Iran at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Iran at the
2020 Summer Olympics
Iran at the; 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	IRI
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Website	www.olympic.ir (in Persian and English)
in Tokyo, Japan; July 23, 2021 – August 8, 2021
Competitors	65 in 17 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Samad Nikkhah Bahrami; Hanieh Rostamian
Flag bearer (closing)	Amir Hossein Zare
Medals; Ranked 27th	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 2 Total 7
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1900; 1904–1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980–1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Iran (officially the Islamic Republic of Iran) competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place during the summer of 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] Since the nation's debut in 1948, Iranian athletes have attended every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1980 and 1984 which they boycotted.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Javad Foroughi	Shooting	Men's 10 m air pistol	24 July
Gold	Mohammad Reza Geraei	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg	4 August
Gold	Sajjad Ganjzadeh	Karate	Men's +75 kg	7 August
Silver	Ali Davoudi	Weightlifting	Men's +109 kg	4 August
Silver	Hassan Yazdani	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 86 kg	5 August
Bronze	Mohammad Hadi Saravi	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg	3 August
Bronze	Amir Hossein Zare	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 125 kg	6 August

Competitors

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	0	1
Athletics	2	1	3
Badminton	0	1	1
Basketball	12	0	12
Boxing	2	0	2
Canoeing	1	0	1
Cycling	1	0	1
Fencing	4	0	4
Karate	1	2	3
Rowing	0	1	1
Shooting	2	4	6
Swimming	1	0	1
Table Tennis	1	0	1
Taekwondo	2	1	3
Volleyball	12	0	12
Weightlifting	2	0	2
Wrestling	11	0	11
Total	55	10	65

Archery

One Iranian archer qualified for the men's individual recurve by advancing to the semifinal stage and obtaining one of the three available spots at the 2019 Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Milad Vaziri	Men's individual	629	63	Ellison (USA) L 0–6	Did not advance

Athletics

Iranian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[3]^[4]

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hassan Taftian	Men's 100 m	Bye		10.19	4	Did not advance
Mahdi Pirjahan	Men's 400 m hurdles	Withdrew ‌‌‌‌‌after testing positive for COVID-19
Farzaneh Fasihi	Women's 100 m	11.76	1 Q	11.79	8	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ehsan Haddadi	Men's discus throw	58.98	26	Did not advance

Badminton

Iranian women's badminton player, Sorayya Aghaei, got the allocation quotas from the Badminton World Federation after Airi Mikkela withdrew. She is the first ever women's badminton player to represent Iran at the Olympic Games.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage			Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sorayya Aghaei	Women's singles	Abdul Razzaq (MDV) W (21–14, 21–7)	He Bj (CHN) L (11–21, 3–21)	2	Did not advance

Basketball

Indoor

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Iran men's	Men's tournament	Czech Republic L 78–84	United States L 66–120	France L 62–79	4	Did not advance

Men's tournament

Iran men's basketball team qualified for the Olympics as the highest-ranked Asian squad at the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China, marking the country's return to the sport after a twelve-year absence.^[6]^[7]

Team roster

The roster was announced on 3 July 2021.^[8]

Iran men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
G	3	Mohammadsina Vahedi	20 – (2001-01-08)8 January 2001	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Shahrdari Gorgan
PG	5	Philip Jalalpoor	28 – (1993-06-14)14 June 1993	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Medi Bayreuth
PF	7	Mohammad Hassanzadeh	30 – (1990-10-06)6 October 1990	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Palayesh Naft Abadan
SF	8	Saeid Davarpanah	33 – (1987-09-07)7 September 1987	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Palayesh Naft Abadan
G	13	Mohammad Jamshidi	29 – (1991-07-30)30 July 1991	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	Shahrdari Gorgan
SF	14	Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (C)	38 – (1983-05-11)11 May 1983	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Mahram Tehran
C	15	Hamed Haddadi	36 – (1985-05-19)19 May 1985	2.18 m (7 ft 2 in)	Sichuan Blue Whales
SG	17	Navid Rezaeifar	24 – (1996-08-23)23 August 1996	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Shahrdari Gorgan
PF	20	Mike Rostampour	29 – (1991-12-20)20 December 1991	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	Shahrdari Gorgan
C	23	Aaron Geramipoor	28 – (1992-09-11)11 September 1992	2.14 m (7 ft 0 in)	Manchester Giants
PF	41	Arsalan Kazemi	31 – (1990-04-22)22 April 1990	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Chemidor Qom
G	88	Behnam Yakhchali	26 – (1995-07-12)12 July 1995	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Rostock Seawolves

Head coach

Mehran Shahintab^[9]

Assistant coach(es)

Mehrad Atashi
Farzad Kouhian

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 25 July 2021

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	259	215	+44	6	Quarterfinals
2	United States	3	2	1	315	233	+82	5	Quarterfinals
3	Czech Republic	3	1	2	245	294	−49	4
4	Iran	3	0	3	206	283	−77	3

Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.

