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{{Infobox country at games
| NOC = IRN
| NOCname = [[National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran]]
| oldcode =
| year = 1951
| date =
| games = Asian Games
| location = [[New Delhi]]
| competitors = 49
| sports = 5
| flagbearer = [[Mahmoud Namjoo]]
| officials =
| gold = 8
| silver = 6
| bronze = 2
| rank = 3
| appearances = auto
| seealso =
| website = {{URL|www.olympic.ir}} {{in lang|fa|en}}
}}

'''[[Iran]]''' participated in the '''[[1951 Asian Games]]''' held in the capital city of [[New Delhi]], [[India]] from March 4, 1951, to March 11, 1951. This country is ranked 3rd with 8 gold medals in this edition of the [[Asian Games|Asiad]]. [[Ahmad Ordoubadi]] was the flagbearer for Iran in the opening ceremony.<ref>{{cite book|last=Roueinpour|first=Bijan|title=Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998 |script-title=fa:ایران در بازیهای آسیایی|volume=1|page=52|chapter=2|date=1998 |publisher=Kayhān |isbn=964-458-089-3|language=Persian}}</ref>

==Competitors==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! width=180|Sport
! width=55|Men
! width=55|Women
! width=55|Total
|-
| align=left|[[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]]
| 8 || || 8
|-
| align=left|[[Basketball at the 1951 Asian Games|Basketball]]
| 10 || || 10
|-
| align=left|[[Cycling at the 1951 Asian Games|Cycling]]
| 1 || || 1
|-
| align=left|[[Diving at the 1951 Asian Games|Diving]]
| 2 || || 2
|-
| align=left|[[Football at the 1951 Asian Games|Football]]
| 17 || || 17
|-
| align=left|[[Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games|Swimming]]
| 2 || || 2
|-
| align=left|[[Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games|Weightlifting]]
| 11 || || 11
|-class="sortbottom"
! Total || 49 || 0 || 49
|}

* [[Ahmad Ordoubadi]] participated in both athletics and weightlifting.
* [[Hossein Soroudi]] participated in both basketball and football.

==Medal summary==

===Medals by sport===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! width=180|Sport
!scope="col" style="background:gold; width:55px;"|Gold
!scope="col" style="background:silver; width:55px;"|Silver
!scope="col" style="background:#cc9966; width:55px;"|Bronze
! width=55|Total
|-
|align=left| [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || 1 || 1 || || 2
|-
|align=left| [[Basketball at the 1951 Asian Games|Basketball]] || || || 1 || 1
|-
|align=left| [[Diving at the 1951 Asian Games|Diving]] || || 1 || 1 || 2
|-
|align=left| [[Football at the 1951 Asian Games|Football]] || || 1 || || 1
|-
|align=left| [[Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games|Weightlifting]] || 7 || 3 || || 10
|-class="sortbottom"
! Total || 8 || 6 || 2 || 16
|}

