Iran at the 1958 Asian Games

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]

Iran at the
1958 Asian Games
IOC codeIRN
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Websitewww.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Tokyo
Competitors79 in 11 sports
Flag bearerMahmoud Namjoo
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
7
Silver
14
Bronze
11
Total
32
Asian Games appearances (overview)

Competitors

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Sport Men Women Total
Aquatics, Diving 2 2
Aquatics, Swimming 3 3
Athletics 8 2 10
Boxing 9 9
Cycling, Road / Track 1 1
Football 17 17
Shooting 3 3
Table tennis 4 2 6
Tennis 4 4
Volleyball 8 8
Weightlifting 8 8
Wrestling 8 8
Total 75 4 79

Medal summary

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Medal table

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Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Aquatics, Diving 0 0 2 2
Athletics 1 1 2 4
Boxing 0 3 3 6
Cycling, Track 0 2 0 2
Table tennis 0 0 1 1
Volleyball 0 1 0 1
Weightlifting 3 4 1 8
Wrestling 3 3 2 8
Total 7 14 11 32

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
  Gold Mahmoud Khaligh Razavi Athletics Men's 1500 m
  Gold Jalal Mansouri Weightlifting Men's 82.5 kg
  Gold Hassan Rahnavardi Weightlifting Men's 90 kg
  Gold Firouz Pojhan Weightlifting Men's +90 kg
  Gold Emam-Ali Habibi Wrestling Men's freestyle 67 kg
  Gold Gholamreza Takhti Wrestling Men's freestyle 87 kg
  Gold Abbas Zandi Wrestling Men's freestyle +87 kg
  Silver Mahmoud Khaligh Razavi Athletics Men's 800 m
  Silver Vazik Kazarian Boxing Men's 63.5 kg
  Silver Soren Pirjanian Boxing Men's 67 kg
  Silver Ghasem Amiryavari Boxing Men's 71 kg
  Silver Jafar Goltalab Cycling, Track Men's sprint
  Silver Jafar Goltalab Cycling, Track Men's 1 km time trial
  Silver Abdolmonem Kamal
Siavash Farrokhi
Mahmoud Adl
Mohammad Sharifzadeh
Hossein Ali Amiri
Esmaeil Ashtari
Abbas Tehrani
Kamal Pourhashemi
Volleyball Men
  Silver Esmaeil Elmkhah Weightlifting Men's 52 kg
  Silver Mahmoud Namjoo Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
  Silver Ali Safa-Sonboli Weightlifting Men's 60 kg
  Silver Ebrahim Peiravi Weightlifting Men's 75 kg
  Silver Khalil Rayatpanah Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg
  Silver Tofigh Jahanbakht Wrestling Men's freestyle 73 kg
  Silver Nabi Sorouri Wrestling Men's freestyle 79 kg
  Bronze Manouchehr Fasihi Aquatics, Diving Men's 3 m springboard
  Bronze Hassan Azami Aquatics, Diving Men's 10 m platform
  Bronze Ali Baghbanbashi Athletics Men's 5000 m
  Bronze Ali Baghbanbashi Athletics Men's 10,000 m
  Bronze Ezaria Ilkhanoff Boxing Men's 51 kg
  Bronze Leon Khachatourian Boxing Men's 75 kg
  Bronze Akbar Khojini Boxing Men's 81 kg
  Bronze Edmond Beitkhoda
Houshang Bozorgzadeh
Amir Ehteshamzadeh
Hamid Korloo
Table tennis Men's team
  Bronze Henrik Tamraz Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg
  Bronze Gholam Hossein Zandi Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg
  Bronze Nasser Givehchi Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg

Results by event

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Aquatics

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Diving

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Swimming

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Athletics

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Boxing

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The National Iranian Boxing Team standing, prior to being sent to The Third Asian Games in Tokyo 1958

