Iran at the Asian Games

Iran first participated at the Asian Games in 1951, and has sent athletes to compete in every Asian Games since then, except for 1954, 1962 and 1978.[1][2]

Iran at the
Asian Games
IOC codeIRI
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
192
Silver
202
Bronze
217
Total
611
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

The National Olympic Committee for Iran is the National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and was founded in 1947.[3]

Iran's best performance was in 1974, when the country hosted the event in Tehran, it ranked second with 36 gold, 28 silver and 17 bronze medals.[4]

Medals by games edit

Asian Games edit

 
Iran Ranks in Various Asian Games
 
Iran Gold Medals Count in Various Asian Games
 
Iran Total Medals Count in Various Asian Games
 
Total Medals Count won by Iranian Female Athletes in Various Asian Games Events
Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1951  1951 New Delhi 8 6 2 16 3
  1954 Manila did not participate
1958  1958 Tokyo 7 14 11 32 4
  1962 Jakarta did not participate
1966  1966 Bangkok 6 8 17 31 6
1970  1970 Bangkok 9 7 7 23 4
1974  1974 Tehran 36 28 17 81 2
  1978 Bangkok did not participate
1982  1982 New Delhi 4 4 4 12 7
1986  1986 Seoul 6 6 10 22 4
1990  1990 Beijing 4 6 8 18 5
1994  1994 Hiroshima 9 9 8 26 6
1998  1998 Bangkok 10 11 13 34 7
2002  2002 Busan 8 14 14 36 10
2006  2006 Doha 11 15 22 48 6
2010  2010 Guangzhou 20 15 24 59 4
2014  2014 Incheon 21 18 18 57 5
2018  2018 Jakarta–Palembang 20 20 22 62 6
2022  2022 Hangzhou 13 21 20 54 7
Total 192 202 217 611 4

Asian Winter Games edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
  1986 Sapporo did not participate
1990  1990 Sapporo 0 0 0 0
1996  1996 Harbin 0 0 0 0
1999  1999 Kangwon 0 0 0 0
2003  2003 Aomori 0 0 0 0
2007  2007 Changchun 0 0 0 0
2011  2011 Astana–Almaty 0 1 2 3 6
2017  2017 Sapporo 0 0 0 0
Total 0 1 2 3 9

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
2005  2005 Bangkok 3 5 2 10 11
2007  2007 Macau 4 4 9 17 8
  2009 Bangkok did not participate
2009  2009 Hanoi 17 15 13 45 5
2013  2013 Incheon 3 6 2 11 6
2017  2017 Ashgabat 36 23 59 118 3
Total 63 53 85 201 7

Asian Beach Games edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
2008  2008 Bali 0 0 0 0
2010  2010 Muscat 0 0 2 2 21
2012  2012 Haiyang 2 0 0 2 7
2014  2014 Phuket 9 14 8 31 4
2016  2016 Da Nang 9 6 6 21 4
Total 20 20 16 56 6

Asian Youth Games edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
2009  2009 Singapore 1 3 2 6 11
2013  2013 Nanjing 0 6 2 8 20
Total 1 9 4 14 15

Medals by sport edit

Asian Games edit

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Aquatics, Diving 0 1 3 4
Aquatics, Water polo 1 0 1 2
Archery 1 0 2 3
Athletics 13 16 10 39
Basketball 0 2 3 5
Basketball, 3x3 0 0 1 1
Board games, Chess 1 0 1 2
Boxing 5 11 26 42
Canoeing, Slalom 0 0 1 1
Canoeing, Sprint 1 5 8 14
Cycling, Mountain bike 0 0 1 1
Cycling, Road 3 5 6 14
Cycling, Track 2 5 8 15
Equestrian 0 0 1 1
Fencing 3 6 9 18
Football 4 2 1 7
Gymnastics, Artistic 0 1 0 1
Handball 0 1 1 2
Judo 1 8 11 20
Kabaddi 2 4 2 8
Karate 15 11 12 38
Kurash 2 4 3 9
Pencak silat 0 0 1 1
Roller sports, Freestyle 0 1 0 1
Rowing 2 5 5 12
Shooting 1 4 4 9
Sport climbing 2 0 0 2
Table tennis 0 0 5 5
Taekwondo 14 17 23 54
Tennis 0 2 2 4
Volleyball 3 3 2 8
Weightlifting 33 31 20 84
Wrestling 74 44 37 155
Wushu 9 13 7 29
Total 192 202 217 611

Asian Winter Games edit

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Ski orienteering 0 1 1 2
Skiing, Alpine 0 0 1 1
Total 0 1 2 3

