Iran at the 1994 Asian Games

Iran at the
1994 Asian Games
Iran at the; 1994 Asian Games
IOC code	IRI
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
in Hiroshima
Competitors	162 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Amir Reza Khadem
Medals; Ranked 6th	Gold 9 Silver 9 Bronze 8 Total 26
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 1994 Asian Games held in the city of Hiroshima. This country is ranked 6th with 9 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad.mu

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	10		10
Basketball	12		12
Boxing	12		12
Cycling	6		6
Diving	2		2
Equestrian	9		9
Football	20		20
Judo	7		7
Karate	7		7
Shooting		5	5
Swimming	5		5
Taekwondo	4		4
Tennis	4		4
Volleyball	12		12
Water polo	13		13
Weightlifting	10		10
Wrestling	20		20
Total	153	5	158

Medal summary

Medals by sport

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Boxing	1	1	2	4
Equestrian			1	1
Judo		1	1	2
Karate	1	2	1	4
Taekwondo	1	2	1	4
Wrestling	6	3	2	11
Total	9	9	8	26

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Ayoub Pourtaghi	Boxing	Men's 81 kg
Gold	Maziar Farid-Khomami	Karate	Men's kumite 70 kg
Gold	Fariborz Askari	Taekwondo	Men's 70 kg
Gold	Nader Rahmati	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 48 kg
Gold	Ali Akbarnejad	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 68 kg
Gold	Behrouz Yari	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 74 kg
Gold	Amir Reza Khadem	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 82 kg
Gold	Rasoul Khadem	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 90 kg
Gold	Ebrahim Mehraban	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 130 kg
Silver	Mohammad Reza Samadi	Boxing	Men's +91 kg
Silver	Mahmoud Miran	Judo	Men's +95 kg
Silver	Arash Javanshir	Karate	Men's kumite 65 kg
Silver	Saeid Ashtian	Karate	Men's kumite 75 kg
Silver	Ebrahim Saadati	Taekwondo	Men's 76 kg
Silver	Farzad Zarakhsh	Taekwondo	Men's +83 kg
Silver	Ayoub Baninosrat	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 100 kg
Silver	Reza Simkhah	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg
Silver	Hassan Babak	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg
Bronze	Anoushiravan Nourian	Boxing	Men's 67 kg
Bronze	Bahman Azizpour	Boxing	Men's 91 kg
Bronze	Davoud Bahrami Ezzat Vojdani Kazem Vojdani Shahrokh Moghaddam	Equestrian	Open team jumping
Bronze	Hassan Ahadpour	Judo	Men's 60 kg
Bronze	Vahid Khajeh-Hosseini	Karate	Men's kumite +80 kg
Bronze	Majid Amintorabi	Taekwondo	Men's 83 kg
Bronze	Oveis Mallah	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg
Bronze	Reza Safaei	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 62 kg

Results by event

Aquatics

Diving

Athlete^[1]	Event	Preliminary		Final
Athlete^[1]	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Gholamreza Kheibarinejad	Men's 3 m springboard	302.91	8 Q	434.46	9
Adel Mirabian	Men's 3 m springboard	249.75	11 Q	368.40	11
Adel Mirabian	Men's 10 m platform	272.43	8 Q	351.78	8

Swimming

Water polo

Team^[2]	Event	Round robin					Rank
Team^[2]	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Rank
Iran	Men	Singapore W 10–6	Japan L 11–15	China L 6–10	Kazakhstan L 6–10	South Korea W 9–8	4
Roster Coach: Stanislav Pivovarov

Athletics

Basketball

Team^[3]	Event	Preliminary round					Semifinal	Final	Rank
Team^[3]	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Rank	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Iran	Men	South Korea L 78–102	Philippines L 86–89	Kazakhstan W 69–68	United Arab Emirates W 88–81	3	5th–8th places Chinese Taipei L 90–95	7th place match Saudi Arabia L 87–95	8
Roster Safa Ali Kamalian Mehran Shahintab Mohammad Kasaeipour Hamid Kashani Faramarz Pouresfahani Ali Tofigh Mehran Hatami Saeid Khani Omid Validipak Hamid Reza Kolasangiani Mohsen Sadeghzadeh Mohammad Mehdi Izadpanah Coach: Vitaly Zastukhov