This was the first time Iranian boxers were participating in an official Asian tournament, such as the Asian Games, with 9 boxers, the most boxers after the Japanese boxing team. In the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, the Iranian boxing team managed to bag a total of 6 medals, including three silver medals, three bronze medals, and also obtained three fifth places.[2] The consequence of this participation resulted in Iran's boxing team to rank second, considering medal counts, and fifth, in the overall boxing table, helping Iran Sports Convoy to rank fourth, overall in the Third Asian Games, which was applauded by the Iranian officials.[3]

The Iranian national boxing team, which consisted of boxers from Tehran Taj club and Tehran Jafari club, was coached by Petros Nazarbegian,[4][5] and the team members were: Ezaria Ilkhanoff (Persian: ایزاریا ایلخانوف) in the Flyweight division (bronze medal),[6] Karapet Kochar (Persian: کاراپت کوچار) in the Bantamweight division (fifth place), Sadegh Aliakbarzadeh (Persian: صادق علی اکبرزاده) in the Featherweight division (fifth place),[7] Hassan Pakandam (Persian: حسن پاک اندام) in the Lightweight division (fifth place),[8] Vazik Kazarian (Persian: وازیک قازاریان) in the Light-Welterweight division (silver medal),[9] Soren Pirjanian (Persian: سورن پیرجانیان) in the Welterweight division (silver medal),[10] Ghasem Amiryavari (captain) (Persian: امیر یاوری) in the Light-middleweight division (silver medal),[11] Leon Khachatourian (Persian: لئون خاچاطوریان) in the Middleweight division (bronze medal),[12] Akbar Khojini (Persian: اکبرخوجینی) in the Light heavyweight division (bronze medal), (no participant in the Heavyweight division).[13]

Men
Athlete Event Round 1 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Ezaria Ilkhanoff 51 kg   Bonus (PHI)
W Points
  Hla (BIR)
L Points
Did not advance  
Karapet Kochar 54 kg Bye   Suzuki (JPN)
L Points
Did not advance 5
Sadegh Aliakbarzadeh 57 kg Bye   Ikeyama (JPN)
L Points
Did not advance 5
Hassan Pakandam 60 kg   Chung (KOR)
L Points
Did not advance 5
Vazik Kazarian 63.5 kg Bye   Chundakowsolaya (THA)
W Points
  Kawakami (JPN)
L Points
 
Soren Pirjanian 67 kg   David (PHI)
W Points
  Onuki (JPN)
W Points
  Kim (KOR)
L Points
 
Ghasem Amiryavari 71 kg Bye   Hussain (PAK)
W Points
  Takahashi (JPN)
L Points
 
Leon Khachatourian 75 kg   Thapa (IND)
L Points
Did not advance  
Akbar Khojini 81 kg   Mahmood (PAK)
L Points
Did not advance  

Cycling

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Road

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Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Jafar Goltalab Road race Did not finish

Football

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Men
Squad list Preliminary round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Group D Rank
Nader Afshar Alavinejad
Davoud Arghavani
Mahmoud Bayati
Mohammad Bayati
Javad Beheshti
Masoud Boroumand
Parviz Dehdari
Amir Eraghi
Iraj Erfan
Aref Gholizadeh
Nasser Haji Mokhtar
Mohsen Haji Nasrollah
Iraj Hatam
Davoud Heidari
Ali Jafarzadeh
Parviz Kouzehkanani
Jafar Namdar
Coach: Hossein Sadaghiani
  Israel
L 0–4
4 Did not advance 14
  South Korea
L 0–5

Shooting

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Table tennis

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Tennis

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Men
Athlete Event 1st round 2nd round 3rd round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
George Aftandilian Singles Bye   Pinto (CEY)
L 0–2
2–6, 2–6
Did not advance 17
Enoud Jasemzadeh Singles   Ishiguro (JPN)
L 0–2
0–6, 2–6
Did not advance 33
Henry Johanes Singles   Dungo (PHI)
L 0–2
1–6, 2–6
Did not advance 33
Arsham Yasaei Singles Bye   Tsai (HKG)
L 1–2
9–7, 2–6, 1–6
Did not advance 17
George Aftandilian
Enoud Jasemzadeh
Doubles   Lim (SIN)
  Pakir (SIN)
L 1–2
9–7, 4–6, 0–6
Did not advance 17
Henry Johanes
Arsham Yasaei
Doubles    (VNM)
   (VNM)
L 1–2
9–7, 4–6, 3–6
Did not advance 17

Volleyball

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Weightlifting

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Men
Athlete Event Press Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Esmaeil Elmkhah 52 kg 87.5 85.0 105.0 277.5  
Mahmoud Namjoo 56 kg 100.0 95.0 120.0 315.0  
Ali Safa-Sonboli 60 kg 107.5 102.5 132.5 342.5  
Henrik Tamraz 67.5 kg 112.5 112.5 145.0 370.0  
Ebrahim Peiravi 75 kg 115.0 117.5 147.5 380.0  
Jalal Mansouri 82.5 kg 127.5 122.5 150.0 400.0  
Hassan Rahnavardi 90 kg 140.0 127.5 165.0 432.5  
Firouz Pojhan +90 kg 152.5 132.5 175.0 460.0  

Wrestling

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Men's freestyle
Athlete Event First round Second round Third round Final round Rank
Khalil Rayatpanah 52 kg Bye   Alcantara (PHI)
W Fall
  Yoshida (JPN)
L Points
  Din (PAK)
W Points
 
Gholam Hossein Zandi 57 kg   Im (KOR)
W Points
  Iizuka (JPN)
D Points
  Tumasis (PHI)
W Fall
  Akhtar (PAK)
L Points
 
Nasser Givehchi 62 kg   Perez (PHI)
W Fall
  Din (PAK)
D Points
  Nakagawa (JPN)
L Points
Bye  
Emam-Ali Habibi 67 kg   Ashraf (PAK)
W Fall
  Bong (KOR)
W Points
  Abe (JPN)
W Points
Bye  
Tofigh Jahanbakht 73 kg   Choi (KOR)
W Fall
  Kaneko (JPN)
D Points
Bye   Bashir (PAK)
W Points
 
Nabi Sorouri 79 kg   Nagai (JPN)
D Points
  Rahim (AFG)
W Fall
  Rasool (PAK)
W Points
  Arcales (PHI)
W Fall
 
Gholamreza Takhti 87 kg   Naseri (AFG)
W Fall
  Hwang (KOR)
W Fall
  Ali (PAK)
W Fall
  Takagi (JPN)
W Fall
 
Abbas Zandi +87 kg   Ohira (JPN)
W Points
  Nazir (PAK)
D Points
Bye  

References

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  1. ^ 3rd Asian Games medal tally Archived 2007-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ http://vista.ir/article/278400("Iranian Boxing in the Asian Games", Vista News Hub, The Online Source for the Most Important Iranian News Headlines)(Persian)
  3. ^ http://www.ghahremanan.ir/d.asp?id=25398("Iranian Sport Convoy Shines in the 1958 Asian Games", Official Web-site for Iranian Sports Retired Champions, Days in History, June 16, 1958)(Persian)
  4. ^ www.sports-reference.com SR/OLYMPIC SPORTS Archived 2014-04-23 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ کتاب تاریخچه بوکس ایران از 1324 تا 1357، جلد اول، ناشر: بامداد کتاب، نویسنده محمود مساعدیان، چاپ اول، 1388، شابک 9789642060337، تعداد صفحه 430 (History of Boxing in Iran from 1945 to 1979,First Volume,First Edition,By: Bamdad Ketaab, Author: Mahmood Mosaadian,2009,ISBN 9789642060337,430 pages)(Persian)
  6. ^ www.sports-reference.com SR/OLYMPIC SPORTS Archived 2016-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ www.sports-reference.com SR/OLYMPIC SPORTS Archived 2014-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ www.sports-reference.com SR/OLYMPIC SPORTS Archived 2013-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ www.sports-reference.com SR/OLYMPIC SPORTS Archived 2014-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ www.middleeastexplorer.com Archived 2014-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ www.sports-reference.com SR/OLYMPIC SPORTS Archived 2014-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ www.middleeastexplorer.com Archived 2014-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ "3.Asian Games - Tokyo, Japan - May 28-31 1958".