Iran at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation
Iran at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Iran
IPC codeIRI
NPCI.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee
Websitewww.paralympic.ir
in Paris, France
August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors66 in 10 sports
Flag bearers Mohammadreza Mirshafiei
Hajar Safarzadeh
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Iran are competing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 24 August to 5 September 2024. This is their ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1988.[1][2]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Zahra Rahimi Taekwondo Women's 52 kg 29 August
Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Taekwondo 0 1 0 1
Medals by date
Day Date 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1 29 August 0 1 0 1
Total 0 1 0 1
Medals by gender
Gender 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Male 0 0 0 0
Female 0 1 0 1
Mixed 0 0 0 0
Total 0 1 0 1

Competitors

Source:[3]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 4 2 6
Athletics 16 4 20
Goalball 6 0 6
Judo 2 0 2
Paracanoeing 1 1 2
Powerlifting 6 0 6
Shooting 1 3 4
Sitting volleyball 12 0 12
Swimming 2 0 2
Taekwondo 3 2 5
Total 53 12 65

Archery

Iran entered seven athletes in all event by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic; and at the 2024 World Qualification Tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[4]

Men
Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Hadi Nouri Individual compound 682 22  Bonacina (ITA)
Alisina Manshaezadeh 672 29  Tremblay (CAN)
Gholamreza Rahimi Individual recurve 640 8  Setiawan (INA)
Mohammad Reza Arab Ameri 645 5  Musayev (AZE)
Women
Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Fatemeh Hemmati Individual compound 696 3 Bye
Somayeh Rahimi Individual recurve 574 12  Benhami (FRA)
Mixed
Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
 
 
Team compound
 
 
Team recurve

Athletics

Iranian track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • DQ = Disqualified
  • PR = Paralympic Record
  • AR = Area (or continental) Record
  • NR = National Record
  • SB = Season's Best
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
Women
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Hajar Safarzadeh 200 m T12
400 m T12
Field events
Men
Athlete Event Final
Distance Position
Ali Olfatnia Long jump T37
Mahdi Olad Shot put F11
Amirhossein Alipour
Aliasghar Javanmardi Shot put F35
Alireza Mokhtari Shot put F53
Hamed Amiri Shot put F55
Zafar Zaker
Yasin Khosravi Shot put F57
Sajad Nikparast Javelin throw F13
Ali Pirouj
Saeid Afrooz Javelin throw F34
Sadegh Beit Sayah Javelin throw F41
Erfan Bandari Javelin throw F54
Amanolah Papi Javelin throw F57
Mahdi Olad Discus Throw F11
Hasan Bajelvand
Mostafa Marian Discus Throw F56
Women
Athlete Event Final
Distance Position
Elham Salehi Shot put F54
Javelin throw F54
Hashemiyeh Motaghian Javelin throw F56
Parastoo Habibi Club throw F32

Canoeing

Iran earned quota places for the following events through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany; and 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.

Athlete Event Heats Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Saeid Hosseinpoor Men's KL1
Shahla Behrouzirad Women's KL3

Goalball

Iran men's Goalball team qualified for the paralympic games by virtue of the results at the 2023 Asia-Pacific Championships in Hangzhou, China.[5]

Summary
Team Event Group Stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Iran men's Men's tournament  France
 Brazil
 United States

Judo

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
round 1
Repechage
round 2
Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Meysam Banitaba 60 kg
Mousa Gholami 90 kg

Powerlifting

Athlete Event Result Rank
Men
Mohsen Bakhtiar Men's 59kg
Amir Jafari Men's 65kg
Rouhollah Rostami Men's 80kg
Hamed Solhipour Men's 97kg
Aliakbar Gharibshahi Men's 107kg
Ahmad Aminzadeh Men's +107kg

Shooting

Iran entered three para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships and 2022 Asian Para Games as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[6]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Mohammadreza Mirshafiei P1 – 10 metre air pistol SH1
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Sareh Javanmardi P2 – 10 metre air pistol SH1
Nasrin Shahi
Roghayeh Shojaei R2 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1 617.1 9 Did not advance
R8 – 50 m rifle 3 Positions SH1
Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Sareh Javanmardi P4 – 50 m pistol SH1
Mohammadreza Mirshafiei

Sitting volleyball

Iran men's sitting volleyball team qualified for games after winning the 2022 Sitting Volleyball World Championships held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[7]

Summary
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM / Cl.
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Iran men's Men's tournament  Ukraine
 Brazil
 Germany

Swimming

Athlete Events Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Shahin Izadyar 100 m breaststroke SB9 1:13.04 7 Did not advance
Sina Zeyghaminejad 100 m breaststroke SB9 1:10.58 4 Q
200 m individual medley SM10

Taekwondo

Iran entered six athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Four of them qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in their respective class. The other athlete qualified by winning the gold medal match at the 2024 Asian Qualification Tournament in Tai'an, China.

Men
Athlete Event First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Saeid Sadeghianpour –63 kg  Jagiri (SOL)
W 28–2
 Torquato (BRA)
 
Alireza Bakht –80 kg Bye
Hamed Haghshenas +80 kg Bye
Women
Athlete Event First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Maryam Abdollahpour –47 kg Bye  Shao (CHN)
L 19–9
Did not advance Bye  Phuangkitcha (THA)
L 4–4
5
Zahra Rahimi –52 kg  Shao (CHN)
W 13–2
 Stumpf (BRA)
W 6–4
 Japaridze (GEO)
W 6–0
Bye  Ulambayar (MGL)
L 2–5
2nd place, silver medalist(s)

See also

References

  1. ^ Mainguy, Marie (2021-06-02). "The Paralympic Games of Paris 2024". Paris 2024. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  2. ^ Paralympic. "NPC Iran gears up preparations for the Paris 2024". Paralympic. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  3. ^ https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/npc-entries/ir-iran
  4. ^ "Olszewska serves two thrillers to grab Paris 2024 quota and reach final". World Archery. 21 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Goalball: Iran and China are the new Asia/Pacific champions". International Blind Sports Federation. 18 November 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Lima 2023 Quota Allocation to Paris 2024 Day 7 28.09.2023" (PDF). Paralympics. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  7. ^ Admin-AT (2022-11-12). "Mehrzad: We should be the heroes of our lives > World ParaVolley". World ParaVolley. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
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