Iran at the
1994 Asian Games
IOC codeIRI
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Websitewww.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Hiroshima
Competitors162 in 15 sports
Flag bearerAmir Reza Khadem
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
9
Silver
9
Bronze
8
Total
26
Asian Games appearances (overview)

Iran participated in the 1994 Asian Games held in the city of Hiroshima. This country is ranked 6th with 9 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad.mu

Competitors

Sport Men Women Total
Aquatics, Diving 2 2
Aquatics, Swimming 5 5
Aquatics, Water polo 13 13
Athletics 10 10
Basketball 12 12
Boxing 12 12
Cycling, Road 4 4
Cycling, Track 6 6
Equestrian 9 9
Football 20 20
Judo 7 7
Karate 7 7
Shooting 5 5
Taekwondo 4 4
Tennis 4 4
Volleyball 12 12
Weightlifting 10 10
Wrestling 20 20
Total 153 5 158

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Boxing 1 1 2 4
Equestrian 1 1
Judo 1 1 2
Karate 1 2 1 4
Taekwondo 1 2 1 4
Wrestling 6 3 2 11
Total 9 9 8 26

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Ayoub Pourtaghi Boxing Men's 81 kg
 Gold Maziar Farid-Khomami Karate Men's kumite 70 kg
 Gold Fariborz Askari Taekwondo Men's 70 kg
 Gold Nader Rahmati Wrestling Men's freestyle 48 kg
 Gold Ali Akbarnejad Wrestling Men's freestyle 68 kg
 Gold Behrouz Yari Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg
 Gold Amir Reza Khadem Wrestling Men's freestyle 82 kg
 Gold Rasoul Khadem Wrestling Men's freestyle 90 kg
 Gold Ebrahim Mehraban Wrestling Men's freestyle 130 kg
 Silver Mohammad Reza Samadi Boxing Men's +91 kg
 Silver Mahmoud Miran Judo Men's +95 kg
 Silver Arash Javanshir Karate Men's kumite 65 kg
 Silver Saeid Ashtian Karate Men's kumite 75 kg
 Silver Ebrahim Saadati Taekwondo Men's 76 kg
 Silver Farzad Zarakhsh Taekwondo Men's +83 kg
 Silver Ayoub Baninosrat Wrestling Men's freestyle 100 kg
 Silver Reza Simkhah Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg
 Silver Hassan Babak Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg
 Bronze Anoushiravan Nourian Boxing Men's 67 kg
 Bronze Bahman Azizpour Boxing Men's 91 kg
 Bronze Davoud Bahrami
Ezzat Vojdani
Kazem Vojdani
Shahrokh Moghaddam		 Equestrian Team jumping
 Bronze Hassan Ahadpour Judo Men's 60 kg
 Bronze Vahid Khajeh-Hosseini Karate Men's kumite +80 kg
 Bronze Majid Amintorabi Taekwondo Men's 83 kg
 Bronze Oveis Mallah Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg
 Bronze Reza Safaei Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg

Results by event

Aquatics

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1994 Asian Games
Men[1]
AthleteA Event Preliminary Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Gholamreza Kheibarinejad 3 m springboard 302.91 8 Q 434.46 9
Adel Mirabian 3 m springboard 249.75 11 Q 368.40 11
10 m platform 272.43 8 Q 351.78 8

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1994 Asian Games

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1994 Asian Games
Men
Squad list Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Rank
 Iran
Coach: Russia Stanislav Pivovarov 		 Singapore
W 10–6 		 Japan
L 11–15 		 China
L 6–10 		 Kazakhstan
L 6–10 		 South Korea
W 9–8 		4

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1994 Asian Games

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1994 Asian Games
Men[2]
Squad list Preliminary round Semifinal Final Rank
Group B Rank
Mohammad Kasaeipour
Safa Ali Kamalian
Mehran Hatami
Ali Tofigh
Mohsen Sadeghzadeh
Mohammad Mehdi Izadpanah
Hamid Kashani
Omid Validipak
Saeid Khani
Hamid Kolasangiani
Mehran Shahintab
Faramarz Pouresfehani
Coach: Russia Vitaly Zastakhov 		 South Korea
L 78–102 		3 7th–8th places
 Chinese Taipei
L 90–95 		7th place match
 Saudi Arabia
L 87–95 		8
 Philippines
L 86–89
 Kazakhstan
W 69–68
 United Arab Emirates
W 88–81

