Iran at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Iran at the
1996 Summer Paralympics
Iran at the; 1996 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	IRI
NPC	I.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.ir
in Atlanta
Competitors	30 in 4 sports
Medals; Ranked 20th	Gold 9 Silver 5 Bronze 3 Total 17
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
	1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Competitors30 in 4 sports

Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	7		7
Powerlifting	6		6
Shooting	3	2	5
Volleyball	12		12
Total	28	2	30

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Ghader Modabber	Athletics	Men's shot put F51
Gold	Hossein Agha-Barghchi	Athletics	Men's discus throw F35
Gold	Ghader Modabber	Athletics	Men's discus throw F51
Gold	Abdolreza Jokar	Athletics	Men's discus throw F52
Gold	Ghader Modabber	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F51
Gold	Mokhtar Nourafshan	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F53
Gold	Mohammad Reza Mirzaei	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F56
Gold	Enayatollah Bokharaei	Shooting	Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1
Gold	Gholam Akhavan Farshid Ashouri Mohsen Barati Jalil Imeri Ali Golkar Parviz Firouzi Ali Kashfia Hadi Rezaei Ali Akbar Salavatian Hassan Shahi Ahmad Shivani Majid Soleimani	Volleyball	Men's sitting
Silver	Mokhtar Nourafshan	Athletics	Men's shot put F53
Silver	Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar	Athletics	Men's shot put F55
Silver	Mokhtar Nourafshan	Athletics	Men's discus throw F53
Silver	Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar	Athletics	Men's discus throw F55
Silver	Fereydoun Karimipour	Powerlifting	Men's 56 kg
Bronze	Abdolreza Jokar	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F52
Bronze	Allahbakhsh Akbari	Powerlifting	Men's 60 kg
Bronze	Zeinal Siavoshani	Powerlifting	Men's 67.5 kg

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Hossein Agha-Barghchi	Shot put F35	Did not start
Hossein Agha-Barghchi	Discus throw F35	35.92 WR
Mohammad Hassani	Shot put F43/44	12.74	9
Mohammad Hassani	Pentathlon P44	Did not finish
Ghader Modabber	Shot put F51	7.17 WR
	Discus throw F51	16.48 PR
	Javelin throw F51	15.68 WR
Abdolreza Jokar	Shot put F52	6.13	5
	Discus throw F52	20.34 WR
	Javelin throw F52	15.08
Mokhtar Nourafshan	Shot put F53	8.77
	Discus throw F53	27.12
	Javelin throw F53	25.78 PR
Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar	Shot put F55	9.77
Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar	Discus throw F55	35.52
Mohammad Reza Mirzaei	Shot put F56	11.08	5
Mohammad Reza Mirzaei	Javelin throw F56	40.42 PR

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Saeid Mokhtarian	52 kg	145.0	5
Fereydoun Karimipour	56 kg	170.0
Allahbakhsh Akbari	60 kg	177.5
Zeinal Siavoshani	67.5 kg	185.0
Amrollah Dehghani	90 kg	197.5	4
Mahmoud Kordkhili	+100 kg	200.0	9

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Mohammad Mohammadi	10 m air rifle 3×40 SH1	1170	10	Did not advance

Medal summary

Squad list	Preliminary round		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Squad list	Pool A	Rank	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Gholam Akhavan Farshid Ashouri Mohsen Barati Jalil Imeri Ali Golkar Parviz Firouzi Ali Kashfia Hadi Rezaei Ali Akbar Salavatian Hassan Shahi Ahmad Shivani Majid Soleimani	Hungary W 3–0	1 Q	Ukraine W 3–0	Netherlands W 3–0	Norway W 3–1
	Kazakhstan W 3–0
	Finland W 3–1
	Russia W 3–0
	Argentina W 3–0

v t e Nations at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States
Africa	Algeria Angola Burkina Faso Ivory Coast Egypt Kenya Libya Mauritius Morocco Nigeria Sierra Leone South Africa Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
America	Argentina Bermuda Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador Honduras Jamaica Mexico Panama Peru Puerto Rico United States Uruguay Venezuela
Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Macao Malaysia Oman Pakistan Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Chinese Taipei Thailand United Arab Emirates
Europe	Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Moldova Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand