Iran at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Iran at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	IRI
NPC	I.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.ir
in Beijing
Competitors	72 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Mohammad Reza Mirzaei
Medals Ranked 22nd	Gold 5 Silver 6 Bronze 3 Total 14
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Iran participated at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country's delegation consists of 72 competitors in nine sports: football 7-a-side, goalball, judo, powerlifting, shooting, table tennis, track and field athletics, volleyball, and wheelchair basketball.

Competitors[]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	13	1	14
Football 7-a-side	11		11
Goalball	6		6
Judo	5		5
Powerlifting	7		7
Shooting	2	1	3
Sitting volleyball	12		12
Table tennis		2	2
Wheelchair basketball	12		12
Total	68	4	72

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	2	3	1	6
Football 7-a-side			1	1
Judo		1		1
Powerlifting	2	2	1	5
Sitting volleyball	1			1
Total	5	6	3	14

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Javad Hardani	Athletics	Men's discus throw F37/38
Gold	Mohammad Reza Mirzaei	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F57/58
Gold	Hamzeh Mohammadi	Powerlifting	Men's 60 kg
Gold		Powerlifting	Men's +100 kg
Gold		Sitting volleyball	Men
Silver	Mehrdad Karamzadeh	Athletics	Men's discus throw F42
Silver	Ali Mohammadyari	Athletics	Men's discus throw F55/56
Silver	Abdolreza Jokar	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F53/54
Silver		Judo	Men's 60 kg
Silver	Ali Hosseini	Powerlifting	Men's 67.5 kg
Silver	Majid Farzin	Powerlifting	Men's 75 kg
Bronze	Javad Hardani	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F37/38
Bronze	Bahman Ansari Morteza Heidari	Football 7-a-side	Men
Bronze	Ali Sadeghzadeh	Powerlifting	Men's 100 kg

Results by event[]

Athletics[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Final		Rank
		Heat	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	10000 m T12				34:38.75	8	8
	5000 m T13	1	16:03.55	5 q	Did not finish

Athlete	Event	Result	Score	Rank
	Shot put F42	12.50		7
Mehrdad Karamzadeh	Shot put F42	13.58		5
	Discus throw F42	44.74
Jalil Bagheri Jeddi	Shot put F55/56	9.99	882	12
	Shot put F57/58	13.44	1002	6
Siamak Saleh-Farajzadeh	Discus throw F33/34/52	Did not start
	Discus throw F33/34/52	Did not start
Javad Hardani	Discus throw F37/38	45.62 PR	1024
	Javelin throw F37/38	47.65	972
Farzad Sepahvand	Discus throw F44	51.23	948	4
Ali Mohammadyari	Discus throw F55/56	39.39	1023
Mohsen Kaedi	Javelin throw F35/36	42.61	975	5
Abdolreza Jokar	Javelin throw F53/54	22.08 WR	1108
Mohammad Reza Mirzaei	Javelin throw F57/58	40.84 WR	1052

Women

Athlete	Event	Result	Score	Rank
	Shot put F57/58	9.01	927	8
	Discus throw F57/58	28.20	897	8

Football 7-a-side[]

Men^[1]

Squad list	Preliminaries		Semifinal	Final	Rank
	Pool B	Rank
Bahman Ansari Morteza Heidari Coach:	Ireland W 4–2	2 Q	Russia L 0–5	3rd place match  Brazil W 4–0
	Great Britain W 3–0
	Ukraine L 0–4

Goalball[]

Men

Squad list	Preliminaries		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
	Group B	Rank
Coach:	Canada L 5–9	5	Did not advance		9th place match  Belgium W 7–2	9
	Brazil W 8–5
	Sweden L 5–10
	United States L 3–4
	China W 8–6

Judo[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage final	Final	Rank
	60 kg	Borges (URU) W 1000–0010	(CUB) W 0100–0010	Li (CHN) W 1000–0000		Noura (ALG) L 0000–1000
	66 kg	García (ESP) W 1000–0000	(UKR) W 0010–0003	(ALG) L 0000–1001		3rd place match  Kallunki (FIN) L 0000–1000	5
	73 kg	(FIN) W 1011–0000	(ARG) L 0000–0010	Bye	Repechage   (CUB) L 0000–1011	Did not advance	7
	81 kg	Jonard (FRA) L 0000–1001	Did not advance	Repechage  Vincze (HUN) W 0002–0000	Repechage   (UKR) W 0101–0001	Repechage  Lencina (ARG) L 0001–0011	5
	100 kg	Silva (BRA) L 0000–1001	Did not advance	Repechage  Porter (USA) L 0000–1000	Did not advance		9

Powerlifting[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Morteza Dashti	48 kg	No mark
	56 kg	172.5	7
Hamzeh Mohammadi	60 kg	202.5 PR
Ali Hosseini	67.5 kg	215.0
Majid Farzin	75 kg	212.5
Ali Sadeghzadeh	100 kg	230.0
	+100 kg	265.0 WR

Shooting[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
	10 m air pistol SH1	560	14	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle standing SH1	586	11	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
	10 m air pistol SH1	360	11	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
	50 m pistol SH1	507	23	Did not advance
	50 m pistol SH1	536	4 Q	86.7	622.7	6
	10 m air rifle prone SH1	588	42	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone SH1	582	22	Did not advance

Sitting volleyball[]

Men^[2]

Squad list	Preliminaries		Semifinal	Final	Rank
	Pool B	Rank
Coach: Hadi Rezaei	Japan W 3–0 25–7, 25–7, 25–5	1 Q	Russia W 3–0 25–22, 25–13, 25–20	Bosnia and Herzegovina W 3–0 25–22, 25–18, 25–22
	Brazil W 3–0 25–9, 25–11, 25–8
	Egypt W 3–0 27–25, 25–12, 25–18

Table tennis[]

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries / Quarterfinal		Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Groups	Rank
		Lafaye (FRA) L 1–3 5–11, 4–11, 12–10, 9–11	Group B 2	Did not advance		8
		Al-Bargouti (JOR) W 3–2 11–6, 7–11, 11–9, 7–11, 11–6
		Kanova (SVK) L 0–3 6–11, 4–11, 6–11	Group B 2	Did not advance		8
		Mariage (FRA) L 2–3 11–6, 11–7, 9–11, 8–11, 8–11
		(ITA) W 3–0 11–6, 11–6, 11–5
		Great Britain L 2–3 3–1, 0–3, 2–3, 3–0, 0–3		Did not advance		5

Wheelchair basketball[]

Men^[3]

Squad list	Preliminaries		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
	Pool A	Rank
Coach:	South Africa W 73–62	3 Q	United States L Walkover	Disqualified
	Sweden W 92–66
	Japan W 69–50
	Germany L 63–73
	Canada L 62–93

References[]

External links[]

• International Paralympic Committee