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Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

participated at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
2008 Summer Paralympics
The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, the thirteenth Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to September 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao....

in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, China

China

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. The country's delegation consists of 72 competitors in nine sports: football 7-a-side, goalball

Goalball

Goalball is a team sport designed for blind athletes. It was devised by Hanz Lorenzen , and Sepp Reindle , in 1946 in an effort to help in the rehabilitation of visually impaired World War II veterans...

, judo

Paralympic Judo

Paralympic judo is an adaptation of the Japanese martial art of judo for visually impaired competitors. The rules of the sport are only slightly different from regular judo competitions...

, powerlifting

Powerlifting

Powerlifting is a strength sport. It resembles the sport of Olympic weightlifting, as both disciplines involve lifting weights in three attempts. Powerlifting evolved from a sport known as 'odd lifts' which followed the same three attempt format but used a wide variety of events akin to Strongman...

, shooting

Paralympic shooting

Paralympic shooting is an adaptation of shooting sports for competitors with disabilities. Shooting is a test of accuracy and control, in which competitors use pistols or rifles to fire a series of shots at a stationary target. Competitions are open to all athletes with a physical disability....

, table tennis

Table tennis

Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

, track and field athletics

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

, volleyball

Paralympic volleyball

Volleyball for disabled athletes entered the Paralympic Games as a "demonstration" sport for amputees in 1976 in Toronto Canada. In sitting volleyball, the net is about 3 feet high, and the court is 10 x 6 meters with a 2-meter attack line. Players are allowed to block serves, but one “cheek” must...

, and wheelchair basketball

Wheelchair basketball

Wheelchair basketball is basketball played by people in wheelchairs and is considered one of the major disabled sports practiced. The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation is the governing body for this sport. It is recognized by the International Paralympic Committee as the sole...

Competitors

Sport	\|Men	\|Women	\|Total
Athletics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics were held in Beijing National Stadium from September 8 to September 17. There were 160 gold medals in this sport.-Classification:Athletes are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability...	13	1	14
Football 7-a-side Football 7-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics 7-a-side football at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held at the Olympic Green Hockey Field from September 8 to September 16. One event was contested, a men's team competition.-Classfication:...	11		11
Goalball Goalball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Goalball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held in the Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium from September 7 to September 14. The competition consisted of men's and women's team events, and what had been billed as one of the most open tournaments certainly lived up to expectations.In the...	6		6
Judo Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics The Judo competition of the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held in Beijing Workers' Gymnasium from September 7 to September 9. There were 13 events, corresponding to seven weight classes for men and six for women...	5		5
Powerlifting Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held in the Beihang University Gymnasium from September 9 to September 16. Any athlete who met a minimum level of disability could take part in these events.-Events:There were twenty powerlifting events, corresponding to ten weight classes each for...	7		7
Shooting Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics consisted of twelve events. The competition was held in the Beijing Shooting Range Hall from 7 September to 12 September.-Classification:...	2	1	3
Table tennis Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held in the Peking University Gymnasium from September 7 to September 15.-Classfication:Players are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability. The classification system allows players to compete against others with a...		2	2
Volleyball	12		12
Wheelchair basketball Wheelchair Basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics The Wheelchair Basketball competition of the 2008 Summer Paralympics is held in Beijing National Indoor Stadium and Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium between September 7, 2008 and September 16, 2008...	12		12
Total	68	4	72

Medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics were held in Beijing National Stadium from September 8 to September 17. There were 160 gold medals in this sport.-Classification:Athletes are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability...	2	3	1	6
Football 7-a-side Football 7-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics 7-a-side football at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held at the Olympic Green Hockey Field from September 8 to September 16. One event was contested, a men's team competition.-Classfication:...			1	1
Judo Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics The Judo competition of the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held in Beijing Workers' Gymnasium from September 7 to September 9. There were 13 events, corresponding to seven weight classes for men and six for women...		1		1
Powerlifting Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held in the Beihang University Gymnasium from September 9 to September 16. Any athlete who met a minimum level of disability could take part in these events.-Events:There were twenty powerlifting events, corresponding to ten weight classes each for...	2	2	1	5
Volleyball	1			1
Total	5	6	3	14

