Iran participated in the 1958 Asian Games held in the capital city of Tokyo, Japan. This country is ranked 4th with 7 gold medals in this edition of the Asiad.[1]
Competitors
Medal summary
Medal table
Medalists
Results by event
Aquatics
Diving
Swimming
Athletics
Boxing
The National Iranian Boxing Team standing, prior to being sent to The Third Asian Games in Tokyo 1958
This was the first time Iranian boxers were participating in an official Asian tournament, such as the Asian Games, with 9 boxers, the most boxers after the Japanese boxing team. In the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, the Iranian boxing team managed to bag a total of 6 medals, including three silver medals, three bronze medals, and also obtained three fifth places.[2] The consequence of this participation resulted in Iran's boxing team to rank second, considering medal counts, and fifth, in the overall boxing table, helping Iran Sports Convoy to rank fourth, overall in the Third Asian Games, which was applauded by the Iranian officials.[3]
The Iranian national boxing team, which consisted of boxers from Tehran Taj club and Tehran Jafari club, was coached by Petros Nazarbegian,[4][5] and the team members were: Ezaria Ilkhanoff (Persian: ایزاریا ایلخانوف) in the Flyweight division (bronze medal),[6] Karapet Kochar (Persian: کاراپت کوچار) in the Bantamweight division (fifth place), Sadegh Aliakbarzadeh (Persian: صادق علی اکبرزاده) in the Featherweight division (fifth place),[7]Hassan Pakandam (Persian: حسن پاک اندام) in the Lightweight division (fifth place),[8]Vazik Kazarian (Persian: وازیک قازاریان) in the Light-Welterweight division (silver medal),[9]Soren Pirjanian (Persian: سورن پیرجانیان) in the Welterweight division (silver medal),[10]Ghasem Amiryavari (captain) (Persian: امیر یاوری) in the Light-middleweight division (silver medal),[11]Leon Khachatourian (Persian: لئون خاچاطوریان) in the Middleweight division (bronze medal),[12]Akbar Khojini (Persian: اکبرخوجینی) in the Light heavyweight division (bronze medal), (no participant in the Heavyweight division).[13]
Men
Cycling
Road
Men
Football
Men
Shooting
Table tennis
Tennis
Men
Volleyball
Weightlifting
Men
Wrestling
Men's freestyle
References
^3rd Asian Games medal tally Archived 2007-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
^http://vista.ir/article/278400("Iranian Boxing in the Asian Games", Vista News Hub, The Online Source for the Most Important Iranian News Headlines)(Persian)
^http://www.ghahremanan.ir/d.asp?id=25398("Iranian Sport Convoy Shines in the 1958 Asian Games", Official Web-site for Iranian Sports Retired Champions, Days in History, June 16, 1958)(Persian)
^www.sports-reference.com SR/OLYMPIC SPORTS Archived 2014-04-23 at the Wayback Machine
^کتاب تاریخچه بوکس ایران از 1324 تا 1357، جلد اول، ناشر: بامداد کتاب، نویسنده محمود مساعدیان، چاپ اول، 1388، شابک 9789642060337، تعداد صفحه 430 (History of Boxing in Iran from 1945 to 1979,First Volume,First Edition,By: Bamdad Ketaab, Author: Mahmood Mosaadian,2009,ISBN 9789642060337,430 pages)(Persian)
^www.sports-reference.com SR/OLYMPIC SPORTS Archived 2016-12-03 at the Wayback Machine
^www.sports-reference.com SR/OLYMPIC SPORTS Archived 2014-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
^www.sports-reference.com SR/OLYMPIC SPORTS Archived 2013-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
^www.sports-reference.com SR/OLYMPIC SPORTS Archived 2014-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
^www.middleeastexplorer.com Archived 2014-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
^www.sports-reference.com SR/OLYMPIC SPORTS Archived 2014-10-14 at the Wayback Machine
^www.middleeastexplorer.com Archived 2014-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
^"3.Asian Games - Tokyo, Japan - May 28-31 1958".
(in Persian) Iran Olympic Committee - Asian Games Medalists
(in Persian) Iran National Sports Organization - Asian Games Medalists