Iran at the 1951 Asian Games
Iran participated in the 1951 Asian Games held in the capital city of New Delhi, India from March 4, 1951, to March 11, 1951. This country is ranked 3rd with 8 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad. Ahmad Ordoubadi was the flagbearer for Iran in the opening ceremony.
Competitors
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Aquatics, Diving | 2 | 2 | |
| Aquatics, Swimming | 2 | 2 | |
| Athletics | 8 | 8 | |
| Basketball | 10 | 10 | |
| Cycling, Road / Track | 1 | 1 | |
| Football | 17 | 17 | |
| Weightlifting | 11 | 11 | |
| Total | 49 | 0 | 49 |
- Ahmad Ordoubadi participated in both athletics and weightlifting.
- Hossein Soroudi participated in both basketball and football.
Results by event
Aquatics
Diving
;Men| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Taghi Askari | 3 m springboard | 271.45 | |
| Taghi Askari | 10 m platform | 325.35 | |
| Manouchehr Khamoush | 10 m platform | 250.85 | 4 |
Swimming
;Men| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Mousa Boroumand | 100 m freestyle | ||
| Tofigh Yousefzadeh | 200 m breaststroke | 3:11.2 | 4 |
Athletics
;Men| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Ahmad Ordoubadi | Shot put | ' | |
| Ahmad Ordoubadi | Discus throw | ' |
Basketball
;Men| Squad list | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Rank |
| Hossein Soroudi Kamal Mashhoun Alireza Oshar Reza Masoumi Mashallah Safiyar Kambiz Mokhberi Abolfazl Solbi Hossein Saoudipour Hossein Razi Hassan Khaleghpour Coach: Kazem Rahbari | L 34–40 | W '63–52 | L' 41–65 | W '84'–38 |
Cycling
Road
;Men| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Jasem Jasemzadeh | Road race |
Track
;MenFootball
;Men| Squad list | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| Nader Afshar Alavinejad Nader Afshar Naderi Amir Aghahosseini Mohsen Azad Mahmoud Bayati Masoud Boroumand Amir Eraghi Hossein Fekri Aref Gholizadeh Mansour Hajian Parviz Kouzehkanani George Markarian Mehdi Masoud-Ansari Mehdi Nassiroghloo Mahmoud Shakibi Hossein Soroudi Ghorban Ali Tari Coach: Mostafa Salimi | W '2–0 | W' 0–0, 3–2 Rep | L 0–1 |
Weightlifting
;Men| Athlete | Event | Press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Ali Mirzaei | 56 kg | 205 | 200 | 250 | 655 | |
| Mahmoud Namjoo | 56 kg | 205.25 | 214.75 | 280 | 700 | |
| Arsham Khachikian | 60 kg | 620 | 6 | |||
| Jafar Salmasi | 60 kg | 210 | 210 | 255 | 675 | |
| Hassan Ferdos | 67.5 kg | 210 | 220 | 265 | 695 | |
| Jalal Mansouri | 75 kg | 230 | 230 | 295 | 755 | |
| Firouz Pojhan | 75 kg | 225 | 230 | 310 | 765 | |
| Hassan Rahnavardi | 82.5 kg | 265 | 255 | 325 | 845 | |
| Rasoul Raeisi | 90 kg | 255 | 240 | 310 | 805 | |
| Leon Kurukchian | +90 kg | 235 | 230 | 310 | 775 | |
| Ahmad Ordoubadi | +90 kg | 215 | 225 | 285 | 725 |