===Medalists===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Medal
! Name
! Sport
! Event
|-
| {{Gold medal}} || {{sortname|Ali|Baghbanbashi}} || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || Men's 5000 m
|-
| {{Gold medal}} || {{sortname|Mahmoud|Namjoo}} || [[Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games|Weightlifting]] || Men's 56 kg
|-
| {{Gold medal}} || {{sortname|Jafar|Salmasi}} || [[Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games|Weightlifting]] || Men's 60 kg
|-
| {{Gold medal}} || {{sortname|Hassan|Ferdos}} || [[Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games|Weightlifting]] || Men's 67.5 kg
|-
| {{Gold medal}} || {{sortname|Firouz|Pojhan}} || [[Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games|Weightlifting]] || Men's 75 kg
|-
| {{Gold medal}} || {{sortname|Hassan|Rahnavardi}} || [[Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games|Weightlifting]] || Men's 82.5 kg
|-
| {{Gold medal}} || {{sortname|Rasoul|Raeisi}} || [[Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games|Weightlifting]] || Men's 90 kg
|-
| {{Gold medal}} || {{sortname|Leon|Kurukchian}} || [[Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games|Weightlifting]] || Men's +90 kg
|-
| {{Silver medal}} || {{sortname|Ali|Baghbanbashi}} || [[Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games|Athletics]] || Men's 3000 m steeplechase
|-
| {{Silver medal}} || {{sortname|Taghi|Askari}} || [[Diving at the 1951 Asian Games|Diving]] || Men's 10 m platform
|-
| {{Silver medal}} || data-sort-value="ZZZTeam17"|{{columns-list|colwidth=14em|small=yes|style=width:32em|{{unbulleted list|[[Nader Afshar Alavinejad]]|[[Nader Afshar Naderi]]|[[Amir Aghahosseini]]|[[Mohsen Azad]]|[[Mahmoud Bayati]]|[[Masoud Boroumand]]|[[Amir Eraghi]]|[[Hossein Fekri]]|[[Aref Gholizadeh]]|[[Mansour Hajian]]|[[Parviz Kouzehkanani]]|[[George Markarian]]|[[Mehdi Masoud-Ansari]]|[[Mehdi Nassiroghloo]]|[[Mahmoud Shakibi]]|[[Hossein Soroudi]]|[[Ghorban Ali Tari]]}}}} || [[Football at the 1951 Asian Games|Football]] || [[Football at the 1951 Asian Games – Men's tournament|Men]]
|-
| {{Silver medal}} || {{sortname|Ali|Mirzaei|dab=weightlifter}} || [[Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games|Weightlifting]] || Men's 56 kg
|-
| {{Silver medal}} || {{sortname|Jalal|Mansouri}} || [[Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games|Weightlifting]] || Men's 75 kg
|-
| {{Silver medal}} || {{sortname|Ahmad|Ordoubadi}} || [[Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games|Weightlifting]] || Men's +90 kg
|-
| {{Bronze medal}} || data-sort-value="ZZZTeam10"|{{columns-list|colwidth=14em|small=yes|style=width:32em|{{unbulleted list|[[Hassan Khaleghpour]]|[[Kamal Mashhoun]]|[[Reza Masoumi]]|[[Kambiz Mokhberi]]|[[Alireza Oshar]]|[[Hossein Razi]]|[[Mashallah Safiyar]]|[[Hossein Saoudipour]]|[[Abolfazl Solbi]]|[[Hossein Soroudi]]}}}} || [[Basketball at the 1951 Asian Games|Basketball]] || [[Basketball at the 1951 Asian Games – Men's tournament|Men]]
|-
| {{Bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Taghi|Askari}} || [[Diving at the 1951 Asian Games|Diving]] || Men's 3 m springboard
|}

==Results by event==

=== Aquatics ===

====Diving====
{{main|Diving at the 1951 Asian Games}}

;Men<ref>{{cite book|last=Roueinpour|first=Bijan|title=Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998 |script-title=fa:ایران در بازیهای آسیایی|volume=1|pages=34–37|chapter=2|date=1998 |publisher=Kayhān |isbn=964-458-089-3|language=Persian}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" width="60%" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%"
!width="15%"|Athlete
!width="15%"|Event
!width="7%"|Score
!width="5%"|Rank
|-
|rowspan=2|'''[[Taghi Askari]]'''
|3 m springboard
|align=center|271.45
|align=center|{{Bronze3}}
|-
|10 m platform
|align=center|325.35
|align=center|{{Silver2}}
|-
|[[Manouchehr Khamoush]]
|10 m platform
|align=center|250.85
|align=center|'''4'''
|}

====Swimming====
{{main|Swimming at the 1951 Asian Games}}

;Men<ref>{{cite book|last=Roueinpour|first=Bijan|title=Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998 |script-title=fa:ایران در بازیهای آسیایی|volume=1|pages=36–37|chapter=2|date=1998 |publisher=Kayhān |isbn=964-458-089-3|language=Persian}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" width="60%" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
!width="21%"|Athlete
!width="20%"|Event
!width="12%"|Time
!width="7%"|Rank
|-
|align="left"|[[Mousa Boroumand]]
|align="left"|100 m freestyle
|
|'''{{abbr|?|Unknown}}'''
|-
|align="left"|[[Tofigh Yousefzadeh]]
|align="left"|200 m breaststroke
|3:11.2
|'''4'''
|}

