Iran at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Iran at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IRI
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Website	www.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021 (2021-07-23) – August 8, 2021 (2021-08-08)
Competitors	65 in 17 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Samad Nikkhah Bahrami Hanieh Rostamian
Flag bearer (closing)	Amir Hossein Zare
Medals Ranked 27th	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 7
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Iran (officially the Islamic Republic of Iran) competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place during the summer of 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Since the nation's return in 1948 after having made their debut in 1900, Iranian athletes have attended every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of 1980 and 1984 which they boycotted.

Medalists

Further information: 2020 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Javad Foroughi	Shooting	Men's 10 m air pistol	24 July
Gold	Mohammad Reza Geraei	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg	4 August
Gold	Sajjad Ganjzadeh	Karate	Men's +75 kg	7 August
Silver	Ali Davoudi	Weightlifting	Men's +109 kg	4 August
Silver	Hassan Yazdani	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 86 kg	5 August
Bronze	Mohammad Hadi Saravi	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg	3 August
Bronze	Amir Hossein Zare	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 125 kg	6 August

Competitors

Sending-off of the Iranian delegation to the 2020 Summer Olympics

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	0	1
Athletics	2	1	3
Badminton	0	1	1
Basketball	12	0	12
Boxing	2	0	2
Canoeing	1	0	1
Cycling	1	0	1
Fencing	4	0	4
Karate	1	2	3
Rowing	0	1	1
Shooting	2	4	6
Swimming	1	0	1
Table Tennis	1	0	1
Taekwondo	2	1	3
Volleyball	12	0	12
Weightlifting	2	0	2
Wrestling	11	0	11
Total	55	10	65

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

One Iranian archer qualified for the men's individual recurve by advancing to the semifinal stage and obtaining one of the three available spots at the 2019 Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.[2]

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
Milad Vaziri	Men's individual	629	63	Ellison (USA) L 0–6	Did not advance

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Iranian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[3][4]

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

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hassan Taftian	Men's 100 m	Bye		10.19	4	Did not advance
Mahdi Pirjahan	Men's 400 m hurdles	Withdrew ‌‌‌‌‌after testing positive for COVID-19
Farzaneh Fasihi	Women's 100 m	11.76	1 Q	11.79	8	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ehsan Haddadi	Men's discus throw	58.98	26	Did not advance

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Iranian women's badminton player, Sorayya Aghaei, got the allocation quotas from the Badminton World Federation after Airi Mikkela withdrew. She is the first ever women's badminton player to represent Iran at the Olympic Games.[5]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sorayya Aghaei	Women's singles	Abdul Razzaq (MDV) W (21–14, 21–7)	He Bj (CHN) L (11–21, 3–21)	2	Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Indoor

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Iran men's	Men's tournament	Czech Republic L 78–84	United States L 66–120	France L 62–79	4	Did not advance

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Iran men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics as the highest-ranked Asian squad at the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China, marking the country's return to the sport after a twelve-year absence.[6][7]

Team roster

The roster was announced on 3 July 2021.[8]

Iran men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 3 Mohammadsina Vahedi 20 – (2001-01-08)8 January 2001 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Shahrdari Gorgan PG 5 Philip Jalalpoor 28 – (1993-06-14)14 June 1993 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Medi Bayreuth PF 7 Mohammad Hassanzadeh 30 – (1990-10-06)6 October 1990 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Palayesh Naft Abadan SF 8 Saeid Davarpanah 33 – (1987-09-07)7 September 1987 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Palayesh Naft Abadan G 13 Mohammad Jamshidi 29 – (1991-07-30)30 July 1991 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Shahrdari Gorgan SF 14 Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (C) 38 – (1983-05-11)11 May 1983 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Mahram Tehran C 15 Hamed Haddadi 36 – (1985-05-19)19 May 1985 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) Sichuan Blue Whales SG 17 Navid Rezaeifar 24 – (1996-08-23)23 August 1996 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Shahrdari Gorgan PF 20 Mike Rostampour 29 – (1991-12-20)20 December 1991 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Shahrdari Gorgan C 23 Aaron Geramipoor 28 – (1992-09-11)11 September 1992 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) Manchester Giants PF 41 Arsalan Kazemi 31 – (1990-04-22)22 April 1990 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Chemidor Qom G 88 Behnam Yakhchali 26 – (1995-07-12)12 July 1995 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Rostock Seawolves	Head coach Mehran Shahintab[9] Assistant coach(es) Mehrad Atashi Farzad Kouhian Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 25 July 2021

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	259	215	+44	6	Quarterfinals
2	United States	3	2	1	315	233	+82	5
3	Czech Republic	3	1	2	245	294	−49	4
4	Iran	3	0	3	206	283	−77	3

Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 10:00 v

Boxscore

Iran	78–84	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 11–21, 16–21, 32–17
Pts: Yakhchali 23 Rebs: Haddadi 10 Asts: Jamshidi 7		Pts: Auda 16 Rebs: Balvín, Satoranský 8 Asts: Satoranský 8

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Matthew Kallio (CAN), Scott Beker (AUS), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)

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28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 13:40 v

Boxscore

United States	120–66	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 32–18, 22–13, 38–23
Pts: Lillard 21 Rebs: Booker, Durant 5 Asts: LaVine 8		Pts: Haddadi, Jamshidi 14 Rebs: Haddadi 7 Asts: Jalalpoor, Jamshidi 3

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Andreia Silva (BRA)

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31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 10:00 v

Boxscore

Iran	62–79	France
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 10–24, 20–16, 15–17
Pts: Haddadi 18 Rebs: Haddadi 12 Asts: Haddadi 5		Pts: Heurtel 16 Rebs: four players 5 Asts: De Colo 5

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Leandro Lezcano (ARG), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Iran entered two male boxers into the Olympic tournament. 19-year-old Danial Shahbakhsh (men's featherweight) and Asia's second-seeded boxer Seyed Shahin Mousavi (men's middleweight) secured the spots on the Iranian squad, by scoring a box-off triumph each in their respective weight divisions at the 2020 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.[10]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Danial Shahbakhsh	Men's featherweight	Hamout (MAR) W 5–0	Álvarez (CUB) L RSC-I	Did not advance
Seyed Shahin Mousavi	Men's middleweight	Moriwaki (JPN) L 2–3	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Sprint

Iran qualified a single boat (men's K-1 1000 m) for the Games by winning the gold medal at the 2021 Asian Canoe Sprint Qualification Regatta in Pattaya, Thailand.[11]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ali Aghamirzaei	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:48.609	5 QF	3:52.834	4	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

Iran entered one rider to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of his top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking.[12]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Saeid Safarzadeh	Men's road race	Did not finish
	Men's time trial	1:05:14.62	35

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Iranian fencers qualified a full squad in the men's team sabre for the first time at the Games, as the highest-ranked nation from Asia outside the world's top four in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings.[13]

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
Mojtaba Abedini	Men's sabre	Bye	Gordon (CAN) W 15–10	Szilágyi (HUN) L 7–15	Did not advance
Ali Pakdaman		Bye	Szatmári (HUN) W 15–12	Hartung (GER) W 15–9	Szilágyi (HUN) L 6–15	Did not advance
Mohammad Rahbari		Bye	Apithy (FRA) W 15–13	Samele (ITA) L 7–15	Did not advance
Mojtaba Abedini Ali Pakdaman Mohammad Rahbari Mohammad Fotouhi*	Men's team sabre	—			Italy (ITA) L 44–45	Classification semifinal  United States (USA) W 45–36	Fifth place final  Egypt (EGY) L 24–45	6

Karate

Main articles: Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Iran entered three karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. Sajjad Ganjzadeh (men's +75 kg), Sara Bahmanyar (women's 55 kg), and Hamideh Abbasali (women's +61 kg) qualified directly for their respective kumite categories by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings.[14][15]

Kumite

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sajjad Ganjzadeh	Men's +75 kg	Kvesić (CRO) W 3–1	Hamedi (KSA) D 0–0	Irr (USA) W 6–0	Gaysinsky (CAN) W 2–1	1 Q	Aktaş (TUR) W 2–2	Hamedi (KSA) W 4–0 HAN
Sara Bahmanyar	Women's −55 kg	Özçelik (TUR) W 5–4	Wen T-y (TPE) L 1–5	Goranova (BUL) L 2–5	—	3	Did not advance
Hamideh Abbasali	Women's +61 kg	Matoub (ALG) W 4–0	Quirici (SUI) L 0–4	Abdelaziz (EGY) W 9–7	Gong L (CHN) L 4–8	4	Did not advance

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Iran qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games by winning the silver medal and securing the second of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, Japan.[16]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nazanin Malaei	Women's single sculls	7:59.01	3 QF	Bye		8:07.32	3 SA/B	7:45.52	6 FB	7:42.57	11

