgaitis (LTU)
    L 1–3 PP     		Did not advance 15

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