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1994 Asian Games
Men[3]
Athlete Event 1st round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Arman Naghdi 48 kg  Ballo (INA)
L 6–13 		Did not advance 9
Babak Asghari 51 kg  Recaido (PHI)
L RSC 		Did not advance 9
Bijan Batmani 54 kg  Igusquisa (PHI)
L RSC 		Did not advance 9
Mohammad Reza Shaterloo 57 kg  Bahari (INA)
L 7–12 		Did not advance 9
Pejman Chalak 60 kg  Brin (PHI)
L 8–13 		Did not advance 9
Omid Rashid 63.5 kg  Nitami (JPN)
L RSC 		Did not advance 9
Anoushiravan Nourian 67 kg  Imaoka (JPN)
W RSC 		 Arziev (KGZ)
W 10–2 		 Chenglai (THA)
L 17–26 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Asadollah Johari 71 kg Bye  Pan (CHN)
L RSC 		Did not advance 5
Siamak Varzideh 75 kg Bye  Yarbekov (UZB)
L 10–15 		Did not advance 5
Ayoub Pourtaghi 81 kg Bye  Singh (IND)
W 16–9 		 Ko (KOR)
W 9–7 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Bahman Azizpour 91 kg Bye  Filipovich (KGZ)
W 21–12 		 Hawsawi (KSA)
L 4–6 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mohammad Reza Samadi +91 kg  Shtorm (KAZ)
W 14–7 		 Khan (PAK)
W RSC 		 Maskaev (UZB)
L RSC 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1994 Asian Games

Road

Men

Athlete Event Time Rank
Hossein Askari Road race 4:52:53 26

Track

Men

Athlete Event Rank
Bahram Shafizadeh 1 km time trial 15
Majid Nasseri 4 km individual pursuit 5
Team 4 km team pursuit 6

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1994 Asian Games

Football

Main article: Football at the 1994 Asian Games
Men[4]
Squad list Preliminary round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Group A Rank
Behzad Gholampour
Javad Zarincheh
Reza Shahroudi
Nader Mohammadkhani
Amir Ghalenoei
Javad Manafi
Sadegh Varmazyar
Jamshid Shahmohammadi
Ali Daei
Farshad Pious
Ali Asghar Modir-Rousta
Behzad Dadashzadeh
Hassan Shirmohammadi
Afshin Peyrovani
Jalal Basharzad
Karim Bagheri
Mohammad Salek-Jabbari
Mojtaba Moharrami
Ali Eftekhari
Iman Alami
Coach: Croatia Stanko Poklepović 		 Bahrain
D 0–0 		3 did not advance 9
 Turkmenistan
D 1–1
 China
L 0–1
 Yemen
W 4–0

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1994 Asian Games

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 1994 Asian Games
Men's kata
Athlete Event Score Rank
Alaeddin Nekoufar Individual 46.6 4

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1994 Asian Games
Women[5]
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Lida Fariman 10 m air rifle 379 17 did not advance
Elham Hashemi 10 m air rifle 368 26 did not advance
50 m rifle prone 572 22
Leila Taghipour 10 m air rifle 381 16 did not advance
Zahra Mahroughi 50 m rifle prone 582 9
Leila Vaseghi 50 m rifle prone 571 26
Lida Fariman
Elham Hashemi
Leila Taghipour 		10 m air rifle team 1128 7
Elham Hashemi
Zahra Mahroughi
Leila Vaseghi 		50 m rifle prone team 1725 6

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 1994 Asian Games

Men

Athlete Event Final Rank
Fariborz Askari Lightweight –70 kg  Yamashita (JPN)
W 5–2 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ebrahim Saadati Welterweight –76 kg  Jung (KOR)
L 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Majid Amintorabi Middleweight –83 kg Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Farzad Zarakhsh Heavyweight +83 kg  Kim (KOR)
L 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1994 Asian Games
Men
Athlete Event 1st round 2nd round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Ramin Raziani Singles  Ramachandran (MAS)
L 1–2
7–6, 6–7, 3–6 		Did not advance 17
Jahanbakhsh Souri Singles  Natekar (IND)
L 0–2
3–6, 3–6 		Did not advance 17
Ramin Raziani
Mostafa Saleh
Jahanbakhsh Souri
Mohammad Reza Tavakkoli 		Team  Chinese Taipei
L 0–3
0–2, 0–2, 0–2 		Did not advance 9

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1994 Asian Games

Men

Team Rank
 Iran 5

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1994 Asian Games
Men
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Esmaeil Taghipour 76 kg 135.0 170.0 305.0 6
Bahman Zare 76 kg 145.0 165.0 310.0 5
Abbas Talebi 83 kg 150.0 180.0 330.0 5
Ali Biglari 91 kg 150.0 180.0 340.0 8
Mirmahmoud Hakemzadeh 91 kg 162.5 195.0 357.5 4
Raeis Ali Hatami 99 kg 160.0 195.0 355.0 5
Mozaffar Ajali 108 kg No mark — — —
Ali Jabbari 108 kg 155.0 180.0 335.0 6
Sadegh Delkhosh +108 kg 150.0 185.0 335.0 7
Ramezan Ali Teymouri +108 kg No mark — —

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1994 Asian Games
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event 1st round Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final Rank
Nader Rahmati 48 kg  Moon (KOR)
W 5–4 		 Falsario (PHI)
W 10–0 		 Kumar (IND)
W 5–0 		 Züünbayan (MGL)
W 8–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Gholamreza Mohammadi 52 kg  Sasayama (JPN)
W 3–0 		Bye  Dun (CHN)
L 4–5 		Repechage
 Kim (KOR)
W 2–1 		3rd place match
 Donbaev (KGZ)
L 1–1 		4
Oveis Mallah 57 kg  Kim (KOR)
W 1–1 		 Kui (CHN)
W 5–3 		 Tsogtbayar (MGL)
L 4–5 		Repechage
 Zupparov (UZB)
W 3–2 		3rd place match
 Kim (KOR)
W 5–2 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Reza Safaei 62 kg 3rd place match
 Madjinov (KGZ)
W 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ali Akbarnejad 68 kg  Jam (AFG)
W 11–0 		 Omuraliev (KGZ)
W 1–0 		 Katsu (JPN)
W 3–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Behrouz Yari 74 kg  Fayaz (PAK)
W 11–0 		 Park (KOR)
W 3–0 		 Ota (JPN)
W 2–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Amir Reza Khadem 82 kg  Yokoyama (JPN)
W 3–0 		 Yang (KOR)
W 2–1 		 Zhabrailov (KAZ)
W 2–2 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Rasoul Khadem 90 kg  Bayramukov (KAZ)
W 8–0 		 Ito (JPN)
W 5–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ayoub Baninosrat 100 kg  Asanuma (JPN)
W 9–0 		 Habibullah (AFG)
W Fall 		 Kim (KOR)
L 1–2 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ebrahim Mehraban 130 kg  Kim (KOR)
W 9–1 		 Obata (JPN)
W 3–0 		 Klimov (KAZ)
W 5–3 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete Event 1st round Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final Rank
Reza Simkhah 48 kg  Hu (CHN)
W 12–1 		Bye  Yusuf (INA)
W 10–0 		 Sim (KOR)
L 0–7 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Abdolkarim Kakahaji 52 kg  Al-Faraj (SYR)
L 0–12 		Repechage
 Han (CHN)
L Fall 		5th place match
 Nakamori (JPN)
L 1–5 		6
Shahriar Salehi 57 kg  Sheng (CHN)
L 1–4 		Repechage
 Guhiting (PHI)
W 		Repechage
 Al-Sobai (SYR)
W 		3rd place match
 Lee (KOR)
L 0–3 		4
Ahad Pazaj 62 kg  Choi (KOR)
L 2–3 		?
Mehdi Sadeghpour 68 kg  Kim (KOR)
L 4–5 		Repechage
 Shah (AFG)
W 		Repechage
 Al-Osta (SYR)
W 		3rd place match
 Mori (JPN)
L 1–3 		4
Ahad Javansalehi 74 kg Bye  Han (KOR)
L 		3rd place match
 Katayama (JPN)
L 5–6 		4
Arash Motamedi 82 kg  Turlykhanov (KAZ)
L 0–5 		Bye Repechage
 Mukai (JPN)
W 6–3 		3rd place match
 Kim (KOR)
L 3–5 		4
Hassan Babak 90 kg  Zayar (SYR)
W 		Bye  Eom (KOR)
L 1–4 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jaber Abbaszadeh 100 kg Bye  Song (KOR)
L 2–6 		Repechage
 Keniaev (UZB)
W 		3rd place match
 Nonomura (JPN)
L 2–2 		4
Abdollah Azizi 130 kg  Suzuki (JPN)
L 0–3 		Repechage
 Kashour (SYR)
W 		3rd place match
 Hu (CHN)
L 0–4 		4

References

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  2. ^ "Men Basketball Asia Games 1994 Hiroshima (JPN) – 03–15.10". todor66.com. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  3. ^ "7.Asian Games – Hiroshima, Japan 1994". www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
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