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

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Iranian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[17]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Javad Foroughi	Men's 10 m air pistol	580	5 Q	—		244.8 OR
Mahyar Sedaghat	Men's 10 m air rifle	629.1	9			Did not advance
	Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions	1168	20			Did not advance
Fatemeh Karamzadeh	Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions	1163	22			Did not advance
	Women's 10 m air rifle	624.9	23			Did not advance
Najmeh Khedmati	Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions	1165	18			Did not advance
Hanieh Rostamian	Women's 10 m air pistol	576	10			Did not advance
	Women's 25 m pistol	577	28			Did not advance
Armina Sadeghian	Women's 10 m air rifle	622.6	30			Did not advance
Mahyar Sedaghat Najmeh Khedmati	Mixed 10 m air rifle team	624.9	15	Did not advance
Javad Foroughi Hanieh Rostamian	Mixed 10 m air pistol team	575	8 Q	382	5	Did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Iran received a‌n Universality invitation from FINA to send a male swimmer to the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Matin Balsini	Men's 200 m butterfly	1:59.97 NR	33	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Iran entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Nima Alamian scored a zonal-match triumph for Central Asia to book a men's singles spot at the Asian Qualification Tournament in Doha, Qatar.[18]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nima Alamian	Men's singles	Bye	Drinkhall (GBR) L 1–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Iran entered three athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Armin Hadipour (men's 58 kg) qualified directly for their respective weight classes by finishing among the top five, while Mirhashem Hosseini received a spare berth freed up by the 2019 World Grand Slam winner in the men's lightweight category (68 kg), as the next highest-placed taekwondo practitioner, not yet qualified, in the WT Olympic Rankings. On the women's side, Nahid Kiani scored a semifinal victory in the lightweight category (57 kg) to book the remaining spot on the Iranian taekwondo squad at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.[19]

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Armin Hadipour	Men's −58 kg	—	Ochoa (COL) W 22–19	Guzmán (ARG) L 6–26	Did not advance
Mirhashem Hosseini	Men's −68 kg	—	Huang Y-j (TPE) W 18–15	Rashitov (UZB) L 22–34	Did not advance	Lee D-h (KOR) L 21–30	Did not advance	7
Nahid Kiani	Women's −57 kg	Alizadeh (EOR) L 9–18	Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Indoor

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Iran men's	Men's tournament	Poland W 3–2	Venezuela W 3–0	Canada L 0–3	Italy L 1–3	Japan L 2–3	5	Did not advance

Men's tournament

Main articles: Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Iran men's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the final match and securing an outright berth at the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Jiangmen, China.[20]

Team roster

The  Iran roster was announced on 11 July 2021.[21]

Head coach: Vladimir Alekno

• 2 Milad Ebadipour OH
• 4 Saeid Marouf (C) S
• 6 Mohammad Mousavi MB
• 9 Masoud Gholami MB
• 10 Amir Ghafour OP
• 11 Saber Kazemi OP
• 12 Morteza Sharifi OH
• 15 Ali Asghar Mojarrad MB
• 17 Meisam Salehi OH
• 19 Mehdi Marandi L
• 21 Arman Salehi L
• 24 Javad Karimi S

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	5	4	1	13	14	4	3.500	435	365	1.192	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	4	1	11	12	7	1.714	447	411	1.088
3	Japan (H)	5	3	2	8	10	9	1.111	437	433	1.009
4	Canada	5	2	3	7	9	9	1.000	396	387	1.023
5	Iran	5	2	3	6	9	11	0.818	453	460	0.985
6	Venezuela	5	0	5	0	1	15	0.067	281	393	0.715

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 19:40 v	Poland	2–3	Iran	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Daniele Rapisarda (ITA), Juraj Mokrý (SVK)
	(25–18, 22–25, 22–25, 25–22, 21–23) Results Statistics

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26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 09:00 v	Iran	3–0	Venezuela	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Susana Rodríguez (ESP)
	(25–17, 25–20, 25–18) Results Statistics

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28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 09:00 v	Canada	3–0	Iran	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Paulo Turci (BRA)
	(25–16, 25–20, 25–22) Results Statistics

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30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 19:40 v	Italy	3–1	Iran	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
	(30–28, 25–21, 21–25, 25–21) Results Statistics

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1 August 2021 (2021-08-01) 19:40 v	Japan	3–2	Iran	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Daniele Rapisarda (ITA)
	(25–21, 20–25, 29–31, 25–22, 15–13) Results Statistics

