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Iran, formerly known as Persia before 1935 and officially the Islamic Republic of Iran since 1979, first participated in the Olympic Games in 1900. Iran has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since 1948, except for 1980 and 1984 due to political boycotts. Iran has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games on several occasions since 1956.

Iran at the
Olympics
IOC codeIRI
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Websitewww.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
Medals
Ranked 41st
Gold
27
Silver
29
Bronze
32
Total
88
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Iran has participated in 19 Summer Olympics and 12 Winter Olympics so far. Iran participated in 9 Summer Olympics and gained 4 gold medals before the 1979 Revolution, and participated in 10 Summer Olympics and won 23 gold medals after the revolution.

Freydoun Malkom, a fencer who competed in the épée event at the 1900 Summer Olympics, was the first Iranian Olympic competitor. Jafar Salmasi won Iran's first Olympic medal in 1948, and Kimia Alizadeh was the first Iranian female Olympic medalist, having done so in 2016. Iranian athletes have won a total of 88 Summer Olympic medals, all in wrestling, weightlifting, taekwondo, athletics, shooting, and karate. Iran's National Olympic Committee was founded in 1947.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1896 Athens did not participate
1900 Paris 1 0 0 0 0 –
1904–1936 did not participate
1948 London 36 0 0 1 1 34
1952 Helsinki 22 0 3 4 7 30
1956 Melbourne 17 2 2 1 5 14
1960 Rome 25 0 1 3 4 27
1964 Tokyo 63 0 0 2 2 34
1968 Mexico City 14 2 1 2 5 19
1972 Munich 50 0 2 1 3 28
1976 Montreal 86 0 1 1 2 33
1980 Moscow did not participate
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul 27 0 1 0 1 36
1992 Barcelona 40 0 1 2 3 44
1996 Atlanta 18 1 1 1 3 43
2000 Sydney 35 3 0 1 4 27
2004 Athens 38 2 2 2 6 29
2008 Beijing 55 1 0 1 2 52
2012 London 53 7 5 1 13 12
2016 Rio de Janeiro 63 3 1 4 8 24
2020 Tokyo 65 3 2 2 7 27
2024 Paris 41 3 6 3 12 21
2028 Los Angeles future event
2032 Brisbane
Total (19/30) 749 27 29 32 88 39

Medals by Winter Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 4 0 0 0 0 –
1960 Squaw Valley did not participate
1964 Innsbruck 4 0 0 0 0 –
1968 Grenoble 4 0 0 0 0 –
1972 Sapporo 4 0 0 0 0 –
1976 Innsbruck 4 0 0 0 0 –
1980–1994 did not participate
1998 Nagano 1 0 0 0 0 –
2002 Salt Lake City 2 0 0 0 0 –
2006 Turin 2 0 0 0 0 –
2010 Vancouver 4 0 0 0 0 –
2014 Sochi 5 0 0 0 0 –
2018 Pyeongchang 4 0 0 0 0 –
2022 Beijing 3 0 0 0 0 –
2026 Milano Cortina future event
2030 French Alps
2034 Salt Lake City
Total (12/24) 41 0 0 0 0 –

Medals by sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
 Wrestling 13 19 23 55
 Weightlifting 9 6 5 20
 Taekwondo 3 3 4 10
 Shooting 1 0 0 1
 Karate 1 0 0 1
 Athletics 0 1 0 1
Total (6) 27 29 32 88

