Iran at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
# Iran at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia.

## Competitors

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Archery | 3 | | 3 |
| Athletics | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| Powerlifting | 7 | | 7 |
| Shooting | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Volleyball | 12 | | 12 |
| Total | 36 | 4 | 40 |

## Medal summary

### Medal table

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletics | 9 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| Powerlifting | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Shooting | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| Volleyball | 1 | | | 1 |
| Total | 12 | 4 | 7 | 23 |

### Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Ghader Modabber | Athletics | Men's shot put F52 |
| Gold | Mokhtar Nourafshan | Athletics | Men's shot put F54 |
| Gold | Ghader Modabber | Athletics | Men's discus throw F52 |
| Gold | Abdolreza Jokar | Athletics | Men's discus throw F53 |
| Gold | Mokhtar Nourafshan | Athletics | Men's discus throw F54 |
| Gold | Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar | Athletics | Men's discus throw F56 |
| Gold | Aref Khosravinia | Athletics | Men's discus throw F57 |
| Gold | Avaz Azmoudeh | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F54 |
| Gold | Mohammad Reza Mirzaei | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F57 |
| Gold | Amrollah Dehghani | Powerlifting | Men's 100 kg |
| Gold | Enayatollah Bokharaei | Shooting | Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1 |
| Gold | Ali Eshghi Hojjat Behravan Ali Akbar Salavatian Parviz Firouzi Issa Zirahi Jalil Imeri Farshid Ashouri Ali Golkar Majid Soleimani Ali Kashfia Reza Peidayesh Mohammad Reza Rahimi | Volleyball | Men's sitting |
| Silver | Dariush Namvar | Athletics | Men's discus throw F56 |
| Silver | Fereydoun Karimipour | Powerlifting | Men's 56 kg |
| Silver | Mansour Dimasi | Powerlifting | Men's 75 kg |
| Silver | Saeid Bafandeh | Powerlifting | Men's 82.5 kg |
| Bronze | Abbas Mohseni | Athletics | Men's shot put F37 |
| Bronze | Hossein Agha-Barghchi | Athletics | Men's discus throw F36 |
| Bronze | Vahab Saalabi | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F42 |
| Bronze | Ghader Modabber | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F52 |
| Bronze | Abdolreza Jokar | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F53 |
| Bronze | Allahbakhsh Akbari | Powerlifting | Men's 67.5 kg |
| Bronze | Nayyereh Akef | Shooting | Women's 10 m air pistol SH1 |

## Results by event

### Archery

Men's recurve

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | 1/16 final | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | 1/16 final | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Heshmatollah Kazemi | Individual standing | 549 | 16 Q | Marquez (ESP) W 141–125 | Atamanenko (UKR) L 148–154 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |
| Majid Kehtari | Individual W2 | 563 | 21 Q | Wong (HKG) L 137–143 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 23 |
| Ebrahim Ranjbar | Individual W2 | 576 | 16 Q | Anderson (GBR) W 148–145 | Lee (KOR) L 139–156 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 15 |
| Heshmatollah Kazemi Majid Kehtari Ebrahim Ranjbar | Team open | 1688 | 12 Q | | Slovakia W 209–195 | Italy L 207–221 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 5 |

### Athletics

Men

| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Abbas Mohseni | Shot put F37 | 11.97 | |
| Ghader Modabber | Shot put F52 | 7.63 WR | |
| Ghader Modabber | Discus throw F52 | 17.79 WR | |
| Ghader Modabber | Javelin throw F52 | 14.60 | |
| Mokhtar Nourafshan | Shot put F54 | 8.96 | |
| Mokhtar Nourafshan | Discus throw F54 | 27.23 | |
| Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar | Shot put F56 | 8.96 | 5 |
| Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar | Discus throw F56 | 37.36 WR | |
| Hossein Agha-Barghchi | Discus throw F36 | 31.68 | |
| Abdolreza Jokar | Discus throw F53 | 18.92 | |
| Abdolreza Jokar | Javelin throw F53 | 16.11 | |
| Dariush Namvar | Discus throw F56 | 33.23 | |
| Aref Khosravinia | Discus throw F57 | 45.05 WR | |
| Vahab Saalabi | Javelin throw F42 | 46.57 | |
| Avaz Azmoudeh | Javelin throw F54 | 25.44 | |
| Mohammad Reza Mirzaei | Javelin throw F57 | 38.64 WR | |

