Iran at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Iran at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	IRI
NPC	I.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.ir
in Atlanta
Competitors	30 in 4 sports
Medals Ranked 20th	Gold 9 Silver 5 Bronze 3 Total 17
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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

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Hossein Agha-Barghchi	Shot put F35	Did not start
	Discus throw F35	35.92 WR
Mohammad Hassani	Shot put F43/44	12.74	9
	Pentathlon P44	Did not finish
Ghader Modabber	Shot put F51	7.17 WR
	Discus throw F51	16.48 PR
	Javelin throw F51	15.68 WR
Abdolreza Jokar	Shot put F52	6.13	5
	Discus throw F52	20.34 WR
	Javelin throw F52	15.08
Mokhtar Nourafshan	Shot put F53	8.77
	Discus throw F53	27.12
	Javelin throw F53	25.78 PR
Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar	Shot put F55	9.77
	Discus throw F55	35.52
Mohammad Reza Mirzaei	Shot put F56	11.08	5
	Javelin throw F56	40.42 PR

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

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

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Mohammad Mohammadi	10 m air rifle 3×40 SH1	1170	10	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Zahra Alibeigi	10 m air rifle standing SH1	368	15	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		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
Fatemeh Raef	10 m air rifle prone SH2	546	26	Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Men's sitting

Squad list	Preliminary round		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
	Pool A	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
	Kazakhstan W 3–0
	Finland W 3–1
	Russia W 3–0
	Argentina W 3–0

References

• International Paralympic Committee