Iran at the 1966 Asian Games

Infobox Country Asiad
NOC=IRI
flagcaption=Flag of Iran
games=1966
gamesloc=Bangkok
competitors=118
sports=12
flagbearer=
gold=6
silver=8
bronze=17
total=31
rank=6
asiadappearances=1951 • 1954 • 1958 • 1962 • 1966 • 1970 • 1974 • 1978 • 1982 • 1986 • 1990 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

Iran participated in the 1966 Asian Games held in the capital city of Bangkok, and ranked 6th with 6 gold medals on this occasion of the Asiad. [ [http://www.ocasia.org/5AG.asp 5th Asian Games medal tally ] ]

Medal summary

Medal table

Medalists

Athletics

* Silver
** Ahmad Mirhosseini - Men's 3000 m steeplechase
** Jalal Keshmiri - Men's discus throw
* Bronze
** Teymour Ghiassi - Men's high jump
** Jalal Keshmiri - Men's shot put

Boxing

* Bronze
** Naser Aghaei - Men's 57 kg
** Eltefat Talebi - Men's 60 kg
** Aloush Abbasi - Men's 81 kg
** Hossein Fathianpour - Men's +81 kg

Cycling

Road

* Bronze
** Team - Men's team time trial
*** Team roster
**** Hassan Roustaei
**** Mehdi Doukchi
**** Davoud Akhlaghi
**** Esmaeil Hosseini

Track

* Bronze
** Esmaeil Hosseini - Men's individual pursuit

Football

* Silver
** Team - Men
*** Team roster
**** Aziz Asli
**** Faramarz Zelli
**** Parviz Ghelichkhani
**** Hassan Habibi
**** Hamid Jasemian
**** Goudarz Habibi
**** Mohammad Ranjbar
**** Jalal Talebi
**** Mostafa Arab
**** Hossein Farzami
**** Ali Jabbari
**** Hamid Aminikhah
**** Akbar Eftekhari
**** Abdollah Saedi
**** Fariborz Esmaeili
**** Hamid Shirzadeghan
**** Homayoun Behzadi
**** Parviz Mirzahassan
*** Head coach: Gyorgy Szucs

Table tennis

* Bronze
** Houshang Bozorgzadeh - Men's singles

Tennis

* Bronze
** Taghi Akbari - Men's singles
** Team - Men's team
*** Team roster
**** Taghi Akbari
**** Ezzatollah Nemati
**** Nematollah Nemati
**** Issa Khodaei

Volleyball

Indoor

* Bronze
** Team - Men
*** Team roster
**** Mahmoud Motlagh
**** Hassan Kord
**** Masoud Salehieh
**** Khalil Paknazar
**** Changiz Ansari
**** Hassan Kabiri
**** Mohammad Hemmatyar
**** Mojtaba Mortazavi
*** Head coach: Hossein Jabbarzadegan
** Team - Women
*** Team roster
**** Mari Tet
**** Rouhi Pandnavaz
**** Mehri Kharrazi
**** Ozra Malek
**** Mina Fathi
**** Nasrin Shokoufi
**** Leila Emami
**** Pari Fardi
**** Jaleh Seyed-Hadizadeh
*** Head coach: Fereydoon Sharifzadeh

Weightlifting

* Gold
** Mohammad Nassiri - Men's 56 kg
** Parviz Jalayer - Men's 67.5 kg
** Manouchehr Boroumand - Men's +90 kg
* Bronze
** Mohammadreza Nasehi - Men's 52 kg
** Mohammad Ammi Tehrani - Men's 75 kg
** Esmaeil Doroudian - Men's 90 kg
** Reza Esteki - Men's +90 kg

Wrestling

Freestyle

* Gold
** Abdollah Movahed - Men's 70 kg
** Mansour Mehdizadeh - Men's 97 kg
** Eskandar Filabi - Men's +97 kg
* Silver
** Ali Akbar Heidari - Men's 52 kg
** Mohammad Ali Farrokhian - Men's 57 kg
** Mohammad Ebrahim Seifpour - Men's 63 kg
** Hossein Tahami - Men's 78 kg
** Mahmoud Moezzipour - Men's 87 kg

References

* [http://www.olympic.ir/pdf/asian-games-details.pdf Iran Olympic Committee - Asian Games Medalists]
* [http://www.sport.ir/index.aspx?siteid=1&siteid=1&pageid=1009 Iran National Sports Organization - Asian Games Medalists]