Iran at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Iran at the Olympic Games
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At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors	18 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Lida Fariman
Medals Rank: 43	Gold 1	Silver 1	Bronze 1	Total 3
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Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Athletics 2.2 Boxing 2.3 Judo 2.4 Shooting 2.5 Swimming 2.6 Wrestling 2.6.1 Freestyle 2.6.2 Greco-Roman

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

• Rasoul Khadem - Wrestling, Men's freestyle 90 kg

[edit] Silver

• Abbas Jadidi - Wrestling, Men's freestyle 100 kg

[edit] Bronze

• Amir Reza Khadem - Wrestling, Men's freestyle 82 kg

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's 10000 m:

• Hamid Sajjadi - 35th place
  1. Round 1 - 20th place in heat 2, 29:22.65, Did not advance

[edit] Boxing

Men's 63.5 kg:

• Babak Moghimi - 5th place
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Radoslav Suslekov of Bulgaria, 11-3
  2. Round of 16 - Defeated Gerry Legras of Seychelles, 16-7
  3. Quarterfinal - Lost to Bolat Niyazymbetov of Kazakhstan, 13-8

Men's 75 kg:

• Kourosh Molaei - Eliminated
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Rhoshii Wells of United States, 24-7

Men's 81 kg:

• Ayoub Pourtaghi Ghoushchi - Eliminated
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Jean-Louis Mandengue of France, 21-9

Men's +91 kg:

• Mohammad Reza Samadi - Eliminated
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Duncan Dokiwari of Nigeria, Referee stop contest

[edit] Judo

Men's 71 kg:

• Amir Ghomi - Eliminated
  1. Round of 64 - Bye
  2. Round of 32 - Defeated Henry Nunez of Costa Rica by ippon
  3. Round of 16 - Lost to Kwak Dae-Sung of South Korea by ippon
  4. Repechage round of 32 - Defeated David Kouassi of Ivory Coast by yuko
  5. Repechage round of 16 - Lost to Andrey Shturbabin of Uzbekistan by ippon

[edit] Shooting

Women's 10 m air rifle:

• Lida Fariman - 46th place
  1. Qualification - 379 points, Did not advance

[edit] Swimming

Men's 1500 m freestyle

• Hamed Rezakhani - 33rd place
  1. Heats - 17:22.86, Did not advance

[edit] Wrestling

[edit] Freestyle

Men's 52 kg:

• Gholamreza Mohammadi - 5th place
  1. Round 1 - Defeated Carlos Varela Gonzalez of Cuba, 4-0
  2. 1/8 final - Defeated David Legrand of France, 5-0
  3. Quarterfinal - Bye
  4. Semifinal - Lost to Namig Abdullayev of Azerbaijan, 10-0
  5. Round 6 - Lost to Chechenol Mongush of Russia, 3-1
  6. 5th place match - Defeated Metin Topaktas of Turkey, 4-2

Men's 57 kg:

• Mohammad Talaei - 6th place
  1. Round 1 - Defeated Arif Abdullayev of Azerbaijan, 4-1
  2. 1/8 final - Lost to Aleksandr Guzov of Belarus, 5-3
  3. Round 3 - Defeated Alejandro Puerto of Cuba, 5-0
  4. Round 4 - Defeated Bagavdan Umakhanov of Russia, 1-0
  5. Round 5 - Defeated Damir Zakhartdinov of Uzbekistan, 4-2
  6. Round 6 - Lost to Ri Yong-Sam of North Korea, Fall
  7. 5th place match - Lost to Saban Trstena of Macedonia, 4-3

Men's 62 kg:

• Abbas Hajkenari - 19th place
  1. Round 1 - Lost to Tom Brands of United States, 3-0
  2. Round 2 - Lost to Anibal Nieves of Puerto Rico, 8-3

Men's 68 kg:

• Akbar Fallah - 10th place
  1. Round 1 - Lost to Arsen Fadzayev of Uzbekistan, 2-2
  2. Round 2 - Defeated Oziti Ibo of Nigeria, 1-0
  3. Round 3 - Defeated Richard Weiss of Australia, 5-0
  4. Round 4 - Lost to Yosmany Sanchez of Cuba, 3-1

Men's 74 kg:

• Issa Momeni - 16th place
  1. Round 1 - Lost to Buvaisar Saitiev of Russia, 8-0
  2. Round 2 - Defeated Lazaros Loizidis of Greece, 3-0
  3. Round 3 - Lost to Alberto Rodriguez Hernandez of Cuba, 4-1

Men's 82 kg:

• Amir Reza Khadem - Bronze medal
  1. Round 1 - Defeated Avtandil Gogolishvili of Georgia, 3-0
  2. 1/8 final - Defeated Ruslan Kinchagov of Uzbekistan, 1-0
  3. Quarterfinal - Bye
  4. Semifinal - Lost to Khadzhimurad Magomedov of Russia, 4-0
  5. Round 6 - Defeated Mogamed Ibragimov of Azerbaijan, 3-0
  6. Bronze medal match - Defeated Sebahattin Ozturk of Turkey, 0-0

Men's 90 kg:

• Rasoul Khadem - Gold medal
  1. Round 1 - Defeated Victor Kodei of Nigeria, 6-1
  2. 1/8 final - Defeated Islam Bairamukov of Kazakhstan, 4-3
  3. Quarterfinal - Bye
  4. Semifinal - Defeated Dzambolat Tedeyev of Ukraine, 3-0
  5. Final - Defeated Makharbek Khadartsev of Russia, 3-0

Men's 100 kg:

• Abbas Jadidi - Silver medal
  1. Round 1 - Defeated Davoud Magomedov of Azerbaijan, 4-0
  2. 1/8 final - Defeated Leri Khabelov of Russia, 4-0
  3. Quarterfinal - Bye
  4. Semifinal - Defeated Marek Garmulewicz of Poland, 4-1
  5. Final - Lost to Kurt Angle of United States, 1-1

Men's 130 kg:

• Ebrahim Mehrban - 12th place
  1. Round 1 - Defeated Amarjit Singh of Great Britain, 6-2
  2. 1/8 final - Lost to Zsolt Gombos of Hungary, 3-0
  3. Round 3 - Lost to Aleksandr Kovalevskiy of Kyrgyzstan, 3-2

[edit] Greco-Roman

Men's 62 kg:

• Ahad Pazaj - 11th place
  1. Round 1 - Lost to Juan Maren of Cuba, 5-2
  2. Round 2 - Bye
  3. Round 3 - Defeated Igor Petrenko of Belarus, Fall
  4. Round 4 - Lost to Mehmet Akif Pirim of Turkey, 4-0

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