| Iran at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | IRI |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
| Website | www |
| in Paris, France 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024 | |
| Competitors | 41 in 14 sports |
| Flag bearer (opening) | Mahdi Olfati & Neda Shahsavari |
| Flag bearer (closing) | Fatemeh Mojallal |
| Medals Ranked 21st |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Iran (officially called the Islamic Republic of Iran) competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Since the nation's return in 1948 after having made their debut in 1900, Iranian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for Moscow 1980 and Los Angeles 1984, citing political reasons. This was the nation's 19th appearance at the Summer Olympics.
Before and during the Games, there were calls to ban Iran from the 2024 Summer Olympics due to human rights abuse allegations following the executions of Iranian wrestler Navid Afkari and national karate champion Mohammad Mehdi Karami, crackdown on protesters and athletes during the Mahsa Amini protests, blinding of archer Kowsar Khoshnoudi-Kia, and defection of taekwondo medalist Kimia Alizadeh.[1]
During the Games, 41 competitors across 14 sports competed for Iran at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2] The Iranian roster featured a number of past Olympians and Olympic medalists, including taekwondo fighter Nahid Kiani, who became the first Iranian woman to win a silver medal at the Olympics and thereby surpassing Kimia Alizadeh's 2016 bronze feat, and freestyle wrestler Hassan Yazdani, who won his third Olympic medal with a silver medal. A total of 12 medals were won for Iran at these Games, 3 of which were gold, placing Iran at 21st on the medal table for these Games.
On the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics, 14 of the 37 athletes were Iranian.[3] Elsewhere, some Iranians, such as Kimia Alizadeh, competed for other nations (see Other Iranians).[4]
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- ^ "۱۴ ورزشکار ایرانی در قالب تیم پناهندگان Ioc به المپیک پاریس میآیند". Iran International.
- ^ https://www.novinite.com/articles/227633/Kimia+Alizadeh+Secures+Bulgaria%E2%80%99s+First-Ever+Olympic+Medal+in+Taekwondo [bare URL]