List of medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event Date
 Bronze Jafar Salmasi 1948 London Weightlifting Men's 60 kg 019 August 1948
 Silver Gholamreza Takhti 1952 Helsinki Wrestling Men's freestyle 79 kg 0423 July 1952
 Silver Nasser Givehchi 1952 Helsinki Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg 0523 July 1952
 Silver Mahmoud Namjoo 1952 Helsinki Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 0725 July 1952
 Bronze Mahmoud Mollaghasemi 1952 Helsinki Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg 0223 July 1952
 Bronze Abdollah Mojtabavi 1952 Helsinki Wrestling Men's freestyle 73 kg 0323 July 1952
 Bronze Tofigh Jahanbakht 1952 Helsinki Wrestling Men's freestyle 67 kg 0623 July 1952
 Bronze Ali Mirzaei 1952 Helsinki Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 0825 July 1952
 Gold Emam-Ali Habibi 1956 Melbourne Wrestling Men's freestyle 67 kg 121 December 1956
 Gold Gholamreza Takhti 1956 Melbourne Wrestling Men's freestyle 87 kg 131 December 1956
 Silver Mehdi Yaghoubi 1956 Melbourne Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 101 December 1956
 Silver Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour 1956 Melbourne Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg 111 December 1956
 Bronze Mahmoud Namjoo 1956 Melbourne Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 0923 November 1956
 Silver Gholamreza Takhti 1960 Rome Wrestling Men's freestyle 87 kg 156 September 1960
 Bronze Mohammad Paziraei 1960 Rome Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg 1431 August 1960
 Bronze Ebrahim Seifpour 1960 Rome Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg 166 September 1960
 Bronze Esmaeil Elmkhah 1960 Rome Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 177 September 1960
 Bronze Ali Akbar Heidari 1964 Tokyo Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg 1814 October 1964
 Bronze Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran 1964 Tokyo Wrestling Men's freestyle 78 kg 1914 October 1964
 Gold Mohammad Nassiri 1968 Mexico City Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 2013 October 1968
 Gold Abdollah Movahed 1968 Mexico City Wrestling Men's freestyle 70 kg 2220 October 1968
 Silver Parviz Jalayer 1968 Mexico City Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg 2115 October 1968
 Bronze Aboutaleb Talebi 1968 Mexico City Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 2320 October 1968
 Bronze Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi 1968 Mexico City Wrestling Men's freestyle 63 kg 2420 October 1968
 Silver Mohammad Nassiri 1972 Munich Weightlifting Men's 56 kg 2528 August 1972
 Silver Rahim Aliabadi 1972 Munich Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg 2710 September 1972
 Bronze Ebrahim Javadi 1972 Munich Wrestling Men's freestyle 48 kg 2631 August 1972
 Silver Mansour Barzegar 1976 Montreal Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 2931 July 1976
 Bronze Mohammad Nassiri 1976 Montreal Weightlifting Men's 52 kg 2818 July 1976
 Silver Askari Mohammadian 1988 Seoul Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 301 October 1988
 Silver Askari Mohammadian 1992 Barcelona Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg 327 August 1992
 Bronze Amir Reza Khadem 1992 Barcelona Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 316 August 1992
 Bronze Rasoul Khadem 1992 Barcelona Wrestling Men's freestyle 82 kg 337 August 1992
 Gold Rasoul Khadem 1996 Atlanta Wrestling Men's freestyle 90 kg 362 August 1996
 Silver Abbas Jadidi 1996 Atlanta Wrestling Men's freestyle 100 kg 3531 July 1996
 Bronze Amir Reza Khadem 1996 Atlanta Wrestling Men's freestyle 82 kg 3431 July 1996
 Gold Hossein Tavakkoli 2000 Sydney Weightlifting Men's 105 kg 3725 September 2000
 Gold Hossein Rezazadeh 2000 Sydney Weightlifting Men's +105 kg 3826 September 2000
 Gold Alireza Dabir 2000 Sydney Wrestling Men's freestyle 58 kg 401 October 2000
 Bronze Hadi Saei 2000 Sydney Taekwondo Men's 68 kg 3928 September 2000
 Gold Hossein Rezazadeh 2004 Athens Weightlifting Men's +105 kg 4125 August 2004
 Gold Hadi Saei 2004 Athens Taekwondo Men's 68 kg 4227 August 2004
 Silver Alireza Rezaei 2004 Athens Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg 4428 August 2004
 Silver Masoud Mostafa-Jokar 2004 Athens Wrestling Men's freestyle 60 kg 4529 August 2004
 Bronze Yousef Karami 2004 Athens Taekwondo Men's 80 kg 4328 August 2004
 Bronze Alireza Heidari 2004 Athens Wrestling Men's freestyle 96 kg 4629 August 2004
