Iran at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Iran at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeIRI
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Websitewww.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors14 in 4 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Iran (officially called the Islamic Republic of Iran) is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the nation's debut in 1948, Iranian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984, citing political reasons.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Cycling 1 0 1
Shooting 1 3 4
Taekwondo 1 1 2
Wrestling 7 0 7
Total 10 4 14

Cycling

Road

Iran entered one male rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympic. The nation's secured those quota through the 2023 Asian Championships in Rayong, Thailand.

Athlete Event Time Rank
  Men's road race

Shooting

Iranian shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 and 2024 Asian Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[1]

Athlete Event Qualification Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
  Men's trap
  Women's 10 m air rifle
 
  Women's 25 m pistol

Taekwondo

Iran qualified two athlete to compete at the games. Nahid Kiani qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of finishing within the top five in the Olympic rankings in her respective division, meanwhile Mehran Barkhordari qualified the games by virtue of finishing first at the Grand Slam Series rankings.[2]

Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Mehran Barkhordari Men's −80 kg
Nahid Kiani Women's −57 kg

Wrestling

Iran qualified seven wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. All of them qualified by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.[3][4]

Key:

  • VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
  • VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
  • PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
Freestyle
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Rahman Amouzad Men's −65 kg
Men's −86 kg
Amir Hossein Zare Men's −125 kg
Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Men's −60 kg
Men's −67 kg
Men's −97 kg
Men's −130 kg

See also

References

  1. ^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Five more athletes qualified for Paris 2024 Taekwondo tournament". Inside the Games. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Freestyle Wrestling: 2024 Paris Olympic Games Qualified Nations". United World Wrestling. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  4. ^ "1st Phase - 2023 Senior World Championships - Belgrade (SRB)" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Retrieved 11 October 2023.