===Athletics===
{{main|Athletics at the 1951 Asian Games}}

;Men<ref>{{cite book|last=Roueinpour|first=Bijan|title=Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998 |script-title=fa:ایران در بازیهای آسیایی|volume=1|pages=46–49|chapter=2|date=1998 |publisher=Kayhān |isbn=964-458-089-3|language=Persian}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" width="90%" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2" width="20%"|Athlete
!rowspan="2" width="15%"|Event
!colspan="3" width="20%"|Heat
!colspan="3" width="20%"|Semifinal
!colspan="2" width="15%"|Final
!rowspan="2" width="6%"|Rank
|-
!width="5%"|Heat
!width="10%"|Time
!Rank
!width="5%"|Heat
!width="10%"|Time
!Rank
!width="10%"|Time
!Rank
|-
|rowspan=2 align="left"|[[Hossein Ali Archin]]
|align="left"|100 m
|3
|
|3
|2
|
|5
|colspan=2|did not advance
|'''{{abbr|?|Unknown}}'''
|-
|align="left"|200 m
|3
|
|3
|colspan=3 bgcolor=#DCDCDC|
|
|
|'''{{abbr|?|Unknown}}'''
|-
|rowspan=2 align="left"|'''[[Ali Baghbanbashi]]'''
|align="left"|5000 m
|colspan=6 bgcolor=#DCDCDC|
|15:54.2
|1
|{{Gold1}}
|-
|align="left"|3000 m steeplechase
|colspan=6 bgcolor=#DCDCDC|
|9:31.8
|2
|{{Silver2}}
|}

{| class="wikitable" width="55%" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
!width="30%"|Athlete
!width="20%"|Event
!width="15%"|Result
!width="10%"|Rank
|-
|rowspan=2 align="left"|[[Ahmad Ordoubadi]]
|align="left"|Shot put
|
|'''{{abbr|?|Unknown}}'''
|-
|align="left"|Discus throw
|
|'''{{abbr|?|Unknown}}'''
|}

===Basketball===
{{main|Basketball at the 1951 Asian Games}}

;[[Basketball at the 1951 Asian Games – Men|Men]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1951/BDCE27/BDCE27r.pdf|title=Report of the first Asian Games held at New Delhi|publisher=[[LA84 Foundation]]|accessdate=9 January 2012|archive-date=11 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711234331/http://www.la84foundation.org/OlympicInformationCenter/OlympicReview/1951/BDCE27/BDCE27r.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" width="80%" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%"
!width="20%"|Squad list
!width="14%"|Round 1
!width="14%"|Round 2
!width="14%"|Round 3
!width="14%"|Round 4
!width="5%"|Rank
|-
|'''[[Hossein Soroudi]] [[Kamal Mashhoun]] [[Alireza Oshar]] [[Reza Masoumi]] [[Mashallah Safiyar]] [[Kambiz Mokhberi]] [[Abolfazl Solbi]] [[Hossein Saoudipour]] [[Hossein Razi]] [[Hassan Khaleghpour]] Coach:''' [[Kazem Rahbari]]
|{{bk|JPN|1947}} '''L''' 34–'''40'''
|{{bk|IND}} '''W''' '''63'''–52
|{{bk|PHI|1936}} '''L''' 41–'''65'''
|{{bk|Burma|1948|name=Burma}} '''W''' '''84'''–38
|align="center"|{{Bronze3}}
|}

===Cycling===
{{main|Cycling at the 1951 Asian Games}}

====Road====
;Men
{| class="wikitable" width="50%" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
!width="35%"|Athlete
!width="25%"|Event
!width="15%"|Time
!width="10%"|Rank
|-
|align="left"|[[Jasem Jasemzadeh]]
|align="left"|Road race
|
|'''{{abbr|?|Unknown}}'''
|}

====Track====

;Men
{| class="wikitable" width="75%" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2" width="11%"|Athlete
!rowspan="2" width="9%"|Event
!colspan="2"|Heats
!rowspan="2" width="11%"|Semifinal
!rowspan="2" width="11%"|Final
!rowspan="2" width="3%"|Rank
|-
!width="6%"|Time
!width="3%"|Rank
|-
|align="left"|[[Jasem Jasemzadeh]]
|align="left"|Sprint
|colspan=2|did not start
|colspan=2|did not advance
|align=center|'''—'''
|}