 Gold Hadi Saei 2008 Beijing Taekwondo Men's 80 kg 4822 August 2008
 Bronze Morad Mohammadi 2008 Beijing Wrestling Men's freestyle 60 kg 4719 August 2008
 Gold Saeid Mohammadpour 2012 London Weightlifting Men's 94 kg 504 August 2012[b]
 Gold Hamid Sourian 2012 London Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg 515 August 2012
 Gold Omid Norouzi 2012 London Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg 526 August 2012
 Gold Navab Nassirshalal 2012 London Weightlifting Men's 105 kg 536 August 2012[d]
 Gold Ghasem Rezaei 2012 London Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg 547 August 2012
 Gold Behdad Salimi 2012 London Weightlifting Men's +105 kg 557 August 2012
 Gold Komeil Ghasemi 2012 London Wrestling Men's freestyle 120 kg 6111 August 2012[c]
 Silver Kianoush Rostami 2012 London Weightlifting Men's 85 kg 493 August 2012[a]
 Silver Sajjad Anoushiravani 2012 London Weightlifting Men's +105 kg 567 August 2012
 Silver Ehsan Haddadi 2012 London Athletics Men's discus throw 577 August 2012
 Silver Mohammad Bagheri Motamed 2012 London Taekwondo Men's 68 kg 589 August 2012
 Silver Sadegh Goudarzi 2012 London Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 5910 August 2012
 Bronze Ehsan Lashgari 2012 London Wrestling Men's freestyle 84 kg 6011 August 2012
 Gold Kianoush Rostami 2016 Rio de Janeiro Weightlifting Men's 85 kg 6212 August 2016
 Gold Sohrab Moradi 2016 Rio de Janeiro Weightlifting Men's 94 kg 6313 August 2016
 Gold Hassan Yazdani 2016 Rio de Janeiro Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg 6819 August 2016
 Silver Komeil Ghasemi 2016 Rio de Janeiro Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg 6920 August 2016
 Bronze Saeid Abdevali 2016 Rio de Janeiro Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 75 kg 6414 August 2016
 Bronze Ghasem Rezaei 2016 Rio de Janeiro Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg 6516 August 2016
 Bronze Kimia Alizadeh 2016 Rio de Janeiro Taekwondo Women's 57 kg 6618 August 2016
 Bronze Hassan Rahimi 2016 Rio de Janeiro Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 6719 August 2016
 Gold Javad Foroughi 2020 Tokyo Shooting Men's 10 m air pistol 7024 July 2021
 Gold Mohammad Reza Geraei 2020 Tokyo Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg 724 August 2021
 Gold Sajjad Ganjzadeh 2020 Tokyo Karate Men's kumite +75 kg 767 August 2021
 Silver Ali Davoudi 2020 Tokyo Weightlifting Men's +109 kg 734 August 2021
 Silver Hassan Yazdani 2020 Tokyo Wrestling Men's freestyle 86 kg 745 August 2021
 Bronze Mohammad Hadi Saravi 2020 Tokyo Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg 713 August 2021
 Bronze Amir Hossein Zare 2020 Tokyo Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg 756 August 2021
 Gold Mohammad Hadi Saravi 2024 Paris Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman −97 kg 787 August 2024
 Gold Saeid Esmaeili 2024 Paris Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman −67 kg 808 August 2024
 Gold Arian Salimi 2024 Paris Taekwondo Men's +80 kg 8610 August 2024
 Silver Alireza Mohmadi 2024 Paris Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman −87 kg 818 August 2024
 Silver Nahid Kiani 2024 Paris Taekwondo Women's 57 kg 828 August 2024
 Silver Hassan Yazdani 2024 Paris Wrestling Men's freestyle 86 kg 839 August 2024
 Silver Mehran Barkhordari 2024 Paris Taekwondo Men's 80 kg 849 August 2024
 Silver Amir Hossein Zare 2024 Paris Wrestling Men's freestyle 125 kg 8510 August 2024
 Silver Rahman Amouzad 2024 Paris Wrestling Men's freestyle 65 kg 8711 August 2024
 Bronze Amin Mirzazadeh 2024 Paris Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg 776 August 2024
 Bronze Mobina Nematzadeh 2024 Paris Taekwondo Women's 49 kg 797 August 2024
 Bronze Amir Ali Azarpira 2024 Paris Wrestling Men's 97 kg 8811 August 2024
  • a Kianoush Rostami originally won the bronze medal, but was upgraded to silver on 26 November 2016 after the original silver medalist tested positive for doping.
  • b Saeid Mohammadpour originally finished 5th, but was upgraded to the gold medal position on 20 December 2016 since the top four weightlifters tested positive for doping.
  • c Komeil Ghasemi originally won the bronze medal, but was upgraded to gold on 26 July 2019 after the original gold and silver medalists tested positive for doping.
  • d Navab Nassirshalal originally won the silver medal, but was upgraded to gold on 19 December 2019 after the original gold medalist tested positive for doping.

