Iran at the 1956 Summer Olympics


Iran competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia; 17 athletes competed. Emam-Ali Habibi and Gholamreza Takhti won the nation's first gold medal in the Olympics, all in wrestling.

Competitors

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics22
Weightlifting77
Wrestling88
Total17017

Results by event

Athletics

;Men
AthleteEvent100mLJSPHJ400m110m HDTPVJT1500mTotalRank
Najmeddin FarabiDecathlon12.1
572
6.25
575
11.31
524
1.70
656
52.3
684
17.4
372
28.73
347
3.30
438
41.23
375
4:24.8
560
510312

Weightlifting

;Men
AthleteEventPressSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
Mahmoud Namjoo56 kg100.0102.5130.0332.5
Hossein Zarini60 kg92.592.5120.0305.013
Henrik Tamraz67.5 kg115.0105.0145.0365.05
Ebrahim Peiravi75 kg107.5117.5147.5372.57
Jalal Mansouri82.5 kg132.5122.5162.5417.54
Hassan Rahnavardi90 kg140.0127.5157.5425.04
Firouz Pojhan+90 kg147.5132.5170.0450.04

Wrestling

;Men's freestyle