Iran at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Iran
games=2000 Summer
competitors=35
sports=12
flagbearer=Amir Reza Khadem
gold=3
silver=0
bronze=1
total=4
rank=27

Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Gold

* Hossein Tavakkoli - Weightlifting, Men's 105 kg
* Hossein Rezazadeh - Weightlifting, Men's +105 kg
* Alireza Dabir - Wrestling, Men's freestyle 58 kg

Bronze

* Hadi Saei - Taekwondo, Men's 68 kg

Results by event

=Athletics=

Men's 800 m:
*Mehdi Jelodarzadeh - 35th place
*# Round 1 - 6th place in heat 6, 1:47.91, Did not advance

=Boxing=

Men's 51 kg:
*Mohammad Rahim Rahimi - Eliminated
*# Round of 32 - Lost to Drissa Tou of Burkino Faso, Walkover

Men's 57 kg:
*Bijan Batmani - Eliminated
*# Round of 32 - Lost to Ricardo Juarez of United States, Referee stop contest

Men's 63.5 kg:
*Anoushirvan Nourian - Eliminated
*# Round of 32 - Lost to Olusegun Ajose of Nigeria, Walkover

Men's 67 kg:
*Babak Moghimi - Eliminated
*# Round of 32 - Lost to Sherzod Husanov of Uzbekistan, 15-5

Men's 91 kg:
*Rouhollah Hosseini - Eliminated
*# Round of 16 - Lost to Mark Simmons of Canada, 11-6

=Canoe / Kayak=

Flatwater

Men's kayak singles 500 m:
*Nader Eivazi - 29th place
*# Heats - 8th place in heat 3, 1:49.306, Did not advance

Men's kayak singles 1000 m:
*Nader Eivazi - 31st place
*# Heats - 8th place in heat 2, 3:59.767, Did not advance

=Cycling=

Road cycling

Men's road race:
*Hossein Askari - Did not finish
*Ahad Kazemi - Did not finish

=Equestrian=

Individual jumping:
*Ali Nilforoushan - 56th place
*# Qualifier - 50.50 penalties, Did not advance

=Judo=

Men's 66 kg:
* Arash Miresmaeili - 5th place
*# Round of 64 - Bye
*# Round of 32 - Lost to Huseyin Ozkan of Turkey by waza-ari
*# Repechage round of 32 - Defeated Georgi Georgiev of Bulgaria by ippon
*# Repechage round of 16 - Defeated Zhang Guangjun of China by ippon
*# Repechage quarterfinal - Defeated Yukimasa Nakamura of Japan by ippon
*# Bronze medal match - Lost to Girolamo Giovinazzo of Italy by yuko

Men's 81 kg:
* Kazem Sarikhani - 7th place
*# Round of 64 - Bye
*# Round of 32 - Defeated Brahima Guindo of Mali by ippon
*# Round of 16 - Defeated Graeme Randall of Great Britain by ippon
*# Quarterfinal - Lost to Nuno Delgado of Portugal by ippon
*# Repechage round of 16 - Defeated Daniel Kelly of Australia by ippon
*# Repechage quarterfinal - Lost to Aleksei Budolin of Estonia by ippon

Men's +100 kg:
* Mahmoud Miran - Eliminated
*# Round of 64 - Bye
*# Round of 32 - Lost to Frank Möller of Germany by koka

=Shooting=

Women's 10 m air pistol:
* Manijeh Kazemi - 43rd place
*# Qualification - 362 points, Did not advance

=Swimming=

Men's 100 m freestyle:
*Hamidreza Mobarrez - 65th place
*# Heats - 54.12, Did not advance

=Table tennis=

Men's singles:
* Majid Ehteshamzadeh - Eliminated
*# Group round - 3rd place in group J, Did not advance
*## Lost to Trinko Keen of Netherlands, 3-0
*## Lost to Ntaniel Tsiokas of Greece, 3-0

=Taekwondo=

Men's 68 kg:
* Hadi Saei - Bronze medal
*# Round of 16 - Defeated Hsu Chi-Hung of Chinese Taipei, 5-2
*# Quarterfinal - Defeated Alejandro Hernando of Argentina, 3-0
*# Semifinal - Lost to Sin Joon-Sik of South Korea, 5-3
*# Repechage semifinal - Defeated Carlo Massimino of Australia, 6-5
*# Bronze medal match - Defeated Tuncay Caliskan of Austria, 4-2

Men's 80 kg:
* Majid Aflaki - Eliminated
*# Round of 16 - Lost to Victor Manuel Estrada of Mexico, 4-3

=Weightlifting=

Men's 62 kg:
*Mehdi Panzvan - 5th place, 302.5 kgMen's 77 kg:
*Mohammad Hossein Barkhah - No markMen's 85 kg:
*Shahin Nasirinia - No markMen's 94 kg:
*Kourosh Bagheri - 4th place, 402.5 kgMen's 105 kg:
*Hossein Tavakkoli - Gold medal, 425 kgMen's +105 kg:
*Hossein Rezazadeh - Gold medal, 472.5 kg

