| Iran at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | IRI |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
| Website | www |
| inParis, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11) | |
| Competitors | 41 (30 men and 11 women) in 14 sports |
| Flag bearers (opening) | Mahdi Olfati &Neda Shahsavari |
| Flag bearer (closing) | Fatemeh Mojallal |
| Medals Ranked 21st |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Iran (officially called theIslamic Republic of Iran) competed at the2024 Summer Olympics inParis from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the nation's return in1948 after having made their debut in1900, Iranian athletes have appeared in every edition of theSummer Olympic Games except forMoscow 1980 andLos Angeles 1984, citing political reasons. This was the nation's 19th appearance at the Summer Olympics.
During the Games, 41 competitors across 14 sports competed for Iran at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1] The Iranian roster featured a number of past Olympians and Olympic medalists, including taekwondo fighterNahid Kiani, who became the first Iranian woman towin a silver medal at the Olympics and thereby surpassingKimia Alizadeh's 2016 bronze feat, and freestyle wrestlerHassan Yazdani, who won his third Olympic medal with a silver medal. A total of 12 medals were won for Iran at these Games, 3 of which were gold, placing Iran at 21st on themedal table for these Games.
On theRefugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics, 14 of the 37 athletes were Iranian.[2] Elsewhere, someIranians, such asKimia Alizadeh, competed for other nations(seeOther Iranians).[3]
There had been calls to ban Iran from the 2024 Summer Olympics due tohuman rights abuse allegations following the executions of Iranian wrestlerNavid Afkari and national karate championMohammad Mehdi Karami, crackdown on protesters and athletes during theMahsa Amini protests, blinding of archerKowsar Khoshnoudi-Kia, and defection of taekwondo medalistKimia Alizadeh.[4] A group of Iranian dissidents including Franco-Iranian boxerMahyar Monshipour and Nobel Peace Prize winnerShirin Ebadi sent a letter to the IOC calling for Iran to be banned; they opined that the country's prohibition of women from practicing sports like wrestling, boxing, swimming, and sailing was not in line with theOlympic Charter.[5] American senatorMarsha Blackburn petitioned IOC President Thomas Bach to ban Iran from the Paris Games.[6] The IOC expressed serious concerns over the situation of the Iranian athletes and urged the Iranian Olympic Committee to take appropriate action with the highest authorities to protect the athletes and members of the Olympic community from a humanitarian perspective. The IOC said that it reserves the right to take any appropriate action relating to the participation of the Iranian NOC and athletes in regards to the 2024 Summer Olympics.[7][8]
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The following is the list of the number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Canoeing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Cycling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Fencing | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rowing | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Shooting | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Sport climbing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Table tennis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Taekwondo | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Weightlifting | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Total | 30 | 11 | 41 |
One Iranian archer qualified for the women's individual recurve through the 2024 Final Individual Qualification Tournament inAntalya,Turkey.[9]
| 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 | ||
| Mobina Fallah | Women's individual | 652 | 28 |  Ánh Nguyệt (VIE)W 6X–510 |  E Gökkır (TUR)L 0–6 | Did not advance | 17 | |||
Iran sent two runners to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[10]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Hassan Taftian | Men's 100 m | 10.18SB | 5 | Did not advance | 33 | ||
| Farzaneh Fasihi | Women's 100 m | 11.51 | 7 | Did not advance | 51 | ||
Iranian canoeists qualified one boat for the Games through the result of the highest ranked eligible nations in the following events, through the 2024 Asian Sprint Canoeing Championships inTokyo,Japan.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Ali Aghamirzaei | Men's K-1 1000 m | 3:36.58 | 6QF | 3:33.78 | 3 | Did not advance | 18 | ||
| Mohammad Nabi Rezaei | Men's C-1 1000 m | 4:10.36 | 4QF | 3:52.41 | 4 | Did not advance | 18 | ||
Qualification Legend:FA = Qualify to final (medal);FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal);SF = Qualified for Semifinals;QF = Qualified for Quarterfinals;
Iran entered one male rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympics. The nation's secured those quota through the 2023 Asian Championships inRayong, Thailand.[11]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Diff. | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ali Labib | Men's road race | 6:46:33 | +26:59 | 76 |
Iran entered four fencers into the Olympic competition. The nation's men's sabre team secured quota places in men's sabre events, after being nominated as one of the highest-ranked nations from Asia & Oceania, through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024.
