List of flag bearers for Iran at the Olympics

This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Iran at the Olympics.[1]

Iran at the
Olympics
IOC codeIRI
NOCNational Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Websitewww.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
Medals
Gold
27
Silver
29
Bronze
32
Total
88
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Zahra Nemati takes Iran's flag at the 2016 Summer Olympics' Parade of Nations

Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

# Event year Season Flag bearer Sport Ref
1 1948 Summer Mostafa Baharmast Official [2]
2 1952 Summer Mahmoud Namjoo Weightlifting
3 1956 Winter Simon Farzami Official
4 1956 Summer Mahmoud Namjoo Weightlifting
5 1960 Summer Jafar Salmasi Official
6 1964 Winter Ovaness Meguerdounian Alpine skiing
7 1964 Summer Nosratollah Shahmir Official
8 1968 Winter Ovaness Meguerdounian Alpine skiing
9 1968 Summer Abolfazl Anvari Wrestling
10 1972 Winter Ovaness Meguerdounian Official
11 1972 Summer Moslem Eskandar-Filabi Wrestling
12 1976 Winter Lotfollah Kiashemshaki Official
13 1976 Summer Moslem Eskandar-Filabi Wrestling
14 1988 Summer Hassan Zahedi Taekwondo
15 1992 Summer Alireza Soleimani Wrestling
16 1996 Summer Lida Fariman Shooting
17 1998 Winter Hassan Shemshaki Alpine skiing
18 2000 Summer Amir Reza Khadem Wrestling
19 2002 Winter Bagher Kalhor Alpine skiing
20 2004 Summer Arash Miresmaeili Judo
21 2006 Winter Alidad Saveh-Shemshaki Alpine skiing
22 2008 Summer Homa Hosseini Rowing
23 2010 Winter Marjan Kalhor Alpine skiing
24 2012 Summer Ali Mazaheri Boxing
25 2014 Winter Hossein Saveh-Shemshaki Alpine skiing
26 2016 Summer Zahra Nemati Archery
27 2018 Winter Samaneh Beyrami Baher Cross-country skiing [3]
28 2020 Summer Samad Nikkhah Bahrami Basketball [4]
Hanieh Rostamian Shooting
29 2022 Winter Atefeh Ahmadi Alpine skiing [5]
Hossein Saveh-Shemshaki
30 2024 Summer Mahdi Olfati Artistic gymnastics [6]
Neda Shahsavari Table tennis

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Iran. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Flagbearers for Islamic Republic of Iran". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  3. ^ "The Flagbearers for the PyeongChang 2018 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  4. ^ "The flagbearers for the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  5. ^ "The flagbearers for the Beijing 2022 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Paris 2024: Opening ceremony flagbearers information" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
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