Iran at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Iran competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 14 athletes represented Iran in the 1968 Olympics.[1]

Iran at the
1968 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIRI
(IRN used at these Games)
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Iran
Websitewww.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Mexico City
Competitors14 in 3 sports
Flag bearerAbolfazl Anvari
Medals
Ranked 19th
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Competitors
Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 11
Weightlifting 44
Wrestling 99
Total14014

Medal summary

Medal table
Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Weightlifting112
Wrestling123
Total2125

Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldMohammad NassiriWeightliftingMen's 56 kg
 GoldAbdollah MovahedWrestlingMen's freestyle 70 kg
 SilverParviz JalayerWeightliftingMen's 67.5 kg
 BronzeAboutaleb TalebiWrestlingMen's freestyle 57 kg
 BronzeShamseddin Seyed-AbbasiWrestlingMen's freestyle 63 kg

Results by event

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Men[2]
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Jalal Keshmiri Shot put Did not start Did not advance
Discus throw 53.96 20 Did not advance

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Men[3]
Athlete Event Press Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Mohammad Nassiri 56 kg 112.5 105.0 150.0 WR 367.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Nasrollah Dehnavi 60 kg 117.5 107.5 140.0 365.0 6
Parviz Jalayer 67.5 kg 125.0 132.5 165.0 422.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Daniel Gevargiz 75 kg No mark — — — —

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Men's freestyle[4]
Athlete Event 1st round 2nd round 3rd round 4th round 5th round 6th round 7th / Final round Rank
Mohammad Ghorbani 52 kg  Defran (DOM)
W Fall		  Solari (ECU)
W Fall		  Triantafyllidis (GRE)
W Fall		  Sanders (USA)
L Fall		  Nakata (JPN)
L Fall		 Did not advance 7
Aboutaleb Talebi 57 kg  Raxon (GUA)
W Superiority		  Ahmad (AFG)
W Points		  Sardar (PAK)
W Points		 Bye  Behm (USA)
W Points		  Aliyev (URS)
D Points		  Uetake (JPN)
D Points		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi 63 kg  Douglas (USA)
W Points		  Luczak (GDR)
W Superiority		  Engel (TCH)
W Fall		  Tedeyev (URS)
W Points		  Karypidis (GRE)
W Fall		  Todorov (BUL)
D Points		 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
 Kaneko (JPN)
L Points
Abdollah Movahed 70 kg  Garvie (CAN)
W Superiority		  Vario (ARG)
W Superiority		  Marchand (FRA)
W Superiority		  Rost (FRG)
W Superiority		  Chand (IND)
W Points		  Sereeter (MGL)
W Points		  Valchev (BUL)
W Points		 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ali-Mohammad Momeni 78 kg  Ayub (AFG)
W Superiority		  Bajkó (HUN)
W Points		  Atalay (TUR)
L Points		  Heinze (GDR)
W Points		  Sotirov (BUL)
W Points		 Did not advance 4
Mansour Mehdizadeh 87 kg  Balla (ROU)
L Disqualification		 Did not appear Did not advance 22
Moslem Eskandar-Filabi 97 kg  Vernik (ARG)
W Superiority		  Jutzeler (SUI)
L Points		  Lomidze (URS)
L Points		 Did not advance Did not advance 9
Abolfazl Anvari +97 kg  Nyers (HUN)
W Points		  Robertsson (SWE)
W Points		  Kristoff (USA)
L Points		  Duraliev (BUL)
L Fall		 Did not advance Did not advance 6
Men's Greco-Roman[5]
Athlete Event 1st round 2nd round 3rd round 4th round 5th round 6th round Final round Rank
Hossein Moarreb 63 kg  Hassanein (EGY)
W DNF		  Alakoç (TUR)
L Points		  Galinchev (BUL)
L Fall		 Did not advance 11

References
  1. "Iran at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  2. "The Official Report of The Games of the XIV Olympiad Mexico City 1968, Volume III, Part 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. p. 112. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  3. "The Official Report of The Games of the XIV Olympiad Mexico City 1968, Volume III, Part 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. p. 286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  4. "The Official Report of The Games of the XIV Olympiad Mexico City 1968, Volume III, Part 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. pp. 300–308. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  5. "The Official Report of The Games of the XIV Olympiad Mexico City 1968, Volume III, Part 2" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. 3 January 2011. p. 311. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
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