| Iran at the 1996 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | IRI |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
| Website | www |
| in Atlanta | |
| Competitors | 18 in 6 sports |
| Flag bearer | Lida Fariman |
| Medals Ranked 43rd |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, USA. This was for the first time after the Iran Civil Unrests of 1979 that Iran had a female athlete in its team.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquatics, Swimming | 1 | 1 | |
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | |
| Boxing | 4 | 4 | |
| Judo | 1 | 1 | |
| Shooting | 1 | 1 | |
| Wrestling | 10 | 10 | |
| Total | 17 | 1 | 18 |
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrestling | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 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 |
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Hamed Rezakhani | 1500 m freestyle | 17:22.86 | 33 | Did not advance | |
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Final | Rank | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Hamid Sajjadi | 10000 m | 1 | 29:22.65 | 20 | Did not advance | 35 | |
| Athlete | Event | 1/16 elimination | 1/8 elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babak Moghimi | 63.5 kg |  Suslekov (BUL)W11–3 |  Legras (SEY)W16–7 |  Niyazymbetov (KAZ)L 8–13 | Did not advance | 5 | |
| Kourosh Molaei | 75 kg |  Wells (USA)L 7–24 | Did not advance | 17 | |||
| Ayoub Pourtaghi | 81 kg |  Mandengue (FRA)L 9–21 | Did not advance | 17 | |||
| Mohammad Reza Samadi | +91 kg |  Dokiwari (NGR)LRSCI | Did not advance | 17 | |||
| Athlete | Event | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amir Ghomi | 71 kg | Bye |  Núñez (CRC)W Hansukomake |  Kwak (KOR)L Ippon | Repechage Kouassi (CIV)W Shido | Repechage Shturbabin (UZB)L Ippon | Did not advance | 9 | |
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank | ||
| Lida Fariman | 10 m air rifle | 379 | 46 | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Round 5 | Round 6 | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gholamreza Mohammadi | 52 kg |  Varela (CUB)W4–0 | Legrand (FRA) W5–0 | Bye |  Abdullayev (AZE)L 0–10 | Repechage Mongush (RUS)L 1–3 | 5th place match Topaktaş (TUR)W4–2 | 5 | |
| Mohammad Talaei | 57 kg | Abdullayev (AZE) W4–1 |  Guzov (BLR)L 3–5 | Repechage Puerto (CUB) W5–0 | Repechage Umakhanov (RUS) W1–0 | Repechage Zakhartdinov (UZB) W4–2 | Repechage Ri (PRK)L Fall | 5th place match Trstena (MKD)L 3–4 | 6 |
| Abbas Hajkenari | 62 kg | Brands (USA) L 0–3 | Repechage Nieves (PUR)L 3–8 | Did not advance | 19 | ||||
| Akbar Fallah | 68 kg | Fadzaev (UZB) L 2–2 | Repechage Oziti (NGR) W1–0 | Repechage Weiss (AUS)W5–0 | Repechage Sánchez (CUB) L 1–3 | Did not advance | 10 | ||
| Issa Momeni | 74 kg | Saitiev (RUS) L 0–8 | Repechage Loizidis (GRE)W3–0 | Repechage Rodríguez (CUB) L 1–4 | Did not advance | 16 | |||
| Amir Reza Khadem | 82 kg |  Gogolishvili (GEO)W3–0 | Khinchagov (UZB) W1–0 | Bye | Magomedov (RUS) L 0–4 | Repechage Ibragimov (AZE) W3–0 | 3rd place match Öztürk (TUR) W0–0 | | |
| Rasoul Khadem | 90 kg | Kodei (NGR) W6–1 | Bayramukov (KAZ) W4–3 | Bye |  Tedeyev (UKR)W3–0 | Khadartsev (RUS) W3–0 | | ||
| Abbas Jadidi | 100 kg | Magomedov (AZE) W4–0 | Khabelov (RUS) W4–0 | Bye |  Garmulewicz (POL)W4–1 | Angle (USA) L 1–1 | | ||
| Ebrahim Mehraban | 130 kg |  Singh (GBR)W6–2 |  Gombos (HUN)L 0–3 | Repechage Kovalevsky (KGZ)L 2–3 | Did not advance | 12 | |||
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Round 5 | Round 6 | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahad Pazaj | 62 kg | Marén (CUB) L 2–5 | Bye | Repechage Petrenko (BLR) W Fall | Repechage Pirim (TUR) L 0–4 | Did not advance | 11 | ||
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