Iran at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Iran
games=1948 Summer
competitors=36
sports=5
flagbearer=Mostafa Baharmast
gold=0
silver=0
bronze=1
total=1
rank=34

Iran competed at the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England.

The country's sole medal was a weightlifting bronze won in the featherweight division by Mohammad Jafar Salmassi.

Medalists

Bronze

* Mohammad Jafar Salmassi - Weightlifting, Men's 60 kg

Results by event

=Basketball=

Men:
* Team - 14th place
*# Preliminary group - 4th place in group D, Did not advance
*## Lost to France, 62-30
*## Defeated Ireland, 49-22
*## Lost to Mexico, 68-27
*## Lost to Cuba, 63-30
*# places 9th to 16th - Lost to Canada, 81-25
*# places 13th to 16th - Defeated Hungary, Walkover
*# places 13th to 14th - Lost to Cuba, 70-36

* Team roster
** Kazem Ashtari
** Asghar Ehsasi
** Fereydoon Esfandiari
** Hossein Hashemi
** Hossein Jabbarzadegan
** Hossein Karandish
** Farhang Mohtadi
** Houshang Rafatjah
** Fereydoon Sadeghi
** Ziaoddin Shadman
** Abolfazl Solbi
** Hossein Sorouri
** Hossein Saoudipour
*Head coach: Kazem Rahbari

=Boxing=

Men's 51 kg:
*Ghasem Rasaeli - Eliminated
*# 1st round - Lost to Hermanus Corman of Netherlands by points

Men's 54 kg:
*Emmanuel Agassi - Eliminated
*# 1st round - Lost to Alvaro Vicente Demenech of Spain by points

Men's 58 kg:
*Jamshid Fani - Eliminated
*# 1st round - Lost to Armand Savoie of Canada, Disqualified

Men's 62 kg:
*Masoud Rahimiha - Eliminated
*# 1st round - Lost to Manuel Lopez of Argentina by points

Men's 67 kg:
*George Issabeg - Eliminated
*# 1st round - Lost to Alessandro D'Ottavio of Italy by points

Men's 73 kg:
*Hossein Tousi - Eliminated
*# 1st round - Defeated Tore Karlsson of Sweden by points
*# 2nd round - Lost to Michael McKeon of Ireland by points

Men's 80 kg:
*Shura Ossipoff - Eliminated
*# 1st round - Bye
*# 2nd round - Lost to Giacomo Di Segni of Italy by points

Men's +80 kg:
*Mohammad Jamshidabadi - Eliminated
*# 1st round - Bye
*# 2nd round - Lost to Gunnar Nilsson of Sweden, Disqualified

=Shooting=

Men's 300 m free rifle:
*S. Mollazal - 34th place, 660 points
*Mahmoud Sakhaei - 35th place, 587 points
*Farhang Khosropanah - 36th place, 472 points

Men's 50 m small bore rifle:
*Mahmoud Sakhaei - 67th place, 552 points
*Farhang Khosropanah - 69th place, 545 points
*S. Mollazal - 71st place, 511 points

=Weightlifting=

Men's 56 kg:
*Mahmoud Namjoo - 5th place, 287.5 kg

Men's 60 kg:
*Mohammad Jafar Salmassi - Bronze medal, 312.5 kg

Men's 67.5 kg:
*Asadollah Mahini - 19th place, 295 kg

Men's 75 kg:
*Naser Mirghavami - 13th place, 327.5 kg

Men's 82.5 kg:
*Rasoul Raeisi - 8th place, 355 kg

=Wrestling=

Freestyle

Men's 52 kg:
* Mansour Raeisi - 4th place
*# Round 1 - Lost to Billy Jernigan of United States by points, 3 pen
*# Round 2 - Defeated B. Harris of Australia by fall, 3 pen
*# Round 3 - Defeated Kha-Shaba Jadav of India by fall, 3 pen
*# Round 4 - Lost to Halit Balamir of Turkey by points, 6 pen, Eliminated

Men's 62 kg:
* Hassan Saadian - Eliminated
*# Round 1 - Lost to Gazanfer Bilge of Turkey by fall, 4 pen
*# Round 2 - Defeated Hal Moore of United States by points, 5 pen
*# Round 3 - Lost to Ferenc Tóth of Hungary by points, 8 pen, Eliminated

Men's 67 kg:
* Ali Ghaffari - Eliminated
*# Round 1 - Lost to Anthony Ries of South Africa by points, 3 pen
*# Round 2 - Defeated Kim Suk-Young of South Korea by fall, 3 pen
*# Round 3 - Lost to William Koll of United States by fall, 7 pen, Eliminated

Men's 73 kg:
* Abbas Zandi - Eliminated
*# Round 1 - Defeated E. Estrada Ojeda of Mexico by fall, 0 pen
*# Round 2 - Lost to Yaşar Doğu of Turkey by fall, 4 pen
*# Round 3 - Lost to Jean-Baptiste Leclere of France by points, 7 pen, Eliminated

Men's 79 kg:
* Abbas Hariri - Eliminated
*# Round 1 - Lost to Glen Brand of United States by points, 3 pen
*# Round 2 - Did not show, Eliminated

Men's 87 kg:
* Mansour Mirghavami - Eliminated
*# Round 1 - Lost to Patrick Morton of South Africa by points, 3 pen
*# Round 2 - Lost to J. Taranyi of Hungary by points, 6 pen, Eliminated

Men's +87 kg:
* Abolghasem Sakhdari - 5th place
*# Round 1 - Bye
*# Round 2 - Lost to Richard Hutton of United States by points, 3 pen
*# Round 3 - Lost to Bertil Antonsson of Sweden by fall, 7 pen, Eliminated

References

* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]