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Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Gold

Hossein Tavakkoli - Weightlifting, Men's 105 kg

Hossein Rezazadeh - Weightlifting, Men's +105 kg

Alireza Dabir - Wrestling, Men's freestyle 58 kg

Bronze

Hadi Saei - Taekwondo, Men's 68 kg

Results by event

Athletics

'''Men's 800 m:

Mehdi Jelodarzadeh - 35th place

Round 1 - 6th place in heat 6, 1:47.91, Did not advance

Boxing

Men's 51 kg:

Mohammad Rahim Rahimi - Eliminated

Round of 32 - Lost to Drissa Tou of Burkino Faso, Walkover

Men's 57 kg:

Bijan Batmani - Eliminated

Round of 32 - Lost to Ricardo Juarez of United States, Referee stop contest

Men's 63.5 kg:

Anoushirvan Nourian - Eliminated

Round of 32 - Lost to Olusegun Ajose of Nigeria, Walkover

Men's 67 kg:

Babak Moghimi - Eliminated

Round of 32 - Lost to Sherzod Husanov of Uzbekistan, 15-5

Men's 91 kg:

Rouhollah Hosseini - Eliminated

Round of 16 - Lost to Mark Simmons of Canada, 11-6

Canoe / Kayak

Flatwater

Men's kayak singles 500 m:

Nader Eivazi - 29th place

Heats - 8th place in heat 3, 1:49.306, Did not advance

Men's kayak singles 1000 m:

Nader Eivazi - 31st place

Heats - 8th place in heat 2, 3:59.767, Did not advance

Cycling

Road cycling

Men's road race:

Hossein Askari - Did not finish

Ahad Kazemi - Did not finish

Equestrian

Individual jumping:

Ali Nilforoushan - 56th place

Qualifier - 50.50 penalties, Did not advance

Judo

Men's 66 kg:

Arash Miresmaeili - 5th place

Round of 64 - Bye

Round of 32 - Lost to Huseyin Ozkan of Turkey by waza-ari

Repechage round of 32 - Defeated Georgi Georgiev of Bulgaria by ippon

Repechage round of 16 - Defeated Zhang Guangjun of China by ippon

Repechage quarterfinal - Defeated Yukimasa Nakamura of Japan by ippon

Bronze medal match - Lost to Girolamo Giovinazzo of Italy by yuko

Men's 81 kg:

Kazem Sarikhani - 7th place

Round of 64 - Bye

Round of 32 - Defeated Brahima Guindo of Mali by ippon

Round of 16 - Defeated Graeme Randall of Great Britain by ippon

Quarterfinal - Lost to Nuno Delgado of Portugal by ippon

Repechage round of 16 - Defeated Daniel Kelly of Australia by ippon

Repechage quarterfinal - Lost to Aleksei Budolin of Estonia by ippon

Men's +100 kg:

Mahmoud Miran - Eliminated

Round of 64 - Bye

Round of 32 - Lost to Frank Moller of Germany by koka

Shooting

Women's 10 m air pistol:

Manijeh Kazemi - 43rd place

Qualification - 362 points, Did not advance

Swimming

Men's 100 m freestyle:

Hamidreza Mobarrez - 65th place

Heats - 54.12, Did not advance

Table tennis

Men's singles:

Majid Ehteshamzadeh - Eliminated

Group round - 3rd place in group J, Did not advance

# Lost to Trinko Keen of Netherlands, 3-0

# Lost to Ntaniel Tsiokas of Greece, 3-0

Taekwondo

Men's 68 kg:

Hadi Saei - Bronze medal

Round of 16 - Defeated Hsu Chi-Hung of Chinese Taipei, 5-2

Quarterfinal - Defeated Alejandro Hernando of Argentina, 3-0

Semifinal - Lost to Sin Joon-Sik of South Korea, 5-3

Repechage semifinal - Defeated Carlo Massimino of Australia, 6-5

Bronze medal match - Defeated Tuncay Caliskan of Austria, 4-2

Men's 80 kg:

Majid Aflaki - Eliminated

Round of 16 - Lost to Victor Manuel Estrada of Mexico, 4-3

Weightlifting

Men's 62 kg:

Mehdi Panzvan - 5th place, 302.5 kg

Men's 77 kg:

Mohammad Hossein Barkhah - No mark

Men's 85 kg:

Shahin Nasirinia - No mark

Men's 94 kg:

