Iran first participated at the Asian Games in 1951, and has sent athletes to compete in every Asian Games since then, except for 1954, 1962 and 1978.
The National Olympic Committee for Iran is the National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran , and was founded in 1947.
Iran's best performance was in 1974, when the country hosted the event in Tehran, it ranked second with 36 gold, 28 silver and 17 bronze medals.
Medals by games
Asian Games Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1951 8 6 2 16 3 did not participate 1958 7 14 11 32 4 did not participate 1966 6 8 17 31 6 1970 9 7 7 23 4 1974 36 28 17 81 2 did not participate 1982 4 4 4 12 7 1986 6 6 10 22 4 1990 4 6 8 18 5 1994 9 9 8 26 6 1998 10 11 13 34 7 2002 8 14 14 36 10 2006 11 15 22 48 6 2010 20 15 24 59 4 2014 21 18 18 57 5 2018 20 20 22 62 6 2022 13 21 20 54 7 Total 192 202 217 611 4
Asian Winter Games Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank did not participate 1990 0 0 0 0 — 1996 0 0 0 0 — 1999 0 0 0 0 — 2003 0 0 0 0 — 2007 0 0 0 0 — 2011 0 1 2 3 6 2017 0 0 0 0 — 2020 0 0 0 0 — Total 0 1 2 3 9
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 2005 3 5 2 10 11 2007 4 4 9 17 8 did not participate 2009 17 15 13 45 5 2013 2013 Incheon 3 6 2 11 6 2017 2017 Ashgabat 36 23 59 118 3 Total 63 53 85 201 7
Asian Beach Games Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 2008 0 0 0 0 — 2010 0 0 2 2 21 2012 2 0 0 2 7 2014 9 14 8 31 4 2016 9 6 6 21 4 Total 20 20 16 56 6
Asian Youth Games Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 2009 1 3 2 6 11 2013 0 6 2 8 20 2025 22 18 36 76 4 Total 23 27 40 90 6
Medals by sport
Asian Games Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Aquatics, Diving 0 1 3 4 Aquatics, Water polo 1 0 1 2 Archery 1 0 2 3 Athletics 13 16 10 39 Basketball 0 2 3 5 Basketball, 3x3 0 0 1 1 Boxing 5 11 26 42 Canoeing, Slalom 0 0 1 1 Canoeing, Sprint 1 5 8 14 Chess 1 0 1 2 Cycling, Mountain bike 0 0 1 1 Cycling, Road 3 5 6 14 Cycling, Track 2 5 8 15 Equestrian 0 0 1 1 Fencing 3 6 9 18 Football 4 2 1 7 Gymnastics, Artistic 0 1 0 1 Handball 0 1 1 2 Judo 1 8 11 20 Kabaddi 2 4 2 8 Karate 15 11 12 38 Kurash 2 4 3 9 Pencak silat 0 0 1 1 Roller sports, Freestyle 0 1 0 1 Rowing 2 5 5 12 Shooting 1 4 4 9 Sport climbing 2 0 0 2 Table tennis 0 0 5 5 Taekwondo 14 17 23 54 Tennis 0 2 2 4 Volleyball 3 3 2 8 Weightlifting 33 31 20 84 Wrestling 74 44 37 155 Wushu 9 13 7 29 Total 192 202 217 611
Asian Winter Games Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Ski orienteering 0 1 1 2 Skiing, Alpine 0 0 1 1 Total 0 1 2 3
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total 3x3 basketball 1 0 0 1 Chess 1 2 3 6 Cue sports 1 3 2 6 Cycling, Track 1 1 1 3 Equestrian 0 0 1 1 Esports 2 2 3 7 Futsal 5 1 1 7 Indoor archery 3 1 4 8 Indoor athletics 5 5 7 17 Indoor hockey 1 0 0 1 Ju-jitsu 1 2 2 5 Kabaddi 0 3 1 4 Kickboxing 7 4 5 16 Kurash 4 5 6 15 Muaythai 7 6 6 19 Pencak silat 0 2 1 3 Sambo 0 0 3 3 Sepak takraw 0 0 1 1 Short course swimming 1 1 1 3 Sport climbing 0 0 1 1 Taekwondo 7 2 4 13 Vovinam 1 3 3 7 Weightlifting 1 1 2 4 Wrestling 9 3 4 16 Wrestling, Alysh 1 1 10 12 Wrestling, Belt 0 1 8 9 Wrestling, Pahlavani 3 0 0 3 Wrestling, Turkmen goresh 0 1 5 6 Wushu 1 3 0 4 Total 63 53 85 201