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Iran entered two weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian and 2017 world champion Ali Hashemi (men's 109 kg) and the reigning Asian champion Ali Davoudi (men's +109 kg) secured one of the top eight slots each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ali Hashemi	Men's –109 kg	184	5	228	DNF	184	DNF
Ali Davoudi	Men's +109 kg	200	2	241	2	441

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Iran qualified eleven wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Five of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle (57 and 86 kg), men's Greco-Roman (60, 77, and 130 kg) at the 2019 World Championships, while five additional licenses were awarded to the Iranian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals of their respective weight categories at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[22][23]

On February 19, 2020, United World Wrestling awarded an additional Olympic license to Iran in men's freestyle 125 kg, as a response to the doping violations on the Syrian and Uzbek wrestler at the World Championships.[24]

Key:

• VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
• VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
• PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Reza Atri	Men's −57 kg	Atlı (TUR) W 3–1 ^PP	Bekhbayar (MGL) W 3–1 ^PP	Uguev (ROC) L 1–3 ^PP	Bye	Gilman (USA) L 1–3 ^PP	5
Morteza Ghiasi	Men's −65 kg	Dakhlaoui (TUN) W 3–1 ^PP	Punia (IND) L 0–5 ^VT	Did not advance			8
Mostafa Hosseinkhani	Men's −74 kg	Dake (USA) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance				15
Hassan Yazdani	Men's −86 kg	Shapiev (UZB) W 3–1 ^PP	Reichmuth (SUI) W 4–1 ^SP	Naifonov (ROC) W 3–1 ^PP	Bye	Taylor (USA) L 1–3 ^PP
Mohammad Mohammadian	Men's −97 kg	Odikadze (GEO) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance				13
Amir Hossein Zare	Men's −125 kg	Khotsianivskyi (UKR) W 3–0 ^PO	Shala (KOS) W 4–1 ^SP	Petriashvili (GEO) L 1–3 ^PP	Bye	Deng Zw (CHN) W 3–0 ^PO

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alireza Nejati	Men's −60 kg	Melikyan (ARM) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance				10
Mohammad Reza Geraei	Men's −67 kg	Horta (COL) W 4–0 ^ST	Stäbler (GER) W 3–1 ^PP	Zoidze (GEO) W 3–1 ^PP	Bye	Nasibov (UKR) W 4–1 ^ST
Mohammad Ali Geraei	Men's −77 kg	Peña (CUB) W 3–1 ^PP	Starčević (CRO) W 3–1 ^PP	Lőrincz (HUN) L 1–3 ^PP	Bye	Yabiku (JPN) L 1–4 ^SP	5
Mohammad Hadi Saravi	Men's −97 kg	Boudjemlin (ALG) W 4–0 ^ST	Kiril Milov (BUL) W 3–0 ^PO	Aleksanyan (ARM) L 1–3 ^PP	Bye	Savolainen (FIN) W 3–1 ^PP
Amin Mirzazadeh	Men's −130 kg	Kim M-s (KOR) W 3–0 ^PO	López (CUB) L 0–4 ^ST	Did not advance	Alexuc-Ciurariu (ROU) W 3–1 ^PP	Kayaalp (TUR) L 1–3 ^PP	5

Demonstration sports

Taekwondo

Team event

A team demonstration event with 5 teams is held. Its medal will not be officially calculated. 5 teams were divided into 2 groups. Iran and japan are in one group. Iran won against japan and went to final.

Athlete	Event	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Amir Mohammad Bakhshi Erfan Nazemi Melika Mirhosseini Kimia Hemati	Team	Japan (JPN) W 52–31	Bye	China (CHN) L 22–41

Referees and officials

In addition to these athletes, 8 Iranians were invited by different international federations to participate in this event.

Mohammad Mosallaeipour will referee as an Iranian wrestling referee at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Afshin Badiee will serve as a member of the Jury of ITTF and Simin Rezaei will referee in Table tennis.

Also, Majid Naseri Khorram will referee in Cycling in 2020 summer Olympics. Farhad Moradi Shahpar as member of medical commission of the World Swimming Federation (FINA). Ali Moradi (sports executive) [fa] as ITO (Technical Representative) in International Weightlifting Federation. Ahmad Donyamali will serve as a Board Member of the International Canoe Federation, and Pariya Shahriyari [fa] will be Member of the Executive Board of FIFA.[25][26]

See also

• Iran at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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External links

• National Olympic committee of Iran
• IrFans2020 Archived 2021-07-06 at the Wayback Machine