Medalists

Name	Sport	Event
Javad Hardani Javad Hardani Javad Hardani is a Paralympian athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F37/38 throwing events.Javad competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics where he won the F37/38 javelin and finished third in F37/38 discus.-External links:...	Athletics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics were held in Beijing National Stadium from September 8 to September 17. There were 160 gold medals in this sport.-Classification:Athletes are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability...	Men's discus throw F37/38
Mohammad Reza Mirzaei Mohammad Reza Mirzaei Mohammad Reza Mirzaei Jaberi is a Paralympian athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F57 javelin events.Mohammad Reza has competed in four paralympics and has won the javelin in all four...	Athletics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics were held in Beijing National Stadium from September 8 to September 17. There were 160 gold medals in this sport.-Classification:Athletes are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability...	Men's javelin throw F57/58
Hamzeh Mohammadi	Powerlifting Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held in the Beihang University Gymnasium from September 9 to September 16. Any athlete who met a minimum level of disability could take part in these events.-Events:There were twenty powerlifting events, corresponding to ten weight classes each for...	Men's 60 kg
Kazem Rajabi	Powerlifting Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held in the Beihang University Gymnasium from September 9 to September 16. Any athlete who met a minimum level of disability could take part in these events.-Events:There were twenty powerlifting events, corresponding to ten weight classes each for...	Men's +100 kg
Mohammad Hosseinifar Mohammad Reza Rahimi Reza Peidayesh Davoud Alipourian Mehdi Hamidzadeh Nasser Hassanpour Sadegh Bigdeli Jalil Imeri Saeid Ebrahimi Issa Zirahi Ramezan Salehi Mohammad Khaleghi	Volleyball	Men's sitting
Mehrdad Karamzadeh	Athletics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics were held in Beijing National Stadium from September 8 to September 17. There were 160 gold medals in this sport.-Classification:Athletes are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability...	Men's discus throw F42
Ali Mohammadyari	Athletics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics were held in Beijing National Stadium from September 8 to September 17. There were 160 gold medals in this sport.-Classification:Athletes are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability...	Men's discus throw F55/56
Abdolreza Jokar Abdolreza Jokar Abdolreza Jokar is a Paralympian athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F53 javelin events.Abdolreza has competed at three Paaralympic games. The first in 2000 where he won the F53 discus and the bronze medal in the F53 javelin...	Athletics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics were held in Beijing National Stadium from September 8 to September 17. There were 160 gold medals in this sport.-Classification:Athletes are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability...	Men's javelin throw F53/54
Saeid Rahmati	Judo Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics The Judo competition of the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held in Beijing Workers' Gymnasium from September 7 to September 9. There were 13 events, corresponding to seven weight classes for men and six for women...	Men's 60 kg
Ali Hosseini	Powerlifting Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held in the Beihang University Gymnasium from September 9 to September 16. Any athlete who met a minimum level of disability could take part in these events.-Events:There were twenty powerlifting events, corresponding to ten weight classes each for...	Men's 67.5 kg
Majid Farzin	Powerlifting Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held in the Beihang University Gymnasium from September 9 to September 16. Any athlete who met a minimum level of disability could take part in these events.-Events:There were twenty powerlifting events, corresponding to ten weight classes each for...	Men's 75 kg
Javad Hardani Javad Hardani Javad Hardani is a Paralympian athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F37/38 throwing events.Javad competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics where he won the F37/38 javelin and finished third in F37/38 discus.-External links:...	Athletics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics were held in Beijing National Stadium from September 8 to September 17. There were 160 gold medals in this sport.-Classification:Athletes are given a classification depending on the type and extent of their disability...	Men's javelin throw F37/38
Habibollah Heidarimehr Esmaeil Malekzadeh Gholamreza Najafi Hadi Safari Bahman Ansari Ehsan Gholam-Hosseinpour Morteza Heidari Abdolreza Karimzadeh Rasoul Atash-Afrouz Moslem Akbari Ardeshir Mahini	Football 7-a-side Football 7-a-side at the 2008 Summer Paralympics 7-a-side football at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held at the Olympic Green Hockey Field from September 8 to September 16. One event was contested, a men's team competition.-Classfication:...	Men
Ali Sadeghzadeh	Powerlifting Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held in the Beihang University Gymnasium from September 9 to September 16. Any athlete who met a minimum level of disability could take part in these events.-Events:There were twenty powerlifting events, corresponding to ten weight classes each for...	Men's 100 kg

Athletics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Heat	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank
Ali Elahi	10000 m T12				34:38.75	8	8
Ali Elahi	5000 m T13	1	16:03.55	5	Did not finish

