Iran at the 2024 Summer Olympics

There had been calls to ban Iran from the 2024 Summer Olympics due to human rights abuse allegations following the executions of Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari and national karate champion Mohammad Mehdi Karami, crackdown on protesters and athletes during the Mahsa Amini protests, blinding of archer Kowsar Khoshnoudi-Kia, and defection of taekwondo medalist Kimia Alizadeh.^[4] A group of Iranian dissidents including Franco-Iranian boxer Mahyar Monshipour and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi sent a letter to the IOC calling for Iran to be banned; they opined that the country's prohibition of women from practicing sports like wrestling, boxing, swimming, and sailing was not in line with the Olympic Charter.^[5] American senator Marsha Blackburn petitioned IOC President Thomas Bach to ban Iran from the Paris Games.^[6] The IOC expressed serious concerns over the situation of the Iranian athletes and urged the Iranian Olympic Committee to take appropriate action with the highest authorities to protect the athletes and members of the Olympic community from a humanitarian perspective. The IOC said that it reserves the right to take any appropriate action relating to the participation of the Iranian NOC and athletes in regards to the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[7][8]

The following is the list of the number of competitors in the Games.

One Iranian archer qualified for the women's individual recurve through the 2024 Final Individual Qualification Tournament in Antalya, Turkey.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mobina Fallah	Women's individual	652	28	Ánh Nguyệt (VIE) W 6X–510	E Gökkır (TUR) L 0–6	Did not advance				17

Iran sent two runners to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[10]

Track & road events

Iranian canoeists qualified one boat for the Games through the result of the highest ranked eligible nations in the following events, through the 2024 Asian Sprint Canoeing Championships in Tokyo, Japan.

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal); SF = Qualified for Semifinals; QF = Qualified for Quarterfinals;

Iran entered one male rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympics. The nation's secured those quota through the 2023 Asian Championships in Rayong, Thailand.^[11]

Iran entered four fencers into the Olympic competition. The nation's men's sabre team secured quota places in men's sabre events, after being nominated as one of the highest-ranked nations from Asia & Oceania, through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ali Pakdaman	Men's sabre	Bye	Yoshida (JPN) W 15–11	Sang-uk (KOR) L 10–15	Did not advance			13
Mohammad Rahbari		Bye	Patrice (FRA) L 13–15	Did not advance				28
Mohammad Fotouhi		Zea (MEX) L 13–15	Did not advance					33
Ali Pakdaman Mohammad Rahbari Mohammad Fotouhi Farzad Baher Arasbaran*	Men's team sabre	—			United States (USA) W 45–44	Hungary (HUN) L 43–45	France (FRA) L 25–45	4

Iran entered one gymnast into the games. Mahdi Olfati directly secured his quota to compete at the Olympics by being one of the highest-ranked eligible athlete in the men's vault, through the final accumulations of the 2024 Apparatus World Cup Series rankings and marking the nation's return to the sport since Tokyo 1964.

Men

Iranian rowers qualified two boats for the following events, through the 2024 Asia & Oceania Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea.^[12]

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Iranian shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2023 and 2024 Asian Championships, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.^{[13][14][15][16][17][18]}

Iran qualified one climber for Paris 2024. Reza Alipour qualified directly for the men's speed events, through the 2024 Olympic Qualifier series ranking;^[19] marking the nation's debut in these sports.

Speed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Reza Alipour	Men's	5.06	6	David (NZL) L 5.26 q –5.20	Maimuratov (KAZ) W 5.57–6.14	Leonardo (INA) L 4.84 PB –4.78	Watson (USA) L 4.88–4.74	4

Iran received a‌n Universality invitation from FINA to send a male swimmer to the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Iran entered three table tennis players into Paris 2024. Nima Alamian and Neda Shahsavari qualified for the games, following the triumph of winning the gold medals, respectively in men's and women's singles event, at the 2024 Central Asian Qualification Tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan;^[20] meanwhile Noshad Alamian qualified for the games through the final world ranking.^[21]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Noshad Alamian	Men's singles	Omatoyo (NGR) W 4–1	Harimoto (JPN) L 2–4	Did not advance					17
Nima Alamian		Kao C (TPE) L 1–4	Did not advance						33
Neda Shahsavari	Women's singles	Pavade (FRA) L 1–4	Did not advance						33

Iran qualified four athletes to compete at the games. Nahid Kiani qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of finishing within the top five in the Olympic rankings in her respective division, meanwhile Mehran Barkhordari qualified the games by virtue of finishing first at the Grand Slam Series rankings.^[22] Later on Mobina Nematzadeh and Arian Salimi secured a quota places in their respective division, by virtue of their victory in the semifinal round, at the 2024 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.^[23]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mehran Barkhordari	Men's −80 kg	Jaysunov (UZB) W 0–0 LSU, 12–0, 6–6 WSU	Alessio (ITA) W 1–6, 2–1, 10–9	Seo (KOR) W 2–4, 13–9, 12–8	Bye	Katoussi (TUN) L 2–4, 1–5
Arian Salimi	Men's +80 kg	Rafalovich (UZB) W 8–2, 5–1	Sansores (MEX) W 2–2 LSU, 6–4, 12–0	Šapina (CRO) W 5–12, 9–8, 9–6	Bye	Cunningham (GBR) W 3–6, 9–1, 6–3
Mobina Nematzadeh	Women's –49 kg	Tau (LES) W 3–0, 2–0	Cerezo (ESP) W 2–0, 7–2	Guo (CHN) L 1–4, 4–6	Bye	Abu Taleb (KSA) W 3–0, 4–2
Nahid Kiani	Women's –57 kg	Alizadeh (BUL) W 7–10, 6–5, 7–7 WSU	Toumi (TUN) W 5–2, 0–3, 3–2	Aoun (LBN) W 10–3, 9–0	Bye	Kim (KOR) L 1–5, 0–9

