Iran at the 1958 Asian Games

Iran at the
1958 Asian Games
IOC codeIRN
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
in Tokyo
Competitors79 in 11 sports
Flag bearerMahmoud Namjoo
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
7
Silver
14
Bronze
11
Total
32
Asian Games appearances (overview)

Iran participated in the 1958 Asian Games held in the capital city of Tokyo, Japan. This country is ranked 4th with 7 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad.[1]

Competitors

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 8 2 10
Boxing 9 9
Cycling 1 1
Diving 2 2
Football 17 17
Shooting 3 3
Swimming 3 3
Table tennis 4 2 6
Tennis 4 4
Volleyball 8 8
Weightlifting 8 8
Wrestling 8 8
Total 75 4 79

Medal summary

Medals by sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics 1 1 2 4
Boxing 0 3 3 6
Cycling track 0 2 0 2
Diving 0 0 2 2
Table tennis 0 0 1 1
Volleyball 0 1 0 1
Weightlifting 3 4 1 8
Wrestling 3 3 2 8
Total 7 14 11 32

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Mahmoud Khaligh Razavi Athletics Men's 1500 m
 Gold Jalal Mansouri Weightlifting Men's 82.5 kg
 Gold Hassan Rahnavardi Weightlifting Men's 90 kg
 Gold Firouz Pojhan Weightlifting Men's +90 kg
 Gold Emam-Ali Habibi Wrestling Men's freestyle 67 kg
 Gold Gholamreza Takhti Wrestling Men's freestyle 87 kg
 Gold Abbas Zandi Wrestling Men's freestyle +87 kg
 Silver Mahmoud Khaligh Razavi Athletics Men's 800 m
 Silver Vazik Kazarian Boxing Men's 63.5 kg
 Silver Soren Pirjanian Boxing Men's 67 kg
 Silver Ghasem Amiryavari Boxing Men's 71 kg
 Silver Jafar Goltalab Cycling track Men's sprint
 Silver Jafar Goltalab Cycling track Men's 1 km time trial
 Silver
Volleyball Men
 Silver Esmaeil Elmkhah Weightlifting Men's 52 kg
 Silver Mahmoud Namjoo Weightlifting Men's 56 kg
 Silver Ali Safa-Sonboli Weightlifting Men's 60 kg
 Silver Ebrahim Peiravi Weightlifting Men's 75 kg
 Silver Khalil Rayatpanah Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg
 Silver Tofigh Jahanbakht Wrestling Men's freestyle 73 kg
 Silver Nabi Sorouri Wrestling Men's freestyle 79 kg
 Bronze Ali Baghbanbashi Athletics Men's 5000 m
 Bronze Ali Baghbanbashi Athletics Men's 10,000 m
 Bronze Ezaria Ilkhanoff Boxing Men's 51 kg
 Bronze Leon Khachatourian Boxing Men's 75 kg
 Bronze Akbar Khojini Boxing Men's 81 kg
 Bronze Manouchehr Fasihi Diving Men's 3 m springboard
 Bronze Hassan Azami Diving Men's 10 m platform
 Bronze
Table tennis Men's team
 Bronze Henrik Tamraz Weightlifting Men's 67.5 kg
 Bronze Gholam Hossein Zandi Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg
 Bronze Nasser Givehchi Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg

Results by event

Aquatics

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1958 Asian Games
Athlete Event Score Rank
Manouchehr Fasihi Men's 3 m springboard 112.74 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hassan Azami Men's 10 m platform 104.45 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1958 Asian Games

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1958 Asian Games

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1958 Asian Games
The boxing team
Athlete[2] Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Ezaria Ilkhanoff Men's 51 kg N/a  Bonus (PHI)
W Points 		 Hla (BIR)
L Points 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Karapet Kochar Men's 54 kg Bye  Suzuki (JPN)
L Points 		Did not advance 5
Sadegh Aliakbarzadeh Men's 57 kg Bye  Ikeyama (JPN)
L Points 		Did not advance 5
Hassan Pakandam Men's 60 kg N/a  Chung (KOR)
L Points 		Did not advance 5
Vazik Kazarian Men's 63.5 kg N/a Bye  Chundakowsolaya (THA)
W Points 		 Kawakami (JPN)
L Points 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Soren Pirjanian Men's 67 kg N/a  David (PHI)
W Points 		 Onuki (JPN)
W Points 		 Kim (KOR)
L Points 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ghasem Amiryavari Men's 71 kg N/a Bye  Hussain (PAK)
W Points 		 Takahashi (JPN)
L Points 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Leon Khachatourian Men's 75 kg N/a  Thapa (IND)
L Points 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Akbar Khojini Men's 81 kg N/a  Mahmood (PAK)
L Points 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1958 Asian Games

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Jafar Goltalab Men's road race Did not finish —

Football

Main article: Football at the 1958 Asian Games
Men
Squad list Preliminary round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Group D Rank
Nader Afshar Alavinejad
Davoud Arghavani
Mahmoud Bayati
Mohammad Bayati
Javad Beheshti
Masoud Boroumand
Parviz Dehdari
Amir Eraghi
Iraj Erfan
Aref Gholizadeh
Nasser Haji Mokhtar
Mohsen Haji Nasrollah
Iraj Hatam
Davoud Heidari
Ali Jafarzadeh
Parviz Kouzehkanani
Jafar Namdar
Coach: Hossein Sadaghiani 		 Israel
L 0–4 		4 Did not advance 14
 South Korea
L 0–5

