Iran at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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.

Iran at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeIRI
NPCI.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.ir
in Beijing
Competitors72 in 9 sports
Flag bearer Mohammad Reza Mirzaei
Medals
Ranked 22nd
Gold
5
Silver
6
Bronze
3
Total
14
Summer Paralympics appearances

Competitors
Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 13114
Football 7-a-side 1111
Goalball 66
Judo 55
Powerlifting 77
Shooting 213
Sitting volleyball 1212
Table tennis 22
Wheelchair basketball 1212
Total68472

Medal summary

Medal table
Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics2316
Football 7-a-side11
Judo11
Powerlifting2215
Sitting volleyball11
Total56314

Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldJavad HardaniAthleticsMen's discus throw F37/38
 GoldMohammad Reza MirzaeiAthleticsMen's javelin throw F57/58
 GoldHamzeh MohammadiPowerliftingMen's 60 kg
 GoldKazem RajabiPowerliftingMen's +100 kg
 GoldMohammad Hosseinifar
Mohammad Reza Rahimi
Reza Peidayesh
Davoud Alipourian
Mehdi Hamidzadeh
Nasser Hassanpour
Sadegh Bigdeli
Jalil Imeri
Saeid Ebrahimi
Issa Zirahi
Ramezan Salehi
Mohammad Khaleghi		Sitting volleyballMen
 SilverMehrdad KaramzadehAthleticsMen's discus throw F42
 SilverAli MohammadyariAthleticsMen's discus throw F55/56
 SilverAbdolreza JokarAthleticsMen's javelin throw F53/54
 SilverSaeid RahmatiJudoMen's 60 kg
 SilverAli HosseiniPowerliftingMen's 67.5 kg
 SilverMajid FarzinPowerliftingMen's 75 kg
 BronzeJavad HardaniAthleticsMen's javelin throw F37/38
 BronzeHabibollah Heidarimehr
Esmaeil Malekzadeh
Gholamreza Najafi
Hadi Safari
Bahman Ansari
Ehsan Gholamhosseinpour
Morteza Heidari
Abdolreza Karimzadeh
Rasoul Atashafrouz
Moslem Akbari
Ardeshir Mahini		Football 7-a-sideMen
 BronzeAli SadeghzadehPowerliftingMen's 100 kg

Results by event

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Men
Athlete Event Round 1 Final Rank
Heat Time Rank Time Rank
Ali Elahi 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
Mehdi Asghari 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
Mehdi Moradi Shot put F57/58 13.44 1002 6
Siamak Saleh-Farajzadeh Discus throw F33/34/52 Did not start
Jalal Khakzadieh 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
Fatemeh Montazeri Shot put F57/58 9.01 927 8
Discus throw F57/58 28.20 897 8

Football 7-a-side
Main article: Football 7-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Men[1]
Squad list Preliminaries Semifinal Final Rank
Pool B Rank
Habibollah Heidarimehr
Esmaeil Malekzadeh
Gholamreza Najafi
Hadi Safari
Bahman Ansari
Ehsan Gholamhosseinpour
Morteza Heidari
Abdolreza Karimzadeh
Rasoul Atashafrouz
Moslem Akbari
Ardeshir Mahini
Coach: Alireza Raadi		  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
Main article: Goalball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Men
Squad list Preliminaries Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Group B Rank
Rahmatollah Hosseini
Mohammad Soranji
Mohsen Jalilvand
Behzad Jahangiri
Javad Jalali
Mehdi Sayyahi
Coach: Mohammad Bidgoli		  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
Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage final Final Rank
Saeid Rahmati 60 kg  Borges (URU)
W 1000–0010		  Pérez (CUB)
W 0100–0010		  Li (CHN)
W 1000–0000		  Noura (ALG)
L 0000–1000
Reza Golmohammadi 66 kg  García (ESP)
W 1000–0000		  Karpeniuk (UKR)
W 0010–0003		  Lamri (ALG)
L 0000–1001		 3rd place match
 Kallunki (FIN)
L 0000–1000		 5
Mousa Pourabbas 73 kg  Peltoniemi (FIN)
W 1011–0000		  Ramirez (ARG)
L 0000–0010		 Bye Repechage
 Hierrezuelo (CUB)
L 0000–1011		 Did not advance 7
Amir Mirhassan Nattaj 81 kg  Jonard (FRA)
L 0000–1001		 Did not advance Repechage
 Vincze (HUN)
W 0002–0000		 Repechage
 Pominov (UKR)
W 0101–0001		 Repechage
 Lencina (ARG)
L 0001–0011		 5
Hamzeh Nadri 100 kg  Silva (BRA)
L 0000–1001		 Did not advance Repechage
 Porter (USA)
L 0000–1000		 Did not advance 9

Powerlifting
Main article: Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Men
Athlete Event Result Rank
Morteza Dashti 48 kg No mark
Gholam Hossein Chaltoukkar 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
Kazem Rajabi +100 kg 265.0 WR

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Bahman Karimi 10 m air pistol SH1 560 14 Did not advance
Ramezan Salehnejad 10 m air rifle standing SH1 586 11 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Nayyereh Akef 10 m air pistol SH1 360 11 Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Nayyereh Akef 50 m pistol SH1 507 23 Did not advance
Bahman Karimi 50 m pistol SH1 536 4 Q 86.7 622.7 6
Ramezan Salehnejad 10 m air rifle prone SH1 588 42 Did not advance
50 m rifle prone SH1 582 22 Did not advance

Sitting volleyball
Main article: Sitting volleyball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Men[2]
Squad list Preliminaries Semifinal Final Rank
Pool B Rank
Mohammad Hosseinifar
Mohammad Reza Rahimi
Reza Peidayesh
Davoud Alipourian
Mehdi Hamidzadeh
Nasser Hassanpour
Sadegh Bigdeli
Jalil Imeri
Saeid Ebrahimi
Issa Zirahi
Ramezan Salehi
Mohammad Khaleghi
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
Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries / Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Groups Rank
Narges Khazaei Singles 1/2  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
Forough Bakhtiari Singles 3  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
 Ploner (ITA)
W 3–0
11–6, 11–6, 11–5
Forough Bakhtiari
Narges Khazaei		 Team 1–3  Great Britain
L 2–3
3–1, 0–3, 2–3, 3–0, 0–3		 Did not advance 5

Wheelchair basketball
Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Men[3]
Squad list Preliminaries Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Pool A Rank
Saman Bolaghi
Ahmad Daghaghelehpour
Alireza Ahmadi
Morteza Gharibloo
Adel Torfi
Zakaria Hesamizadeh
Hakim Mansouri
Ebrahim Ahmadi
Esmaeil Hosseinpour
Gholamreza Nami
Bahman Seifi
Vahid Gholam-Azad
Coach: Abdolghafour Kamrava		  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
  1. "Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games – Football 7-a-side – Men". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  2. "Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games – Volleyball (Sitting) – Men". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 29 August 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  3. "Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games – Wheelchair Basketball – Men". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 29 August 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
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