Iran at the
2000 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIRI
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Websitewww.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Sydney
Competitors35 in 12 sports
Flag bearer Amir Reza Khadem
Medals
Ranked 27th
Gold
3
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Athletes from Iran competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Competitors

Sport Men Women Total
Aquatics, Swimming 1 1
Athletics 1 1
Boxing 5 5
Canoeing, Sprint 1 1
Cycling, Road 2 2
Equestrian 1 1
Judo 3 3
Shooting 1 1
Table tennis 1 1
Taekwondo 2 2
Weightlifting 6 6
Wrestling 11 11
Total 34 1 35

Medal summary

Medal table

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

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Hossein Tavakkoli Weightlifting Men's 105 kg
 Gold Hossein Rezazadeh Weightlifting Men's +105 kg
 Gold Alireza Dabir Wrestling Men's freestyle 58 kg
 Bronze Hadi Saei Taekwondo Men's 68 kg

Results by event

Aquatics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men[1]
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Hamid Reza Mobarrez 100 m freestyle 54.12 65 Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men[2]
Athlete Event Round 1 Semifinal Final Rank
Heat Time Rank Heat Time Rank Time Rank
Mehdi Jelodarzadeh 800 m 6 1:47.91 6 Did not advance 35

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men[3]
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Mohammad Rahim Rahimi 51 kg  Tou (BUR)
L Walkover 		Did not advance —
Bijan Batmani 57 kg  Juarez (USA)
L RSCO 		Did not advance 17
Anoushiravan Nourian 63.5 kg  Olusegun (NGR)
L Walkover 		Did not advance —
Babak Moghimi 67 kg  Husanov (UZB)
L 5–15 		Did not advance 17
Rouhollah Hosseini 91 kg  Simmons (CAN)
L 6–11 		Did not advance 9

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Men[4]
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final Rank
Heat Time Rank Heat Time Rank Time Rank
Nader Eivazi K1 500 m 3 1:49.306 8 Did not advance 29
K1 1000 m 2 3:59.767 8 Did not advance 31

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Road

Men[5]
Athlete Event Time Rank
Hossein Askari Road race Did not finish
Ahad Kazemi Road race Did not finish

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Jumping[6]
Athlete Horse Event Qualifier Final round A Final round B
1st 2nd 3rd Total Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank
Ali Nilforoushan Campione Individual 18.50 12.00 20.00 50.50 56 Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men[7]
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final Rank
Arash Miresmaeili 66 kg Bye  Özkan (TUR)
L 0001–0110 		Bye Repechage
 Georgiev (BUL)
W 1001–0000 		Repechage
 Zhang (CHN)
W 1001–0001 		Repechage
 Nakamura (JPN)
W 1000–0000 		3rd place match
 Giovinazzo (ITA)
L 0010–0010 		5
Kazem Sarikhani 81 kg Bye  Guindo (MLI)
W 1001–0011 		 Randall (GBR)
W 0200–0013 		 Delgado (POR)
L 0001–1012 		Repechage
 Kelly (AUS)
W 1100–0101 		Repechage
 Budõlin (EST)
L 0000–1000 		Did not advance 7
Mahmoud Miran +100 kg Bye  Möller (GER)
L 0001–0001 		Did not advance 20

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Women[8]
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Manijeh Kazemi 10 m air pistol 362 43 Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men[9]
Athlete Event Group round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Groups Rank
Majid Ehteshamzadeh Singles  Keen (NED)
L 0–3
4–21, 11–21, 5–21 		Group J
3 		Did not advance 49
 Tsiokas (GRE)
L 0–3
19–21, 13–21, 13–21

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men[10]
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final Rank
Hadi Saei 68 kg  Hsu (TPE)
W 5–2 		 Hernando (ARG)
W 3–0 		 Sin (KOR)
L 3–5 		Repechage
 Massimino (AUS)
W 6–5 		3rd place match
 Çalışkan (AUT)
W 4–2 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Majid Aflaki 80 kg  Estrada (MEX)
L 3–4 		Did not advance 11