===Football===
{{main|Football at the 1951 Asian Games}}

;[[Football at the 1951 Asian Games – Men|Men]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Roueinpour|first=Bijan|title=Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998 |script-title=fa:ایران در بازیهای آسیایی|volume=1|pages=42–46|chapter=2|date=1998 |publisher=Kayhān |isbn=964-458-089-3|language=Persian}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" width="70%" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%"
!width="20%"|Squad list
!width="14%"|Quarterfinal
!width="14%"|Semifinal
!width="14%"|Final
!width="5%"|Rank
|-
|'''[[Nader Afshar Alavinejad]] [[Nader Afshar Naderi]] [[Amir Aghahosseini]] [[Mohsen Azad]] [[Mahmoud Bayati]] [[Masoud Boroumand]] [[Amir Eraghi]] [[Hossein Fekri]] [[Aref Gholizadeh]] [[Mansour Hajian]] [[Parviz Kouzehkanani]] [[George Markarian]] [[Mehdi Masoud-Ansari]] [[Mehdi Nassiroghloo]] [[Mahmoud Shakibi]] [[Hossein Soroudi]] [[Ghorban Ali Tari]] Coach:''' [[Mostafa Salimi]]
|{{fb|Burma|1948}} '''W''' '''2'''–0
|{{fb|JPN|1947}} '''W''' 0–0, '''3'''–2 [[Replay (sports)|Rep]]
|{{fb|IND}} '''L''' 0–'''1'''
|align="center"|{{Silver2}}
|}

===Weightlifting===
{{main|Weightlifting at the 1951 Asian Games}}

;Men<ref>{{cite book|last=Roueinpour|first=Bijan|title=Iran in the Asia Games from 1951 to 1998 |script-title=fa:ایران در بازیهای آسیایی|volume=1|page=40|chapter=2|date=1998 |publisher=Kayhān |isbn=964-458-089-3|language=Persian}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" width="70%" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
!width="20%"|Athlete
!width="8%"|Event
!width="11%"|Press (lb)
!width="11%"|Snatch (lb)
!width="11%"|Clean & Jerk (lb)
!width="13%"|Total (lb)
!width="6%"|Rank
|-
|align="left"|'''[[Ali Mirzaei (weightlifter)|Ali Mirzaei]]'''
|align="left"|56 kg
|205
|200
|250
|655
|{{Silver2}}
|-
|align="left"|'''[[Mahmoud Namjoo]]'''
|align="left"|56 kg
|205.25
|214.75
|280
|700
|{{Gold1}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Arsham Khachikian]]
|align="left"|60 kg
|
|
|
|620
|'''6'''
|-
|align="left"|'''[[Jafar Salmasi]]'''
|align="left"|60 kg
|210
|210
|255
|675
|{{Gold1}}
|-
|align="left"|'''[[Hassan Ferdos]]'''
|align="left"|67.5 kg
|210
|220
|265
|695
|{{Gold1}}
|-
|align="left"|'''[[Jalal Mansouri]]'''
|align="left"|75 kg
|230
|230
|295
|755
|{{Silver2}}
|-
|align="left"|'''[[Firouz Pojhan]]'''
|align="left"|75 kg
|225
|230
|310
|765
|{{Gold1}}
|-
|align="left"|'''[[Hassan Rahnavardi]]'''
|align="left"|82.5 kg
|265
|255
|325
|845
|{{Gold1}}
|-
|align="left"|'''[[Rasoul Raeisi]]'''
|align="left"|90 kg
|255
|240
|310
|805
|{{Gold1}}
|-
|align="left"|'''[[Leon Kurukchian]]'''
|align="left"|+90 kg
|235
|230
|310
|775
|{{Gold1}}
|-
|align="left"|'''[[Ahmad Ordoubadi]]'''
|align="left"|+90 kg
|215
|225
|285
|725
|{{Silver2}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{in lang|fa}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070709223050/http://www.olympic.ir/pdf/asian-games-details.pdf Iran Olympic Committee - Asian Games Medalists]
* {{in lang|fa}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20090214202358/http://sport.ir/index.aspx?siteid=1&siteid=1&pageid=1009 Iran National Sports Organization - Asian Games Medalists]
* {{in lang|fa}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20080121022017/http://www.parssport.ir/asian_games/iran/ir-1951.htm Pars Sport]

{{Nations at the 1951 Asian Games}}

[[Category:Nations at the 1951 Asian Games]]
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