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1958 Asian Games

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1958 Asian Games
Individual
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Edmond Beitkhoda Men's singles  Lê (VNM)
L 0–3 		Did not advance 17
Houshang Bozorgzadeh  Li (HKG)
W 3–0 		 Ybanez (PHI)
W 3–0 		 Ogimura (JPN)
L 0–3 		Did not advance 5
Amir Ehteshamzadeh  Narita (JPN)
L 1–3 		Did not advance 17
Hamid Korloo  Trần (VNM)
L 2–3 		Did not advance 17
Amir Ehteshamzadeh
Houshang Bozorgzadeh 		Men's doubles N/a  Tsunoda
and Narita (JPN)
L 2–3 		Did not advance 9
Hamid Korloo
Edmond Beitkhoda 		N/a  Li
and Sou (ROC)
L 0–3 		Did not advance 9
Atieh Derakhshan Women's singles  Park (KOR)
W 3–1 		 Eguchi (JPN)
L 0–3 		Did not advance 9
Azam Khatib  Chiang (ROC)
L 0–3 		Did not advance 17
Azam Khatib
Atieh Derakhshan 		Women's doubles N/a  Park
and Cho (KOR)
L 0–3 		Did not advance 9
Team
Athlete Event Round robin Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Tiebreak playoff
Edmond Beitkhoda
Houshang Bozorgzadeh
Amir Ehteshamzadeh
Hamid Korloo 		Men's team  Hong Kong
W 5–1 		 Republic of China
L 3–5 		 South Vietnam
L 2–5 		 Japan
L 2–5 		 South Korea
W 5–3 		 Philippines
W 5–1 		 Republic of China
W 5–3 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Atieh Derakhshan
Azam Khatib 		Women's team  Republic of China
L 0–3 		 Japan
L 0–3 		 South Korea
L 0–3 		 Hong Kong
L 0–3 		N/a 5

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1958 Asian Games
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
George Aftandilian Men's singles Bye  Pinto (CEY)
L 0–2 (2–6, 2–6) 		Did not advance 17
Enoud Jasemzadeh  Ishiguro (JPN)
L 0–2 (0–6, 2–6) 		Did not advance 33
Henry Johanes  Dungo (PHI)
L 0–2 (1–6, 2–6) 		Did not advance 33
Arsham Yasaei Bye  Tsai (HKG)
L 1–2 (9–7, 2–6, 1–6) 		Did not advance 17
George Aftandilian
Enoud Jasemzadeh 		Men's doubles N/a  Lim
and Pakir (SIN)
L 1–2 (9–7, 4–6, 0–6) 		Did not advance 17
Henry Johanes
Arsham Yasaei 		N/a  Võ
and Võ (VNM)
L 1–2 (9–7, 4–6, 2–6) 		Did not advance 17

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1958 Asian Games
Team[3] Event Round robin Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4
 Iran Men  Philippines
W 3–2
(15–12, 13–15, 8–15, 15–13, 15–2) 		 India
W 3–1
(16–14, 15–11, 9–15, 15–8) 		 Hong Kong
W 3–0
(15–9, 15–9, 15–6) 		 Japan
L 0–3
(17–19, 12–15, 8–15) 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Roster

Coach: Pakistan Sardar Nasrullah Khan

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1958 Asian Games
Athlete[4] Event Press Snatch Clean & Jerk Total
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Esmaeil Elmkhah Men's 52 kg 87.5 1 85.0 3 105.0 5 277.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Mahmoud Namjoo Men's 56 kg 100.0 1 95.0 3 120.0 3 315.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ali Safa-Sonboli Men's 60 kg 107.5 1 102.5 2 132.5 3 342.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Henrik Tamraz Men's 67.5 kg 112.5 3 112.5 2 145.0 4 370.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ebrahim Peiravi Men's 75 kg 115.0 2 117.5 1 147.5 2 380.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jalal Mansouri Men's 82.5 kg 127.5 1 122.5 1 150.0 1 400.0 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Hassan Rahnavardi Men's 90 kg 140.0 1 127.5 1 165.0 1 432.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Firouz Pojhan Men's +90 kg 152.5 1 132.5 1 175.0 1 460.0 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1958 Asian Games
Freestyle
Athlete Event Elimination round Rank
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
Khalil Rayatpanah Men's 52 kg Bye  Alcantara (PHI)
W Fall 		 Yoshida (JPN)
L Points 		 Din (PAK)
W Points 		N/a 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Gholam Hossein Zandi Men's 57 kg  Im (KOR)
W Points 		 Iizuka (JPN)
D Points 		 Tumasis (PHI)
W Fall 		 Akhtar (PAK)
L Points 		N/a 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Nasser Givehchi Men's 62 kg  Perez (PHI)
W Fall 		 Din (PAK)
D Points 		 Nakagawa (JPN)
L Points 		Bye N/a 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Emam-Ali Habibi Men's 67 kg  Ashraf (PAK)
W Fall 		 Bong (KOR)
W Points 		 Abe (JPN)
W Points 		Bye N/a 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Tofigh Jahanbakht Men's 73 kg  Choi (KOR)
W Fall 		 Kaneko (JPN)
D Points 		Bye  Bashir (PAK)
W Points 		Bye 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Nabi Sorouri Men's 79 kg  Nagai (JPN)
D Points 		 Rahim (AFG)
W Fall 		 Rasool (PAK)
W Points 		 Arcales (PHI)
W Fall 		N/a 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Gholamreza Takhti Men's 87 kg  Naseri (AFG)
W Fall 		 Hwang (KOR)
W Fall 		 Ali (PAK)
W Fall 		 Takagi (JPN)
W Fall 		N/a 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Abbas Zandi Men's +87 kg  Ohira (JPN)
W Points 		 Nazir (PAK)
D Points 		Bye N/a 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ 3rd Asian Games medal tally Archived 2007-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Boxing Report" (PDF). amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Men Volleyball Asia Games 1958 Tokyo, Japan". todor66.com. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  4. ^ "1958 Asian Games Location: Tokyo, JPN". chidlovski.net. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
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