Iran at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Iran
games=1952 Summer
competitors=22
sports=4
flagbearer=
gold=0
silver=3
bronze=4
total=7
rank=30

Iran competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

Medalists

Silver

* Mahmoud Namjoo - Weightlifting, Men's 56 kg
* Naser Givehchi - Wrestling, Men's freestyle 62 kg
* Gholamreza Takhti - Wrestling, Men's freestyle 79 kg

Bronze

* Ali Mirzaei - Weightlifting, Men's 56 kg
* Mahmoud Mollaghasemi - Wrestling, Men's freestyle 52 kg
* Jahanbakht Towfigh - Wrestling, Men's freestyle 67 kg
* Abdollah Mojtabavi - Wrestling, Men's freestyle 73 kg

Results by event

=Athletics=

Men's 5000 m:
*Ali Baghbanbashi - 37th place
*# 1st round - 11th place in heat 2, 15:03.0, Did not advance

Men's 3000 m Steeplechase:
*Ali Baghbanbashi - 17th place
*# 1st round - 6th place in heat 2, 9:13.2, Did not advance

=Boxing=

Men's 54 kg:
*Fazlollah Nikkhah - Eliminated
*# 1st round - Bye
*# 2nd round - Lost to Kang Joon-Ho of South Korea, 3-0

Men's 57 kg:
*Emmanuel Agassi - Eliminated
*# 1st round - Lost to Leonard Leisching of South Africa, 3-0

Men's 60 kg:
*Petros Nazarbegian - Eliminated
*# 1st round - Bye
*# 2nd round - Lost to Erkki Pakkanen of Finland, 3-0

Men's 63.5 kg:
*Ebrahim Afsharpour - Eliminated
*# 1st round - Lost to Terence Milligan of Ireland, 3-0

Men's 67 kg:
*George Issabeg - Eliminated
*# 1st round - Defeated Fathi Abdelrahman of Egypt, Disqualified
*# 2nd round - Lost to Moos Linneman of Netherlands, 2-1

Men's 71 kg:
*Ardashes Saginian - Eliminated
*# 1st round - Lost to Eladio Oscar Herrera of Argentina, 3-0

=Weightlifting=

Men's 56 kg:
*Mahmoud Namjoo - Silver medal, 307.5 kg
*Ali Mirzaei - Bronze medal, 300 kg

Men's 60 kg:
*Mohsen Adl Tabatabaei - 14th place, 307.5 kg

Men's 67.5 kg:
*Hassan Ferdows - 5th place, 345 kg

Men's 75 kg:
*Jalal Mansouri - 8th place, 357.5 kg

Men's 82.5 kg:
*Mohammad Hassan Rahnavardi - 4th place, 402.5 kg

Men's 90 kg:
*Firouz Pojhan - 5th place, 387.5 kg

=Wrestling=

Freestyle

Men's 52 kg:
* Mahmoud Mollaghasemi - Bronze medal
*# 1st round - Defeated Niranjan Das of India by fall, 0 pen
*# 2nd round - Defeated Louis Baise of South Africa by fall, 0 pen
*# 3rd round - Defeated Heinrich Weber of West Germany by points, 1 pen
*# 4th round - Defeated Hasan Gemici of Turkey by points, 2 pen
*# 5th round - Defeated Georgij Sajadov of Soviet Union by points, 3 pen
*# 6th round - Lost to Yushu Kitano of Japan by points, 6 pen

Men's 57 kg:
* Mohammad Mehdi Yaghoubi - Eliminated
*# 1st round - Lost to Rashid Mamedbekov of Soviet Union by fall, 4 pen
*# 2nd round - Defeated Bill Borders of United States by points, 5 pen
*# 3rd round - Defeated Saad Hafez Shehata of Egypt by points, 6 pen, Eliminated

Men's 62 kg:
* Naser Givehchi - Silver medal
*# 1st round - Defeated Herbert Hall of Great Britain by points, 1 pen
*# 2nd round - Bye
*# 3rd round - Defeated K. D. Mangave of India by points, 2 pen
*# 4th round - Defeated Abdel Fattah Essawi of Egypt by points, 3 pen
*# 5th round - Defeated Risaburo Tominaga of Japan by points, 4 pen
*# 6th round - Lost to Bayram Sit of Turkey by points
*# 7th round - Bye
*# 8th round - Defeated Josiah Henson of United States by points

Men's 67 kg:
* Jahanbakht Towfigh - Bronze medal
*# 1st round - Defeated József Gal of Hungary by points, 1 pen
*# 2nd round - Defeated Raymond Myland of Great Britain by fall, 1 pen
*# 3rd round - Defeated Tevfik Yüce of Turkey by points, 2 pen
*# 4th round - Defeated Heinrich Nettesheim of West Germany by points, 3 pen
*# 5th round - Defeated Aram Jaltyrjan of Soviet Union by points, 4 pen
*# 6th round - Lost to Olle Anderberg of Sweden by points
*# 7th round - Bye
*# 8th round - Lost to Jay Thomas Evans of United States by points

Men's 73 kg:
* Abdollah Mojtabavi - Bronze medal
*# 1st round - Defeated Aleksanteri Keisala of Finland by points, 1 pen
*# 2nd round - Defeated Vasilij Rybalko of Soviet Union by points, 2 pen
*# 3rd round - Defeated Bev Scott of Australia by points, 3 pen
*# 4th round - Defeated Tsugio Yamazaki of Japan by points, 4 pen
*# 5th round - Bye
*# 6th round - Defeated Per Berlin of Sweden by points
*# 7th round - Lost to William Smith of United States by points

Men's 79 kg:
* Gholamreza Takhti - Silver medal
*# 1st round - Defeated André Brunaud of France by fall, 0 pen
*# 2nd round - Defeated Veikko Lahti of Finland by fall, 0 pen
*# 3rd round - Defeated Leon Genuth of Australia by fall, 0 pen
*# 4th round - Defeated Haydar Zafer of Turkey by points, 1 pen
*# 5th round - Defeated Gustav Gocke of West Germany by points, 2 pen
*# 6th round - Lost to David Tsimakuridze of Soviet Union by points, 5 pen
*# 7th round - Defeated György Gurics of Hungary by points, 6 pen

Men's 87 kg:
* Abbas Zandi - 5th place
*# 1st round - Bye
*# 2nd round - Defeated Ken Coote of Australia by points, 1 pen
*# 3rd round - Defeated Paavo Sepponen of Finland by points, 2 pen
*# 4th round - Lost to Viking Palm of Sweden by points, 5 pen, Eliminated

Men's +87 kg:
* Ahmad Vafadar - Eliminated
*# 1st round - Lost to Taisto Kangasniemi of Finland by fall, 4 pen
*# 2nd round - Lost to Irfan Atan of Turkey by points, 7 pen, Eliminated

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]