Iran at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Iran
games=1996 Summer
competitors=18
sports=6
flagbearer=Lida Fariman
gold=1
silver=1
bronze=1
total=3
rank=43

Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Medalists

Gold

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

Silver

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

Bronze

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

Results by event

=Athletics=

Men's 10000 m:
*Hamid Sajjadi - 35th place
*# Round 1 - 20th place in heat 2, 29:22.65, Did not advance

=Boxing=

Men's 63.5 kg:
*Babak Moghimi - 5th place
*# Round of 32 - Defeated Radoslav Suslekov of Bulgaria, 11-3
*# Round of 16 - Defeated Gerry Legras of Seychelles, 16-7
*# Quarterfinal - Lost to Bolat Niyazymbetov of Kazakhstan, 13-8

Men's 75 kg:
*Kourosh Molaei - Eliminated
*# Round of 32 - Lost to Rhoshii Wells of United States, 24-7

Men's 81 kg:
*Ayoub Pourtaghi Ghoushchi - Eliminated
*# Round of 32 - Lost to Jean-Louis Mandengue of France, 21-9

Men's +91 kg:
*Mohammad Reza Samadi - Eliminated
*# Round of 32 - Lost to Duncan Dokiwari of Nigeria, Referee stop contest

=Judo=

Men's 71 kg:
* Amir Ghomi - Eliminated
*# Round of 64 - Bye
*# Round of 32 - Defeated Henry Nunez of Costa Rica by ippon
*# Round of 16 - Lost to Kwak Dae-Sung of South Korea by ippon
*# Repechage round of 32 - Defeated David Kouassi of Ivory Coast by yuko
*# Repechage round of 16 - Lost to Andrey Shturbabin of Uzbekistan by ippon

=Shooting=

Women's 10 m air rifle:
* Lida Fariman - 46th place
*# Qualification - 379 points, Did not advance

=Swimming=

Men's 1500 m freestyle
*Hamed Rezakhani - 33rd place
*# Heats - 17:22.86, Did not advance

=Wrestling=

Freestyle

Men's 52 kg:
* Gholamreza Mohammadi - 5th place
*# Round 1 - Defeated Carlos Varela Gonzalez of Cuba, 4-0
*# 1/8 final - Defeated David Legrand of France, 5-0
*# Quarterfinal - Bye
*# Semifinal - Lost to Namig Abdullayev of Azerbaijan, 10-0
*# Round 6 - Lost to Chechenol Mongush of Russia, 3-1
*# 5th place match - Defeated Metin Topaktas of Turkey, 4-2

Men's 57 kg:
* Mohammad Talaei - 6th place
*# Round 1 - Defeated Arif Abdullayev of Azerbaijan, 4-1
*# 1/8 final - Lost to Aleksandr Guzov of Belarus, 5-3
*# Round 3 - Defeated Alejandro Puerto of Cuba, 5-0
*# Round 4 - Defeated Bagavdan Umakhanov of Russia, 1-0
*# Round 5 - Defeated Damir Zakhartdinov of Uzbekistan, 4-2
*# Round 6 - Lost to Ri Yong-Sam of North Korea, Fall
*# 5th place match - Lost to Saban Trstena of Macedonia, 4-3

Men's 62 kg:
* Abbas Hajkenari - 19th place
*# Round 1 - Lost to Tom Brands of United States, 3-0
*# Round 2 - Lost to Anibal Nieves of Puerto Rico, 8-3

Men's 68 kg:
* Akbar Fallah - 10th place
*# Round 1 - Lost to Arsen Fadzayev of Uzbekistan, 2-2
*# Round 2 - Defeated Oziti Ibo of Nigeria, 1-0
*# Round 3 - Defeated Richard Weiss of Australia, 5-0
*# Round 4 - Lost to Yosmany Sanchez of Cuba, 3-1

Men's 74 kg:
* Issa Momeni - 16th place
*# Round 1 - Lost to Buvaisar Saitiev of Russia, 8-0
*# Round 2 - Defeated Lazaros Loizidis of Greece, 3-0
*# Round 3 - Lost to Alberto Rodriguez Hernandez of Cuba, 4-1

Men's 82 kg:
* Amir Reza Khadem - Bronze medal
*# Round 1 - Defeated Avtandil Gogolishvili of Georgia, 3-0
*# 1/8 final - Defeated Ruslan Kinchagov of Uzbekistan, 1-0
*# Quarterfinal - Bye
*# Semifinal - Lost to Khadzhimurad Magomedov of Russia, 4-0
*# Round 6 - Defeated Mogamed Ibragimov of Azerbaijan, 3-0
*# Bronze medal match - Defeated Sebahattin Ozturk of Turkey, 0-0

Men's 90 kg:
* Rasoul Khadem - Gold medal
*# Round 1 - Defeated Victor Kodei of Nigeria, 6-1
*# 1/8 final - Defeated Islam Bairamukov of Kazakhstan, 4-3
*# Quarterfinal - Bye
*# Semifinal - Defeated Dzambolat Tedeyev of Ukraine, 3-0
*# Final - Defeated Makharbek Khadartsev of Russia, 3-0

Men's 100 kg:
* Abbas Jadidi - Silver medal
*# Round 1 - Defeated Davoud Magomedov of Azerbaijan, 4-0
*# 1/8 final - Defeated Leri Khabelov of Russia, 4-0
*# Quarterfinal - Bye
*# Semifinal - Defeated Marek Garmulewicz of Poland, 4-1
*# Final - Lost to Kurt Angle of United States, 1-1

Men's 130 kg:
* Ebrahim Mehrban - 12th place
*# Round 1 - Defeated Amarjit Singh of Great Britain, 6-2
*# 1/8 final - Lost to Zsolt Gombos of Hungary, 3-0
*# Round 3 - Lost to Aleksandr Kovalevskiy of Kyrgyzstan, 3-2

Greco-Roman

Men's 62 kg:
* Ahad Pazaj - 11th place
*# Round 1 - Lost to Juan Maren of Cuba, 5-2
*# Round 2 - Bye
*# Round 3 - Defeated Igor Petrenko of Belarus, Fall
*# Round 4 - Lost to Mehmet Akif Pirim of Turkey, 4-0