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men[11]
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Mehdi Panzvan 62 kg 140.0 162.5 302.5 5
Mohammad Hossein Barkhah 77 kg No mark — — —
Shahin Nassirinia 85 kg No mark — — —
Kourosh Bagheri 94 kg 187.5 215.0 402.5 4
Hossein Tavakkoli 105 kg 190.0 235.0 425.0 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Hossein Rezazadeh +105 kg 212.5 WR 260.0 472.5 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men's freestyle[12]
Athlete Event Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Pools Rank
Behnam Tayyebi 54 kg  Züünbayan (MGL)
W 3–2 		Pool F
3 		Did not advance 13
 Kardanov (GRE)
L 0–7
 Railean (MDA)
L 1–2
Alireza Dabir 58 kg  Embalo (GBS)
W 10–0 		Pool A
1 Q 		 Pürevbaatar (MGL)
W 5–2 		 Brands (USA)
W 6–4 		 Buslovych (UKR)
W 3–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
 Sissaouri (CAN)
W 3–0
Mohammad Talaei 63 kg  Kolat (USA)
W 5–4 		Pool C
1 Q 		 Hayrapetyan (ARM)
W 3–2 		 Barzakov (BUL)
L 0–4 		3rd place match
 Jang (KOR)
L 2–12 		4
 Islamov (UZB)
W Walkover
Amir Tavakkolian 69 kg  Bedineishvili (GEO)
W 5–4 		Pool A
2 		Did not advance 10
 Igali (CAN)
L 2–2
Pejman Dorostkar 76 kg  Mönkhbayar (MGL)
W 3–0 		Pool B
2 		Did not advance 12
 Laliyev (KAZ)
L 1–3
Amir Reza Khadem 85 kg  Ghiță (ROU)
W 5–3 		Pool F
1 Q 		Bye  Romero (CUB)
L 0–3 		3rd place match
 Ibragimov (MKD)
L 1–4 		4
 Aka-Akesse (CIV)
W 4–0
 Kapuvári (HUN)
W 5–3
Alireza Heidari 97 kg  Scherrer (SUI)
W 7–1 		Pool B
1 Q 		 Kurtanidze (GEO)
L 0–1 		Did not advance 5th place match
 Xanthopoulos (GRE)
L Walkover 		6
 Doğu (TUR)
W 6–1
Abbas Jadidi 130 kg  Topalidis (GRE)
W 9–1 		Pool F
1 Q 		Bye  Musulbes (RUS)
L 0–3 		3rd place match
 Rodríguez (CUB)
L 0–1 		4
 Modebadze (GEO)
W 4–0
Men's Greco-Roman[13]
Athlete Event Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Pools Rank
Hassan Rangraz 54 kg  Švehla (CZE)
W 8–2 		Pool C
2 		Did not advance 14
 Wang (CHN)
L 2–8
Ali Ashkani 58 kg  Majoros (HUN)
W 5–1 		Pool B
1 Q 		 Kim (KOR)
L 1–3 		Did not advance 5th place match
 Gruenwald (USA)
W 3–2 		5
 Guliashvili (GEO)
W 7–0
Parviz Zeidvand 69 kg  Dugushiev (AZE)
L 0–5 		Pool C
3 		Did not advance 16
 Lappalainen (FIN)
L 1–2

References

  1. ^ "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Results – Swimming" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 120. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Results – Athletics" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 192. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Results – Boxing" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 63–72. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Results – Canoe/Kayak Sprint" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 38–40. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Results – Cycling Road" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  6. ^ "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Results – Equestrian" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 39. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Results – Judo" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 97, 101 and 107. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  8. ^ "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Results – Shooting" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 89. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  9. ^ "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Results – Table Tennis" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. p. 58. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  10. ^ "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Results – Taekwondo" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 40–41. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  11. ^ "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Results – Weightlifting" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 35–41. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  12. ^ "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Results – Wrestling" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 120–134. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  13. ^ "Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad – Results – Wrestling" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 4 January 2011. pp. 97–103. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.

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