Athlete	Event	Result	Score	Rank
Mehdi Asghari	Shot put F42	12.50		7
Mehrdad Karamzadeh	Shot put F42	13.58		5
Mehrdad Karamzadeh	Discus throw F42	44.74
Jalil Bagheri Jeddi Jalil Bagheri Jeddi Jalil Bagheri Jeddi is a paralympic athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F55 shot and discus events.Jalil competed in the shot putt and discus at the 2004 Summer Paralympics winning a silver in the later event. In 2008 he competed in the shot putt but could only manage twelfth...	Shot put F55/56	9.99	882	12
Mehdi Moradi	Shot put F57/58	13.44	1002	6
Siamak Saleh-Farajzadeh Siamak Saleh-Farajzadeh Siamek Saleh-Farajzadeh is a paralympic athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F33 shot and discus events.Siamek competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics shot putt and won the gold medal in the F33-34 discus. Siamek was also due to take part in the discus in 2008 but did not...	Discus throw F33/34/52	Did not start
Jalal Khakzadieh	Discus throw F33/34/52	Did not start
Javad Hardani Javad Hardani Javad Hardani is a Paralympian athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F37/38 throwing events.Javad competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics where he won the F37/38 javelin and finished third in F37/38 discus.-External links:...	Discus throw F37/38	45.62 PR	1024
	Javelin throw F37/38	47.65	972
Farzad Sepahvand	Discus throw F44	51.23	948	4
Ali Mohammadyari	Discus throw F55/56	39.39	1023
Mohsen Kaeidi	Javelin throw F35/36	42.61	975	5
Abdolreza Jokar Abdolreza Jokar Abdolreza Jokar is a Paralympian athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F53 javelin events.Abdolreza has competed at three Paaralympic games. The first in 2000 where he won the F53 discus and the bronze medal in the F53 javelin...	Javelin throw F53/54	22.08 WR	1108
Mohammad Reza Mirzaei Mohammad Reza Mirzaei Mohammad Reza Mirzaei Jaberi is a Paralympian athlete from Iran competing mainly in category F57 javelin events.Mohammad Reza has competed in four paralympics and has won the javelin in all four...	Javelin throw F57/58	40.84 WR	1052

Athlete	Event	Result	Score	Rank
Fatemeh Montazeri	Shot put F57/58	9.01	927	8
Discus throw F57/58	28.20	897	8

Squad list	Preliminaries	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Pool B	Rank
Habibollah Heidarimehr Esmaeil Malekzadeh Gholamreza Najafi Hadi Safari Bahman Ansari Ehsan Gholam-Hosseinpour Morteza Heidari Abdolreza Karimzadeh Rasoul Atash-Afrouz Moslem Akbari Ardeshir Mahini Coach: Alireza Raadi	W 4–2	2	L 0–5	3rd place match W 4–0
W 3–0
L 0–4

Squad list	Preliminaries	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Group B	Rank
Rahmatollah Hosseini Mohammad Soranji Mohsen Jalilvand Behzad Jahangiri Javad Jalali Javad Jalali Javad Jalali is a Member of the Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guild.His photo of the movie Farewell Baghdad is now kept in Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran, Iran. He also holds the record for the highest sale of a photo in a Photo Expo in Iran for 800,000,000 rials... Mehdi Sayyahi Coach: Mohammad Bidgoli	L 5–9	5	Did not advance	9th place match W 7–2	9
W 8–5
L 5–10
L 3–4
W 8–6

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage final	Final	Rank
Saeid Rahmati	60 kg	W 1000–0010	W 0100–0010	W 1000–0000		L 0000–1000
Reza Golmohammadi Reza Golmohammadi Mohammad Reza Golmohammadi is an Iranian Strongman and Powerlifter, competing for Iran in international powerlifting competitions....	66 kg	W 1000–0000	W 0010–0003	L 0000–1001		3rd place match L 0000–1000	5
Mousa Pourabbas	73 kg	W 1011–0000	L 0000–0010	Bye	Repechage L 0000–1011	Did not advance	7
Amir Mirhassan Nattaj	81 kg	L 0000–1001	Did not advance	Repechage W 0002–0000	Repechage W 0101–0001	Repechage L 0001–0011	5
Hamzeh Nadri	100 kg	L 0000–1001	Did not advance	Repechage L 0000–1000	Did not advance	9

Women

Athlete Event Result Score Rank
Fatemeh Montazeri Shot put F57/58 9.01 927 8
Discus throw F57/58 28.20 897 8

Football 7-a-side
Men

Squad list Preliminaries Semifinal Final Rank
Pool B Rank
Habibollah Heidarimehr
Esmaeil Malekzadeh
Gholamreza Najafi
Hadi Safari
Bahman Ansari
Ehsan Gholam-Hosseinpour
Morteza Heidari
Abdolreza Karimzadeh
Rasoul Atash-Afrouz
Moslem Akbari
Ardeshir Mahini
Coach: Alireza Raadi
W 4–2 2
L 0–5 3rd place match

W 4–0

W 3–0

L 0–4

Goalball
Men

Squad list Preliminaries Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Group B Rank
Rahmatollah Hosseini
Mohammad Soranji
Mohsen Jalilvand
Behzad Jahangiri
Javad Jalali
Javad Jalali
Javad Jalali is a Member of the Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guild.His photo of the movie Farewell Baghdad is now kept in Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran, Iran. He also holds the record for the highest sale of a photo in a Photo Expo in Iran for 800,000,000 rials...

