Iran at the
2012 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIRI
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Websitewww.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in London
Competitors53 in 14 sports
Flag bearers Ali Mazaheri (opening)
Komeil Ghasemi (closing)
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
7
Silver
5
Bronze
1
Total
13
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Iran (officially the Islamic Republic of Iran) competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The nation has competed at every Summer Olympic games since its official debut in 1948 with the exception of the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics. The National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran sent the nation's second-largest delegation to the Games, one less than it sent to Beijing. A total of 53 athletes, 45 men and 8 women, competed in 14 sports. This was also the youngest delegation in Iran's Olympic history, with half the team under the age of 25, and many of them are expected to reach their peak in time for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Heavyweight boxer Ali Mazaheri was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Iran left London with a total of 13 medals (7 gold, 5 silver, and 1 bronze), finishing twelfth in the overall medal standings. This was also the most successful Olympics for the Middle East, winning the largest number of medals at a single games, and surpassing by just double the record from Athens. Notable accomplishments included the nation's first gold medals in men's Greco-Roman wrestling, and the nation's first medal in athletics, won by discus thrower Ehsan Haddadi.[1][2]

Medalists

Main article: 2012 Summer Olympics medal table

Competitors

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 1 1 2
Athletics 9 1 10
Boxing 4 0 4
Canoeing 1 1 2
Cycling 3 0 3
Fencing 1 0 1
Judo 1 0 1
Rowing 1 1 2
Shooting 1 2 3
Swimming 1 0 1
Table tennis 1 1 2
Taekwondo 2 1 3
Weightlifting 6 0 6
Wrestling 13 0 13
Total 45 8 53

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Two Iranian archers (one man and one woman) qualified for the London Olympics.

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Milad Vaziri Men's individual[3] 662 39  Vélez (MEX)
L 1–7 		Did not advance
Zahra Dehghan Women's individual[3] 614 55  Avitia (MEX)
L 2–6 		Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Iranian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):[4][5]

Key
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Rouhollah Askari 110 m hurdles 13.97 7 — Did not advance
Reza Ghasemi 100 m Bye 10.31 4 Did not advance
Sajjad Hashemi 400 m 47.75 6 — Did not advance
Sajjad Moradi 800 m 1:48.23 2 Q — DSQ Did not advance
Ebrahim Rahimian 20 km walk — DNF
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Mohammad Arzandeh Long jump 7.84 17 Did not advance
Ehsan Haddadi Discus throw 65.19 6 Q 68.18 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kaveh Mousavi Hammer throw 72.70 22 Did not advance
Amin Nikfar Shot put 18.62 33 Did not advance
Women
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Leila Rajabi Shot put 17.55 22 Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Iran has so far qualified boxers for the following events.[6]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Mehdi Tolouti Light welterweight  Alonso (ESP)
W 16–12 		 Yeleussinov (KAZ)
L 10–19 		Did not advance
Amin Ghasemipour Welterweight  Maestre (VEN)
L 8–13 		Did not advance
Ehsan Rouzbahani Light heavyweight  Monroy (COL)
W 12–10 		 Muzaffer (TUR)
W 18–12 		 Niyazymbetov (KAZ)
L 10–13 		Did not advance
Ali Mazaheri Heavyweight —  Larduet (CUB)
L DSQ 		Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Iran has qualified boats for the following events

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ahmad Reza Talebian Men's K-1 1000 m 3:39.504 6 Did not advance
Arezoo Hakimi Women's K-1 200 m 44.576 7 Did not advance
Women's K-1 500 m 1:58.598 7 Did not advance

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Alireza Haghi in men's time trial.

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Alireza Haghi Men's road race[7] Did not finish
Men's time trial 57:41.44 36
Mehdi Sohrabi Men's road race OTL
Amir Zargari Did not finish

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Men[8]
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Mojtaba Abedini Individual sabre  Zalomir (ROU)
L 7–15 		Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Mohammad Reza Roudaki Men's +100 kg[9]  Malki (MAR)
L WO 		Did not advance

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Iran has qualified for the following boats.

Soulmaz Abbasi paddled her own pace in women's singles sculls.
Men[10]
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mohsen Shadi Single sculls 7:27.42 6 R 7:11.55 2 QF 7:32.72 6 SC/D 8:20.29 6 FD 7:31.42 22
Women[11]
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Soulmaz Abbasi Single sculls 8:17.46 6 R 8:05.99 2 QF 8:27.28 6 SC/D 8:30.74 6 FD 8:57.98 24

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Iran has qualified three quota places in the shooting events;[12]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Ebrahim Barkhordari 10 m air pistol 569 33 Did not advance
50 m pistol 552 27 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Elaheh Ahmadi 10 m air rifle 397 5 Q 499.1 6
50 m rifle 3 positions 567 43 Did not advance
Mahlagha Jambozorg 10 m air rifle 391 43 Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 581 14 Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Iran has selected one swimmer under the Universality rule.

Men[13]
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mohammad Bidarian 100 m freestyle 52.93 42 Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Iran has qualified 2 athletes.

Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Noshad Alamian Men's singles Bye  Han (AUS)
W 4–0 		 Tang P (HKG)
W 4–3 		 Boll (GER)
L 0–4 		Did not advance
Neda Shahsavari Women's singles  Oshonaike (NGR)
L 3–4 		Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Iran has qualified two men and one woman.

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze Medal Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Mohammad Bagheri Motamed Men's −68 kg  Boui (CAF)
W 7–2 		 Nikpai (AFG)
W 5–4 		 Silva (BRA)
W 5–5 SUP 		Bye  Tazegül (TUR)
L 5–6 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yousef Karami Men's −80 kg  García (ESP)
L 2–8 		Did not advance  Muhammad (GBR)
L 7–11 		Did not advance
Sousan Hajipour Women's −67 kg  Marton (AUS)
L 4–5 		Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Iran has qualified 6 men.

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Sohrab Moradi Men's −85 kg 167 DNF — — — DNF
Kianoush Rostami 171 4 209 3 380 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Saeid Mohammadpour Men's −94 kg 183 3 219 6 402 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Navab Nassirshalal Men's –105 kg 184 =5 227 =1 411 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sajjad Anoushiravani Men's +105 kg 204 3 245 2 449 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Behdad Salimi 208 =1 247 1 455 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Iran has qualified 13 quota places.

Key:

Men's freestyle[14]
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Hassan Rahimi −55 kg  Naranbaatar (MGL)
W 3–0 PO 		 Kumar (IND)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 8
Masoud Esmaeilpour −60 kg  Torres (MEX)
W 3–0 PO 		 Zhumagaziyev (KAZ)
W 3–1 PP 		 Kudukhov (RUS)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance Bye  Dutt (IND)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 7
Mehdi Taghavi −66 kg  López (CUB)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 14
Sadegh Goudarzi –74 kg Bye  Terziev (BUL)
W 3–0 PO 		 Tigiev (UZB)
W 3–0 PO 		 Hatos (HUN)
W 3–0 PO 		Bye  Burroughs (USA)
L 0–3 PO 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ehsan Lashgari −84 kg  Baiduashov (KAZ)
W 3–0 PO 		 Nurmagomedov (ARM)
W 5–0 EX 		 Urishev (RUS)
W 3–0 PO 		 Sharifov (AZE)
L 1–3 PP 		Bye  Bölükbaşı (TUR)
W 3–0 PO 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Reza Yazdani −96 kg Bye  Gadisov (RUS)
W 3–1 PP 		 Musaev (KGZ)
W 3–0 PO 		 Andriitsev (UKR)
L 0–5 VB 		Bye  Gazyumov (AZE)
L 0–5 VB 		5
Komeil Ghasemi −120 kg Bye  Bhullar (CAN)
W 3–0 PO 		 Taymazov (UZB)
L 0–3 PO 		Did not advance Bye  Matuhin (GER)
W 3–0 PO 		 Dlagnev (USA)
W 3–0 PO 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's Greco-Roman[14]
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Hamid Sourian −55 kg Bye  Eraliev (KGZ)
W 3–1 PP 		 Módos (HUN)
W 3–0 PO 		 Nyblom (DEN)
W 3–0 PO 		Bye  Bayramov (AZE)
W 3–0 PO 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Omid Norouzi −60 kg  Sheng J (CHN)
W 3–1 PP 		 Angelov (BUL)
W 3–0 PO 		 Kebispayev (KAZ)
W 3–0 PO 		 Matsumoto (JPN)
W 3–0 PO 		Bye  Lashkhi (GEO)
W 3–0 PO 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Saeid Abdevali −66 kg Bye  Yüksel (TUR)
W 3–0 PO 		 Guénot (FRA)
L 0–3 PO 		Did not advance 11
Habibollah Akhlaghi −84 kg  Shorey (CUB)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance 13
Ghasem Rezaei −96 kg Bye  İldem (TUR)
W 3–1 PP 		 Aleksanyan (ARM)
W 3–0 PO 		 Estrada (CUB)
W 3–0 PO 		Bye  Totrov (RUS)
W 3–0 PO 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Bashir Babajanzadeh −120 kg  Nadhim (IRQ)
W 3–0 PO 		 Patrikeyev (ARM)
W 3–1 PP 		 Eurén (SWE)
L 0–3 PO 		Did not advance 7

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