Iran at the 2004 Summer Olympics
# Iran at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Iran competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. 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 a total of 38 athletes, 37 men and 1 woman, to compete in 10 sports. Half-lightweight judoka Arash Miresmaeili, who later forfeited his first match against Israel's Ehud Vaks for medical reasons, was the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.

Iran left Athens with a total of six medals (two golds, two silver, and two bronze), finishing twenty-ninth in the overall medal standings. Half of these medals were awarded to the athletes in men's freestyle wrestling. Taekwondo jin Hadi Saei claimed his first ever Olympic title in the men's featherweight division, in addition to his bronze medal from Sydney.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Hossein Rezazadeh | Weightlifting | Men's +105 kg | August 25 |
| Gold | Hadi Saei | Taekwondo | Men's 68 kg | August 26 |
| Silver | Alireza Rezaei | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 120 kg | August 28 |
| Silver | Masoud Mostafa-Jokar | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 60 kg | August 29 |
| Bronze | Yousef Karami | Taekwondo | Men's 80 kg | August 27 |
| Bronze | Alireza Heidari | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 96 kg | August 29 |

Medals by sport :

| Sport | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

## Competitors

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athletics | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cycling | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Judo | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Table tennis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Taekwondo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Weightlifting | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Wrestling | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Total | 37 | 1 | 38 |

## Athletics

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).

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Sajjad Moradi | 800 m | 1:49.49 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Abbas Samimi | Discus throw | 57.57 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing

Iran has qualified one boxer.

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mohammad Asheri | Lightweight | Bye | Valentino (ITA) L 18–37 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Cycling

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Abbas Saeidi Tanha | Men's road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| Amir Zargari | Men's road race | Did not finish | Did not finish |

### Track

**Pursuit**

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank |
| Hossein Askari | Men's individual pursuit | 4:39.302 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

**Omnium**

| Athlete | Event | Points | Laps | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Mehdi Sohrabi | Men's points race | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |

## Judo

Seven Iranian judoka qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics. Half-lightweight judoka Arash Miresmaeili forfeited his first match against Israel's Ehud Vaks, and accepted his disqualification from the International Judo Federation because a medical condition left him much heavier to fight.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh | −60 kg | Cameroun (CMR) W 0030–0001 | Nazaryan (ARM) W 0010–0001 | Zintiridis (GRE) W 1000–0021 | Khergiani (GEO) L 0011–0122 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Choi M-H (KOR) L 0000–1002 | 5 |
| Arash Miresmaeili | −66 kg | Vaks (ISR) L WO | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Hamed Malekmohammadi | −73 kg | Jereb (SLO) W 1000–0010 | Bivol (MDA) L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | Did not advance | León (VEN) W 1010–0000 | Neto (POR) L 0020–1110 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Reza Chahkhandagh | −81 kg | Echarte (ESP) W 1000–0000 | Hontyuk (UKR) L 0002–1001 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Belgaïd (MAR) L 0001–0013 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Abbas Fallah | −90 kg | Morgan (CAN) L 0111–1002 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Masoud Khosravinejad | −100 kg | Maksimov (RUS) L 0001–0100 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mahmoud Miran | +100 kg | Brutus (HAI) W 1002–0001 | Tataroğlu (TUR) W 1000–0010 | Pepic (AUS) W 0110–0100 | Tmenov (RUS) L 0010–1110 | Bye | Bye | Bye | van der Geest (NED) L 0001–0201 | 5 |

## Shooting

Iran has qualified a single shooter.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Nasim Hassanpour | 10 m air pistol | 376 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Iran has selected one swimmer under the Universality rule.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Babak Farhoudi | 100 m freestyle | 56.42 | 61 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

Iran has qualified one table tennis player.

| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Mohammad Reza Akhlaghpasand | Men's singles | Monteiro (BRA) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

Two Iranian taekwondo jin qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Hadi Saei | Men's −68 kg | Molfetta (ITA) W RSC | Silva (BRA) W 8–6 | Song M-S (KOR) W 9–9 SUP | Bye | Bye | Huang C-H (TPE) W 4–3 | |
| Yousef Karami | Men's −80 kg | Noikoed (THA) W 16–12 | Trenton (AUS) W 13–9 | López (USA) L 6–7 | Bye | Hamdouni (TUN) W 12–4 | Ahmadov (AZE) W 9–8 | |

## Weightlifting

Six Iranian weightlifters qualified for the following events.

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Mehdi Panzvan | Men's −69 kg | 147.5 | =4 | 172.5 | DNF | 147.5 | DNF |
| Mohammad Hossein Barkhah | Men's −77 kg | 160 | =5 | 197.5 | 6 | 357.5 | 5 |
| Asghar Ebrahimi | Men's −94 kg | 165 | =16 | 190 | 16 | 355 | 16 |
| Shahin Nassirinia | Men's −94 kg | 172.5 | 11 | 220 | =1 | 392.5 | 4 |
| Mohsen Beiranvand | Men's −105 kg | 180 | DNF | — | — | — | DNF |
| Hossein Rezazadeh | Men's +105 kg | 210 | 1 | 263.5 WR | 1 | 472.5 | |

## Wrestling

### Key

* VT - Victory by Fall.
* PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
* PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Babak Nourzad | −55 kg | Naranbaatar (MGL) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Kim H-S (KOR) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | — | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |
| Masoud Mostafa-Jokar | −60 kg | Prizreni (ALB) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Aslanasvili (GRE) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | — | 1 Q | Bye | Inoue (JPN) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Quintana (CUB) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | |
| Alireza Dabir | −66 kg | Murtazaliev (RUS) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Tavkazakhov (UZB) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | — | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 18 |
| Mehdi Hajizadeh | −74 kg | Saghirashvili (GEO) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Williams (USA) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | — | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |
| Majid Khodaei | −84 kg | Kumar (IND) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Yokoyama (JPN) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | — | 1 Q | Sanderson (USA) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Loizidis (GRE) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | 5 |
| Alireza Heidari | −96 kg | Kurtanidze (GEO) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Jaoude (BRA) W 4–0 $^{ST}$ | — | 1 Q | Aghayev (AZE) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Ibragimov (UZB) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Cormier (USA) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | |
| Alireza Rezaei | −120 kg | Boyadzhiev (BUL) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Ösökhbayar (MGL) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Hrynkevich (BLR) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | 1 Q | Bye | Mutalimov (KAZ) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Taymazov (UZB) L 0–5 $^{VT}$ | |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Elimination Pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Hassan Rangraz | −55 kg | Rivas (CUB) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Benchenaf (ALG) W 4–0 $^{ST}$ | — | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Ali Ashkani | −60 kg | Monzón (CUB) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Tüfenk (TUR) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Gikas (GRE) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 11 |
| Parviz Zeidvand | −66 kg | Begaliev (KGZ) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Sánchez (ESP) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | — | 1 Q | Mansurov (AZE) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Kim I-S (KOR) L 0–5 $^{EV}$ | DSQ |
| Behrouz Jamshidi | −84 kg | Avramis (GRE) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Aanes (NOR) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | — | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9 |
| Masoud Hashemzadeh | −96 kg | Sudureac (ROM) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Ežerskis (LTU) W 5–0 $^{VT}$ | — | 1 Q | Chkhaidze (KGZ) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Nozadze (GEO) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Özal (TUR) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | DSQ* |
| Sajjad Barzi | −120 kg | Deák-Bárdos (HUN) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Ahokas (FIN) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | — | 1 Q | Szczepaniak (FRA) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Baroyev (RUS) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Gardner (USA) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | 4 |

* Masoud Hashemzadeh was disqualified for protesting after the bronze medal match.