Mehdi Sayyahi
Coach: Mohammad Bidgoli
L 5–9 5 Did not advance 9th place match

W 7–2 9

W 8–5

L 5–10

L 3–4

W 8–6

Judo
Men

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage final Final Rank
Saeid Rahmati 60 kg
W 1000–0010
W 0100–0010
W 1000–0000
L 0000–1000
Reza Golmohammadi
Reza Golmohammadi
Mohammad Reza Golmohammadi is an Iranian Strongman and Powerlifter, competing for Iran in international powerlifting competitions....

66 kg
W 1000–0000
W 0010–0003
L 0000–1001 3rd place match

L 0000–1000 5
Mousa Pourabbas 73 kg
W 1011–0000
L 0000–0010 Bye Repechage

L 0000–1011 Did not advance 7
Amir Mirhassan Nattaj 81 kg
L 0000–1001 Did not advance Repechage

W 0002–0000 Repechage

W 0101–0001 Repechage

L 0001–0011 5
Hamzeh Nadri 100 kg
L 0000–1001 Did not advance Repechage

L 0000–1000 Did not advance 9

Powerlifting
Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Morteza Dashti	48 kg	No mark
Gholam Hossein Chaltoukkar	56 kg	172.5	7
Hamzeh Mohammadi	60 kg	202.5 PR
Ali Hosseini	67.5 kg	215.0
Majid Farzin	75 kg	212.5
Ali Sadeghzadeh	100 kg	230.0
Kazem Rajabi	+100 kg	265.0 WR

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Bahman Karimi	10 m air pistol SH1	560	14	Did not advance
Ramezan Salehnejad	10 m air rifle standing SH1	586	11	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Nayyereh Akef	10 m air pistol SH1	360	11	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Nayyereh Akef	50 m free pistol SH1	507	23	Did not advance
Bahman Karimi	50 m free pistol SH1	536	4	86.7	622.7	6
Ramezan Salehnejad	10 m air rifle prone SH1	588	42	Did not advance
Ramezan Salehnejad	50 m free rifle prone SH1	582	22	Did not advance

Table tennis

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries / Quarterfinal		Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Groups	Rank	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Narges Khazaei	Singles 1/2	L 1–3 5–11, 4–11, 12–10, 9–11	Group B 2	Did not advance		8
Narges Khazaei	Singles 1/2	W 3–2 11–6, 7–11, 11–9, 7–11, 11–6	Group B 2	Did not advance		8
Forough Bakhtiari	Singles 3	L 0–3 6–11, 4–11, 6–11	Group B 2	Did not advance		8
		L 2–3 11–6, 11–7, 9–11, 8–11, 8–11
		W 3–0 11–6, 11–6, 11–5
Forough Bakhtiari Narges Khazaei	Team 1–3	L 2–3 3–1, 0–3, 2–3, 3–0, 0–3		Did not advance		5

Volleyball

Men's sitting

Squad list	Preliminaries		Semifinal	Final	Rank
Squad list	Pool B	Rank	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Mohammad Hosseinifar Mohammad Reza Rahimi Reza Peidayesh Davoud Alipourian Mehdi Hamidzadeh Nasser Hassanpour Sadegh Bigdeli Jalil Imeri Saeid Ebrahimi Issa Zirahi Ramezan Salehi Mohammad Khaleghi Coach: Hadi Rezaei	W 3–0 25–7, 25–7, 25–5	1	W 3–0 25–22, 25–13, 25–20	W 3–0 25–22, 25–18, 25–22
	W 3–0 25–9, 25–11, 25–8
	W 3–0 27–25, 25–12, 25–18

Wheelchair basketball

Men

Squad list	Preliminaries		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Squad list	Pool A	Rank	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Saman Bolaghi Ahmad Daghaghelehpour Alireza Ahmadi Morteza Gharibloo Adel Torfi Zakaria Hesamizadeh Hakim Mansouri Ebrahim Ahmadi Esmaeil Hosseinpour Gholamreza Nami Bahman Seifi Vahid Gholam-Azad Coach: Abdolghafour Kamrava	W 73–62	3	L Walkover Walkover In British English, a walkover or W.O. is the awarding of a victory to a contestant because there are no other contestants, or because the other contestants have been disqualified or have forfeited. The term can apply in sport, but can also apply to elections...	Disqualified
	W 92–66
	W 69–50
	L 63–73
	L 62–93

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