Iran at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Iran at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	IRI
NPC	I.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.ir
in London
Competitors	79 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Abdolreza Jokar
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 10 Silver 7 Bronze 7 Total 24
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Iran competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.^[1]

Competitors[]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	3	6
Athletics	14	2	16
Cycling	1		1
Football 5-a-side	10		10
Football 7-a-side	12		12
Goalball	4		4
Judo	6		6
Powerlifting	8		8
Shooting		2	2
Swimming	1		1
Table tennis	1		1
Volleyball	11		11
Wheelchair tennis	1		1
Total	72	7	79

Medalists[]

Archery[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
	Individual recurve standing	588	18	(KOR) L 2–6	Did not advance
	Individual recurve W1/W2	648	2	Bye	Chopyk (UKR) W 7–1	(IRI) W 7–1	Sanawi (MAS) L 5–6	Tseng (TPE) L 3–7	4
		603	7	Bye	(TUR) W 6–0	(IRI) L 1–7	Did not advance
	Team recurve open	1839	4	N/A	Bye	South Korea (KOR) L 192–201	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
	Individual recurve standing	552	5	Bye	Comte (SUI) L 2–6	Did not advance
		481	15	(GBR) L 0–6	Did not advance
Zahra Nemati	Individual recurve W1/W2	613 PR	1	Bye	(ITA) W 6–0	Girismen (TUR) W 6–0	(ITA) W 6–0	Mijno (ITA) W 7–3
Zahra Nemati	Team recurve open	1646	3	N/A		Czech Republic (CZE) W 190–167	South Korea (KOR) L 186–192	Italy (ITA) W 188–184

Athletics[]

Men

Track events

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Peyman Nasiri	1500 m T20	N/A				3:58.49

Field events

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
	Shot put F34	NM	16
Mohsen Kaedi		12.94 m AS
	Javelin throw F33/34	38.30 m WR
Javad Hardani	Shot put F37/38	15.43 m AS
	Discus throw F37/38	1024 pts WR
Jalil Bagheri Jeddi	Shot put F54/55/56	988 pts PR
	Discus throw F32/33/34	936 pts	9
Mehrdad Karam Zadeh	Discus throw F42	44.62 m
Farzad Sepahvand	Discus throw F44	58.39 m
Ali Mohammadyari	Discus throw F54/55/56	978 pts
Sajad Nikparast	Javelin throw F12/13	63.15 m
		57.94 m	4
Kamran Shokrisalari	Javelin throw F42	52.06 m
Abdolreza Jokar	Javelin throw F52/53	920 pts
Mohammad Khalvandi	Javelin throw F57/58	50.98 m WR

Women

Field events

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
	Shot put F11/12	970 pts	5
	Shot put F54/55/56	837	9

Cycling[]

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bahman Golbarnezhad	Men's road race C4-5	Did not finish
	Men's time trial C4	Did not start

Track

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bahman Golbarnezhad	Men's 1 km time trail C4-5	1:13.799	18

Football 5-a-side[]

The following is the Iran squad in the football 5-a-side tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Age	Club
1	GK		32	Gilan
2	DF		27	Azarbayejan Sharghi
3	DF		30	Azarbayejan Sharghi
4	FW		28	Fars
7	FW		25	Khoozestan
8	DF		28	Khoozestan
9	FW		25	Khoozestan
10	FW		24	Azarbayejan Sharghi
11	FW		22	Fars
12	GK		23	Fars

Group Play

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain (ESP)	3	1	2	0	3	1	+2	5	Qualified for the medal round
2	Argentina (ARG)	3	1	2	0	2	0	+2	5
3	Iran (IRI)	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	3	Qualified for the classification round
4	Great Britain (GBR)	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

5th–8th place semi-final

5th–6th place match

Rank: 6th

Football 7-a-side[]

The following is the Iran squad in the football 7-a-side tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Age	Club
1	GK		30	Gilan
2	MF		27	Zanjan
5	MF		28	Gilan
6	MF		27	Zanjan
7	MF		25	Gilan
8	DF		23	Fars
9	DF	Morteza Heidari	34	Tehran
10	DF		32	Markazi
11	FW		30	Gilan
13	MF		27	Gilan
19	FW		30	Khoozestan
22	GK		25	Kermanshah

Group Play

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia (RUS)	3	3	0	0	19	1	+18	9	Qualified for the medal round
2	Iran (IRI)	3	2	0	1	13	5	+8	6
3	Netherlands (NED)	3	1	0	2	5	13	−8	3	Qualified for the classification round
4	Argentina (ARG)	3	0	0	3	2	20	−18	0

Semi-final

Bronze medal match

Rank:

Goalball[]

Men's tournament[]

Squad list	Group stage		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
From: Hassan Jafari	China W 9–5	1	Finland L 1–5	Did not advance
	Canada W 9–2
	Belgium L 6–8
	South Korea W 4–3
	Algeria W 4–2

Group B

	Qualified for the quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	5	4	0	1	32	20	+12	12
China	5	3	1	1	20	14	+6	10
Belgium	5	3	1	1	19	16	+3	10
Algeria	5	2	0	3	18	17	+1	6
South Korea	5	1	0	4	18	28	−10	3
Canada	5	1	0	4	16	28	−12	3

30 August 2012 13:45 v	China	5 – 9	Iran	Copper Box, London Referees: Launel Scott (CAN), Bülent Kimyon (TUR)
	Yao 3 Chen 2	Report	9

31 August 2012 19:45 v	Iran	9 – 2	Canada	Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Tony Connolly (USA)
	Jafari 4 3 1 1	Report	2