Athletes with most medals

  • Athletes in bold are still active with Iran.
# Athlete Sport Games Total
1 Hadi Saei  Taekwondo 2000–2008 2 0 1 3
2 Hossein Rezazadeh  Weightlifting 2000–2004 2 0 0 2
3 Gholamreza Takhti  Wrestling 1952–1964 1 2 0 3
Hassan Yazdani  Wrestling 2016–2024 1 2 0 3
5 Mohammad Nassiri  Weightlifting 1968–1976 1 1 1 3
6 Komeil Ghasemi  Wrestling 2012–2016 1 1 0 2
Kianoush Rostami  Weightlifting 2012–2016 1 1 0 2
8 Rasoul Khadem  Wrestling 1992–1996 1 0 1 2
Ghasem Rezaei  Wrestling 2012–2016 1 0 1 2
Mohammad Hadi Saravi  Wrestling 2020–2024 1 0 1 2
11 Askari Mohammadian  Wrestling 1988–1992 0 2 0 2
12 Mahmoud Namjoo  Weightlifting 1952–1956 0 1 1 2
Amir Hossein Zare  Wrestling 2020–2024 0 1 1 2
14 Amir Reza Khadem  Wrestling 1992–1996 0 0 2 2

Sport by year

Summer Olympics

Sport 00 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 24 Years
 
Aquatics, Diving 1 1
Aquatics, Swimming 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9
Aquatics, Water polo 11 1
Archery 2 2 1 1 1 5
Athletics 1 2 1 8 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 2 6 10 10 3 2 17
Badminton 1 1 2
Basketball 13 12 12 3
Boxing 8 6 4 5 5 6 6 4 5 1 3 4 1 2 14
Canoeing, Sprint 1 2 1 1 2 5
Cycling, Road 4 4 7 7 7 2 2 3 3 3 1 1 12
Cycling, Track 2 5
Equestrian 1 1
Fencing 1 4 2 13 1 2 4 4 8
Football 17 19 17 3
Gymnastics, Artistic 2 1 2
Judo 1 3 7 6 1 2 6
Karate 3 1
Rowing 2 2 1 1 3 5
Shooting 3 1 4 4 1 1 1 3 5 6 4 11
Sport climbing 1 1
Table tennis 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 3 8
Taekwondo 4 3 2 2 3 3 4 3 4 7
Volleyball 12 12 2
Weightlifting 5 7 7 5 5 4 3 7 5 6 6 3 6 5 2 2 16
Wrestling 7 8 8 12 12 9 14 17 15 16 10 11 13 12 13 12 11 12 18
Total 1 36 22 17 23 63 14 50 86 27 40 18 35 38 55 53 63 65 41 19

Winter Olympics

Sport 56 64 68 72 76 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Years
 
Skiing, Alpine 3 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 12
Skiing, Cross-country 1 1 1 2 2 1 6
Total 3 4 4 4 4 1 2 2 4 5 4 2 11

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