Iran first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, after which the nation only missed the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984. Iran has also competed at several Winter Olympic Games, of which every edition since 1998.
Iran has won 76 medals at the Olympic Games, of which the big majority in wrestling and weightlifting. The remaining medals were won in taekwondo, athletics, and karate.
The National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran was created and recognized in 1947.
Medal Table[]
Medals by Summer Games[]
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London 1948 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 |
| Helsinki 1952 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 30 |
| Melbourne 1956 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 14 |
| Rome 1960 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 27 |
| Tokyo 1964 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 |
| Mexico City 1968 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 19 |
| Munich 1972 | 48 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 28 |
| Montreal 1976 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 33 |
| Moscow 1980 | Did not participate | |||||
| Los Angeles 1984 | ||||||
| Seoul 1988 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36 |
| Barcelona 1992 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 44 |
| Atlanta 1996 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 43 |
| Sydney 2000 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 27 |
| Athens 2004 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 29 |
| Beijing 2008 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 51 |
| London 2012 | 52 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 12 |
| Rio de Janeiro 2016 | 63 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 25 |
| Tokyo 2020 | 65 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 27 |
| Total | 21 | 21 | 27 | 69 | ||
Medals by Winter Games[]
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Squaw Valley 1960 | Did not participate | |||||
| Innsbruck 1964 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Grenoble 1968 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Sapporo 1972 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Innsbruck 1976 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Lake Placid 1980 | Did not participate | |||||
| Sarajevo 1984 | ||||||
| Calgary 1988 | ||||||
| Albertville 1992 | ||||||
| Lillehammer 1994 | ||||||
| Nagano 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Salt Lake City 2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Turin 2006 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Vancouver 2010 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Sochi 2014 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Pyeongchang 2018 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Beijing 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Medal winners[]
| Games | Medal | Athlete | Sport | Discipline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| London 1948 | 
|
Jafar Salmasi | Weightlifting | Men's 60 kg |
| Helsinki 1952 | 
|
Mahmoud Namjoo | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg |
| Helsinki 1952 |
|
Nasser Givehchi | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 62 kg |
| Helsinki 1952 |
|
Gholamreza Takhti | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 79 kg |
| Helsinki 1952 |
|
Ali Mirzaei | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg |
| Helsinki 1952 |
|
Mahmoud Mollaghasemi | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 52 kg |
| Helsinki 1952 |
|
Jahanbakht Tofigh | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 67 kg |
| Helsinki 1952 |
|
Abdollah Mojtabavi | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 73 kg |
| Melbourne 1956 | 
|
Emam-Ali Habibi | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 67 kg |
| Melbourne 1956 |
|
Gholamreza Takhti | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 87 kg |
| Melbourne 1956 |
|
Mohammad Ali Khojastehpour | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 52 kg |
| Melbourne 1956 |
|
Mehdi Yaghoubi | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 57 kg |
| Melbourne 1956 |
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Mahmoud Namjoo | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg |
| Rome 1960 |
|
Gholamreza Takhti | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 87 kg |
| Rome 1960 |
|
Esmaeil Elmkhah | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg |
| Rome 1960 |
|
Mohammad Paziraei | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg |
| Rome 1960 |
|
Ebrahim Seifpour | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 52 kg |
| Tokyo 1964 |
|
Ali Akbar Heidari | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 52 kg |
| Tokyo 1964 |
|
Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 78 kg |
| Mexico City 1968 |
|
Mohammad Nassiri | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg |
| Mexico City 1968 |
|
Abdollah Movahed | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 70 kg |
| Mexico City 1968 |
|
Parviz Jalayer | Weightlifting | Men's 67.5 kg |
| Mexico City 1968 |
|
Aboutaleb Talebi | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 57 kg |
| Mexico City 1968 |
|
Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 63 kg |
| Munich 1972 |
|
Mohammad Nassiri | Weightlifting | Men's 56 kg |
| Munich 1972 |
|
Rahim Aliabadi | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg |
| Munich 1972 |
|
Ebrahim Javadi | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 48 kg |
| Montreal 1976 |
|
Mansour Barzegar | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 74 kg |
| Montreal 1976 |
|
Mohammad Nassiri | Weightlifting | Men's 52 kg |
| Seoul 1988 |
|
Askari Mohammadian | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 57 kg |
| Barcelona 1992 |
|
Askari Mohammadian | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 62 kg |
| Barcelona 1992 |
|
Amir Reza Kahdem | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 74 kg |
| Barcelona 1992 |
|
Rasoul Khadem | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 82 kg |
| Atlanta 1996 |
|
Rasoul Khadem | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 90 kg |
| Atlanta 1996 |
|
Abbas Jadidi | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 100 kg |
| Atlanta 1996 |
|
Amir Reza Khadem | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 82 kg |
| Sydney 2000 |
|
Hossein Tavakkoli | Weightlifting | Men's 105 kg |
| Sydney 2000 |
|
Hossein Rezazadeh | Weightlifting | Men's 105 kg+ |
| Sydney 2000 |
|
Alireza Dabir | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 58 kg |
| Sydney 2000 |
|
Hadi Saei | Taekwondo | Men's 68 kg |
| Athens 2004 |
|
Hadi Saei | Taekwondo | Men's 68 kg |
| Athens 2004 |
|
Hossein Rezazadeh | Weightlifting | Men's 105 kg+ |
| Athens 2004 |
|
Masoud Mostafa-Jokar | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 60 kg |
| Athens 2004 |
|
Alireza Rezaei | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 120 kg |
| Athens 2004 |
|
Yousef Karami | Taekwondo | Men's 80 kg |
| Athens 2004 |
|
Alireza Heidari | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 96 kg |
| Beijing 2008 |
|
Hadi Saei | Taekwondo | Men's 80 kg |
| Beijing 2008 |
|
Morad Mohammadi | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 60 kg |
| London 2012 |
|
Saeid Mohammadpour | Weightlifting | Men's 94 kg |
| London 2012 |
|
Navab Nassirshalal | Weightlifting | Men's 105 kg |
| London 2012 |
|
Behdad Salimi | Weightlifting | Men's 105 kg+ |
| London 2012 |
|
Hamid Sourian | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg |
| London 2012 |
|
Omid Norouzi | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg |
| London 2012 |
|
Ghasem Rezaei | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg |
| London 2012 |
|
Komeil Ghasemi | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 120 kg |
| London 2012 |
|
Ehsan Haddadi | Athletics | Men's Discus Throw |
| London 2012 |
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Mohammad Bagheri Motamed | Taekwondo | Men's 68 kg |
| London 2012 |
|
Kianoush Rostami | Weightlifting | Men's 85 kg |
| London 2012 |
|
Sajjad Anoushiravani | Weightlifting | Men's 105kg+ |
| London 2012 |
|
Sadegh Goudarzi | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 74 kg |
| London 2012 |
|
Ehsan Lashgari | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 84 kg |
| Rio de Janeiro 2016 |
|
Kianoush Rostami | Weightlifting | Men's 85 kg |
| Rio de Janeiro 2016 |
|
Sohram Moradi | Weightlifting | Men's 94 kg |
| Rio de Janeiro 2016 |
|
Hassan Yaazdani | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 74 kg |
| Rio de Janeiro 2016 |
|
Komeil Ghasemi | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 125 kg |
| Rio de Janeiro 2016 |
|
Kimia Alizadeh | Taekwondo | Women's 57 kg |
| Rio de Janeiro 2016 |
|
Saeid Abdevali | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 75 kg |
| Rio de Janeiro 2016 |
|
Ghasem Rezaei | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 98 kg |
| Rio de Janeiro 2016 |
|
Hassan Rahimi | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 57 kg |
| Tokyo 2020 |
|
Sajad Ganjzadeh | Karate | Men's Kumite 75+ kg |
| Tokyo 2020 |
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Javad Foroughi | Shooting | Men's 10 metres Air Pistol |
| Tokyo 2020 |
|
Mohammadreza Geraei | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg |
| Tokyo 2020 |
|
Ali Davoudi | Weightlifting | Men's 109+ kg |
| Tokyo 2020 |
|
Hassan Yazdanicharati | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 86 kg |
| Tokyo 2020 |
|
Amir Hossein Zare | Wrestling | Men's Freestyle 125 kg |
| Tokyo 2020 |
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Mohammadhadi Saravi | Wrestling | Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg |