title: Iran at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
text: # Iran at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
  
  Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece.
  
  ## Competitors
  
  | Sport | Men | Women | Total |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Archery | 3 | | 3 |
  | Athletics | 25 | 3 | 28 |
  | Cycling | 1 | | 1 |
  | Football 7-a-side | 11 | | 11 |
  | Judo | 4 | | 4 |
  | Powerlifting | 8 | | 8 |
  | Shooting | 6 | 3 | 9 |
  | Table tennis | 3 | | 3 |
  | Volleyball | 10 | | 10 |
  | Wheelchair basketball | 12 | | 12 |
  | Total | 83 | 6 | 89 |
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Medal table
  
  | Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athletics | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 |
  | Judo | | | 1 | 1 |
  | Powerlifting | 3 | | 3 | 6 |
  | Volleyball | | 1 | | 1 |
  | Total | 7 | 3 | 13 | 23 |
  
  ### Medalists
  
  | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold | Siamak Saleh-Farajzadeh | Athletics | Men's discus throw F33/34 |
  | Gold | Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar | Athletics | Men's discus throw F56 |
  | Gold | Ali Naderi | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F55/56 |
  | Gold | Mohammad Reza Mirzaei | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F57 |
  | Gold | Morteza Dashti | Powerlifting | Men's 48 kg |
  | Gold | Kazem Rajabi | Powerlifting | Men's 100 kg |
  | Gold | Habibollah Mousavi | Powerlifting | Men's +100 kg |
  | Silver | Javad Hardani | Athletics | Men's discus throw F38 |
  | Silver | Jalil Bagheri Jeddi | Athletics | Men's discus throw F55 |
  | Silver | Davoud Alipourian Sadegh Bigdeli Saeid Ebrahimi Jalil Imeri Ali Golkar Mehdi Hamidzadeh Nasser Hassanpour Mohammad Reza Rahimi Ramezan Salehi Issa Zirahi | Volleyball | Men's sitting |
  | Bronze | Mohsen Amoo-Aghaei | Athletics | Men's shot put F33/34 |
  | Bronze | Asghar Zareeinejad | Athletics | Men's shot put F40 |
  | Bronze | Mehrdad Karamzadeh | Athletics | Men's shot put F42 |
  | Bronze | Mokhtar Nourafshan | Athletics | Men's discus throw F55 |
  | Bronze | Alireza Kamalifar | Athletics | Men's discus throw F58 |
  | Bronze | Vahab Saalabi | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F42 |
  | Bronze | Avaz Azmoudeh | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F54 |
  | Bronze | Abdolreza Jokar | Athletics | Men's javelin throw F52/53 |
  | Bronze | Azam Khodayari | Athletics | Women's discus throw F56–58 |
  | Bronze | Hani Asakereh | Judo | Men's 73 kg |
  | Bronze | Gholam Hossein Chaltoukkar | Powerlifting | Men's 52 kg |
  | Bronze | Hamzeh Mohammadi | Powerlifting | Men's 67.5 kg |
  | Bronze | Reza Boroumand | Powerlifting | Men's 75 kg |
  
  ## Results by event
  
  ### Archery
  
  Men's recurve
  
  | Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | 1/16 eliminations | 1/8 eliminations | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | 1/16 eliminations | 1/8 eliminations | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
  | Ghasem Javani | Individual standing | 532 | 20 Q | Wickramasinghe (SRI) L 127–140 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 21 |
  | Heshmatollah Kazemi | Individual standing | 575 | 15 Q | Lazo (SVK) W 137–127 | Onodera (JPN) W 142–141 | An (KOR) L 76–102 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 8 |
  | Majid Kehtari | Individual W2 | 572 | 21 Q | Gregory (GBR) L 135–141 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 27 |
  | Ghasem Javani Heshmatollah Kazemi Majid Kehtari | Team open | 1679 | 12 Q | | Poland L 210–221 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 10 |
  
  ### Athletics
  
  Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Score | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Yaghoub Pagheh | Triple jump F46 | 13.46 | 13.46 | 5 |
  | Mohsen Amoo-Aghaei | Shot put F33/34 | 9.30 | 969 | |
  | Siamak Saleh-Farajzadeh | Shot put F33/34 | 8.76 | 829 | 9 |
  | Siamak Saleh-Farajzadeh | Discus throw F33/34 | 39.12 WR | 995 | |
  | Abbas Mohsenizadeh | Shot put F37 | 12.59 | 12.59 | 4 |
  | Javad Hardani | Shot put F38 | 12.12 | 12.12 | 4 |
  | Javad Hardani | Discus throw F38 | 43.27 | 43.27 | |
  | Asghar Zareeinejad | Shot put F40 | 9.52 | 9.52 | |
  | Mehrdad Karamzadeh | Shot put F42 | 12.90 | 12.90 | |
  | Farhad Raiga | Shot put F42 | 12.37 | 12.37 | 5 |
  | Javad Mousavi | Shot put F44/46 | 13.52 | 930 | 6 |
  | Alireza Yamousa | Shot put F53 | 6.83 | 6.83 | 7 |
  | Jalil Bagheri Jeddi | Shot put F56 | 10.35 | 10.35 | 7 |
  | Jalil Bagheri Jeddi | Discus throw F55 | 34.64 | 34.64 | |
  | Mohammad Hossein Firouzi | Discus throw F53 | 17.33 | 17.33 | 8 |
  | Abdolreza Jokar | Discus throw F53 | 19.13 | 19.13 | 5 |
  | Abdolreza Jokar | Javelin throw F52/53 | 19.77 | 1032 | |
  | Asadollah Azimi | Discus throw F54 | 24.15 | 24.15 | 5 |
  | Ali Naderi | Discus throw F55 | 27.62 | 27.62 | 9 |
  | Ali Naderi | Javelin throw F55/56 | 35.30 WR | 1208 | |
  | Mokhtar Nourafshan | Discus throw F55 | 31.45 | 31.45 | |
  | Mokhtar Nourafshan | Javelin throw F55/56 | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
  | Mohammad Dabbaghzadeh | Discus throw F56 | 34.99 | 34.99 | 4 |
  | Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar | Discus throw F56 | 37.52 WR | 37.52 WR | |
  | Alireza Kamalifar | Discus throw F58 | 52.35 | 52.35 | |
  | Kazem Moradi | Javelin throw F11 | 33.33 | 33.33 | 8 |
  | Erfan Hosseini | Javelin throw F12 | 50.76 | 50.76 | 4 |
  | Vahab Saalabi | Javelin throw F42 | 46.91 | 46.91 | |
  | Avaz Azmoudeh | Javelin throw F54 | 26.16 | 26.16 | |
  | Hassan Houshyar | Javelin throw F55/56 | 27.67 | 947 | 7 |
  | Mohammad Reza Mirzaei | Javelin throw F57 | 40.71 PR | 40.71 PR | |
  
  Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Score | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Fatemeh Montazeri | Shot put F56–58 | 8.36 | 913 | 4 |
  | Fatemeh Montazeri | Discus throw F56–58 | No mark | No mark | No mark |
  | Azam Khodayari | Discus throw F56–58 | 24.86 | 1050 | |
  | Zahra Taghibeigloo | Javelin throw F56–58 | 24.02 | 961 | 5 |
  
  ### Cycling
  
  Men's road
  
  | Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Mahmoud Meili | Bicycle road race / time trial LC 3 | 26 | 13 |
  
  Men's track
  
  | Athlete | Event | Real time | Result | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Mahmoud Meili | Bicycle 1 km time trial LC1–4 | 1:33.726 | 1:21.509 | 33 |
  
  ### Football 7-a-side
  
  Men
  
  | Squad list | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Squad list | Pool A | Rank | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
  | Nasser Hosseinifar Houshang Khosravani Gholamreza Najafi Hadi Safari Javad Mansour-Fallah Naghi Kamani Morteza Heidari Abdolreza Karimzadeh Majid Mashhadi Ardeshir Mahini Mohammad Reza Khedri Coach: Alireza Raadi | Argentina D 2–2 | 3 | Did not advance | 5th place match Netherlands W 3–0 | 5 |
  | Nasser Hosseinifar Houshang Khosravani Gholamreza Najafi Hadi Safari Javad Mansour-Fallah Naghi Kamani Morteza Heidari Abdolreza Karimzadeh Majid Mashhadi Ardeshir Mahini Mohammad Reza Khedri Coach: Alireza Raadi | Ukraine L 2–6 | 3 | Did not advance | 5th place match Netherlands W 3–0 | 5 |
  | Nasser Hosseinifar Houshang Khosravani Gholamreza Najafi Hadi Safari Javad Mansour-Fallah Naghi Kamani Morteza Heidari Abdolreza Karimzadeh Majid Mashhadi Ardeshir Mahini Mohammad Reza Khedri Coach: Alireza Raadi | Ireland W 7–2 | 3 | Did not advance | 5th place match Netherlands W 3–0 | 5 |
  
  ### Judo
  
  Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage final | Final | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Saeid Rahmati | 60 kg | Tsang (HKG) W 1021–0000 | Díaz (ARG) W 0210–0000 | Hirose (JPN) L 0000–1000 | | 3rd place match Biro (HUN) L 0011–0012 | 5 |
  | Hani Asakereh | 73 kg | Ramírez (ARG) W 1001–0010 | Moore (USA) L 0000–0001 | Bye | Repechage Atnabayev (RUS) W 1000–0000 | 3rd place match Krieger (GER) W 0210–0000 | |
  | Amir Mirhassan Nattaj | 90 kg | Miyauchi (JPN) L 0022–0200 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 11 |
  | Reza Arshad | 100 kg | Men (CHN) L 0001–0110 | Did not advance | Moreno (ESP) W 1000–0000 | Shneyderman (RUS) L 0001–0201 | Did not advance | 7 |
  
  ### Powerlifting
  
  Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Morteza Dashti | 48 kg | 167.5 | |
  | Gholam Hossein Chaltoukkar | 52 kg | 165.0 | |
  | Ali Hosseini | 60 kg | 192.5 | DOP |
  | Hamzeh Mohammadi | 67.5 kg | 200.0 | |
  | Reza Boroumand | 75 kg | 195.0 | |
  | Saeid Bafandeh | 82.5 kg | No mark | No mark |
  | Kazem Rajabi | 100 kg | 242.5 WR | |
  | Habibollah Mousavi | +100 kg | 250.0 WR | |
  
  ### Shooting
  
  Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank |
  | Jamal Asadi | 10 m air pistol SH1 | 554 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Ramezan Salehnejad | 10 m air rifle standing SH1 | 583 | 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 |
  | Nayyereh Akef | 10 m air pistol SH1 | 362 | 6 Q | 81.8 | 443.8 | 8 |
  | Sedigheh Barmaki | 10 m air rifle standing SH1 | 387 | 4 Q | 99.9 | 486.9 | 5 |
  | Mahnaz Marzabadi | 10 m air rifle standing SH1 | 374 | 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 |
  | Nayyereh Akef | 50 m free pistol SH1 | 506 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Jamal Asadi | 50 m free pistol SH1 | 521 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Hassan Akbari | 10 m air rifle prone SH1 | 597 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Hassan Akbari | 50 m free rifle prone SH1 | 581 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Enayatollah Bokharaei | 10 m air rifle prone SH1 | 596 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Enayatollah Bokharaei | 50 m free rifle prone SH1 | 581 | 15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Akbar Alipour | 10 m air rifle prone SH2 | 597 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  | Ayatollah Heidari | 10 m air rifle prone SH2 | 597 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
  
  ### Table tennis
  
  Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Groups | Rank | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
  | Aghil Alimardani | Singles 2 | Hajek (AUT) L 1–3 | Group A 4 | | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 |
  | Aghil Alimardani | Singles 2 | Kurkinen (FIN) L 0–3 | Group A 4 | | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 |
  | Aghil Alimardani | Singles 2 | Boury (FRA) L 0–3 | Group A 4 | | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 |
  | Abbas Alimardani | Singles 9 | Cieslar (CZE) L 0–3 | Group E 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |
  | Abbas Alimardani | Singles 9 | Gubica (CRO) W 3–1 | Group E 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |
  | Abbas Alimardani | Singles 9 | Last (NED) L 0–3 | Group E 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |
  | Behnam Rahbari | Singles 9 | Leibovitz (USA) L 0–3 | Group D 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 |
  | Behnam Rahbari | Singles 9 | Rakić (CRO) W 3–2 | Group D 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 |
  | Behnam Rahbari | Singles 9 | Tomioka (JPN) L 0–3 | Group D 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 14 |
  | Abbas Alimardani Behnam Rahbari | Team 9 | Chinese Taipei L 0–3 | Group B 4 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance | 7 |
  | Abbas Alimardani Behnam Rahbari | Team 9 | Croatia L 1–3 | Group B 4 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance | 7 |
  | Abbas Alimardani Behnam Rahbari | Team 9 | Netherlands L 1–3 | Group B 4 | | | Did not advance | Did not advance | 7 |
  
