Iran at the 2002 Asian Games

Infobox Country Asiad
NOC=IRI
flagcaption=Flag of Iran
games=2002
gamesloc=Busan
competitors=127
sports=15
flagbearer=Ali Daei
gold=8
silver=14
bronze=14
total=36
rank=10
asiadappearances=1951 • 1954 • 1958 • 1962 • 1966 • 1970 • 1974 • 1978 • 1982 • 1986 • 1990 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

Iran participated in the 2002 Asian Games held in the city of Busan. This country is ranked 10th with 8 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad. [ [http://www.ocasia.org/14AG.asp 14th Asian Games medal tally ] ]

Medal summary

Medal table

Medalists

Ahtletics

* Silver
** Abbas Samimi - Men's discus throw

Cycling

Track

* Silver
** Team - Men's team pursuit
*** Team roster
**** Hossein Askari
**** Alireza Haghi
**** Abbas Saeidi Tanha
**** Mehdi Sohrabi

Football

* Gold
** Team - Men
*** Team roster
**** Ebrahim Mirzapour
**** Mehdi Rahmati
**** Ershad Yousefi
**** Hamid Azizzadeh
**** Hossein Kaebi
**** Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht
**** Javad Nekounam
**** Saeid Lotfi
**** Mehdi Amirabadi
**** Siavash Akbarpour
**** Mohsen Bayatinia
**** Javad Kazemian
**** Ali Badavi
**** Moharram Navidkia
**** Mohammad Nosrati
**** Iman Mobali
**** Abolfazl Hajizadeh
**** Jalal Kameli Mofrad
**** Yahya Golmohammadi
**** Ali Daei
***Head coach: Branko Ivanković

Judo

* Gold
** Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh - Men's 60 kg
* Silver
** Mahmoud Miran - Men's +100 kg
* Bronze
** Hamed Malekmohammadi - Men's 73 kg
** Abbas Fallah - Men's 100 kg
** Mahmoud Miran - Men's open

Karate

Kumite

* Gold
** Alireza Katiraei - Men's 70 kg
** Mehran Behnamfar - Men's +75 kg
* Silver
** Hossein Rouhani - Men's 60 kg
** Mehdi Amouzadeh - Men's 65 kg
** Jasem Vishkaei - Men's 75 kg

hooting

* Bronze
** Team - Women's 10 m running target team
*** Team roster
**** Lida Fariman
**** Raheleh Kheyrollahzadeh
**** Elham Hashemi

Taekwondo

* Gold
** Hadi Saei - Men's 72 kg
* Silver
** Behzad Khodadad - Men's 58 kg
* Bronze
** Majid Aflaki - Men's 78 kg
** Parvaneh Mohammadtaghipour Tehrani - Women's 55 kg

Volleyball

Indoor

* Silver
** Team - Men
*** Team roster
**** Peyman Akbari
**** Alireza Behboudi
**** Ahsanollah Shirkavand
**** Afshin Oliaei
**** Mohammad Torkashvand
**** Rahman Mohammadirad
**** Amirhossein Monazzami
**** Amir Hosseini
**** Mohammad Mansouri
**** Abbas Ghasemian
**** Mahmoud Afshardoust
**** Behnam Mahmoudi
***Head coach: Park Ki-Won

Weightlifting

* Gold
** Hossein Rezazadeh - Men's +105 kg
* Silver
** Mohammad Hossein Barkhah - Men's 77 kg
** Hadi Panzvan - Men's 85 kg
** Kourosh Bagheri - Men's 94 kg
* Bronze
** Mehdi Panzvan - Men's 69 kg
** Mohammad Ali Falahatinejad - Men's 77 kg
** Hossein Tavakkoli - Men's 105 kg

Wrestling

Freestyle

* Gold
** Alireza Heidari - Men's 96 kg
* Silver
** Alireza Dabir - Men's 66 kg
** Abbas Jadidi - Men's 120 kg
* Bronze
** Mohammad Rezaei - Men's 55 kg
** Mehdi Hajizadeh - Men's 74 kg

Greco-Roman

* Bronze
** Parviz Zeidvand - Men's 74 kg
** Masoud Hashemzadeh - Men's 96 kg
** Alireza Gharibi - Men's 120 kg

Wushu

anshou

* Gold
** Hossein Ojaghi - Men's 70 kg
* Silver
** Mohammad Aghaei - Men's 65 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]