Women

| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Fatemeh Montazeri | Shot put F58 | 7.67 | 5 |
| Fatemeh Montazeri | Javelin throw F58 | did not start | did not start |

### Powerlifting

Men

| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Saeid Mokhtarian | 52 kg | 167.5 | 4 |
| Fereydoun Karimipour | 56 kg | 190.0 | |
| Babak Mohammadi | 60 kg | No mark | No mark |
| Allahbakhsh Akbari | 67.5 kg | 200.0 | |
| Mansour Dimasi | 75 kg | 210.0 | |
| Saeid Bafandeh | 82.5 kg | 227.5 | |
| Amrollah Dehghani | 100 kg | 232.5 WR | |

### Shooting

Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank |
| Jamal Asadi | 10 m air pistol SH1 | 557 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ramezan Salehnejad | 10 m air rifle standing SH1 | 578 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank |
| Nayyereh Akef | 10 m air pistol SH1 | 372 | 3 Q | 91.9 | 463.9 | |
| Sedigheh Barmaki | 10 m air rifle standing SH1 | 384 | 5 Q | 101.1 | 485.1 | 4 |
| Zahra Alibeigi | 10 m air rifle standing SH1 | 373 | 13 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank |
| Enayatollah Bokharaei | 10 m air rifle prone SH1 | 598 | 6 Q | 105.6 | 703.6 | |
| Ramezan Salehnejad | 10 m air rifle prone SH1 | 599 | 2 Q | 103.5 | 702.5 | 4 |

### Volleyball

Men's sitting

| Squad list | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Squad list | Pool A | Rank | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Ali Eshghi Hojjat Behravan Ali Akbar Salavatian Parviz Firouzi Issa Zirahi Jalil Imeri Farshid Ashouri Ali Golkar Majid Soleimani Ali Kashfia Reza Peidayesh Mohammad Reza Rahimi | Hungary W 3–0 | 1 Q | Libya W 3–0 | Finland W 3–0 | Bosnia and Herzegovina W 3–0 | |
| Ali Eshghi Hojjat Behravan Ali Akbar Salavatian Parviz Firouzi Issa Zirahi Jalil Imeri Farshid Ashouri Ali Golkar Majid Soleimani Ali Kashfia Reza Peidayesh Mohammad Reza Rahimi | Germany W 3–0 | 1 Q | Libya W 3–0 | Finland W 3–0 | Bosnia and Herzegovina W 3–0 | |
| Ali Eshghi Hojjat Behravan Ali Akbar Salavatian Parviz Firouzi Issa Zirahi Jalil Imeri Farshid Ashouri Ali Golkar Majid Soleimani Ali Kashfia Reza Peidayesh Mohammad Reza Rahimi | Netherlands W 3–0 | 1 Q | Libya W 3–0 | Finland W 3–0 | Bosnia and Herzegovina W 3–0 | |
| Ali Eshghi Hojjat Behravan Ali Akbar Salavatian Parviz Firouzi Issa Zirahi Jalil Imeri Farshid Ashouri Ali Golkar Majid Soleimani Ali Kashfia Reza Peidayesh Mohammad Reza Rahimi | Japan W 3–0 | 1 Q | Libya W 3–0 | Finland W 3–0 | Bosnia and Herzegovina W 3–0 | |
| Ali Eshghi Hojjat Behravan Ali Akbar Salavatian Parviz Firouzi Issa Zirahi Jalil Imeri Farshid Ashouri Ali Golkar Majid Soleimani Ali Kashfia Reza Peidayesh Mohammad Reza Rahimi | United States W 3–0 | 1 Q | Libya W 3–0 | Finland W 3–0 | Bosnia and Herzegovina W 3–0 | |
