| Noc: | IRI |
| Nocname: | National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1988 |
| Oldcode: | IRN |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Seoul |
| Competitors: | 27 |
| Sports: | 4 |
| Flagbearer: | Hassan Zahedi |
| Rank: | 36 |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 1 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after missing both the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics, due to the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the Iran–Iraq War, which lasted from 1980 until 1988.
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Cycling, Road | 6 | 6 | |||||
| Cycling, Track | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Taekwondo | 4 | 4 | |||||
| Wrestling | 15 | 15 | |||||
| Total | 27 | 0 | 27 |
| width=180 | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taekwondo | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Note: Demonstration sports indicated in italics.
See main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
See main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iraj Amirakhori | Road race | 4:32:56 | 56 | |
| Mohammad Reza Bajoul | Road race | Did not finish | ||
| Siamak Safarzadeh | Road race | 4:42:47 | 93 | |
| Mostafa Chaichi Abbas Esmaeili Mehrdad Safarzadeh Siamak Safarzadeh | Team time trial | 2:15:29.5 | 23 | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||||||||
| Jalil Eftekhari | 1 km time trial | 1:11.683 | 27 | ||||||
| Mostafa Chaichi | Individual pursuit | Overlapped | Did not advance | — | |||||
See main article: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
| Athlete | Event | Eliminatory round | Final | Rank | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 / 7 | ||||
| Nasser Zeinalnia | 48 kg | W 17–0 | W 4–3 | L Fall | L Fall | Did not advance | 7th place match L Walkover | 8 | |
| Majid Torkan | 52 kg | W 15–0 | W Fall | L 2–4 | L | Did not advance | 13 | ||
| Askari Mohammadian | 57 kg | W Fall | W 15–0 | W Fall | W 16–1 | W 5–4 | Bye | L 1–5 | |
| Akbar Fallah | 62 kg | W 15–0 | W 4–3 | Bye | W 6–1 | W 10–3 | W 5–0 | 3rd place match L 2–5 | 4 |
L 1–12 | |||||||||
| Amir Reza Khadem | 68 kg | Bye | W 16–0 | L 7–8 | W 17–1 | L 4–12 | Did not advance | 11 | |
| Ayat Vagozari | 74 kg | L 3–5 | W 20–9 | W Fall | W 6–3 | W 12–9 | L | 5th place match L | 6 |
| Ahmad Afghan | 82 kg | W Fall | W 15–0 | L 6–7 | L 0–15 | Did not advance | 11 | ||
| Mohammad Reza Toupchi | 90 kg | W 3–2 | L 2–3 | L | Did not advance | 17 | |||
| Athlete | Event | Eliminatory round | Final | Rank | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 / 7 | ||||
| Reza Simkhah | 48 kg | L 5–10 | L 0–16 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 | |||
| Abdolkarim Kakahaji | 52 kg | L 8–10 | L 1–6 | Did not advance | 14 | ||||
| Ahad Pazaj | 57 kg | L Fall | L 0–15 | Did not advance | 20 | ||||
| Ahad Javansalehi | 62 kg | L 3–8 | W 5–0 | L Disqualification | Did not advance | Did not advance | 10 | ||
| Masoud Ghadimi | 68 kg | W 2–1 | L Fall | L Disqualification | Did not advance | 21 | |||
| Reza Andouz | 74 kg | L Fall | L | Did not advance | 16 | ||||
| Mehdi Moradi Ganjeh | 82 kg | L 0–14 | L | Did not advance | 16 | ||||
| Athlete | Event | 1/8 final | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fariborz Danesh | 50 kg | W Points | L Points | Did not advance | 5 | |
| Feisal Danesh | 58 kg | W Points | W Points | L Points | Did not advance | |
| Hassan Zahedi | 83 kg | L Walkover | Did not advance | — | ||
| Mansour Bagheri | +83 kg | W Points | L Points | Did not advance | 5 |