Kourosh Bagheri - 4th place, 402.5 kg

Men's 105 kg: Hossein Tavakkoli - Gold medal, 425 kg Men's +105 kg: Hossein Rezazadeh - Gold medal, 472.5 kg

Wrestling

Freestyle

Men's 54 kg:

Behnam Tayyebi - 13th place

Preliminary round - 3rd place in pool 6, Did not advance

# Defeated Tumendemberel Zuunbayan of Mongolia, 3-2

# Lost to Amiran Karntanov of Greece, 7-0

# Lost to Vitalie Railean of Moldova, 2-1

Men's 58 kg:

Alireza Dabir - Gold medal

Preliminary round - 1st place in pool 1

# Defeated Talata Embalo of Guinea-Bissau, 10-0

# Defeated Guivi Sissaouri of Canada, 3-0

Quarterfinal - Defeated Oyunbileg Purevbaatar of Mongolia, 5-2

Semifinal - Defeated Terry Brands of United States, 6-4

Final - Defeated Yevgen Buslovych of Ukraine, 3-0

Men's 63 kg:

Mohammad Talaei - 4th place

Preliminary round - 1st place in pool 3

# Defeated Cary Kolat of United States, 5-4

# Defeated Ramil Islamov of Uzbekistan, Walkover

Quarterfinal - Defeated Arshak Hayrapetyan of Armenia, 3-2

Semifinal - Lost to Serafim Barzakov of Bulgaria, 4-0

Bronze medal match - Lost to Jang Jae-Sung of South Korea, 12-2

Men's 69 kg:

Amir Tavakkolian - 10th place

Preliminary round - 2nd place in pool 1, Did not advance

# Defeated Emzar Bedineishvili of Georgia, 5-4

# Lost to Daniel Igali of Canada, 2-2

Men's 76 kg:

Pejman Dorostkar - 12th place

Preliminary round - 2nd place in pool 2, Did not advance

# Defeated Tumen-Ulzii Munkhbayar of Mongolia, 3-0

# Lost to Gennadiy Laliyev of Kazakhstan, 3-1

Men's 85 kg:

Amir Reza Khadem - 4th place

Preliminary round - 1st place in pool 6

# Defeated Nicolae Ghita of Romania, 5-3

# Defeated Akesse Aka of Ivory Coast, 4-0

# Defeated Gabor Capuvari of Hungary, 5-3

Quarterfinal - Bye

Semifinal - Lost to Yoel Romero of Cuba, 3-0

Bronze medal match - Lost to Mogamed Ibragimov of Macedonia, 4-1

Men's 97 kg:

Alireza Heidari - 6th place

Preliminary round - 1st place in pool 2

# Defeated Rolf Scherrer of Switzerland, 7-1

# Defeated Ahmet Dogu of Turkey, 6-1

Quarterfinal - Lost to Eldar Kurtanidze of Georgia, 1-0

5th place match - Lost to Aftandil Xanthopoulos of Greece, Walkover

Men's 130 kg:

Abbas Jadidi - 4th place

Preliminary round - 1st place in pool 6

# Defeated Efstathios Topalidis of Greece, 9-1

# Defeated Alex Modebadze of Georgia, 4-0

Quarterfinal - Bye

Semifinal - Lost to David Musulbes of Russia, 3-0

Bronze medal match - Lost to Alexis Rodriguez of Cuba, 1-0

Greco-Roman

Men's 54 kg:

Hassan Rangraz - 14th place

Preliminary round - 2nd place in pool 3, Did not advance

# Defeated Petr Svehla of Czech Republic, 8-2

# Lost to Wang Hui of China, 8-2

Men's 58 kg:

Ali Ashkani - 5th place

Preliminary round - 1st place in pool 2

# Defeated Istvan Majoros of Hungary, 5-1

# Defeated Koba Guliashvaili of Georgia, 7-0

Quarterfinal - Lost to Kim In-Sub of South Korea, 3-1

5th place match - Defeated James Gruenwald of United States, 3-2

Men's 69 kg:'

Parviz Zeidvand - 16th place

Preliminary round - 3rd place in pool 3, Did not advance

# Lost to Islam Dugushiev of Azerbaijan, 5-0

# Lost to Juha Lappalainen of Finland, 2-1

References

Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)''. Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.

International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/12/05.

Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.

Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.

Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/20/05.

International Olympic Committee Web Site

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