Iran entered two weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Mirmostafa Javadi (men's 89 kg) and Ali Davoudi (men's +102 kg) secured one of the top ten slots, in their respective weight division based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.^[24][25]

Iran qualified twelve wrestlers for the following classes into the Olympic competition. Seven of them qualified by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia;^[26][27][28] meanwhile four of them qualified after winning the semifinal round at the 2024 Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alireza Sarlak	Men's 57 kg	—	Higuchi (JPN) L 0–5VF	Did not advance		Cruz (PUR) L 0–5VA	Did not advance	LFO
Rahman Amouzad	Men's −65 kg	—	Retherford (USA) W 3–0PO	Dudaev (ALB) W 4–0ST	Musukaev (HUN) W 4–0ST	Bye	Kiyooka (JPN) L 1–3PP
Younes Emami	Men's –74 kg	Chamizo (ITA) W 3–1PP	Ndum (GBS) W 4–0ST	Dake (USA) L 0–5VT	Did not advance			7
Hassan Yazdani	Men's −86 kg	—	Lawrence (AUS) W 4–0ST	Kurugliev (GRE) W 3–1PP	Amine (SMR) W 3–1PP	Bye	Ramazanov (BUL) L 1–3PP
Amir Ali Azarpira	Men's −97 kg	—	Tazhudinov (BRN) L 1–3PP	Did not advance		Yergali (KAZ) W 3–1PP	Snyder (USA) W 3–1PP
Amir Hossein Zare	Men's −125 kg	—	Lazarev (KGZ) W 3–0PO	Dhesi (CAN) W 4–0ST	Akgül (TUR) W 3–1PP	Bye	Petriashvili (GEO) L 1–3PP

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mehdi Mohsennejad	Men's −60 kg	Fergat (ALG) W 4–0ST	Fumita (JPN) L 0–4ST	Did not advance	de Armas (CUB) W 4–1SP	Sharshenbekov (KGZ) L 1–3PP	5
Saeid Esmaeili	Men's −67 kg	Ghaiou (ALG) W 4–0ST	Orta (CUB) W 4–0ST	Galstyan (ARM) W 3–1PP	Bye	Nasibov (UKR) W 3–1PP
Amin Kavianinejad	Men's −77 kg	Peña (CUB) W 3–1PP	Amoyan (ARM) L 0–3PO	Did not advance			8
Alireza Mohmadi	Men's −87 kg	Muñoz (COL) W 4–0ST	Kułynycz (POL) W 4–1SP	Beleniuk (UKR) W 3–1PP	Bye	Novikov (BUL) L 0–3PO
Mohammad Hadi Saravi	Men's −97 kg	Rau (USA) W 4–1SP	Dzhuzupbekov (KGZ) W 4–0ST	Gabr (EGY) W 3–0PO	Bye	Aleksanyan (ARM) W 3–1PP
Amin Mirzazadeh	Men's −130 kg	Coon (USA) W 3–1PP	López (CUB) L 1–3PP	Did not advance	Lee (KOR) W 4–0ST	Shariati (AZE) W 3–0PO

14 of the 37 athletes on the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics were Iranian.^[2]

Likewise, some Iranians competed for other NOCs; some were born in Iran and had represented Iran in the past, while some were of Iranian descent.^[29][30][31] Notably, Kimia Alizadeh faced Nahid Kiani, with the former eventually winning bronze and the latter eventually winning silver.^[32]

Place	Name	NOC
Bronze	Tara Babulfath	Sweden
Bronze	Kimia Alizadeh	Bulgaria
Bronze	Sara Doorsoun-Khajeh	Germany
5th	Milad Karimi	Kazakhstan
5th	Sabah Shariati	Azerbaijan
9th	Tina Rahimi	Australia
28th	Dara Alizadeh	Bermuda
33rd	Hady Habib	Lebanon
35th	Mariam Sheikhalizadeh	Azerbaijan
	Dorsa Yavarivafa	Refugee Olympic Team
	Omid Ahmadisafa	Refugee Olympic Team
36th	Amir Rezanejad	Refugee Olympic Team
23rd	Saeid Fazloula	Refugee Olympic Team
38th	Saman Soltani	Refugee Olympic Team
17th	Mohammad Rashnonezhad	Refugee Olympic Team
17th	Mahboubeh Barbari Zharfi	Refugee Olympic Team
	Matin Balsini	Refugee Olympic Team
	Hadi Tiran	Refugee Olympic Team
	Kasra Mehdipournejad	Refugee Olympic Team
	Dina Pouryounes	Refugee Olympic Team
9th	Yekta Jamali	Refugee Olympic Team
	Iman Mahdavi	Refugee Olympic Team
17th	Jamal Valizadeh	Refugee Olympic Team

• Iran at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
• Iran at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics