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;

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. was the flagbearer for Iran in the opening ceremony.^[1]

Competitors[]

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

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Aquatics, Diving		1	1	2
Athletics	1	1		2
Basketball			1	1
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		Weightlifting	Men's +90 kg
Silver		Aquatics, Diving	Men's 10 m platform
Silver	Ali Baghbanbashi	Athletics	Men's 3000 m steeplechase
Silver	Aref Gholizadeh Mehdi Nassiroghloo Hossein Fekri Mansour Hajian Mahmoud Bayati Mohsen Azad Nader Afshar Alavinejad Parviz Kouzehkanani George Markarian Mehdi Masoud-Ansari Masoud Boroumand Hossein Soroudi Mahmoud Shakibi	Football	Men
Silver	Ali Mirzaei	Weightlifting	Men's 56 kg
Silver	Jalal Mansouri	Weightlifting	Men's 75 kg
Silver		Weightlifting	Men's +90 kg
Bronze		Aquatics, Diving	Men's 3 m springboard
Bronze	Hossein Soroudi Abolfazl Solbi Hossein Soudipour	Basketball	Men

Results by event[]

Aquatics[]

Diving[]

Men^[2]

Event	Score	Rank
3 m springboard	271.45
10 m platform	325.35
10 m platform	250.85	4

Swimming[]

Men^[3]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	100 m freestyle		?
	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
	100 m	3		3				Did not advance		?
	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
	Shot put		?
	Discus throw		?

Basketball[]

Men^[5]

Squad list	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Rank
Hossein Soroudi Abolfazl Solbi Hossein Soudipour Coach:	Japan L 34–40	India W 63–52	Philippines L 41–65	Burma W 84–38

Cycling[]

Road[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Road race		?

Track[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Semifinal	Final	Rank
	Sprint	Did not start		Did not advance		—

Football[]

Men^[6]

Squad list	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Aref Gholizadeh Mehdi Nassiroghloo Hossein Fekri Mahmoud Bayati Mohsen Azad Nader Afshar Alavinejad Parviz Kouzehkanani George Markarian Masoud Boroumand Hossein Soroudi Mahmoud Shakibi Coach: Mostafa Salimi	Burma W 2–0	Japan W 0–0, 3–2 Rep	India L 0–1

Weightlifting[]

Men^[7]

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

References[]

^ Roueinpour, Bijan. "2". ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). 1. p. 52. ISBN 964-458-089-3.
^ Roueinpour, Bijan. "2". ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). 1. pp. 34–37. ISBN 964-458-089-3.
^ Roueinpour, Bijan. "2". ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). 1. pp. 36–37. ISBN 964-458-089-3.
^ Roueinpour, Bijan. "2". ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). 1. pp. 46–49. ISBN 964-458-089-3.
^ "Report of the first Asian Games held at New Delhi" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
^ Roueinpour, Bijan. "2". ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). 1. pp. 42–46. ISBN 964-458-089-3.
^ Roueinpour, Bijan. "2". ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). 1. 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. "2". ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). 1. p. 52. ISBN 964-458-089-3.

[2] Roueinpour, Bijan. "2". ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). 1. pp. 34–37. ISBN 964-458-089-3.

[3] Roueinpour, Bijan. "2". ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). 1. pp. 36–37. ISBN 964-458-089-3.

[4] Roueinpour, Bijan. "2". ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). 1. pp. 46–49. ISBN 964-458-089-3.

[5] "Report of the first Asian Games held at New Delhi" (PDF). LA84 Foundation. Retrieved 9 January 2012.

[6] Roueinpour, Bijan. "2". ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). 1. pp. 42–46. ISBN 964-458-089-3.

[7] Roueinpour, Bijan. "2". ایران در بازیهای آسیایی (in Persian). 1. p. 40. ISBN 964-458-089-3.

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