=Wrestling=

Freestyle

Men's 54 kg:
* Behnam Tayyebi - 13th place
*# Preliminary round - 3rd place in pool 6, Did not advance
*## Defeated Tumendemberel Zuunbayan of Mongolia, 3-2
*## Lost to Amiran Karntanov of Greece, 7-0
*## Lost to Vitalie Railean of Moldova, 2-1Men's 58 kg:
* Alireza Dabir - Gold medal
*# Preliminary round - 1st place in pool 1
*## Defeated Talata Embalo of Guinea-Bissau, 10-0
*## Defeated Guivi Sissaouri of Canada, 3-0
*# Quarterfinal - Defeated Oyunbileg Purevbaatar of Mongolia, 5-2
*# Semifinal - Defeated Terry Brands of United States, 6-4
*# Final - Defeated Yevgen Buslovych of Ukraine, 3-0Men's 63 kg:
* Mohammad Talaei - 4th place
*# Preliminary round - 1st place in pool 3
*## Defeated Cary Kolat of United States, 5-4
*## Defeated Ramil Islamov of Uzbekistan, Walkover
*# Quarterfinal - Defeated Arshak Hayrapetyan of Armenia, 3-2
*# Semifinal - Lost to Serafim Barzakov of Bulgaria, 4-0
*# Bronze medal match - Lost to Jang Jae-Sung of South Korea, 12-2Men's 69 kg:
* Amir Tavakkolian - 10th place
*# Preliminary round - 2nd place in pool 1, Did not advance
*## Defeated Emzar Bedineishvili of Georgia, 5-4
*## Lost to Daniel Igali of Canada, 2-2Men's 76 kg:
* Pejman Dorostkar - 12th place
*# Preliminary round - 2nd place in pool 2, Did not advance
*## Defeated Tumen-Ulzii Munkhbayar of Mongolia, 3-0
*## Lost to Gennadiy Laliyev of Kazakhstan, 3-1Men's 85 kg:
* Amir Reza Khadem - 4th place
*# Preliminary round - 1st place in pool 6
*## Defeated Nicolae Ghita of Romania, 5-3
*## Defeated Akesse Aka of Ivory Coast, 4-0
*## Defeated Gabor Capuvari of Hungary, 5-3
*# Quarterfinal - Bye
*# Semifinal - Lost to Yoel Romero of Cuba, 3-0
*# Bronze medal match - Lost to Mogamed Ibragimov of Macedonia, 4-1Men's 97 kg:
* Alireza Heidari - 6th place
*# Preliminary round - 1st place in pool 2
*## Defeated Rolf Scherrer of Switzerland, 7-1
*## Defeated Ahmet Dogu of Turkey, 6-1
*# Quarterfinal - Lost to Eldar Kurtanidze of Georgia, 1-0
*# 5th place match - Lost to Aftandil Xanthopoulos of Greece, WalkoverMen's 130 kg:
* Abbas Jadidi - 4th place
*# Preliminary round - 1st place in pool 6
*## Defeated Efstathios Topalidis of Greece, 9-1
*## Defeated Alex Modebadze of Georgia, 4-0
*# Quarterfinal - Bye
*# Semifinal - Lost to David Musulbes of Russia, 3-0
*# Bronze medal match - Lost to Alexis Rodriguez of Cuba, 1-0

Greco-Roman

Men's 54 kg:
* Hassan Rangraz - 14th place
*# Preliminary round - 2nd place in pool 3, Did not advance
*## Defeated Petr Svehla of Czech Republic, 8-2
*## Lost to Wang Hui of China, 8-2Men's 58 kg:
* Ali Ashkani - 5th place
*# Preliminary round - 1st place in pool 2
*## Defeated Istvan Majoros of Hungary, 5-1
*## Defeated Koba Guliashvaili of Georgia, 7-0
*# Quarterfinal - Lost to Kim In-Sub of South Korea, 3-1
*# 5th place match - Defeated James Gruenwald of United States, 3-2Men's 69 kg:
* Parviz Zeidvand - 16th place
*# Preliminary round - 3rd place in pool 3, Did not advance
*## Lost to Islam Dugushiev of Azerbaijan, 5-0
*## Lost to Juha Lappalainen of Finland, 2-1

References

*Wallechinsky, David (2004). "The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)". Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
*International Olympic Committee (2001). [http://www.gamesinfo.com.au/results/results.pdf The Results] . Retrieved 11/12/05.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/2000v1.pdf Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games] . Retrieved 11/20/05.
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*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Results.pdf The Results] . Retrieved 11/20/05.
* [http://www.olympic.org International Olympic Committee Web Site]