Iran at the 2024 Summer Paralympics explained

See also: Iran at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Npc:IRI
Country:Iran
Year:2024
Games:Summer Paralympics
Games Link:2024 Summer Paralympics
Flagcaption:Flag of Iran
Npcname:I.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:64
Sports:10
Flagbearer Open:Mohammadreza Mirshafiei
Hajar Safarzadeh
Flagbearer Close:Ramezan Salehi
Rank:14
Gold:8
Silver:10
Bronze:7
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1988

Iran competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 24 August to 5 September 2024. This was their tenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1988.[1] [2]

The Iranian roster featured a number of past Paralympians and Paralympic medalists, including woman shooter Sareh Javanmardi who won her fifth Paralympic medal with a gold medal, man para-athlete Saeid Afrooz who won his second Paralympic medal with a gold medal and broke World Record in Men's Javelin throw F34, powerlifter Rouhollah Rostami who won his third Paralympic medal with a gold medal and broke World Record in Men's 80kg and Iran men's national sitting volleyball team won their eighth Paralympic gold medal.

In this Paralympic games Fatemeh Hemmati won two silver medals in Archery.

Medalists

width=55Medalwidth=120NameSportwidth=190EventDate
Sareh JavanmardiShootingP2 – Women's 10 metre air pistol SH1
Amirhossein Alipour DarbeidAthleticsMen's Shot put F11
Saeid AfroozAthleticsMen's Javelin throw F34
Rouhollah RostamiPowerliftingMen's 80kg
Iran men's national sitting volleyball team
Yasin KhosraviAthleticsMen's Shot put F57
Aliakbar GharibshahiPowerliftingMen's 107kg
Ahmad AminzadehPowerliftingMen's +107kg
Zahra RahimiTaekwondoWomen's 52 kg
Parastoo HabibiAthleticsWomen's Club throw F32
Zafar ZakerAthleticsMen's Shot put F55
Fatemeh HemmatiArcheryWomen's individual compound open
Fatemeh Hemmati
Hadi Nori		ArcheryTeam compound
Mahdi OladAthleticsMen's Shot put F11
Hajar SafarzadehAthleticsWomen's 400 m T12
Hassan BajoulvandAthleticsMen's Discus Throw F11
Meysam BanitabaJudoMen's -60 kg J1
Ali PiroujAthleticsMen's Javelin throw F13
Alireza BakhtTaekwondoMen's 80 kg
Hamed HaghshenasTaekwondoMen's +80 kg
Alireza MokhtariAthleticsMen's Shot put F53
Mohammad Reza Arab AmeriArcheryMen's Individual recurve
Mohsen BakhtiarPowerliftingMen's 59kg
Aliasghar JavanmardiAthleticsMen's Shot put F35
Elham SalehiAthleticsJavelin throw F54

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Medals by date
bgcolor=#efefef Daybgcolor=#efefef Datebgcolor=#f7f6a8 bgcolor=#dce5e5 bgcolor=#ffdab9 bgcolor=#efefef Total
129 Augustbgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 1bgcolor=FFDAB9 01
230 Augustbgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 2bgcolor=FFDAB9 02
331 Augustbgcolor=F7F6A8 1bgcolor=DCE5E5 1bgcolor=FFDAB9 24
41 Septemberbgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 11
52 Septemberbgcolor=F7F6A8 1bgcolor=DCE5E5 2bgcolor=FFDAB9 03
63 Septemberbgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 1bgcolor=FFDAB9 01
74 Septemberbgcolor=F7F6A8 1bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 12
85 Septemberbgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 3bgcolor=FFDAB9 25
96 Septemberbgcolor=F7F6A8 3bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 03
107 Septemberbgcolor=F7F6A8 0bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 11
118 Septemberbgcolor=F7F6A8 2bgcolor=DCE5E5 0bgcolor=FFDAB9 02
Total810725
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Medals by sport
SportTotal
36312
3014
1001
1001
0213
0123
0101
Total810725
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Medals by gender
GenderTotal
Male75618
Female1416
Mixed0101
Totalstyle=background:gold8style=background:silver10style=background:#c96725
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Competitors

Source:[3]

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Archery4 2 6
Athletics15 4 19
Goalball6 0 6
Judo2 0 2
Paracanoeing1 1 2
Powerlifting6 0 6
Shooting1 3 4
Sitting volleyball12 0 12
Swimming2 0 2
Taekwondo3 2 5
Total 52 12 64

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Iran entered seven athletes in all event by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic; and at the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[4]

Men
AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Hadi Nourialign=left rowspan=2Individual compound68222
W 141–139
L 139–140		colspan=4
Alisina Manshaezadeh67229
L 135–140		colspan=5
Gholamreza Rahimialign=left rowspan=2Individual recurve6408
L 4–6		colspan=5
Mohammad Reza Arab Ameri6455
W 6–4
W 6–2
W 6–0
L 4–6
W 6–0
Women
AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Fatemeh HemmatiIndividual compound6963
W 142–138
W 143–140
W 146–143
L 141–144
Somayeh RahimiIndividual recurve57412
W 6–0
W 6–0
L 0–6
Mixed
AthleteEventRanking RoundRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Fatemeh Hemmati
Hadi Nouri		Team compound13784
W 153–151
W 152–152
L 151–155
Somayeh Rahimi
Mohammad Reza Arab Ameri		Team recurve12196
W 5–4
L 2–6

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Iranian track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Track & road events
  • Women
    • AthleteEventHeatSemifinalsFinal
    ResultRankResultRankResultRank
    align=left rowspan=2Hajar Safarzadeh200 m T1225.04 1 25.062 24.91 4
    400 m T1256.34 1 56.07 1 55.39
    Field events
  • Men
    • AthleteEventFinal
    DistancePosition
    Ali OlfatniaLong jump T376.044
    Mahdi Oladalign=left rowspan=2Shot put F1113.89
    Amirhossein Alipour Darbeid14.78
    Aliasghar JavanmardiShot put F3515.84
    Alireza MokhtariShot put F538.69
    Hamed Amirialign=left rowspan=2Shot put F5511.366
    Zafar Zaker11.88
    Yasin KhosraviShot put F5715.96
    Sajad Nikparastalign=left rowspan=2Javelin throw F1360.445
    Ali Pirouj69.74
    Saeid AfroozJavelin throw F3441.16
    Sadegh Beit SayahJavelin throw F41
    Erfan Bondori DeraznoeiJavelin throw F5429.125
    Amanolah PapiJavelin throw F5747.634
    Mahdi Oladalign=left rowspan=2Discus Throw F1139.154
    Hassan Bajoulvand41.75
    Mostafa MarianDiscus Throw F56
    Women
    AthleteEventFinal
    DistancePosition
    align=left rowspan=2Elham SalehiShot put F547.46 5
    Javelin throw F5416.24
    Hashemiyeh MotaghianJavelin throw F5621.695
    Parastoo HabibiClub throw F3226.29

    Canoeing

    See main article: Paracanoeing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Iran earned quota places for the following events through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany; and 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.

    AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalFinal
    TimeRankTimeRankTime Rank
    Saeid HosseinpoorMen's KL150.713 49.531 49.165
    Shahla BehrouziradWomen's KL352.705 52.124

    Goalball

    See main article: Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.

    Summary

    Men's tournament

    See main article: Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament. The Iranian men's goalball team qualified for the paralympic games by virtue of the results at the 2023 Asia-Pacific Championships in Hangzhou, China.[5]

    Team roster
    Group play--------
    Quarter-finals
    Fifth place match

    Judo

    AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage
    round 1    		Repechage
    round 2    		Final /
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Meysam Banitaba60 kg J1
    W 01–00
    W 10–00
    L 00–01
    Mousa Gholami90 kg J1
    W 10–00
    L 00–10
    L 00–10    		7

    Powerlifting

    AthleteEventResultRank
    Men
    Mohsen BakhtiarMen's 59kg197
    Amir JafariMen's 65kg2064
    Rouhollah RostamiMen's 80kg242
    Hamed SolhipourMen's 97kg2184
    Aliakbar GharibshahiMen's 107kg252
    Ahmad AminzadehMen's +107kg263

    Shooting

    See main article: article, Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification. Iran entered three para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships and 2022 Asian Para Games as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[6]

    Men
    Women
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    PointsRankPointsRank
    Sareh Javanmardialign=left rowspan=2P2 – 10 metre air pistol SH15701 236.8
    Nasrin Shahicolspan=2
    align=left rowspan=2Roghayeh ShojaeiR2 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1617.19colspan=2
    R8 – 50 m rifle 3 Positions SH1115111
    Mixed
    AthleteEventQualificationFinal
    PointsRankPointsRank
    Sareh Javanmardialign=left rowspan=2P4 – 50 m pistol SH15424 159.45
    Mohammadreza Mirshafiei52318

    Sitting volleyball

    See also: Sitting volleyball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Iran men's sitting volleyball team qualified for games after winning the 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[7]

    Summary

    Men's tournament

    See main article: Sitting volleyball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament.

    RosterThe following is the Iran roster in the men's sitting volleyball tournament of the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[8]
    width=8%width=32%Playerwidth=30%Positionwidth=30%Date of birth (age)
    1 Libero August 29, 2024
    2 Opposite August 29, 2024
    3 Opposite August 29, 2024
    4 Opposite August 29, 2024
    5 Libero August 29, 2024
    6 Opposite August 29, 2024
    7 Middle Blocker August 29, 2024
    8 Setter August 29, 2024
    9 Middle Blocker August 29, 2024
    10 Middle Blocker August 29, 2024
    11 Libero August 29, 2024
    12 Setter August 29, 2024
    Group play--------
    Semifinals
    Final

    Swimming

    See main article: article and Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

    AthleteEventsHeatsFinal
    TimeRankTimeRank
    Shahin Izadyar100 m breaststroke SB91:13.047colspan=2
    Sina Zeyghaminejad100 m breaststroke SB91:10.584 1:12.968
    200 m individual medley SM102:30.518

    Taekwondo

    See main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Iran entered six athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Four of them qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in their respective class. The other athlete qualified by winning the gold medal match at the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.

    Men
    AthleteEventFirst roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage Bronze medal match
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Saeid Sadeghianpour–63 kg
    W 28–2
    L 10–22
    L     		7
    Alireza Bakht–80 kg
    W 7–5
    L 12–18
    W 29–6
    Hamed Haghshenas+80 kg
    W 19–16
    L 13–26
    W 16–14
    Women
    AthleteEventFirst roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal /
    Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Opposition
    Result    		Rank
    Maryam Abdollahpour–47 kg
    L 19–9
    L 4–4    		5
    Zahra Rahimi–52 kg
    W 13–2
    W 6–4
    W 6–0
    L 2–5

    See also

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Mainguy . Marie . 2021-06-02 . The Paralympic Games of Paris 2024 . 2023-04-23 . Paris 2024 . en .
    2. Web site: Paralympic . NPC Iran gears up preparations for the Paris 2024 . 2023-04-23 . Paralympic . en.
    3. https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/npc-entries/ir-iran
    4. News: Olszewska serves two thrillers to grab Paris 2024 quota and reach final. World Archery. 21 July 2023.
    5. News: Goalball: Iran and China are the new Asia/Pacific champions. 18 November 2023. International Blind Sports Federation. 3 December 2023.
    6. Web site: Lima 2023 Quota Allocation to Paris 2024 Day 7 28.09.2023. 29 September 2023. Paralympics. 13 October 2023.
    7. Web site: Admin-AT . 2022-11-12 . Mehrzad: We should be the heroes of our lives > World ParaVolley . 2023-04-23 . World ParaVolley . en-GB.
    8. Web site: Sitting volleyball – Team Iran . Paris 2024 Paralympics . Olympics.com . 29 August 2024.

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