Boxing

Athlete^[4]	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Arman Naghdi	Men's 48 kg	Ballo (INA) L 6–13	Did not advance			9
Babak Asghari	Men's 51 kg	Recaido (PHI) L RSC	Did not advance			9
Bijan Batmani	Men's 54 kg	Igusquisa (PHI) L RSC	Did not advance			9
Mohammad Reza Shaterloo	Men's 57 kg	Bahari (INA) L 7–12	Did not advance			9
Pejman Chalak	Men's 60 kg	Brin (PHI) L 8–13	Did not advance			9
Omid Rashid	Men's 63.5 kg	Nitami (JPN) L RSC	Did not advance			9
Anoushiravan Nourian	Men's 67 kg	Imaoka (JPN) W RSC	Arziev (KGZ) W 10–2	Chenglai (THA) L 17–26	Did not advance
Asadollah Johari	Men's 71 kg	Bye	Pan (CHN) L RSC	Did not advance		5
Siamak Varzideh	Men's 75 kg	Bye	Yarbekov (UZB) L 10–15	Did not advance		5
Ayoub Pourtaghi	Men's 81 kg		Bye	Singh (IND) W 16–9	Ko (KOR) W 9–7
Bahman Azizpour	Men's 91 kg	Bye	Filipovich (KGZ) W 21–12	Hawsawi (KSA) L 4–6	Did not advance
Mohammad Reza Samadi	Men's +91 kg		Shtorm (KAZ) W 14–7	Khan (PAK) W RSC	Maskaev (UZB) L RSC

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mousa Arbati	Men's road race	Did not finish	—
Hossein Askari		4:52:53	26
Ghader Mizbani		Did not finish	—
Majid Nasseri		Did not finish	—

Track

Men

Athlete	Event	Rank
Bahram Shafizadeh	1 km time trial	15
Majid Nasseri	4 km individual pursuit	5
Team	4 km team pursuit	6

Equestrian

Football

Men^[5]

Squad list	Preliminary round		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Squad list	Group A	Rank	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Behzad Gholampour Javad Zarincheh Reza Shahroudi Nader Mohammadkhani Amir Ghalenoei Javad Manafi Sadegh Varmazyar Jamshid Shahmohammadi Ali Daei Farshad Pious Ali Asghar Modir-Rousta Behzad Dadashzadeh Hassan Shirmohammadi Afshin Peyrovani Jalal Basharzad Karim Bagheri Mohammad Salek-Jabbari Mojtaba Moharrami Ali Eftekhari Iman Alami Coach: Stanko Poklepović	Bahrain D 0–0	3	did not advance			9
	Turkmenistan D 1–1
	China L 0–1
	Yemen W 4–0

Judo

Karate

Kata

Athlete^[6]	Event	Score	Rank
Alaeddin Nekoufar	Men's individual	46.6	4

Kumite

Athlete^[6]	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Mehdi Amouzadeh	Men's 60 kg	Yamamoto (JPN) L	Did not advance			9
Arash Javanshir	Men's 65 kg	? (HKG) W	Terada (JPN) W	Lay (PHI) W 3–2	Al-Karad (SYR) L 1–3
Maziar Farid-Khomami	Men's 70 kg	? (VIE) W 2–0	Mariano (PHI) W 6–0	Ghalaita (UAE) W 6–0	Al-Mejadi (KUW) W 4–3
Saeid Ashtian	Men's 75 kg	? (TJK) W	Chan (HKG) W	Al-Khaledi (KUW) W 2–0	Shiina (JPN) L
Benyamin Najibi Baher	Men's 80 kg	Al-Sabbagh (KUW) L	Did not advance			9
Vahid Khajeh-Hosseini	Men's +80 kg	? (NEP) W	Lashkari (UAE) W	Shimizu (JPN) L 3–5	Did not advance

Shooting

Athlete^[7]	Event	Qualification		Final			Team events
Athlete^[7]	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Lida Fariman	Women's 10 m air rifle	379	17	Did not advance			Lida Fariman Elham Hashemi Leila Taghipour	Women's 10 m air rifle team	1128	7
Elham Hashemi		368	26	Did not advance
Leila Taghipour		381	16	Did not advance
Elham Hashemi	Women's 50 m rifle prone	572	22	N/a			Elham Hashemi Zahra Mahroughi Leila Vaseghi	Women's 50 m rifle prone team	1725	6
Zahra Mahroughi		582	9	N/a
Leila Vaseghi		571	26	N/a

Taekwondo

Athlete^[8]	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Fariborz Askari	Men's 70 kg	Al-Jammaz (KSA) W 2–0	Vũ (VIE) W 2–1	Abu Zaid (JOR) W 5–1	Yamashita (JPN) W 6–2
Ebrahim Saadati	Men's 76 kg	Bye	Kuznetsov (UZB) W WO	Arita (JPN) W 2–0	Jung (KOR) L 1–2
Majid Amintorabi	Men's 83 kg	Bye	Polsomboon (THA) W 2–0	Gholoum (KUW) L	Did not advance
Farzad Zarakhsh	Men's +83 kg	N/a	Bye	Nwaiser (JOR) W	Kim (KOR) L

Tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Rank
Ramin Raziani	Men's singles	Ramachandran (MAS) L 1–2 (7–6, 6–7, 3–6)	Did not advance		17
Jahanbakhsh Souri	Men's singles	Natekar (IND) L 0–2 (3–6, 3–6)	Did not advance		17
Ramin Raziani Mostafa Saleh Jahanbakhsh Souri Mohammad Reza Tavakkoli	Men's team	N/a	Chinese Taipei L 0–3 (0–2, 0–2, 0–2)	Did not advance	9

Volleyball

Team^[9]	Event	Preliminary round				Second round			Semifinal	Final	Rank
Team^[9]	Event	Round 1 & 4	Round 2 & 5	Round 3 & 6	Rank	Round 1	Round 2	Rank	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Iran	Men	Pakistan W 3–2 (9–15, 14–16, 15–7, 15–6, 15–13) W 3–2 (17–15, 9–15, 13–15, 15–8, 15–10)	Mongolia W 3–0 (15–0, 15–5, 15–3) W 3–0 (15–13, 15–6, 15–7)	Kazakhstan L 0–3 (7–15, 6–15, 15–17) L 0–3 (8–15, 8–15, 6–15)	2 Q	Kazakhstan L 1–3 (15–12, 9–15, 7–15, 5–15)	South Korea L 0–3 (3–15, 6–15, 3–15)	3	Did not advance	5th place match Pakistan W 3–0 (15–12, 15–8, 15–2)	5
Roster Mohammad Reza Damghani Mohammad Hossein Nejati Babak Mozaffari Farid Akhondzadeh Hossein Maadani Mohammad Omdeh-Ghiasi Reza Shahabi Mohammad Sadegh Shaban-Khamseh Mirmostafa Shojaei Ahmad Lahouti Sasan Khodaparast Iraj Mozaffari Coach: Fumihiko Matsumoto

Weightlifting

Athlete^[10]	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total
Athlete^[10]	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Esmaeil Taghipour	Men's 76 kg	135.0	6	170.0	5	305.0	6
Bahman Zare Majd	Men's 76 kg	145.0	3	165.0	6	310.0	5
Abbas Talebi	Men's 83 kg	150.0	5	180.0	6	330.0	6
Ali Biglari	Men's 91 kg	150.0	6	180.0	8	330.0	8
Mirmahmoud Hakemzadeh	Men's 91 kg	162.5	3	195.0	4	357.5	4
Raeis Ali Hatami	Men's 99 kg	160.0	5	195.0	5	355.0	5
Mozaffar Ajali	Men's 108 kg	NM	—	—	—	—	—
Ali Jabbari	Men's 108 kg	155.0	6	180.0	6	335.0	6
Sadegh Delkhosh	Men's +108 kg	150.0	8	185.0	7	335.0	7
Ramezan Ali Teymouri	Men's +108 kg	185.0	2	NM	—	—	—

Wrestling

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination round				Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Round 1	Elimination	Semifinal	Repechage	Final	Rank
Nader Rahmati	Men's 48 kg	Moon (KOR) W 5–4	Falsario (PHI) W 10–0	Kumar (IND) W 5–0	Bye	Züünbayan (MGL) W 8–0
Gholamreza Mohammadi	Men's 52 kg	Sasayama (JPN) W 3–0	Bye	Dun (CHN) L 4–5	Repechage Kim (KOR) W 2–1	3rd place match Donbaev (KGZ) L 1–1	4
Oveis Mallah	Men's 57 kg	Kim (KOR) W 1–1	Kui (CHN) W 5–3	Tsogtbayar (MGL) L 4–5	Repechage Zupparov (UZB) W 3–2	3rd place match Kim (KOR) W 5–2
Reza Safaei	Men's 62 kg	Bayarsaikhan (MGL) L 4–5	Repechage Islamov (UZB) W 5–4	Repechage Nguyễn (VIE) W 10–0	Repechage Yu (CHN) W 4–2	3rd place match Madjinov (KGZ) W 4–1
Ali Akbarnejad	Men's 68 kg	Jam (AFG) W 11–0	N/a	Omuraliev (KGZ) W 1–0	Bye	Katsu (JPN) W 3–0
Behrouz Yari	Men's 74 kg	Fayaz (PAK) W 11–0	N/a	Park (KOR) W 3–0	Bye	Ota (JPN) W 2–0
Amir Reza Khadem	Men's 82 kg	Yokoyama (JPN) W 3–0	N/a	Yang (KOR) W 2–1	Bye	Zhabrailov (KAZ) W 2–2
Rasoul Khadem	Men's 90 kg	Amein (AFG) W 3–0	Sükhbat (MGL) W 5–0	Bayramukov (KAZ) W 8–0	Bye	Ito (JPN) W 5–0
Ayoub Baninosrat	Men's 100 kg	Asanuma (JPN) W 9–0	N/a	Habibullah (AFG) W Fall (4–0)	Bye	Kim (KOR) L 1–2
Ebrahim Mehraban	Men's 130 kg	Kim (KOR) W 9–1	N/a	Obata (JPN) W 3–0	Bye	Klimov (KAZ) W 5–3

