Iran_at_the_1951_Asian_Games

Iran at the
1951 Asian Games
Iran at the; 1951 Asian Games
IOC code	IRN
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Website	www.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in New Delhi
Competitors	49 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Mahmoud Namjoo
Medals; Ranked 3rd	Gold 8 Silver 6 Bronze 2 Total 16
Asian Games appearances (overview)
	1951; 1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

Iran at the 1951 Asian Games

Sporting event delegation

Iran participated in the 1951 Asian Games held in the capital city of New Delhi, India from March 4, 1951, to March 11, 1951. This country is ranked 3rd with 8 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad. Ahmad Ordoubadi was the flagbearer for Iran in the opening ceremony.^[1]

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Sport	Men	Women	Total
Aquatics, Diving	2		2
Aquatics, Swimming	2		2
Athletics	8		8
Basketball	10		10
Cycling, Road / Track	1		1
Football	17		17
Weightlifting	11		11
Total	49	0	49

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Ali Baghbanbashi	Athletics	Men's 5000 m
Gold	Mahmoud Namjoo	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg
Gold	Jafar Salmasi	Weightlifting	Men's 60 kg
Gold	Hassan Ferdos	Weightlifting	Men's 67.5 kg
Gold	Firouz Pojhan	Weightlifting	Men's 75 kg
Gold	Hassan Rahnavardi	Weightlifting	Men's 82.5 kg
Gold	Rasoul Raeisi	Weightlifting	Men's 90 kg
Gold	Leon Kurukchian	Weightlifting	Men's +90 kg
Silver	Taghi Askari	Aquatics, Diving	Men's 10 m platform
Silver	Ali Baghbanbashi	Athletics	Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Silver	Nader Afshar Alavinejad Nader Afshar Naderi Amir Aghahosseini Mohsen Azad Mahmoud Bayati Masoud Boroumand Amir Eraghi Hossein Fekri Aref Gholizadeh Mansour Hajian Parviz Kouzehkanani George Markarian Mehdi Masoud-Ansari Mehdi Nassiroghloo Mahmoud Shakibi Hossein Soroudi Ghorban Ali Tari	Football	Men
Silver	Ali Mirzaei	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg
Silver	Jalal Mansouri	Weightlifting	Men's 75 kg
Silver	Ahmad Ordoubadi	Weightlifting	Men's +90 kg
Bronze	Taghi Askari	Aquatics, Diving	Men's 3 m springboard
Bronze	Hossein Soroudi Kamal Mashhoun Alireza Oshar Reza Masoumi Mashallah Safiyar Kambiz Mokhberi Abolfazl Solbi Hossein Soudipour Hossein Razi Hassan Khaleghpour	Basketball	Men

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Taghi Askari	3 m springboard	271.45
Taghi Askari	10 m platform	325.35
Manouchehr Khamoush	10 m platform	250.85	4

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mousa Boroumand	100 m freestyle		?
Tofigh Yousefzadeh	200 m breaststroke	3:11.2	4

Athlete	Event	Heat			Semifinal			Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank
Hossein Ali Archin	100 m	3		3	2		5	did not advance		?
Hossein Ali Archin	200 m	3		3						?
Ali Baghbanbashi	5000 m							15:54.2	1
Ali Baghbanbashi	3000 m steeplechase							9:31.8	2

Iran_at_the_1951_Asian_Games

Iran at the 1951 Asian Games

Competitors

Medal summary

Medal table

Medalists

Results by event

Aquatics

Diving

Swimming

Athletics

Basketball

Cycling

Road

Track

Football

Weightlifting

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Athlete	Event	Press (lb)	Snatch (lb)	Clean & Jerk (lb)	Total (lb)	Rank
Ali Mirzaei	56 kg	205	200	250	655
Mahmoud Namjoo	56 kg	205.25	214.75	280	700
Arsham Khachikian	60 kg				620	6
Jafar Salmasi	60 kg	210	210	255	675
Hassan Ferdos	67.5 kg	210	220	265	695
Jalal Mansouri	75 kg	230	230	295	755
Firouz Pojhan	75 kg	225	230	310	765
Hassan Rahnavardi	82.5 kg	265	255	325	845
Rasoul Raeisi	90 kg	255	240	310	805
Leon Kurukchian	+90 kg	235	230	310	775
Ahmad Ordoubadi	+90 kg	215	225	285	725