Iran at the Asian Games

Iran at the
Asian Games
IOC codeIRI
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
192
Silver
202
Bronze
217
Total
611
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Iran first participated at the Asian Games in 1951, and has sent athletes to compete in every Asian Games since then, except for 1954, 1962 and 1978.[1][2]

The National Olympic Committee for Iran is the National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and was founded in 1947.[3]

Iran's best performance was in 1974, when the country hosted the event in Tehran, it ranked second with 36 gold, 28 silver and 17 bronze medals.[4]

Medals by games

Asian Games

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1951 1951 New Delhi 8 6 2 16 3
1954 Manila did not participate
1958 1958 Tokyo 7 14 11 32 4
1962 Jakarta did not participate
1966 1966 Bangkok 6 8 17 31 6
1970 1970 Bangkok 9 7 7 23 4
1974 1974 Tehran 36 28 17 81 2
1978 Bangkok did not participate
1982 1982 New Delhi 4 4 4 12 7
1986 1986 Seoul 6 6 10 22 4
1990 1990 Beijing 4 6 8 18 5
1994 1994 Hiroshima 9 9 8 26 6
1998 1998 Bangkok 10 11 13 34 7
2002 2002 Busan 8 14 14 36 10
2006 2006 Doha 11 15 22 48 6
2010 2010 Guangzhou 20 15 24 59 4
2014 2014 Incheon 21 18 18 57 5
2018 2018 Jakarta–Palembang 20 20 22 62 6
2022 2022 Hangzhou 13 21 20 54 7
Total 192 202 217 611 4

Asian Winter Games

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1986 Sapporo did not participate
1990 1990 Sapporo 0 0 0 0
1996 1996 Harbin 0 0 0 0
1999 1999 Kangwon 0 0 0 0
2003 2003 Aomori 0 0 0 0
2007 2007 Changchun 0 0 0 0
2011 2011 Astana–Almaty 0 1 2 3 6
2017 2017 Sapporo 0 0 0 0
Total 0 1 2 3 9

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
2005 2005 Bangkok 3 5 2 10 11
2007 2007 Macau 4 4 9 17 8
2009 Bangkok did not participate
2009 2009 Hanoi 17 15 13 45 5
2013 2013 Incheon 3 6 2 11 6
2017 2017 Ashgabat 36 23 59 118 3
2021 Bangkok and Chonburi
Total 63 53 85 201 7

Asian Beach Games

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
2008 2008 Bali 0 0 0 0
2010 2010 Muscat 0 0 2 2 21
2012 2012 Haiyang 2 0 0 2 7
2014 2014 Phuket 9 14 8 31 4
2016 2016 Da Nang 9 6 6 21 4
Total 20 20 16 56 6

Asian Youth Games

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
2009 2009 Singapore 1 3 2 6 11
2013 2013 Nanjing 0 6 2 8 20
Total 1 9 4 14 15

Medals by sport

Asian Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Aquatics, Diving 0 1 3 4
Aquatics, Water polo 1 0 1 2
Archery 1 0 2 3
Athletics 13 16 10 39
Basketball 0 2 3 5
Basketball, 3x3 0 0 1 1
Board games, Chess 1 0 1 2
Boxing 5 11 26 42
Canoeing, Slalom 0 0 1 1
Canoeing, Sprint 1 5 8 14
Cycling, Mountain bike 0 0 1 1
Cycling, Road 3 5 6 14
Cycling, Track 2 5 8 15
Equestrian 0 0 1 1
Fencing 3 6 9 18
Football 4 2 1 7
Gymnastics, Artistic 0 1 0 1
Handball 0 1 1 2
Judo 1 8 11 20
Kabaddi 2 4 2 8
Karate 15 11 12 38
Kurash 2 4 3 9
Pencak silat 0 0 1 1
Roller sports, Freestyle 0 1 0 1
Rowing 2 5 5 12
Shooting 1 4 4 9
Sport climbing 2 0 0 2
Table tennis 0 0 5 5
Taekwondo 14 17 23 54
Tennis 0 2 2 4
Volleyball 3 3 2 8
Weightlifting 33 31 20 84
Wrestling 74 44 37 155
Wushu 9 13 7 29
Total 192 202 217 611

Asian Winter Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Ski orienteering 0 1 1 2
Skiing, Alpine 0 0 1 1
Total 0 1 2 3

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
3x3 basketball 1 0 0 1
Board games, Chess 1 2 3 6
Cue sports 1 3 2 6
Cycling, Track 1 1 1 3
Equestrian 0 0 1 1
Esports 2 2 3 7
Futsal 5 1 1 7
Indoor archery 3 1 4 8
Indoor athletics 5 5 7 17
Indoor hockey 1 0 0 1
Ju-jitsu 1 2 2 5
Kabaddi 0 3 1 4
Kickboxing 7 4 5 16
Kurash 4 5 6 15
Muaythai 7 6 6 19
Pencak silat 0 2 1 3
Sambo 0 0 3 3
Sepak takraw 0 0 1 1
Short course swimming 1 1 1 3
Sport climbing 0 0 1 1
Taekwondo 7 2 4 13
Vovinam 1 3 3 7
Weightlifting 1 1 2 4
Wrestling 9 3 4 16
Wrestling, Alysh 1 1 10 12
Wrestling, Belt 0 1 8 9
Wrestling, Pahlavani 3 0 0 3
Wrestling, Turkmen goresh 0 1 5 6
Wushu 1 3 0 4
Total 63 53 85 201

