Iran at the
1960 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIRI
(IRN used at these Games)
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Iran
Websitewww.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Rome
Competitors25 in 5 sports
Flag bearerJafar Salmasi
Medals
Ranked 27th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
3
Total
4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Iran competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 25 athletes represented Iran in the 1960 Olympics.[1]

Competitors

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 1 1
Boxing 4 4
Shooting 1 1
Weightlifting 7 7
Wrestling 12 12
Total 25 0 25

Medal summary

Medal table

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

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver Gholamreza Takhti Wrestling Men's freestyle 87 kg
 Bronze Esmaeil Elmkhah Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
 Bronze Ebrahim Seifpour Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg
 Bronze Mohammad Paziraei Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg

Results by event

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Men[2]
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Rouhollah Rahmani Triple jump 14.70 30 Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Men[3]
Athlete Event 1/32 final 1/16 final 1/8 final Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Ezaria Ilkhanoff 51 kg Bye  Badrian (RHO)
W 4–1 		 Botta (ARG)
L Walkover 		Did not advance 9
Sadegh Aliakbarzadeh 54 kg Bye  Nasir (PAK)
L 1–4 		Did not advance 17
Vazik Kazarian 63.5 kg Bye  Kelsey (GBR)
L 2–3 		Did not advance 17
Amir Yavari 67 kg Bye  Cornejo (CHI)
W 3–2 		 Drogosz (POL)
L 0–5 		Did not advance 9

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Open[4]
Athlete Event Elimination round Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Gholam Hossein Mobaser 50 m rifle 3 positions 471 71 did not advance
50 m rifle prone 384 33 Q 567 50

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Men[5]
Athlete Event Press Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Esmaeil Elmkhah 56 kg 97.5 100.0 132.5 330.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ali Safa-Sonboli 60 kg 92.5 No mark — — —
Henrik Tamraz 67.5 kg 112.5 105.0 130.0 347.5 14
Mohammad Ami-Tehrani 75 kg 117.5 120.0 155.0 392.5 6
Ebrahim Peiravi 75 kg did not start
Mangashti Amirian 82.5 kg 120.0 120.0 150.0 390.0 10
Manouchehr Boroumand 90 kg did not start

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Men's freestyle[6]
Athlete Event First round Second round Third round Fourth round Fifth round Sixth round Final round Rank
Ebrahim Seifpour 52 kg  Gröning (AUS)
W Fall 		 Rantala (FIN)
W Fall 		 Kropp (POL)
W Fall 		 Zoete (FRA)
W Fall 		 Aliyev (URS)
W Fall 		 Bilek (TUR)
L Points 		 Matsubara (JPN)
L Points 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mehdi Yaghoubi 57 kg  Akbaş (TUR)
D Points 		 Mancini (SMR)
W Fall 		 Im (KOR)
W Points 		 Asai (JPN)
L Points 		Did not advance Did not advance 7
Mohammad Khadem 62 kg  Rubashvili (URS)
L Fall 		 Giani (USA)
W Points 		 Kang (KOR)
W Fall 		 Sato (JPN)
L Fall 		Did not advance 8
Mostafa Tajik 67 kg  Ashrafuddin (PAK)
W Fall 		 Şahin (TUR)
W Points 		 Nazem (LIB)
W Fall 		 Ries (RSA)
W Fall 		 Valchev (BUL)
L Fall 		 Wilson (USA)
L Points 		4
Emam-Ali Habibi 73 kg  Choi (KOR)
W Fall 		 Carlsson (SWE)
W Points 		 Bashir (PAK)
W Points 		 De Vescovi (ITA)
W Points 		 Blubaugh (USA)
L Fall 		Did not advance 4
Mansour Mehdizadeh 79 kg  Thomas (NZL)
L Fall 		 Antonsson (SWE)
W Points 		 Güngör (TUR)
D Points 		Did not advance 12
Gholamreza Takhti 87 kg  Gunga (AFG)
W Fall 		 Parsons (AUS)
W Fall 		 Kawano (JPN)
W Fall 		 Gurics (HUN)
W Fall 		 van Zyl (RSA)
W Fall 		 Atlı (TUR)
L Points 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yaghoub Ali Shourvarzi +87 kg  Ordman (RSA)
W Fall 		 Dzarasov (URS)
L Fall 		 Dietrich (EUA)
L Fall 		Did not advance Did not advance 10
Men's Greco-Roman[7]
Athlete Event First round Second round Third round Fourth round Fifth round Sixth round Final round Rank
Mohammad Paziraei 52 kg  Mewis (BEL)
W Points 		 El-Sayed (EGY)
L Points 		 Hajduk (POL)
W Points 		Bye  Kochergin (URS)
W Points 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ali Banihashemi 57 kg  Švec (TCH)
L Points 		 Dora (YUG)
L Points 		Did not advance Did not advance 17
Hossein Mollaghasemi 62 kg  Mäkinen (FIN)
W Points 		 Gregório (POR)
W Fall 		 Allen (USA)
W Points 		 Şulţ (ROU)
W Points 		 Vyrupayev (URS)
L Fall 		Did not advance 6
Mansour Hazrati 79 kg  Punkari (FIN)
D Points 		 Kormaník (TCH)
L Points 		 Ayvaz (TUR)
L Points 		Did not advance 14

References

  1. ^ "Iran at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  2. ^ "The Games of the XVII Olympiad – Official Report Volume 2 – Part 1" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. p. 141. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  3. ^ "The Games of the XVII Olympiad – Official Report Volume 2 – Part 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 148–198. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  4. ^ "The Games of the XVII Olympiad – Official Report Volume 2 – Part 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 411–416. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  5. ^ "The Games of the XVII Olympiad – Official Report Volume 2 – Part 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 330–353. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  6. ^ "The Games of the XVII Olympiad – Official Report Volume 2 – Part 1" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 509–545. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
  7. ^ "The Games of the XVII Olympiad – Official Report Volume 2 – Part 1" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 473–499. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.

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