Iran at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Template:Infobox country at games Iran competed at the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 36 competitors, all men, took part in 23 events in 5 sports. The country's sole medal was a weightlifting bronze won in the featherweight division by Jafar Salmasi.

Competitors

File:National basketball team of Iran-1948.jpg

Iran National Basketball Team

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Basketball	13		13
Boxing	8		8
Shooting	3		3
Weightlifting	5		5
Wrestling	7		7
Total	36	0	36

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Weightlifting			1	1
Total	0	0	1	1

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Jafar Salmasi	Weightlifting	Men's 60 kg

Results by event

Basketball

Men

Squad list	Preliminary group		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
	Group D	Rank
Kazem Ashtari Hossein Jabbarzadegan Houshang Rafatjah Abolfazl Solbi Asghar Ehsasi Hossein Karandish Fereydoun Sadeghi Hossein Soroudi Fereydoun Esfandiari Farhang Mohtadi Ziaeddin Shademan Hossein Soudipour Hossein Hashemi Coach: Kazem Rahbari	France L 30–62	4	9th–16th places Canada L 25–81	13th–16th places Hungary W 2–0, WO	13th place match Cuba L 36–70	14
	Ireland W 49–22
	Mexico L 27–68
	Cuba L 30–63

Boxing

Men

Athlete	Event	1st round	2nd round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Ghasem Rasaeli	51 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Points	Did not advance				17
Emmanuel Agassi	54 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Points	Did not advance				17
Jamshid Fani	58 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Disqualification	Did not advance				17
Masoud Rahimiha	62 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Points	Did not advance				17
George Issabeg	67 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Points	Did not advance				17
Hossein Tousi	73 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W Points	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Points	Did not advance			9
Eskandar Shora	80 kg	Bye	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Points	Did not advance			9
Mohammad Jamshidabadi	+80 kg	Bye	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Disqualification	Did not advance			9

Shooting

Open

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Farhang Khosropanah	50 m rifle prone	545	69
	300 m rifle 3 positions	472	36
Samad Mollazal	50 m rifle prone	511	71
	300 m rifle 3 positions	660	34
Mahmoud Sakhaei	50 m rifle prone	552	67
	300 m rifle 3 positions	587	35

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Press	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Mahmoud Namjoo	56 kg	82.5	82.5	122.5 OR	287.5	5
Jafar Salmasi	60 kg	100.0 OR	97.5	115.0	312.5
Asadollah Mahini	67.5 kg	85.0	92.5	117.5	295.0	19
Nasser Mirghavami	75 kg	102.5	95.0	130.0	327.5	13
Rasoul Raeisi	82.5 kg	110.0	110.0	135.0	355.0	8

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7 / 8	Rank
Mansour Raeisi	52 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3	Template:FlagIOCathlete W Fall	Template:FlagIOCathlete W Fall	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3	Did not advance			4
Hassan Saadian	62 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Fall	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 2–1	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3	Did not advance				11
Ali Ghaffari	67 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3	Template:FlagIOCathlete W Fall	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Fall	Did not advance				11
Abbas Zandi	73 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W Fall	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Fall	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3	Did not advance				7
Abbas Hariri	79 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–2	Did not appear	Did not advance					16
Mansour Mirghavami	87 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3	Did not advance					12
Abolghasem Sakhdari	+87 kg	Bye	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–2	Template:FlagIOCathlete L Fall	Did not advance				5

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database