Iran at the 1958 Asian Games

Iran at the
1958 Asian Games
Iran at the; 1958 Asian Games
IOC code	IRN
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
in Tokyo
Competitors	79 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Mahmoud Namjoo
Medals; Ranked 4th	Gold 7 Silver 14 Bronze 11 Total 32
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 1958 Asian Games held in the capital city of Tokyo, Japan. This country is ranked 4th with 7 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad.^[1]

IOC codeIRN

NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Competitors79 in 11 sports

FlagbearerMahmoud Namjoo

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Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	8	2	10
Boxing	9		9
Cycling	1		1
Diving	2		2
Football	17		17
Shooting	3		3
Swimming	3		3
Table tennis	4	2	6
Tennis	4		4
Volleyball	8		8
Weightlifting	8		8
Wrestling	8		8
Total	75	4	79

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	1	1	2	4
Boxing	0	3	3	6
Cycling track	0	2	0	2
Diving	0	0	2	2
Table tennis	0	0	1	1
Volleyball	0	1	0	1
Weightlifting	3	4	1	8
Wrestling	3	3	2	8
Total	7	14	11	32

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Mahmoud Khaligh Razavi	Athletics	Men's 1500 m
Gold	Jalal Mansouri	Weightlifting	Men's 82.5 kg
Gold	Hassan Rahnavardi	Weightlifting	Men's 90 kg
Gold	Firouz Pojhan	Weightlifting	Men's +90 kg
Gold	Emam-Ali Habibi	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 67 kg
Gold	Gholamreza Takhti	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 87 kg
Gold	Abbas Zandi	Wrestling	Men's freestyle +87 kg
Silver	Mahmoud Khaligh Razavi	Athletics	Men's 800 m
Silver	Vazik Kazarian	Boxing	Men's 63.5 kg
Silver	Soren Pirjanian	Boxing	Men's 67 kg
Silver	Ghasem Amiryavari	Boxing	Men's 71 kg
Silver	Jafar Goltalab	Cycling track	Men's sprint
Silver	Jafar Goltalab	Cycling track	Men's 1 km time trial
Silver	Mahmoud Adl Mohammad Sharifzadeh Abbas Tehrani Abdolmonem Kamal Siavash Farrokhi Hossein Ali Amiri Kamal Pourhashemi Mohammad Esmaeil Ashtari	Volleyball	Men
Silver	Esmaeil Elmkhah	Weightlifting	Men's 52 kg
Silver	Mahmoud Namjoo	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg
Silver	Ali Safa-Sonboli	Weightlifting	Men's 60 kg
Silver	Ebrahim Peiravi	Weightlifting	Men's 75 kg
Silver	Khalil Rayatpanah	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 52 kg
Silver	Tofigh Jahanbakht	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 73 kg
Silver	Nabi Sorouri	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 79 kg
Bronze	Ali Baghbanbashi	Athletics	Men's 5000 m
Bronze	Ali Baghbanbashi	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m
Bronze	Ezaria Ilkhanoff	Boxing	Men's 51 kg
Bronze	Leon Khachatourian	Boxing	Men's 75 kg
Bronze	Akbar Khojini	Boxing	Men's 81 kg
Bronze	Manouchehr Fasihi	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard
Bronze	Hassan Azami	Diving	Men's 10 m platform
Bronze	Edmond Beitkhoda Houshang Bozorgzadeh Amir Ehteshamzadeh Hamid Korloo	Table tennis	Men's team
Bronze	Henrik Tamraz	Weightlifting	Men's 67.5 kg
Bronze	Gholam Hossein Zandi	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg
Bronze	Nasser Givehchi	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 62 kg

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Manouchehr Fasihi	Men's 3 m springboard	112.74
Hassan Azami	Men's 10 m platform	104.45

Athlete^[2]	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Ezaria Ilkhanoff	Men's 51 kg	N/a	Bonus (PHI) W Points	Hla (BIR) L Points	Did not advance
Karapet Kochar	Men's 54 kg	Bye	Suzuki (JPN) L Points	Did not advance		5
Sadegh Aliakbarzadeh	Men's 57 kg	Bye	Ikeyama (JPN) L Points	Did not advance		5
Hassan Pakandam	Men's 60 kg	N/a	Chung (KOR) L Points	Did not advance		5
Vazik Kazarian	Men's 63.5 kg	N/a	Bye	Chundakowsolaya (THA) W Points	Kawakami (JPN) L Points
Soren Pirjanian	Men's 67 kg	N/a	David (PHI) W Points	Onuki (JPN) W Points	Kim (KOR) L Points
Ghasem Amiryavari	Men's 71 kg	N/a	Bye	Hussain (PAK) W Points	Takahashi (JPN) L Points
Leon Khachatourian	Men's 75 kg	N/a		Thapa (IND) L Points	Did not advance
Akbar Khojini	Men's 81 kg	N/a		Mahmood (PAK) L Points	Did not advance

