Iran at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Athletes from the Islamic Republic of Iran competed at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia.

Iran at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	IRI
NPC	I.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee
Website	www.paralympic.ir
in Sydney
Competitors	40 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Morad Ali Shirani
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 12 Silver 4 Bronze 7 Total 23
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3		3
Athletics	11	1	12
Powerlifting	7		7
Shooting	3	3	6
Volleyball	12		12
Total	36	4	40

Medal summary

Medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Athletics	9	1	5	15
Powerlifting	1	3	1	5
Shooting	1		1	2
Volleyball	1			1
Total	12	4	7	23

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Ghader Modabber	Athletics	Men's shot put F52
Gold	Mokhtar Nourafshan	Athletics	Men's shot put F54
Gold	Ghader Modabber	Athletics	Men's discus throw F52
Gold	Abdolreza Jokar	Athletics	Men's discus throw F53
Gold	Mokhtar Nourafshan	Athletics	Men's discus throw F54
Gold	Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar	Athletics	Men's discus throw F56
Gold	Aref Khosravinia	Athletics	Men's discus throw F57
Gold	Avaz Azmoudeh	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F54
Gold	Mohammad Reza Mirzaei	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F57
Gold	Amrollah Dehghani	Powerlifting	Men's 100 kg
Gold	Enayatollah Bokharaei	Shooting	Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1
Gold	Ali Eshghi Hojjat Behravan Ali Akbar Salavatian Parviz Firouzi Issa Zirahi Jalil Imeri Farshid Ashouri Ali Golkar Majid Soleimani Ali Kashfia Reza Peidayesh Mohammad Reza Rahimi	Volleyball	Men's sitting
Silver	Dariush Namvar	Athletics	Men's discus throw F56
Silver	Fereydoun Karimipour	Powerlifting	Men's 56 kg
Silver	Mansour Dimasi	Powerlifting	Men's 75 kg
Silver	Saeid Bafandeh	Powerlifting	Men's 82.5 kg
Bronze	Abbas Mohseni	Athletics	Men's shot put F37
Bronze	Hossein Agha-Barghchi	Athletics	Men's discus throw F36
Bronze	Vahab Saalabi	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F42
Bronze	Ghader Modabber	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F52
Bronze	Abdolreza Jokar	Athletics	Men's javelin throw F53
Bronze	Allahbakhsh Akbari	Powerlifting	Men's 67.5 kg
Bronze	Nayyereh Akef	Shooting	Women's 10 m air pistol SH1

Results by event

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Men's recurve

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		1/16 final	1/8 final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Score	Rank
Heshmatollah Kazemi	Individual standing	549	16 Q	Marquez (ESP) W 141–125	Atamanenko (UKR) L 148–154	Did not advance			13
Majid Kehtari	Individual W2	563	21 Q	Wong (HKG) L 137–143	Did not advance				23
Ebrahim Ranjbar	Individual W2	576	16 Q	Anderson (GBR) W 148–145	Lee (KOR) L 139–156	Did not advance			15
Heshmatollah Kazemi Majid Kehtari Ebrahim Ranjbar	Team open	1688	12 Q		Slovakia W 209–195	Italy L 207–221	Did not advance		5

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Abbas Mohseni	Shot put F37	11.97
Ghader Modabber	Shot put F52	7.63 WR
	Discus throw F52	17.79 WR
	Javelin throw F52	14.60
Mokhtar Nourafshan	Shot put F54	8.96
	Discus throw F54	27.23
Mohammad Sadeghi Mehryar	Shot put F56	8.96	5
	Discus throw F56	37.36 WR
Hossein Agha-Barghchi	Discus throw F36	31.68
Abdolreza Jokar	Discus throw F53	18.92
	Javelin throw F53	16.11
Dariush Namvar	Discus throw F56	33.23
Aref Khosravinia	Discus throw F57	45.05 WR
Vahab Saalabi	Javelin throw F42	46.57
Avaz Azmoudeh	Javelin throw F54	25.44
Mohammad Reza Mirzaei	Javelin throw F57	38.64 WR

Women

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Fatemeh Montazeri	Shot put F58	7.67	5
	Javelin throw F58	did not start

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Saeid Mokhtarian	52 kg	167.5	4
Fereydoun Karimipour	56 kg	190.0
Babak Mohammadi	60 kg	No mark
Allahbakhsh Akbari	67.5 kg	200.0
Mansour Dimasi	75 kg	210.0
Saeid Bafandeh	82.5 kg	227.5
Amrollah Dehghani	100 kg	232.5 WR

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Jamal Asadi	10 m air pistol SH1	557	10	Did not advance
Ramezan Salehnejad	10 m air rifle standing SH1	578	9	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Nayyereh Akef	10 m air pistol SH1	372	3 Q	91.9	463.9
Sedigheh Barmaki	10 m air rifle standing SH1	384	5 Q	101.1	485.1	4
Zahra Alibeigi	10 m air rifle standing SH1	373	13	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Enayatollah Bokharaei	10 m air rifle prone SH1	598	6 Q	105.6	703.6
Ramezan Salehnejad	10 m air rifle prone SH1	599	2 Q	103.5	702.5	4

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Paralympics

Men's sitting

Squad list	Preliminary round		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
	Pool A	Rank
Ali Eshghi Hojjat Behravan Ali Akbar Salavatian Parviz Firouzi Issa Zirahi Jalil Imeri Farshid Ashouri Ali Golkar Majid Soleimani Ali Kashfia Reza Peidayesh Mohammad Reza Rahimi	Hungary W 3–0	1 Q	Libya W 3–0	Finland W 3–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina W 3–0
	Germany W 3–0
	Netherlands W 3–0
	Japan W 3–0
	United States W 3–0

References

• International Paralympic Committee