| 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 | ||
| Ali Pakdaman | Men's sabre | Bye |  Yoshida (JPN)W 15–11 |  Sang-uk (KOR)L 10–15 | Did not advance | 13 | ||
| Mohammad Rahbari | Bye |  Patrice (FRA)L 13–15 | Did not advance | 28 | ||||
| Mohammad Fotouhi |  Zea (MEX)L 13–15 | Did not advance | 33 | |||||
| Ali Pakdaman Mohammad Rahbari Mohammad Fotouhi Farzad Baher Arasbaran* | Men's team sabre | — |  United States (USA)W 45–44 |  Hungary (HUN)L 43–45 | France (FRA) L 25–45 | 4 | ||
Iran entered one gymnast into the games.Mahdi Olfati directly secured his quota to compete at the Olympics by being one of the highest-ranked eligible athlete in the men's vault, through the final accumulations of the2024 Apparatus World Cup Series rankings and marking the nation's return to the sport sinceTokyo 1964.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
| F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
| Mahdi Olfati | Men's Vault | — | 14.583 | — | 8Q | — | 14.266 | — | 7 | ||||||||
Iranian rowers qualified two boats for the following events, through the 2024 Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta inChungju, South Korea.[12]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Fatemeh Mojallal | Women's single sculls | 8:01.30 | 4R | 7:56.48 | 1QF | 8:00.37 | 6SC/D | 8:06.23 | 6FD | 7:46.08 | 21 |
| Mahsa Javar Zeinab Norouzi | Women's lightweight double sculls | 7:35.97 | 4R | 7:35.56 | 4FC | — | Did not advance | 7:14.32 | 16 | ||
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
Iranian shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 and 2024 Asian Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[13][14][15][16][17][18]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Mohammad Beiranvand | Men's trap | 117 | 24 | Did not advance | |
| Shermineh Chehel Amirani | Women's 10 m air rifle | 630.0 | 11 | Did not advance | |
| Fatemeh Amini | 626.2 | 26 | Did not advance | ||
| Hanieh Rostamian | Women's 10 m air pistol | 571 | 22 | Did not advance | |
| Women's 25 m pistol | 588 | 3Q | 19 | 6 | |
Iran qualified one climber for Paris 2024.Reza Alipour qualified directly for the men's speed events, through the 2024 Olympic Qualifier series ranking;[19] marking the nation's debut in these sports.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final /BM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank | ||
| Reza Alipour | Men's | 5.06 | 6 |  David (NZL)L 5.26q –5.20 |  Maimuratov (KAZ)W 5.57–6.14 |  Leonardo (INA)L 4.84PB –4.78 | Watson (USA) L 4.88–4.74 | 4 |
Iran received an Universality invitation fromFINA to send a male swimmer to the2024 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Samyar Abdoli | Men's 100 m freestyle | 50.63 | 48 | Did not advance | |||
Iran entered three table tennis players into Paris 2024.Nima Alamian andNeda Shahsavari qualified for the games, following the triumph of winning the gold medals, respectively in men's and women's singles event, at the 2024 Central Asian Qualification Tournament inTashkent, Uzbekistan;[20] meanwhileNoshad Alamian qualified for the games through the final world ranking.[21]
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Noshad Alamian | Men's singles |  Omatoyo (NGR)W 4–1 | Harimoto (JPN) L 2–4 | Did not advance | 17 | ||||
| Nima Alamian |  Kao C (TPE)L 1–4 | Did not advance | 33 | ||||||
| Neda Shahsavari | Women's singles | Pavade (FRA) L 1–4 | Did not advance | 33 | |||||
Iran qualified four athletes to compete at the games.Nahid Kiani qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of finishing within the top five in the Olympic rankings in her respective division, meanwhileMehran Barkhordari qualified the games by virtue of finishing first at the Grand Slam Series rankings.[22] Later onMobina Nematzadeh andArian Salimi secured a quota places in their respective division, by virtue of their victory in the semifinal round, at the2024 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament inTai'an, China.[23]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Mehran Barkhordari | Men's −80 kg |  Jaysunov (UZB)W 0–0LSU, 12–0, 6–6WSU |  Alessio (ITA)W 1–6, 2–1, 10–9 | Seo (KOR) W 2–4, 13–9, 12–8 | Bye |  Katoussi (TUN)L 2–4, 1–5 |  |
