Iran at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Iran participated in the Olympic Summer Games 1956 in Melbourne, Australia with a delegation of 17 athletes (all men) in 17 competitions in three sports part. There were five medals ( twice gold, two silver and one bronze ) to be won. The youngest athlete was the weightlifting Henrik Tamraz (21 years and 181 days), the oldest athlete was the weightlifting Mahmoud Namdjou (38 years and 63 days). It was the fourth part of the country at the Olympic Summer Games. Standard-bearer was Mahmoud Namdjou.

  • 2.1 weightlifting
  • 2.2 Athletics
  • 2.3 rings

Medalist

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Participants by sport

Weightlifting

  • Jalal Mansouri Light heavyweight
  • Mahmoud Namdjou bantamweight
  • Ibrahim Payrovi middle-weight
  • Firouz Pojhan heavyweight
  • Mohammad Hassan Rahnavardi Medium weight
  • Henrik Tamraz Lightweight
  • Hussain Zarrini feather-weight

Athletics

  • Ali Baghbanbashi marathon
  • Nadjmeddin Farabi decathlon

Wrestling

Freestyle

  • Nasser Givehchi feather-weight
  • Imam Ali Habibi Lightweight
  • Mohammad Ali Khojastepour flyweight
  • Hussain Noori heavyweight
  • Nabi Sorouri welterweight
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