Iran at the
1968 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIRI
(IRN used at these Games)
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Iran
Websitewww.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Mexico City
Competitors14 in 3 sports
Flag bearerAbolfazl Anvari
Medals
Ranked 19th
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Iran competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 14 athletes represented Iran in the 1968 Olympics.[1]

Competitors

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 1 1
Weightlifting 4 4
Wrestling 9 9
Total 14 0 14

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Weightlifting 1 1 2
Wrestling 1 2 3
Total 2 1 2 5

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Mohammad Nassiri Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
 Gold Abdollah Movahed Wrestling Men's freestyle 70 kg
 Silver Parviz Jalayer Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg
 Bronze Aboutaleb Talebi Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg
 Bronze Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi Wrestling Men's freestyle 63 kg

Results by event

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Men[2]
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Jalal Keshmiri Shot put Did not start Did not advance
Discus throw 53.96 20 Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Men[3]
Athlete Event Press Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Mohammad Nassiri 56 kg 112.5 105.0 150.0 WR 367.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Nasrollah Dehnavi 60 kg 117.5 107.5 140.0 365.0 6
Parviz Jalayer 67.5 kg 125.0 132.5 165.0 422.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Daniel Gevargiz 75 kg No mark — — — —

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Men's freestyle[4]
Athlete Event 1st round 2nd round 3rd round 4th round 5th round 6th round 7th / Final round Rank
Mohammad Ghorbani 52 kg  Defran (DOM)
W Fall 		 Solari (ECU)
W Fall 		 Triantafyllidis (GRE)
W Fall 		 Sanders (USA)
L Fall 		 Nakata (JPN)
L Fall 		Did not advance 7
Aboutaleb Talebi 57 kg  Raxon (GUA)
W Superiority 		 Ahmad (AFG)
W Points 		 Sardar (PAK)
W Points 		Bye  Behm (USA)
W Points 		 Aliyev (URS)
D Points 		 Uetake (JPN)
D Points 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi 63 kg  Douglas (USA)
W Points 		 Luczak (GDR)
W Superiority 		 Engel (TCH)
W Fall 		 Tedeyev (URS)
W Points 		 Karypidis (GRE)
W Fall 		 Todorov (BUL)
D Points 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
 Kaneko (JPN)
L Points
Abdollah Movahed 70 kg  Garvie (CAN)
W Superiority 		 Vario (ARG)
W Superiority 		 Marchand (FRA)
W Superiority 		 Rost (FRG)
W Superiority 		 Chand (IND)
W Points 		 Sereeter (MGL)
W Points 		 Valchev (BUL)
W Points 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ali-Mohammad Momeni 78 kg  Ayub (AFG)
W Superiority 		 Bajkó (HUN)
W Points 		 Atalay (TUR)
L Points 		 Heinze (GDR)
W Points 		 Sotirov (BUL)
W Points 		Did not advance 4
Mansour Mehdizadeh 87 kg  Balla (ROU)
L Disqualification 		Did not appear Did not advance 22
Moslem Eskandar-Filabi 97 kg  Vernik (ARG)
W Superiority 		 Jutzeler (SUI)
L Points 		 Lomidze (URS)
L Points 		Did not advance Did not advance 9
Abolfazl Anvari +97 kg  Nyers (HUN)
W Points 		 Robertsson (SWE)
W Points 		 Kristoff (USA)
L Points 		 Duraliev (BUL)
L Fall 		Did not advance Did not advance 6
Men's Greco-Roman[5]
Athlete Event 1st round 2nd round 3rd round 4th round 5th round 6th round Final round Rank
Hossein Moarreb 63 kg  Hassanein (EGY)
W DNF 		 Alakoç (TUR)
L Points 		 Galinchev (BUL)
L Fall 		Did not advance 11

References

  1. ^ "Iran at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  2. ^ "The Official Report of The Games of the XIV Olympiad Mexico City 1968, Volume III, Part 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. p. 112. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  3. ^ "The Official Report of The Games of the XIV Olympiad Mexico City 1968, Volume III, Part 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. p. 286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  4. ^ "The Official Report of The Games of the XIV Olympiad Mexico City 1968, Volume III, Part 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 300–308. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  5. ^ "The Official Report of The Games of the XIV Olympiad Mexico City 1968, Volume III, Part 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. p. 311. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

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