Asian Beach Games Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Aquatics, Beach water polo 0 1 0 1 Beach athletics 2 3 1 6 Beach kabaddi 2 0 1 3 Beach kurash 3 3 2 8 Beach sambo 0 2 2 4 Beach sepak takraw 0 0 2 2 Beach soccer 2 0 1 3 Beach volleyball 0 1 0 1 Beach wrestling 5 1 0 6 Bodybuilding 1 1 0 2 Footvolley 0 1 0 1 Ju-jitsu 0 3 3 6 Muaythai 3 2 1 6 Pencak silat 0 1 1 2 Vocotruyen 2 1 1 4 Vovinam 0 0 1 1 Total 20 20 16 56
Asian Youth Games Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total 3x3 basketball 0 2 0 2 Athletics 1 5 4 10 Beach Wrestling 2 2 0 4 Boxing 0 2 4 6 Esports 0 0 1 1 Football 0 1 1 2 Futsal 1 1 0 2 Handball 1 0 0 1 Judo 1 0 5 6 Kabaddi 0 2 0 2 Kurash 0 2 2 4 Mixed Martial Arts 4 1 2 7 Muay 2 2 5 9 Pencak Silat 0 0 1 1 Shooting 0 1 0 1 Swimming 2 0 0 2 Table Tennis 0 0 1 1 Taekwondo 3 3 6 12 Volleyball 2 0 0 2 Weightlifting 1 2 6 9 Wrestling 3 1 2 6 Total 23 27 40 90
West Asian Games Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 63 37 56 156 1 9 11 16 36 3 20 25 16 61 3 Total 92 73 88 253 1
Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Aquatics, Diving 2 2 3 7 Aquatics, Swimming 6 6 11 23 Athletics 15 18 22 55 Badminton 3 3 6 12 Basketball 1 0 0 1 Boxing 7 2 3 12 Fencing 7 9 9 25 Football 1 1 1 3 Gymnastics 2 6 5 13 Handball 0 1 0 1 Judo 3 2 1 6 Karate 11 7 11 29 Shooting 5 5 7 17 Table tennis 3 2 3 8 Taekwondo 6 1 1 8 Tennis 3 0 2 5 Volleyball 0 1 0 1 Weightlifting 8 3 1 12 Wrestling 9 4 2 15 Total 92 73 88 253
Multiple gold medalists This is a list of multiple Asian Games gold medalists for Iran, listing people who have won at least three medals including at least two gold medals.
Athletes in bold are still active.
Athlete Sport Asian Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Mohammad Nassiri Weightlifting 1966–1974 4 1 0 5 Ehsan Haddadi Athletics 2006–2022 4 1 0 5 Moslem Eskandar-Filabi Wrestling 1966–1974 4 0 0 4 Reza Soukhtehsaraei Wrestling 1974–1990 3 1 0 4 Mohammad Mousavi Volleyball 2010–2022 3 1 0 4 Mohsen Mohammadseifi Wushu 2010–2022 3 1 0 4 Houshang Kargarnejad Weightlifting 1970–1974 3 0 1 4 Behdad Salimi Weightlifting 2010–2018 3 0 0 3 Alireza Heidari Wrestling 1998–2006 3 0 0 3 Reza Yazdani Wrestling 2006–2014 3 0 0 3 Jalal Keshmiri Athletics 1966–1974 2 3 1 6 Hassan Arianfard Cycling 1970–1974 2 1 1 4 Jasem Vishkaei Karate 2002–2010 2 1 0 3 Akbar Shokrollahi Weightlifting 1974 2 1 0 3 Ali Vali Weightlifting 1974 2 1 0 3 Saeid Marouf Volleyball 2010–2018 2 1 0 3 Teymour Ghiasi Athletics 1966–1974 2 0 1 3 Hossein Rezazadeh Weightlifting 1998–2006 2 0 1 3
List of flag bearers Event year Flag bearer Sport 1951 Ahmad Ordoubadi Weightlifting 1958 Mahmoud Namjoo Weightlifting 1966 Mansour Mehdizadeh Wrestling 1970 Mohammad Nassiri Weightlifting 1974 Moslem Eskandar-Filabi Wrestling 1982 Reza Soukhtehsaraei Wrestling 1986 Reza Soukhtehsaraei Wrestling 1990 Alireza Lorestani Wrestling 1994 Amir Reza Khadem Wrestling 1998 Zahra Mahroughi Shooting 2002 Ali Daei Football 2006 Hossein Rezazadeh Weightlifting 2010 Samad Nikkhah Bahrami Basketball 2014 Behdad Salimi Weightlifting 2018 Elaheh Ahmadi Shooting 2022 Javad Foroughi Nahid Kiani ShootingTaekwondo