  ### Volleyball
  
  Men's sitting
  
  | Squad list | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Squad list | Pool A | Rank | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
  | Davoud Alipourian Sadegh Bigdeli Saeid Ebrahimi Jalil Imeri Ali Golkar Mehdi Hamidzadeh Nasser Hassanpour Mohammad Reza Rahimi Ramezan Salehi Issa Zirahi Coach: Hadi Rezaei | Japan W 3–0 25–6, 25–13, 25–10 | 1 Q | Greece W 3–0 25–10, 25–7, 25–11 | Egypt W 3–0 25–18, 25–19, 25–22 | Bosnia and Herzegovina L 2–3 23–25, 25–20, 25–20, 25–27, 10–15 | |
  | Davoud Alipourian Sadegh Bigdeli Saeid Ebrahimi Jalil Imeri Ali Golkar Mehdi Hamidzadeh Nasser Hassanpour Mohammad Reza Rahimi Ramezan Salehi Issa Zirahi Coach: Hadi Rezaei | Germany W 3–0 25–20, 25–23, 25–18 | 1 Q | Greece W 3–0 25–10, 25–7, 25–11 | Egypt W 3–0 25–18, 25–19, 25–22 | Bosnia and Herzegovina L 2–3 23–25, 25–20, 25–20, 25–27, 10–15 | |
  | Davoud Alipourian Sadegh Bigdeli Saeid Ebrahimi Jalil Imeri Ali Golkar Mehdi Hamidzadeh Nasser Hassanpour Mohammad Reza Rahimi Ramezan Salehi Issa Zirahi Coach: Hadi Rezaei | Finland W 3–0 25–12, 25–17, 25–17 | 1 Q | Greece W 3–0 25–10, 25–7, 25–11 | Egypt W 3–0 25–18, 25–19, 25–22 | Bosnia and Herzegovina L 2–3 23–25, 25–20, 25–20, 25–27, 10–15 | |
  
  ### Wheelchair basketball
  
  Men
  
  | Squad list | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Squad list | Group B | Rank | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
  | Majid Mokhtari Ahmad Daghaghelehpour Alireza Ahmadi Morteza Gharibloo Adel Torfi Zakaria Hesamizadeh Ebrahim Taghiloo Alireza Danesh Mohammad Reza Karimi Gholamreza Nami Bahman Seifi Abolfazl Mousavi Coach: Abdolghafour Kamrava | Netherlands L 51–83 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9th place match Brazil W 67–63 | 9 |
  | Majid Mokhtari Ahmad Daghaghelehpour Alireza Ahmadi Morteza Gharibloo Adel Torfi Zakaria Hesamizadeh Ebrahim Taghiloo Alireza Danesh Mohammad Reza Karimi Gholamreza Nami Bahman Seifi Abolfazl Mousavi Coach: Abdolghafour Kamrava | Germany L 53–67 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9th place match Brazil W 67–63 | 9 |
  | Majid Mokhtari Ahmad Daghaghelehpour Alireza Ahmadi Morteza Gharibloo Adel Torfi Zakaria Hesamizadeh Ebrahim Taghiloo Alireza Danesh Mohammad Reza Karimi Gholamreza Nami Bahman Seifi Abolfazl Mousavi Coach: Abdolghafour Kamrava | Japan L 57–79 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9th place match Brazil W 67–63 | 9 |
  | Majid Mokhtari Ahmad Daghaghelehpour Alireza Ahmadi Morteza Gharibloo Adel Torfi Zakaria Hesamizadeh Ebrahim Taghiloo Alireza Danesh Mohammad Reza Karimi Gholamreza Nami Bahman Seifi Abolfazl Mousavi Coach: Abdolghafour Kamrava | Greece W 81–33 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9th place match Brazil W 67–63 | 9 |
  | Majid Mokhtari Ahmad Daghaghelehpour Alireza Ahmadi Morteza Gharibloo Adel Torfi Zakaria Hesamizadeh Ebrahim Taghiloo Alireza Danesh Mohammad Reza Karimi Gholamreza Nami Bahman Seifi Abolfazl Mousavi Coach: Abdolghafour Kamrava | United States L 50–73 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 9th place match Brazil W 67–63 | 9 |
  