Iran at the 1951 Asian Games

Iran at the
1951 Asian Games
Iran at the; 1951 Asian Games
IOC code	IRN
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Website	www.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in New Delhi
Competitors	49 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Mahmoud Namjoo
Medals; Ranked 3rd	Gold 8 Silver 6 Bronze 2 Total 16
Asian Games appearances (overview)
	1951; 1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022; 2026;

Iran participated in the 1951 Asian Games held in the capital city of New Delhi, India from March 4, 1951, to March 11, 1951. This country is ranked 3rd with 8 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad. Ahmad Ordoubadi was the flagbearer for Iran in the opening ceremony.^[1]

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	8		8
Basketball	10		10
Cycling	1		1
Diving	2		2
Football	17		17
Swimming	2		2
Weightlifting	11		11
Total	49	0	49

Ahmad Ordoubadi participated in both athletics and weightlifting.
Hossein Soroudi participated in both basketball and football.

Medal summary

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	1	1		2
Basketball			1	1
Diving		1	1	2
Football		1		1
Weightlifting	7	3		10
Total	8	6	2	16

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Ali Baghbanbashi	Athletics	Men's 5000 m
Gold	Mahmoud Namjoo	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg
Gold	Jafar Salmasi	Weightlifting	Men's 60 kg
Gold	Hassan Ferdos	Weightlifting	Men's 67.5 kg
Gold	Firouz Pojhan	Weightlifting	Men's 75 kg
Gold	Hassan Rahnavardi	Weightlifting	Men's 82.5 kg
Gold	Rasoul Raeisi	Weightlifting	Men's 90 kg
Gold	Leon Kurukchian	Weightlifting	Men's +90 kg
Silver	Ali Baghbanbashi	Athletics	Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Silver	Taghi Askari	Diving	Men's 10 m platform
Silver	Nader Afshar Alavinejad Nader Afshar Naderi Amir Aghahosseini Mohsen Azad Mahmoud Bayati Masoud Boroumand Amir Eraghi Hossein Fekri Aref Gholizadeh Mansour Hajian Parviz Kouzehkanani George Markarian Mehdi Masoud-Ansari Mehdi Nassiroghloo Mahmoud Shakibi Hossein Soroudi Ghorban Ali Tari	Football	Men
Silver	Ali Mirzaei	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg
Silver	Jalal Mansouri	Weightlifting	Men's 75 kg
Silver	Ahmad Ordoubadi	Weightlifting	Men's +90 kg
Bronze	Hassan Khaleghpour Kamal Mashhoun Reza Masoumi Kambiz Mokhberi Alireza Oshar Hossein Razi Mashallah Safiyar Hossein Saoudipour Abolfazl Solbi Hossein Soroudi	Basketball	Men
Bronze	Taghi Askari	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard

Results by event

Aquatics

Diving

Athlete^[2]	Event	Score	Rank
Taghi Askari	Men's 3 m springboard	271.45
Taghi Askari	Men's 10 m platform	325.35
Manouchehr Khamoush	Men's 10 m platform	250.85	4

Swimming

Men^[3]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mousa Boroumand	100 m freestyle		?
Tofigh Yousefzadeh	200 m breaststroke	3:11.2	4

Athletics

Men^[4]

Athlete	Event	Heat			Semifinal			Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Heat	Time	Rank	Heat	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank
Hossein Ali Archin	100 m	3		3	2		5	did not advance		?
Hossein Ali Archin	200 m	3		3						?
Ali Baghbanbashi	5000 m							15:54.2	1
Ali Baghbanbashi	3000 m steeplechase							9:31.8	2

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Ahmad Ordoubadi	Shot put		?
Ahmad Ordoubadi	Discus throw		?

Basketball

Men^[5]

Squad list	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Rank
Hossein Soroudi Kamal Mashhoun Alireza Oshar Reza Masoumi Mashallah Safiyar Kambiz Mokhberi Abolfazl Solbi Hossein Saoudipour Hossein Razi Hassan Khaleghpour Coach: Kazem Rahbari	Japan L 34–40	India W 63–52	Philippines L 41–65	Burma W 84–38

Cycling

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jasem Jasemzadeh	Road race		?

