Iran at the 1958 Asian Games

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Iran at the Asian Games
Flag of Iran
IOC code:   IRI
1958 Asian Games in Tokyo
Competitors	112 in 7 sports
Flag Bearer	Mahmoud Namjoo
Medals Rank: 4	Gold 7	Silver 14	Bronze 11	Total 32
Asian Games appearances
1951 • 1954 • 1958 • 1962 • 1966 • 1970 • 1974 • 1978 • 1982 • 1986 • 1990 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

Iran participated in the 1958 Asian Games held in the capital city of Tokyo, Japan. This country is ranked 4th with 7 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad. ^[1]

Contents 1 Medal summary 1.1 Medal table 1.2 Medalists 1.2.1 Athletics 1.2.2 Boxing 1.2.3 Cycling 1.2.3.1 Track 1.2.4 Diving 1.2.5 Table tennis 1.2.6 Volleyball 1.2.6.1 Indoor 1.2.7 Weightlifting 1.2.8 Wrestling 1.2.8.1 Freestyle 2 References

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	1	1	2	4
Boxing	0	3	3	6
Cycling	0	2	0	2
Diving	0	0	2	2
Table tennis	0	0	1	1
Volleyball	0	1	0	1
Weightlifting	3	4	1	8
Wrestling	3	3	2	8

[edit] Medalists

[edit] Athletics

• Gold
  • Mahmoud Khaligh Razavi - Men's 1500 m
• Silver
  • Mahmoud Khaligh Razavi - Men's 800 m
• Bronze
  • Ali Baghbanbashi - Men's 5000 m
  • Ali Baghbanbashi - Men's 10000 m

[edit] Boxing

• Silver
  • Varzik Kazarian - Men's 63.5 kg
  • Souren Pirjanian - Men's 67 kg
  • Ghasem Yavarkandi - Men's 71 kg
• Bronze
  • Ezrael Illkhanouf - Men's 51 kg
  • Leon Khachatourian - Men's 75 kg
  • Akbar Khojini - Men's 81 kg

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Track

• Silver
  • Jafar Goltalab - Men's sprint
  • Jafar Goltalab - Men's 1 km time trial

[edit] Diving

• Bronze
  • Manouchehr Fasihi - Men's 3 m springboard
  • Hassan Azami - Men's 10 m platform

[edit] Table tennis

• Bronze
  • Team - Men's team
    • Team roster
      • Amir Ehteshamzadeh
      • Houshang Bozorgzadeh
      • Edmond Beyt-Khoda
      • Hamid Karloo

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Indoor

• Silver
  • Team - Men
    • Team roster
      • Abdolmonem Kamal
      • Siavash Farrokhi
      • Mahmoud Adl
      • Mohammad Sharifzadeh
      • Hossein-Ali Amiri
      • Esmaeil Ashtari
      • Abbas Tehrani
      • Kamal Pourhashemi
    • Head coach: Fereydoon Sharifzadeh

[edit] Weightlifting

• Gold
  • Jalal Mansouri - Men's 82.5 kg
  • Mohammad Hassan Rahnavardi - Men's 90 kg
  • Firouz Pojhan - Men's +90 kg
• Silver
  • Esmaeil Elmkhah - Men's 52 kg
  • Mahmoud Namjoo - Men's 56 kg
  • Ali Safa Sonboli - Men's 60 kg
  • Ebrahim Peyravi - Men's 75 kg
• Bronze
  • Henrik Tamraz - Men's 67.5 kg

[edit] Wrestling

[edit] Freestyle

• Gold

Imam-Ali Habibi - Men's 67 kg

Gholamreza Takhti - Men's 87 kg

Abbas Zandi - Men's +87 kg

• Silver

Khalil Rayatpanah - Men's 52 kg

Jahanbakht Towfigh - Men's 73 kg

Nabi Sorouri - Men's 79 kg

• Bronze

Gholamhossein Zandi - Men's 57 kg

Naser Givechi - Men's 62 kg

[edit] References

• (Persian) Iran Olympic Committee - Asian Games Medalists
• (Persian) Iran National Sports Organization - Asian Games Medalists