Iran_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics
Iran at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
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.
Quick Facts Iran at the 2012 Summer Olympics, IOC code ...
| Iran at the 2012 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | IRI |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
| Website | www |
| in London | |
| Competitors | 53 in 14 sports |
| Flag bearers | Ali Mazaheri (opening) Komeil Ghasemi (closing) |
| Medals Ranked 12th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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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]
Main article: 2012 Summer Olympics medal table
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Main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Two Iranian archers (one man and one woman) qualified for the London Olympics.
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
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| Score | Seed | Opposition Score |
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| 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 | |||||
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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
- 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
- Men
- Track & road events
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| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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| 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 | ||||||
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- Field events
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| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Mohammad Arzandeh | Long jump | 7.84 | 17 | Did not advance | |
| Ehsan Haddadi | Discus throw | 65.19 | 6 Q | 68.18 |  |
| Kaveh Mousavi | Hammer throw | 72.70 | 22 | Did not advance | |
| Amin Nikfar | Shot put | 18.62 | 33 | Did not advance | |
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- Women
- Field events
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| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
| Leila Rajabi | Shot put | 17.55 | 22 | Did not advance | |
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Main article: Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Iran has so far qualified boxers for the following events.[6]
- Men
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| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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| Opposition Result |
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| 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 | |||
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Main article: Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Sprint
Iran has qualified boats for the following events
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| Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
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| 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 | ||||
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Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
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Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Road
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| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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| 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 | ||
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Main article: Fencing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Men[8]
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| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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| Opposition Score |
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| Mojtaba Abedini | Individual sabre |  Zalomir (ROU)L 7–15 |
Did not advance | |||||
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Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
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| Opposition Result |
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| Mohammad Reza Roudaki | Men's +100 kg[9] |  Malki (MAR)L WO |
Did not advance | |||||
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Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Iran has qualified for the following boats.
- Men[10]
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| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
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| 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 |
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- Women[11]
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| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
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| 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 |
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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
Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Iran has qualified three quota places in the shooting events;[12]
- Men
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| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Ebrahim Barkhordari | 10 m air pistol | 569 | 33 | Did not advance | |
| 50 m pistol | 552 | 27 | Did not advance | ||
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- Women
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| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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| 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 | ||
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Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Iran has selected one swimmer under the Universality rule.
- Men[13]
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| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Mohammad Bidarian | 100 m freestyle | 52.93 | 42 | Did not advance | |||
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Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Iran has qualified 2 athletes.
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| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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| Opposition Result |
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| 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 | |||||||
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Main article: Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Iran has qualified two men and one woman.
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| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Bronze Medal | Final | |
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| Opposition Result |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |||||
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Main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Iran has qualified 6 men.
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| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
| Sohrab Moradi | Men's −85 kg | DNF | — | — | — | DNF | |
| Kianoush Rostami | 171 | 4 | 209 | 3 | 380 | | |
| Saeid Mohammadpour | Men's −94 kg | 183 | 3 | 219 | 6 | 402 |  |
| Navab Nassirshalal | Men's –105 kg | 184 | =5 | 227 | =1 | 411 | |
| Sajjad Anoushiravani | Men's +105 kg | 204 | 3 | 245 | 2 | 449 | |
| Behdad Salimi | 208 | =1 | 247 | 1 | 455 | | |
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Main article: Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Iran has qualified 13 quota places.
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[14]
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| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
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| Opposition Result |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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- Men's Greco-Roman[14]
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| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
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| Opposition Result |
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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