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games edit

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
3x3 basketball 1 0 0 1
Board games, Chess 1 2 3 6
Cue sports 1 3 2 6
Cycling, Track 1 1 1 3
Equestrian 0 0 1 1
Esports 2 2 3 7
Futsal 5 1 1 7
Indoor archery 3 1 4 8
Indoor athletics 5 5 7 17
Indoor hockey 1 0 0 1
Ju-jitsu 1 2 2 5
Kabaddi 0 3 1 4
Kickboxing 7 4 5 16
Kurash 4 5 6 15
Muaythai 7 6 6 19
Pencak silat 0 2 1 3
Sambo 0 0 3 3
Sepak takraw 0 0 1 1
Short course swimming 1 1 1 3
Sport climbing 0 0 1 1
Taekwondo 7 2 4 13
Vovinam 1 3 3 7
Weightlifting 1 1 2 4
Wrestling 9 3 4 16
Wrestling, Alysh 1 1 10 12
Wrestling, Belt 0 1 8 9
Wrestling, Pahlavani 3 0 0 3
Wrestling, Turkmen goresh 0 1 5 6
Wushu 1 3 0 4
Total 63 53 85 201

Asian Beach Games edit

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Aquatics, Beach water polo 0 1 0 1
Beach athletics 2 3 1 6
Beach kabaddi 2 0 1 3
Beach kurash 3 3 2 8
Beach sambo 0 2 2 4
Beach sepak takraw 0 0 2 2
Beach soccer 2 0 1 3
Beach volleyball 0 1 0 1
Beach wrestling 5 1 0 6
Bodybuilding 1 1 0 2
Footvolley 0 1 0 1
Ju-jitsu 0 3 3 6
Muaythai 3 2 1 6
Pencak silat 0 1 1 2
Vocotruyen 2 1 1 4
Vovinam 0 0 1 1
Total 20 20 16 56

Asian Youth Games edit

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
3x3 basketball 0 1 0 1
Athletics 1 5 2 8
Football 0 1 1 2
Judo 0 0 1 1
Shooting 0 1 0 1
Taekwondo 0 1 0 1
Total 1 9 4 14

West Asian Games edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
  1997 Tehran 63 37 56 156 1
  2002 Kuwait City 9 11 16 36 3
  2005 Doha 20 25 16 61 3
Total 92 73 88 253 1
Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Aquatics, Diving 2 2 3 7
Aquatics, Swimming 6 6 11 23
Athletics 15 18 22 55
Badminton 3 3 6 12
Basketball 1 0 0 1
Boxing 7 2 3 12
Fencing 7 9 9 25
Football 1 1 1 3
Gymnastics 2 6 5 13
Handball 0 1 0 1
Judo 3 2 1 6
Karate 11 7 11 29
Shooting 5 5 7 17
Table tennis 3 2 3 8
Taekwondo 6 1 1 8
Tennis 3 0 2 5
Volleyball 0 1 0 1
Weightlifting 8 3 1 12
Wrestling 9 4 2 15
Total 92 73 88 253

Multiple gold medalists edit

This is a list of multiple Asian Games gold medalists for Iran, listing people who have won at least three medals including at least two gold medals.

Athletes in bold are still active.

Athlete Sport Asian Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Mohammad Nassiri Weightlifting 1966–1974 4 1 0 5
Ehsan Haddadi Athletics 2006–2022 4 1 0 5
Moslem Eskandar-Filabi Wrestling 1966–1974 4 0 0 4
Reza Soukhtehsaraei Wrestling 1974–1990 3 1 0 4
Mohammad Mousavi Volleyball 2010–2022 3 1 0 4
Mohsen Mohammadseifi Wushu 2010–2022 3 1 0 4
Houshang Kargarnejad Weightlifting 1970–1974 3 0 1 4
Behdad Salimi Weightlifting 2010–2018 3 0 0 3
Alireza Heidari Wrestling 1998–2006 3 0 0 3
Reza Yazdani Wrestling 2006–2014 3 0 0 3
Jalal Keshmiri Athletics 1966–1974 2 3 1 6
Hassan Arianfard Cycling 1970–1974 2 1 1 4
Jasem Vishkaei Karate 2002–2010 2 1 0 3
Akbar Shokrollahi Weightlifting 1974 2 1 0 3
Ali Vali Weightlifting 1974 2 1 0 3
Saeid Marouf Volleyball 2010–2018 2 1 0 3
Teymour Ghiasi Athletics 1966–1974 2 0 1 3
Hossein Rezazadeh Weightlifting 1998–2006 2 0 1 3

List of flag bearers edit

Event year Flag bearer Sport
1951 Ahmad Ordoubadi Weightlifting
1958 Mahmoud Namjoo Weightlifting
1966 Mansour Mehdizadeh Wrestling
1970 Mohammad Nassiri Weightlifting
1974 Moslem Eskandar-Filabi Wrestling
1982 Reza Soukhtehsaraei Wrestling
1986 Reza Soukhtehsaraei Wrestling
1990 Alireza Lorestani Wrestling
1994 Amir Reza Khadem Wrestling
1998 Zahra Mahroughi Shooting
2002 Ali Daei Football
2006 Hossein Rezazadeh Weightlifting
2010 Samad Nikkhah Bahrami Basketball
2014 Behdad Salimi Weightlifting
2018 Elaheh Ahmadi Shooting
2022 Javad Foroughi
Nahid Kiani
Shooting
Taekwondo

References edit

  1. ^ Olympic Council of Asia
  2. ^ "Asian Games: Iran and China win team competitions". Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Iran Olympic Committee". Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  4. ^ "1974 Tehran Asian Games". Retrieved 8 October 2023.

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