title: Iran at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
text: # Iran at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
  
  Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States.
  
  ## Competitors
  
  | Sport | Men | Women | Total |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Athletics | 7 | | 7 |
  | Powerlifting | 6 | | 6 |
  | Shooting | 3 | 2 | 5 |
  | Volleyball | 12 | | 12 |
  | Total | 28 | 2 | 30 |
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Medal table
  
  | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athletics | 7 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
  | Powerlifting | | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | Shooting | 1 | | | 1 |
  | Volleyball | 1 | | | 1 |
  | Total | 9 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
  
  ### Medalists
  
  | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold | Ghader Modabber | Athletics | Men's shot put F51 |
  | Gold | Hossein Agha-Barghchi | Athletics | Men's discus throw F35 |
  | Gold | Ghader Modabber | Athletics | Men's discus throw F51 |
  | Gold | Abdolreza Jokar | Athletics | Men's discus throw F52 |
  | Gold | Ghader Modabber | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F51 |
  | Gold | Mokhtar Nourafshan | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F53 |
  | Gold | Mohammad Reza Mirzaei | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F56 |
  | Gold | Enayatollah Bokharaei | Shooting | Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1 |
  | Gold | Gholam Akhavan Farshid Ashouri Mohsen Barati Jalil Imeri Ali Golkar Parviz Firouzi Ali Kashfia Hadi Rezaei Ali Akbar Salavatian Hassan Shahi Ahmad Shivani Majid Soleimani | Volleyball | Men's sitting |
  | Silver | Mokhtar Nourafshan | Athletics | Men's shot put F53 |
  | Silver | Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar | Athletics | Men's shot put F55 |
  | Silver | Mokhtar Nourafshan | Athletics | Men's discus throw F53 |
  | Silver | Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar | Athletics | Men's discus throw F55 |
  | Silver | Fereydoun Karimipour | Powerlifting | Men's 56 kg |
  | Bronze | Abdolreza Jokar | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F52 |
  | Bronze | Allahbakhsh Akbari | Powerlifting | Men's 60 kg |
  | Bronze | Zeinal Siavoshani | Powerlifting | Men's 67.5 kg |
  
  ## Results by event
  
  ### Athletics
  
  Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Hossein Agha-Barghchi | Shot put F35 | Did not start | Did not start |
  | Hossein Agha-Barghchi | Discus throw F35 | 35.92 WR | |
  | Mohammad Hassani | Shot put F43/44 | 12.74 | 9 |
  | Mohammad Hassani | Pentathlon P44 | Did not finish | Did not finish |
  | Ghader Modabber | Shot put F51 | 7.17 WR | |
  | Ghader Modabber | Discus throw F51 | 16.48 PR | |
  | Ghader Modabber | Javelin throw F51 | 15.68 WR | |
  | Abdolreza Jokar | Shot put F52 | 6.13 | 5 |
  | Abdolreza Jokar | Discus throw F52 | 20.34 WR | |
  | Abdolreza Jokar | Javelin throw F52 | 15.08 | |
  | Mokhtar Nourafshan | Shot put F53 | 8.77 | |
  | Mokhtar Nourafshan | Discus throw F53 | 27.12 | |
  | Mokhtar Nourafshan | Javelin throw F53 | 25.78 PR | |
  | Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar | Shot put F55 | 9.77 | |
  | Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar | Discus throw F55 | 35.52 | |
  | Mohammad Reza Mirzaei | Shot put F56 | 11.08 | 5 |
  | Mohammad Reza Mirzaei | Javelin throw F56 | 40.42 PR | |
  
  ### Powerlifting
  
  Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Saeid Mokhtarian | 52 kg | 145.0 | 5 |
  | Fereydoun Karimipour | 56 kg | 170.0 | |
  | Allahbakhsh Akbari | 60 kg | 177.5 | |
  | Zeinal Siavoshani | 67.5 kg | 185.0 | |
  | Amrollah Dehghani | 90 kg | 197.5 | 4 |
  | Mahmoud Kordkhili | +100 kg | 200.0 | 9 |
  
  ### Shooting
  
  Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank |
  | Mohammad Mohammadi | 10 m air rifle 3×40 SH1 | 1170 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank |
  | Zahra Alibeigi | 10 m air rifle standing SH1 | 368 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  Mixed
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank |
  | Enayatollah Bokharaei | 10 m air rifle prone SH1 | 600 =WR | 1 Q | 105.8 | 705.8 PR | |
  | Mohammad Mohammadi | 10 m air rifle prone SH1 | 599 | 5 Q | 103.3 | 702.3 | 8 |
  | Ramezan Salehnejad | 10 m air rifle prone SH1 | 597 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Fatemeh Raef | 10 m air rifle prone SH2 | 546 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ### Volleyball
  
  Men's sitting
  
  | Squad list | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Squad list | Pool A | Rank | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
  | Gholam Akhavan Farshid Ashouri Mohsen Barati Jalil Imeri Ali Golkar Parviz Firouzi Ali Kashfia Hadi Rezaei Ali Akbar Salavatian Hassan Shahi Ahmad Shivani Majid Soleimani | Hungary W 3–0 | 1 Q | Ukraine W 3–0 | Netherlands W 3–0 | Norway W 3–1 | |
  | Gholam Akhavan Farshid Ashouri Mohsen Barati Jalil Imeri Ali Golkar Parviz Firouzi Ali Kashfia Hadi Rezaei Ali Akbar Salavatian Hassan Shahi Ahmad Shivani Majid Soleimani | Kazakhstan W 3–0 | 1 Q | Ukraine W 3–0 | Netherlands W 3–0 | Norway W 3–1 | |
  | Gholam Akhavan Farshid Ashouri Mohsen Barati Jalil Imeri Ali Golkar Parviz Firouzi Ali Kashfia Hadi Rezaei Ali Akbar Salavatian Hassan Shahi Ahmad Shivani Majid Soleimani | Finland W 3–1 | 1 Q | Ukraine W 3–0 | Netherlands W 3–0 | Norway W 3–1 | |
  | Gholam Akhavan Farshid Ashouri Mohsen Barati Jalil Imeri Ali Golkar Parviz Firouzi Ali Kashfia Hadi Rezaei Ali Akbar Salavatian Hassan Shahi Ahmad Shivani Majid Soleimani | Russia W 3–0 | 1 Q | Ukraine W 3–0 | Netherlands W 3–0 | Norway W 3–1 | |
  | Gholam Akhavan Farshid Ashouri Mohsen Barati Jalil Imeri Ali Golkar Parviz Firouzi Ali Kashfia Hadi Rezaei Ali Akbar Salavatian Hassan Shahi Ahmad Shivani Majid Soleimani | Argentina W 3–0 | 1 Q | Ukraine W 3–0 | Netherlands W 3–0 | Norway W 3–1 | |
  