Asian Beach Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Aquatics, Beach water polo 0 1 0 1
Beach athletics 2 3 1 6
Beach kabaddi 2 0 1 3
Beach kurash 3 3 2 8
Beach sambo 0 2 2 4
Beach sepak takraw 0 0 2 2
Beach soccer 2 0 1 3
Beach volleyball 0 1 0 1
Beach wrestling 5 1 0 6
Bodybuilding 1 1 0 2
Footvolley 0 1 0 1
Ju-jitsu 0 3 3 6
Muaythai 3 2 1 6
Pencak silat 0 1 1 2
Vocotruyen 2 1 1 4
Vovinam 0 0 1 1
Total 20 20 16 56

Asian Youth Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
3x3 basketball 0 1 0 1
Athletics 1 5 2 8
Football 0 1 1 2
Judo 0 0 1 1
Shooting 0 1 0 1
Taekwondo 0 1 0 1
Total 1 9 4 14

West Asian Games

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1997 Tehran 63 37 56 156 1
2002 Kuwait City 9 11 16 36 3
2005 Doha 20 25 16 61 3
Total 92 73 88 253 1
Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Aquatics, Diving 2 2 3 7
Aquatics, Swimming 6 6 11 23
Athletics 15 18 22 55
Badminton 3 3 6 12
Basketball 1 0 0 1
Boxing 7 2 3 12
Fencing 7 9 9 25
Football 1 1 1 3
Gymnastics 2 6 5 13
Handball 0 1 0 1
Judo 3 2 1 6
Karate 11 7 11 29
Shooting 5 5 7 17
Table tennis 3 2 3 8
Taekwondo 6 1 1 8
Tennis 3 0 2 5
Volleyball 0 1 0 1
Weightlifting 8 3 1 12
Wrestling 9 4 2 15
Total 92 73 88 253

Multiple gold medalists

This is a list of multiple Asian Games gold medalists for Iran, listing people who have won at least three medals including at least two gold medals.

Athletes in bold are still active.

Athlete Sport Asian Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Mohammad Nassiri Weightlifting 1966–1974 4 1 0 5
Ehsan Haddadi Athletics 2006–2022 4 1 0 5
Moslem Eskandar-Filabi Wrestling 1966–1974 4 0 0 4
Reza Soukhtehsaraei Wrestling 1974–1990 3 1 0 4
Mohammad Mousavi Volleyball 2010–2022 3 1 0 4
Mohsen Mohammadseifi Wushu 2010–2022 3 1 0 4
Houshang Kargarnejad Weightlifting 1970–1974 3 0 1 4
Behdad Salimi Weightlifting 2010–2018 3 0 0 3
Alireza Heidari Wrestling 1998–2006 3 0 0 3
Reza Yazdani Wrestling 2006–2014 3 0 0 3
Jalal Keshmiri Athletics 1966–1974 2 3 1 6
Hassan Arianfard Cycling 1970–1974 2 1 1 4
Jasem Vishkaei Karate 2002–2010 2 1 0 3
Akbar Shokrollahi Weightlifting 1974 2 1 0 3
Ali Vali Weightlifting 1974 2 1 0 3
Saeid Marouf Volleyball 2010–2018 2 1 0 3
Teymour Ghiasi Athletics 1966–1974 2 0 1 3
Hossein Rezazadeh Weightlifting 1998–2006 2 0 1 3

List of flag bearers

Event year Flag bearer Sport
1951 Ahmad Ordoubadi Weightlifting
1958 Mahmoud Namjoo Weightlifting
1966 Mansour Mehdizadeh Wrestling
1970 Mohammad Nassiri Weightlifting
1974 Moslem Eskandar-Filabi Wrestling
1982 Reza Soukhtehsaraei Wrestling
1986 Reza Soukhtehsaraei Wrestling
1990 Alireza Lorestani Wrestling
1994 Amir Reza Khadem Wrestling
1998 Zahra Mahroughi Shooting
2002 Ali Daei Football
2006 Hossein Rezazadeh Weightlifting
2010 Samad Nikkhah Bahrami Basketball
2014 Behdad Salimi Weightlifting
2018 Elaheh Ahmadi Shooting
2022 Javad Foroughi
Nahid Kiani
Shooting
Taekwondo

References

  1. ^ Olympic Council of Asia
  2. ^ "Asian Games: Iran and China win team competitions". Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Iran Olympic Committee". Retrieved 8 October 2023.
  4. ^ "1974 Tehran Asian Games". Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2023.