Iran at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Iran
games=1988 Summer
competitors=27
sports=4
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gold=0
silver=1
bronze=0
total=1
rank=36

Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.

Medalists

Silver

* Askari Mohammadian - Wrestling, Men's freestyle 57 kg

Results by event

=Athletics=

Men's marathon:
*Naser Babapour - 93rd place, 3:00:20

=Cycling=

Road cycling

Men's individual road race:
* Iraj Amir-Akhori - 56th place, 4:32:56
* Siamak Safarzadeh - 93rd place, 4:42:47
* Mohammad Reza Bajoul - Did not finish

Men's 100 km team time trial:
* Team - 23rd place, 2:15:29.5
* Team roster
** Mostafa Chaichi
** Abbas Esmaeili
** Mehrdad Safarzadeh
** Siamak Safarzadeh

Track cycling

Men's 1 km time trial:
* Jalil Eftekhari - 27th place, 1:11.683

Men's 4000 m individual pursuit:
* Mostafa Chaichi - Eliminated
*# Qualification - 5:08.184, Did not advance

Men's points race:
* Jalil Eftekhari - Eliminated
*# Qualification - 14th place in heat 2, Did not advance

=Wrestling=

Freestyle

Men's 48 kg:
* Naser Zeinalnia - Disqualified
*# Eliminatory round - 4th place in group B
*## Defeated William Delgado of Colombia, 17-0
*## Defeated llyas Şükrüoğlu of Turkey, 4-3
*## Lost to Takashi Kobayashi of Japan, Fall
*## Lost to Tim Vanni of United States, Fall
*# 7th place match - Did not show, Disqualified

Men's 52 kg:
* Majid Torkan - 13th place
*# Eliminatory round - 7th place in group A, Did not advance
*## Defeated Lo Chao-Cheng of Chinese Taipei, 15-0
*## Defeated Christopher Woodcraft of Canada, Fall
*## Lost to Vladimir Toguzov of Soviet Union, 4-2
*## Lost to Šaban Trstena of Yugoslavia, Did not finish

Men's 57 kg:
* Askari Mohammadian - Silver medal
*# Eliminatory round - 1st place in group B
*## Defeated Khaltmaa Battuul of Mongolia, Fall
*## Defeated Waruingi Kimani of Kenya, 15-0
*## Defeated Chen Yongliang of China, Fall
*## Defeated Noh Kyung-Sun of South Korea, 16-1
*## Defeated Valentin Ivanov of Bulgaria, 5-4
*## Bye
*# Final - Lost to Sergei Beloglazov of Soviet Union, 5-1

Men's 62 kg:
* Akbar Fallah - 4th place
*# Eliminatory round - 2nd place in group B
*## Defeated Paul Farrugia of Malta, 15-0
*## Defeated Kim Yun-Man of South Korea, 4-3
*## Bye
*## Defeated Gary Bohay of Canada, 6-1
*## Defeated Karsten Polky of East Germany, 10-3
*## Defeated Jörg Helmdach of West Germany, 5-0
*## Lost to Stepan Sarkisyan of Soviet Union, 12-1
*# Bronze medal match - Lost to Simeon Shterev of Bulgaria, 5-2

Men's 68 kg:
* Amir Reza Khadem - 11th place
*# Eliminatory round - 6th place in group A, Did not advance
*## Defeated Essam El-Khodary of Egypt, 16-0
*## Lost to Jukka Rauhala of Finland, 8-7
*## Defeated Amar Wattar of Syria, 17-1
*## Lost to Arsen Fadzayev of Soviet Union, 3-0

Men's 74 kg:
* Ayatollah Vagozari - 6th place
*# Eliminatory round - 3rd place in group A
*## Lost to Adlan Varayev of Soviet Union, 5-3
*## Defeated Muhammad Anwar of Pakistan, 20-9
*## Defeated Naresh Kumar of India, Fall
*## Defeated Uwe Westendorf of East Germany, 6-3
*## Defeated Yoshihiko Hara of Japan, 12-9
*## Lost to Rahmat Sukra of Bulgaria, Walkover
*# 5th place match - Lost to Pekka Rauhala of Finland, Did not finish

Men's 82 kg:
* Ahmad Afghan - 11th place
*# Eliminatory round - 6th place in group A, Did not advance
*## Defeated Barthélémy Nto of Cameroon, Fall
*## Defeated Francisco Iglesias of Spain, 15-0
*## Lost to Christopher Rinke of Canada, 7-6
*## Lost to Puntsag Sukhbat of Mongolia, 15-0

Men's 90 kg:
* Mohammad Reza Toupchi - 17th place
*# Eliminatory round - 9th place in group B, Did not advance
*## Defeated Bodo Lukowski of West Germany, 3-2
*## Lost to Rumen Alabakov of Bulgaria, 3-2
*## Lost to Kim Tae-Woo of South Korea, Disqualified for passivity

Greco-Roman

Men's 48 kg:
* Reza Simkhah - 13th place
*# Eliminatory round - 8th place in group A, Did not advance
*## Lost to Markus Scherer of West Germany, 10-5
*## Lost to Yang Zhizhong of China, 16-0

Men's 52 kg:
* Abdolkarim Kakahaji - 14th place
*# Eliminatory round - 8th place in group A, Did not advance
*## Lost to Esa Murtoaro of Finland, 10-8
*## Lost to Atsuji Miyahara of Japan, 6-1

Men's 57 kg:
* Ahad Pazaj - 20th place
*# Eliminatory round - 11th place in group A, Did not advance
*## Lost to Ronny Sigde of Norway, Fall
*## Lost to Alexander Chestakov of Soviet Union, 15-0

Men's 62 kg:
* Ahad Javansaleh - 10th place
*# Eliminatory round - 5th place in group A, Did not advance
*## Lost to Kamandar Madzhidov of Soviet Union, 8-3
*## Defeated Habib Lakhal of Hungary, 5-0
*## Lost to An Dae-Hyun of South Korea, Disqualified

Men's 68 kg:
* Masoud Ghadimi - 21st place
*# Eliminatory round - 11th place in group A, Did not advance
*## Defeated Zhao Jianqiang of China, 2-1
*## Lost to Franck Abrial of France, Fall
*## Lost to Kim Sung-Moon of South Korea, Disqualified

Men's 74 kg:
* Reza Andouz - 16th place
*# Eliminatory round - 9th place in group B, Did not advance
*## Lost to Daulet Turlykhanov of Soviet Union, Fall
*## Lost to Erhan Balcı of Turkey, Disqualified for passivity

Men's 82 kg:
* Mehdi Moradi Ganji - 16th place
*# Eliminatory round - 8th place in group A, Did not advance
*## Lost to Angel Stoykov of Bulgaria, 14-0
*## Lost to Magnus Fredriksson of Sweden, 10-0

Demonstration sports

=Taekwondo=

Men's 50 kg:
*Fariborz Danesh - Eliminated
*# 1/8 final - Defeated Vicky Rumeon of Netherlands by superiority
*# Quarterfinal - Lost to Enrique Torroella of Mexico by points

Men's 58 kg:
*Feisal Danesh - Bronze medal
*# 1/8 final - Defeated Francisco Carvallo of Ecuador by points
*# Quarterfinal - Defeated Josef Salim of Denmark by points
*# Semifinal - Lost to Jose Sanabria of Spain by points

Men's 83 kg:
*Hassan Zahedi - Eliminated
*# 1/8 final - Defeated David Fraser of Great Britain by walkover
*# Quarterfinal - Lost to Markus Woznicki of West Germany by points

Men's +83 kg:
*Mansour Bagheri - Eliminated
*# 1/8 final - Defeated Ali Sahin of Turkey by points
*# Quarterfinal - Lost to Jimmy Kim of United States by points

References

* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]