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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 kgWrestling
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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