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination round				Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Round 1	Elimination	Semifinal	Repechage	Final	Rank
Reza Simkhah	Men's 48 kg	Hu (CHN) W 12–1	Bye	Yusuf (INA) W 10–0	Bye	Sim (KOR) L 0–7
Abdolkarim Kakahaji	Men's 52 kg	Al-Faraj (SYR) L 0–12	Bye	Repechage (INA) W	Repechage Han (CHN) L Fall (7–2)	5th place match Nakamori (JPN) L 1–5	6
Shahriar Salehi	Men's 57 kg	Sheng (CHN) L 1–4	N/a	Repechage Guhiting (PHI) W	Repechage Al-Sobai (SYR) W	3rd place match Lee (KOR) L 0–3	4
Ahad Pazaj	Men's 62 kg	Bye	Choi (KOR) L 2–3	Did not advance			7
Mehdi Sadeghpour	Men's 68 kg	Kim (KOR) L 4–5	N/a	Repechage Shah (AFG) W	Repechage Al-Osta (SYR) W	3rd place match Mori (JPN) L 1–3	4
Ahad Javansalehi	Men's 74 kg	Bye	N/a	Han (KOR) L	Bye	3rd place match Katayama (JPN) L 5–6	4
Arash Motamedi	Men's 82 kg	Bye	N/a	Turlykhanov (KAZ) L 0–5	Repechage Mukai (JPN) W 6–3	3rd place match Kim (KOR) L 3–5	4
Hassan Babak	Men's 90 kg	Bye	N/a	Zayar (SYR) W	Bye	Eom (KOR) L 1–4
Jaber Abbaszadeh	Men's 100 kg	Bye	N/a	Song (KOR) L 2–6	Repechage Keniaev (UZB) W	3rd place match Nonomura (JPN) L 2–2	4
Abdollah Azizi	Men's 130 kg	Bye	N/a	Suzuki (JPN) L 0–3	Repechage Kashour (SYR) W	3rd place match Hu (CHN) L 0–4	4

References

↑ "Swimming Results". 1994 Asian Games official website. Archived from the original on August 4, 1997. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
↑ "Asian Games Water Polo Results" (PDF). Asia Aquatics. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2026.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
↑ "Men Basketball Asia Games 1994 Hiroshima (JPN) – 03–15.10". todor66.com. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
↑ "7.Asian Games – Hiroshima, Japan 1994". www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
↑ "Asian Games 1994 (Japan)". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
1 2 "Karatedo Results". 1994 Asian Games official website. Archived from the original on August 4, 1997. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
↑ "Asian Games – Hiroshima, 1994". ISSF. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
↑ "Taekwondo Results". 1994 Asian Games official website. Archived from the original on August 4, 1997. Retrieved 13 June 2026.
↑ "Volleyball Results". 1994 Asian Games official website. Archived from the original on August 4, 1997. Retrieved 30 May 2026.
↑ "Weightlifting Magazine No. 060" (PDF). Japan Weightlifting Association. p. 5. Retrieved 4 May 2026.

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

[1] "Swimming Results". 1994 Asian Games official website. Archived from the original on August 4, 1997. Retrieved 10 June 2014.

[2] "Asian Games Water Polo Results" (PDF). Asia Aquatics. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2026.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[3] "Men Basketball Asia Games 1994 Hiroshima (JPN) – 03–15.10". todor66.com. Retrieved 13 September 2012.

[4] "7.Asian Games – Hiroshima, Japan 1994". www.amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 13 September 2012.

[5] "Asian Games 1994 (Japan)". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 September 2012.

[Karate-6] 1 2 "Karatedo Results". 1994 Asian Games official website. Archived from the original on August 4, 1997. Retrieved 30 May 2026.

[Shooting-7] "Asian Games – Hiroshima, 1994". ISSF. Retrieved 23 July 2026.

[8] "Taekwondo Results". 1994 Asian Games official website. Archived from the original on August 4, 1997. Retrieved 13 June 2026.

[9] "Volleyball Results". 1994 Asian Games official website. Archived from the original on August 4, 1997. Retrieved 30 May 2026.

[10] "Weightlifting Magazine No. 060" (PDF). Japan Weightlifting Association. p. 5. Retrieved 4 May 2026.

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