| Arian Salimi | Men's +80 kg | Rafalovich (UZB) W 8–2, 5–1 | Sansores (MEX) W 2–2LSU, 6–4, 12–0 |  Šapina (CRO)W 5–12, 9–8, 9–6 | Bye |  Cunningham (GBR)W 3–6, 9–1, 6–3 |  |
| Mobina Nematzadeh | Women's –49 kg |  Tau (LES)W 3–0, 2–0 |  Cerezo (ESP)W 2–0, 7–2 |  Guo (CHN)L 1–4, 4–6 | Bye |  Abu Taleb (KSA)W 3–0, 4–2 |  |
| Nahid Kiani | Women's –57 kg |  Alizadeh (BUL)W 7–10, 6–5, 7–7WSU | Toumi (TUN) W 5–2, 0–3, 3–2 |  Aoun (LBN)W 10–3, 9–0 | Bye | Kim (KOR) L 1–5, 0–9 | |
Iran entered two weightlifters into the Olympic competition.Mirmostafa Javadi (men's 89 kg) andAli Davoudi (men's +102 kg) secured one of the top ten slots, in their respective weight division based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.[24][25]
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Mirmostafa Javadi | Men's −89 kg | 168 | 6 | 204 | 5 | 372 | 5 |
| Ali Davoudi | Men's +102 kg | 205 | 4 | 242 | 4 | 447 | 4 |
Iran qualified twelve wrestlers for the following classes into the Olympic competition. Seven of them qualified by virtue of top five results through the2023 World Championships inBelgrade, Serbia;[26][27][28] meanwhile four of them qualified after winning the semifinal round at the2024 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament inBishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Key:
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Alireza Sarlak | Men's 57 kg | — | Higuchi (JPN) L 0–5VF | Did not advance |  Cruz (PUR)L 0–5VA | Did not advance | LFO | |
| Rahman Amouzad | Men's −65 kg | — | Retherford (USA) W 3–0PO |  Dudaev (ALB)W 4–0ST | Musukaev (HUN) W 4–0ST | Bye | Kiyooka (JPN) L 1–3PP | |
| Younes Emami | Men's –74 kg | Chamizo (ITA) W 3–1PP |  Ndum (GBS)W 4–0ST | Dake (USA) L 0–5VT | Did not advance | 7 | ||
| Hassan Yazdani | Men's −86 kg | — |  Lawrence (AUS)W 4–0ST |  Kurugliev (GRE)W 3–1PP |  Amine (SMR)W 3–1PP | Bye | Ramazanov (BUL) L 1–3PP | |
| Amir Ali Azarpira | Men's −97 kg | — |  Tazhudinov (BRN)L 1–3PP | Did not advance | Yergali (KAZ) W 3–1PP | Snyder (USA) W 3–1PP | | |
| Amir Hossein Zare | Men's −125 kg | — |  Lazarev (KGZ)W 3–0PO |  Dhesi (CAN)W 4–0ST | Akgül (TUR) W 3–1PP | Bye |  Petriashvili (GEO)L 1–3PP | |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final /BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Mehdi Mohsennejad | Men's −60 kg |  Fergat (ALG)W 4–0ST | Fumita (JPN) L 0–4ST | Did not advance |  de Armas (CUB)W 4–1SP | Sharshenbekov (KGZ) L 1–3PP | 5 |
| Saeid Esmaeili | Men's −67 kg | Ghaiou (ALG) W 4–0ST | Orta (CUB) W 4–0ST |  Galstyan (ARM)W 3–1PP | Bye |  Nasibov (UKR)W 3–1PP | |
| Amin Kavianinejad | Men's −77 kg | Peña (CUB) W 3–1PP | Amoyan (ARM) L 0–3PO | Did not advance | 8 | ||
| Alireza Mohmadi | Men's −87 kg |  Muñoz (COL)W 4–0ST |  Kułynycz (POL)W 4–1SP | Beleniuk (UKR) W 3–1PP | Bye | Novikov (BUL) L 0–3PO | |
| Mohammad Hadi Saravi | Men's −97 kg | Rau (USA) W 4–1SP | Dzhuzupbekov (KGZ) W 4–0ST |  Gabr (EGY)W 3–0PO | Bye | Aleksanyan (ARM) W 3–1PP | |
| Amin Mirzazadeh | Men's −130 kg | Coon (USA) W 3–1PP | López (CUB) L 1–3PP | Did not advance | Lee (KOR) W 4–0ST |  Shariati (AZE)W 3–0PO | |
14 of the 37 athletes on theRefugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics were Iranian.[2]
Likewise, someIranians competed for other NOCs; some were born in Iran and had representedIran in the past, while some were ofIranian descent.[29][30][31] Notably,Kimia Alizadeh faced Nahid Kiani, with the former eventually winning bronze and the latter eventually winning silver.[32]