Track

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Jasem Jasemzadeh	Sprint	did not start		did not advance		—

Football

Men^[6]

Squad list	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Nader Afshar Alavinejad Nader Afshar Naderi Amir Aghahosseini Mohsen Azad Mahmoud Bayati Masoud Boroumand Amir Eraghi Hossein Fekri Aref Gholizadeh Mansour Hajian Parviz Kouzehkanani George Markarian Mehdi Masoud-Ansari Mehdi Nassiroghloo Mahmoud Shakibi Hossein Soroudi Ghorban Ali Tari Coach: Mostafa Salimi	Burma W 2–0	Japan W 0–0, 3–2 Rep	India L 0–1

Weightlifting

Athlete^[7]	Event	Press (lb)	Snatch (lb)	Jerk (lb)	Total (lb)	Rank
Ali Mirzaei	Men's 56 kg	205	200	250	655
Mahmoud Namjoo	Men's 56 kg	205.25	214.75	280	700
Arsham Khachikian	Men's 60 kg				620	6
Jafar Salmasi	Men's 60 kg	210	210	255	675
Hassan Ferdos	Men's 67.5 kg	210	220	265	695
Jalal Mansouri	Men's 75 kg	230	230	295	755
Firouz Pojhan	Men's 75 kg	225	230	310	765
Hassan Rahnavardi	Men's 82.5 kg	265	255	325	845
Rasoul Raeisi	Men's 90 kg	255	240	310	805
Leon Kurukchian	Men's +90 kg	235	230	310	775
Ahmad Ordoubadi	Men's +90 kg	215	225	285	725

References

↑ Roueinpour, Bijan (1998). "2". Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998 ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). Vol. 1. Kayhān. p. 52. ISBN 964-458-089-3.
↑ Roueinpour, Bijan (1998). "2". Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998 ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). Vol. 1. Kayhān. pp. 34–37. ISBN 964-458-089-3.
↑ Roueinpour, Bijan (1998). "2". Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998 ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). Vol. 1. Kayhān. pp. 36–37. ISBN 964-458-089-3.
↑ Roueinpour, Bijan (1998). "2". Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998 ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). Vol. 1. Kayhān. pp. 46–49. ISBN 964-458-089-3.
↑ "Report of the first Asian Games held at New Delhi" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
↑ Roueinpour, Bijan (1998). "2". Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998 ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). Vol. 1. Kayhān. pp. 42–46. ISBN 964-458-089-3.
↑ Roueinpour, Bijan (1998). "2". Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998 ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). Vol. 1. Kayhān. p. 40. ISBN 964-458-089-3.

External links

(in Persian) Iran Olympic Committee - Asian Games Medalists
(in Persian) Iran National Sports Organization - Asian Games Medalists
(in Persian) Pars Sport

[1] Roueinpour, Bijan (1998). "2". Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998 ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). Vol. 1. Kayhān. p. 52. ISBN 964-458-089-3.

[2] Roueinpour, Bijan (1998). "2". Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998 ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). Vol. 1. Kayhān. pp. 34–37. ISBN 964-458-089-3.

[3] Roueinpour, Bijan (1998). "2". Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998 ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). Vol. 1. Kayhān. pp. 36–37. ISBN 964-458-089-3.

[4] Roueinpour, Bijan (1998). "2". Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998 ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). Vol. 1. Kayhān. pp. 46–49. ISBN 964-458-089-3.

[5] "Report of the first Asian Games held at New Delhi" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2012.

[6] Roueinpour, Bijan (1998). "2". Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998 ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). Vol. 1. Kayhān. pp. 42–46. ISBN 964-458-089-3.

[7] Roueinpour, Bijan (1998). "2". Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998 ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). Vol. 1. Kayhān. p. 40. ISBN 964-458-089-3.

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