Iran at the
1952 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIRI
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Iran
Websitewww.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Helsinki
Competitors22 in 4 sports
Flag bearer Mahmoud Namjoo
Medals
Ranked 30th
Gold
0
Silver
3
Bronze
4
Total
7
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Iran competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 22 athletes represented Iran in the 1952 Olympics.[1][2]

Competitors

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 1 1
Boxing 6 6
Weightlifting 7 7
Wrestling 8 8
Total 22 0 22

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Weightlifting 1 1 2
Wrestling 2 3 5
Total 0 3 4 7

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver Mahmoud Namjoo Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
 Silver Nasser Givehchi Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg
 Silver Gholamreza Takhti Wrestling Men's freestyle 79 kg
 Bronze Ali Mirzaei Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
 Bronze Mahmoud Mollaghasemi Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg
 Bronze Tofigh Jahanbakht Wrestling Men's freestyle 67 kg
 Bronze Abdollah Mojtabavi Wrestling Men's freestyle 73 kg

Results by event

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Men[3]
Athlete Event First round Final Rank
Heat Time Rank Time Rank
Ali Baghbanbashi 5000 m 2 15:03.0 11 Did not advance 36
3000 m steeplechase 2 9:13.2 6 Did not advance 17

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Men[4]
Athlete Event First round Second round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Fazlollah Nikkhah 54 kg Bye  Kang (KOR)
L 0–3 		Did not advance 9
Emmanuel Aghassian 57 kg  Leisching (RSA)
L 0–3 		Did not advance 17
Petros Nazarbegian 60 kg Bye  Pakkanen (FIN)
L 0–3 		Did not advance 9
Ebrahim Afsharpour 63.5 kg  Milligan (IRL)
L 0–3 		Did not advance 17
George Issabeg 67 kg  Abdelrahman (EGY)
W Disqualification 		 Linneman (NED)
L 1–2 		Did not advance 9
Ardashes Saginian 71 kg  Herrera (ARG)
L 0–3 		Did not advance 17

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Men[5]
Athlete Event Press Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Ali Mirzaei 56 kg 95.0 92.5 112.5 300.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mahmoud Namjoo 56 kg 90.0 95.0 122.5 307.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mohsen Tabatabaei 60 kg 90.0 97.5 120.0 307.5 8
Hassan Ferdos 67.5 kg 102.5 107.5 135.0 345.0 5
Jalal Mansouri 75 kg 110.0 107.5 140.0 357.5 8
Hassan Rahnavardi 82.5 kg 120.0 122.5 160.0 402.5 4
Firouz Pojhan 90 kg 112.5 120.0 155.0 387.5 5

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Men's freestyle[6]
Athlete Event First round Second round Third round Fourth round Fifth round Final round Rank
Mahmoud Mollaghasemi 52 kg  Das (IND)
W Fall 		 Baise (RSA)
W Fall 		 Weber (GER)
W 3–0 		 Gemici (TUR)
W 2–1 		 Sayadov (URS)
W 2–1 		 Kitano (JPN)
L 0–3 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mehdi Yaghoubi 57 kg  Mammadbeyov (URS)
L Fall 		 Borders (USA)
W 3–0 		 Shehata (EGY)
W 3–0 		Did not advance 8
Nasser Givehchi 62 kg  Hall (GBR)
W 3–0 		Bye  Mangave (IND)
W 3–0 		 Essawi (EGY)
W 2–1 		 Tominaga (JPN)
W 2–1 		 Şit (TUR)
L 0–3 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
 Henson (USA)
W 2–1
Tofigh Jahanbakht 67 kg  Gál (HUN)
W 3–0 		 Myland (GBR)
W Fall 		 Yüce (TUR)
W 2–1 		 Nettesheim (GER)
W 2–1 		 Yaltyryan (URS)
W 3–0 		 Anderberg (SWE)
L 0–3 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
 Evans (USA)
L 0–3
Abdollah Mojtabavi 73 kg  Keisala (FIN)
W 2–1 		 Rybalko (URS)
W 2–1 		 Scott (AUS)
W 3–0 		 Yamazaki (JPN)
W 3–0 		 Berlin (SWE)
W 3–0 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
 Smith (USA)
L 0–3
Gholamreza Takhti 79 kg  Brunaud (FRA)
W Fall 		 Lahti (FIN)
W Fall 		 Genuth (ARG)
W Fall 		 Zafer (TUR)
W 3–0 		 Gocke (GER)
W 3–0 		 Tsimakuridze (URS)
L 1–2 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
 Gurics (HUN)
W Walkover
Abbas Zandi 87 kg Bye  Coote (AUS)
W 3–0 		 Sepponen (FIN)
W 3–0 		 Palm (SWE)
L 1–2 		Did not advance 5
Ahmad Vafadar +87 kg  Kangasniemi (FIN)
L Fall 		 Atan (TUR)
L 1–2 		Did not advance Did not advance 9

References

  1. ^ "Iran at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  2. ^ "The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. p. 247. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  3. ^ "The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 288 and 301. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  4. ^ "The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 404–421. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  5. ^ "The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 388–398. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  6. ^ "The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 353–368. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2011.

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