Iran competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 14 athletes represented Iran in the 1968 Olympics. Wrestler Mohammad Nassiri and Weightlifter Abdollah Movahed won the nation first Olympic Games gold medal in 12 years since Melbourne 1956.
Competitors SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 1 1Weightlifting 4 4Wrestling 9 9 Total 14 0 14
Medal summary
Medal table SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal Weightlifting 1 1 2 Wrestling 1 2 3 Total 2 1 2 5
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Mohammad Nassiri Weightlifting Men's 56 kg Abdollah Movahed Wrestling Men's freestyle 70 kg Parviz Jalayer Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg Aboutaleb Talebi Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi Wrestling Men's freestyle 63 kg
Results by event
Athletics
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankJalal KeshmiriShot putDid not startDid not advanceDiscus throw53.9620Did not advance
Weightlifting
Men AthleteEventPressSnatchClean & JerkTotalRankMohammad Nassiri56 kg112.5105.0150.0 WR367.5Nasrollah Dehnavi60 kg117.5107.5140.0365.06Parviz Jalayer67.5 kg125.0132.5165.0422.5Daniel Gevargiz75 kgNo mark————
Wrestling
Men's freestyle AthleteEvent1st round2nd round3rd round4th round5th round6th round7th / Final roundRankMohammad Ghorbani52 kgW FallW FallW FallL FallL FallDid not advance7Aboutaleb Talebi57 kgW SuperiorityW PointsW PointsByeW PointsD PointsD PointsShamseddin Seyed-Abbasi63 kgW PointsW SuperiorityW FallW PointsW FallD PointsL PointsAbdollah Movahed70 kgW SuperiorityW SuperiorityW SuperiorityW SuperiorityW PointsW PointsW PointsAli Mohammad Momeni78 kgW SuperiorityW PointsL PointsW PointsW PointsDid not advance4Mansour Mehdizadeh87 kgL DisqualificationDid not appearDid not advance22Moslem Eskandar-Filabi97 kgW SuperiorityL PointsL PointsDid not advanceDid not advance9Abolfazl Anvari+97 kgW PointsW PointsL PointsL FallDid not advanceDid not advance6
Men's Greco-Roman AthleteEvent1st round2nd round3rd round4th round5th round6th roundFinal roundRankHossein Moarreb63 kgW L PointsL FallDid not advance11
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database National Olympic Committee of Iran - 1968 Summer Olympics Results for Iran