Iran at the 1956 Summer Olympics explained

Iran competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia; 17 athletes competed. Emam-Ali Habibi and Gholamreza Takhti won the nation's first gold medal in the Olympics, all in wrestling.^{[1] [2]}

Competitors

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Athletics	2		2
Weightlifting	7		7
Wrestling	8		8
Total	17	0	17

Medal summary

Medal table

width=180	Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	width=55	Total
			1	1
	2	2		4
Total	2	2	1	5

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's freestyle 67 kg
			Men's freestyle 87 kg
			Men's freestyle 52 kg
			Men's freestyle 57 kg
			Men's 56 kg

Results by event

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Men^[3]

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Men^[4]

Athlete	Event	Press	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total	Rank
Mahmoud Namjoo	56 kg	100.0	102.5	130.0	332.5
Hossein Zarini	60 kg	92.5	92.5	120.0	305.0	13
Henrik Tamraz	67.5 kg	115.0	105.0	145.0	365.0	5
Ebrahim Peiravi	75 kg	107.5	117.5	147.5	372.5	7
Jalal Mansouri	82.5 kg	132.5	122.5	162.5	417.5	4
Hassan Rahnavardi	90 kg	140.0	127.5	157.5	425.0	4
Firouz Pojhan	+90 kg	147.5	132.5	170.0	450.0	4

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Men's freestyle^[5]

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Fifth round	Final round	Rank
Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour	52 kg	Bye	W 3–0	W 3–0	W 3–0		W 3–0
		L Fall
Mehdi Yaghoubi	57 kg	W 3–0	W Fall	W Fall	L 1–2	W 3–0
Nasser Givehchi	62 kg	W 3–0	W Fall	L 1–2	L 0–3		Did not advance	6
Emam-Ali Habibi	67 kg	W Fall	W 3–0	W 3–0	W 3–0	W 3–0	W Fall
Nabi Sorouri	73 kg	W Fall	L 0–3	W 3–0	W 3–0		Did not advance	4
Abbas Zandi	79 kg	W 3–0	Bye	L 0–3	L Fall	Did not advance	7
Gholamreza Takhti	87 kg	W Fall	W Fall	W Fall	W Fall		W 3–0
						W 3–0
Hossein Nouri	+87 kg	L 0–3	W 3–0	L Fall	Did not advance		Did not advance	9

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Iran at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games . sports-reference.com . 31 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110914190538/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/IRI/summer/1956/ . 14 September 2011 .
2. Web site: The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad . 3 January 2011 . . 262 . 31 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080912181829/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1956/OR1956.pdf . 12 September 2008 .
3. Web site: The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad . 3 January 2011 . . 303 and 344 . 31 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080912181829/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1956/OR1956.pdf . 12 September 2008 .
4. Web site: The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad . 3 January 2011 . . 636–648 . 31 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080912181829/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1956/OR1956.pdf . 12 September 2008 .
5. Web site: The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVI Olympiad . 3 January 2011 . . 660–675 . 31 May 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080912181829/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1956/OR1956.pdf . 12 September 2008 .