Iran at the 1958 Asian Games

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Medal summary

Medals by sport

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Diving

Swimming

Athletics

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Shooting

Table tennis

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Weightlifting

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Squad list	Preliminary round		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Squad list	Group D	Rank	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Nader Afshar Alavinejad Davoud Arghavani Mahmoud Bayati Mohammad Bayati Javad Beheshti Masoud Boroumand Parviz Dehdari Amir Eraghi Iraj Erfan Aref Gholizadeh Nasser Haji Mokhtar Mohsen Haji Nasrollah Iraj Hatam Davoud Heidari Ali Jafarzadeh Parviz Kouzehkanani Jafar Namdar Coach: Hossein Sadaghiani	Israel L 0–4	4	Did not advance			14
	South Korea L 0–5	4	Did not advance			14

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Rank
Edmond Beitkhoda	Men's singles	Lê (VNM) L 0–3	Did not advance			17
Houshang Bozorgzadeh		Li (HKG) W 3–0	Ybanez (PHI) W 3–0	Ogimura (JPN) L 0–3	Did not advance	5
Amir Ehteshamzadeh		Narita (JPN) L 1–3	Did not advance			17
Hamid Korloo		Trần (VNM) L 2–3	Did not advance			17
Amir Ehteshamzadeh Houshang Bozorgzadeh	Men's doubles	N/a	Tsunoda and Narita (JPN) L 2–3	Did not advance		9
Hamid Korloo Edmond Beitkhoda	Men's doubles	N/a	Li and Sou (ROC) L 0–3	Did not advance		9

Atieh Derakhshan	Women's singles	Park (KOR) W 3–1	Eguchi (JPN) L 0–3	Did not advance		9
Azam Khatib	Women's singles	Chiang (ROC) L 0–3	Did not advance			17
Azam Khatib Atieh Derakhshan	Women's doubles	N/a	Park and Cho (KOR) L 0–3	Did not advance		9

Athlete	Event	Round robin							Rank
Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Tiebreak playoff	Rank
Edmond Beitkhoda Houshang Bozorgzadeh Amir Ehteshamzadeh Hamid Korloo	Men's team	Hong Kong W 5–1	Republic of China L 3–5	South Vietnam L 2–5	Japan L 2–5	South Korea W 5–3	Philippines W 5–1	Republic of China W 5–3

Atieh Derakhshan Azam Khatib	Women's team	Republic of China L 0–3	Japan L 0–3	South Korea L 0–3	Hong Kong L 0–3	N/a			5

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Rank
George Aftandilian	Men's singles	Bye	Pinto (CEY) L 0–2 (2–6, 2–6)	Did not advance	17
Enoud Jasemzadeh		Ishiguro (JPN) L 0–2 (0–6, 2–6)	Did not advance		33
Henry Johanes		Dungo (PHI) L 0–2 (1–6, 2–6)	Did not advance		33
Arsham Yasaei		Bye	Tsai (HKG) L 1–2 (9–7, 2–6, 1–6)	Did not advance	17
George Aftandilian Enoud Jasemzadeh	Men's doubles	N/a	Lim and Pakir (SIN) L 1–2 (9–7, 4–6, 0–6)	Did not advance	17
Henry Johanes Arsham Yasaei	Men's doubles	N/a	Võ and Võ (VNM) L 1–2 (9–7, 4–6, 2–6)	Did not advance	17

Team^[3]	Event	Round robin				Rank
Team^[3]	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Rank
Iran	Men	Philippines W 3–2 (15–12, 13–15, 8–15, 15–13, 15–2)	India W 3–1 (16–14, 15–11, 9–15, 15–8)	Hong Kong W 3–0 (15–9, 15–9, 15–6)	Japan L 0–3 (17–19, 12–15, 8–15)
Roster Mahmoud Adl Mohammad Sharifzadeh Abbas Tehrani Abdolmonem Kamal Siavash Farrokhi Hossein Ali Amiri Kamal Pourhashemi Mohammad Esmaeil Ashtari Coach: Sardar Nasrullah Khan

Athlete^[4]	Event	Press		Snatch		Jerk		Total
Athlete^[4]	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Esmaeil Elmkhah	Men's 52 kg	87.5	1	85.0	3	105.0	5	277.5
Mahmoud Namjoo	Men's 56 kg	100.0	1	95.0	3	120.0	3	315.0
Ali Safa-Sonboli	Men's 60 kg	107.5	1	102.5	2	132.5	3	342.5
Henrik Tamraz	Men's 67.5 kg	112.5	3	112.5	2	145.0	4	370.0
Ebrahim Peiravi	Men's 75 kg	115.0	2	117.5	1	147.5	2	380.0
Jalal Mansouri	Men's 82.5 kg	127.5	1	122.5	1	150.0	1	400.0
Hassan Rahnavardi	Men's 90 kg	140.0	1	127.5	1	165.0	1	432.5
Firouz Pojhan	Men's +90 kg	152.5	1	132.5	1	175.0	1	460.0