1 September 2012 18:30 v	Belgium	8 – 6	Iran	Copper Box, London Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Juha Vuokila (FIN)
	3 3 1 1	Report	3 Jafari 2 1

2 September 2012 13:45 v	Iran	4 – 3	South Korea	Copper Box, London Referees: Janne Ahokas (FIN), Dawna Christy (CAN)
	4	Report	2 1

3 September 2012 10:15 v	Iran	4 – 2	Algeria	Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Tony Connolly (USA)
	2 Jafari 1 1	Report	2

Quarter-final

5 September 2012 21:00 v	Iran	1 – 5	Finland	Copper Box, London Referees: Morten Hammershoi (DEN), Kimberly Anderson (USA)
	1	Report	3 2

Judo[]

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage First round	Repechage Final	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Men's 66 kg	(VEN) L 000H–100	Did not advance
	Men's 73 kg	Solovey (UKR) L 000–101	Did not advance		(GBR) W 1103–0101	(JPN) L 0001–100	Did not advance
	Men's 81 kg	(TUR) W 020–0001	Effron (ARG) L 0012–0112	Did not advance	Bye	(RUS) L 0003–010	Did not advance
	Men's 90 kg	Bye	Kretsul (RUS) L 0001–100	Did not advance	(MEX) W 100–000	(MGL) W 100–000	Lencina (ARG) L 0001–100	5
	Men's 100 kg	Bye	(GER) W 010–0003	(KOR) L 0001–100	Bye		Tenorio (BRA) L 0104–1003	5
	Men's +100 kg	Bye	(BRA) L 000–0011	Did not advance	(HUN) W 001–0002	(KOR) W 100–0004	Dominguez (CUB) L 0003–0101	5

Powerlifting[]

Athlete	Event	Total lifted	Rank
	Men's 56 kg	173 kg	6
Nader Moradi	Men's 60 kg	196 kg
Rouhollah Rostami	Men's 67.5 kg	208 kg
	Men's 75 kg	225 kg
Majid Farzin	Men's 82.5 kg	237 kg
	Men's 90 kg	225 kg	4
Ali Sadeghzadeh	Men's 100 kg	235 kg
Siamand Rahman	Men's +100 kg	280 kg PR

Shooting[]

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Sareh Javanmardi	Women's 10 m air pistol SH1	376	3	469.0
		374	4	467.1	6

Volleyball[]

Men's tournament[]

Overview

Team	Group stage[4]		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Iran	Rwanda W 3–0	1	Great Britain W 3–0	Russia W 3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina L 1–3
	China W 3–0
	Brazil W 3–0
	Bosnia and Herzegovina W 3–1

Roster

The following is the Iranian roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.^[5]

Head coach: Hadi Rezaeigarkani

№	Name	Date of birth	Position	2012 club
2		6 August 1979	UN
3		5 September 1978	WS
4		6 May 1985	SE	Zob Ahan
5		21 March 1988	M
6		30 March 1974	UN	Gonbad
7		26 February 1984	WS
8		21 September 1972	SE	Zob Ahan
9		1 July 1979	OS	Zob Ahan
10		4 June 1979	OS	Zob Ahan
11		11 March 1979	L	Zob Ahan
12		23 October 1981	SE

Group play

v t		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Iran	8	4	0	12	1	12.000	322	207	1.556
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7	3	1	10	3	3.333	309	240	1.288
3	Brazil	6	2	2	6	6	1.000	257	230	1.117
4	China	5	1	3	3	9	0.333	243	266	0.914
5	Rwanda	4	0	4	0	12	0.000	115	300	0.383

30 August 2012 21:00 v	Iran	3–0	Rwanda	ExCeL London, London Referees: Janko Plešnik (SLO), Dee Wauchope (GBR)
	(25–11, 25–6, 25–8) Report

1 September 2012 14:00 v	Iran	3–0	China	ExCeL London, London Referees: Dimosthenis Kostopoulos (GRE), Amin Al-Traifi (KSA)
	(25–15, 25–19, 25–12) Report

3 September 2012 14:00 v	Iran	3–0	Brazil	ExCeL London, London Referees: Amin Al-Traifi (KSA), Mourad El-Baroudy (EGY)
	(25–21, 25–15, 25–17) Report

4 September 2012 16:00 v	Iran	3–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	ExCeL London, London Referees: Report
	(22–25, 25–18, 25–18, 25–22) Dariusz Jasinski (POL), Janko Plesnik (SLO)

Quarter-final

5 September 2012 21:20 v	Great Britain	0–3	Iran	ExCeL London, London Referees: Dimosthenis Kostopoulos (GRE), Ute Fisher (GER)
	(18–25, 13–25, 15–25) Report

Semi-final

6 September 2012 21:00 v	Russia	0–3	Iran	ExCeL London, London Referees: Benno Meijer (NED), Ronaldo Chaves (BRA)
	(15–25, 18–25, 18–25) Report

Final

8 September 2012 18:00 v	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–1	Iran	ExCeL London, London Referees: Anton Probst (GER), Toomas Murulo (EST)
	(19–25, 25–21, 25–22, 25–15) Report

Swimming[]

Men

Athlete	Events	Heats		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Shahin Izadyar	50 m freestyle S10	25.97	5	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle S10	57.91 AS	7	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke SB9	1:12.23	2	1:12.47	8
	200 m individual medley SM10	2:28.51	7	Did not advance

Table tennis[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Singles class 2	Kim (KOR) L 0–3	Ruep (AUT) W 3–1	2	Did not advance

Wheelchair tennis[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Men's singles	(POL) L 2–6, 1–6	Did not advance

References[]

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