25 July 2021
10:00
v

Boxscore

Iran	78–84	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 11–21, 16–21, 32–17
Pts: Yakhchali 23 Rebs: Haddadi 10 Asts: Jamshidi 7		Pts: Auda 16 Rebs: Balvín, Satoranský 8 Asts: Satoranský 8

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Matthew Kallio (CAN), Scott Beker (AUS), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)

28 July 2021
13:40
v

Boxscore

United States	120–66	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 32–18, 22–13, 38–23
Pts: Lillard 21 Rebs: Booker, Durant 5 Asts: LaVine 8		Pts: Haddadi, Jamshidi 14 Rebs: Haddadi 7 Asts: Jalalpoor, Jamshidi 3

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Andreia Silva (BRA)

31 July 2021
10:00
v

Boxscore

Iran	62–79	France
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 10–24, 20–16, 15–17
Pts: Haddadi 18 Rebs: Haddadi 12 Asts: Haddadi 5		Pts: Heurtel 16 Rebs: four players 5 Asts: De Colo 5

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Leandro Lezcano (ARG), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)

Boxing

Iran entered two male boxers into the Olympic tournament. 19-year-old Danial Shahbakhsh (men's featherweight) and Asia's second-seeded boxer Seyed Shahin Mousavi (men's middleweight) secured the spots on the Iranian squad, by scoring a box-off triumph each in their respective weight divisions at the 2020 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Danial Shahbakhsh	Men's featherweight	Hamout (MAR) W 5–0	Álvarez (CUB) L RSC-I	Did not advance
Seyed Shahin Mousavi	Men's middleweight	Moriwaki (JPN) L 2–3	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Iran qualified a single boat (men's K-1 1000 m) for the Games by winning the gold medal at the 2021 Asian Canoe Sprint Qualification Regatta in Pattaya, Thailand.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ali Aghamirzaei	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:48.609	5 QF	3:52.834	4	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Iran entered one rider to compete in the men's Olympic road race, by virtue of his top 50 national finish (for men) in the UCI World Ranking.^[12]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Saeid Safarzadeh	Men's road race	Did not finish
Saeid Safarzadeh	Men's time trial	1:05:14.62	35

Fencing

Iranian fencers qualified a full squad in the men's team sabre for the first time at the Games, as the highest-ranked nation from Asia outside the world's top four in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings.^[13]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mojtaba Abedini	Men's sabre	Bye	Gordon (CAN) W 15–10	Szilágyi (HUN) L 7–15	Did not advance
Ali Pakdaman		Bye	Szatmári (HUN) W 15–12	Hartung (GER) W 15–9	Szilágyi (HUN) L 6–15	Did not advance
Mohammad Rahbari		Bye	Apithy (FRA) W 15–13	Samele (ITA) L 7–15	Did not advance
Mojtaba Abedini Ali Pakdaman Mohammad Rahbari Mohammad Fotouhi*	Men's team sabre	—			Italy (ITA) L 44–45	Classification semifinal United States (USA) W 45–36	Fifth place final Egypt (EGY) L 24–45	6

Karate

Iran entered three karateka into the inaugural Olympic tournament. Sajjad Ganjzadeh (men's +75 kg), Sara Bahmanyar (women's 55 kg), and Hamideh Abbasali (women's +61 kg) qualified directly for their respective kumite categories by finishing among the top four karateka at the end of the combined WKF Olympic Rankings.^[14]^[15]

Kumite

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sajjad Ganjzadeh	Men's +75 kg	Kvesić (CRO) W 3–1	Hamedi (KSA) D 0–0	Irr (USA) W 6–0	Gaysinsky (CAN) W 2–1	1 Q	Aktaş (TUR) W 2–2	Hamedi (KSA) W 4–0 HAN
Sara Bahmanyar	Women's −55 kg	Özçelik (TUR) W 5–4	Wen T-y (TPE) L 1–5	Goranova (BUL) L 2–5	—	3	Did not advance
Hamideh Abbasali	Women's +61 kg	Matoub (ALG) W 4–0	Quirici (SUI) L 0–4	Abdelaziz (EGY) W 9–7	Gong L (CHN) L 4–8	4	Did not advance

Rowing

Iran qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games by winning the silver medal and securing the second of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, Japan.^[16]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Nazanin Malaei	Women's single sculls	7:59.01	3 QF	Bye		8:07.32	3 SA/B	7:45.52	6 FB	7:42.57	11

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

Iranian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.^[17]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Javad Foroughi	Men's 10 m air pistol	580	5 Q	—		244.8 OR
Mahyar Sedaghat	Men's 10 m air rifle	629.1	9			Did not advance
Mahyar Sedaghat	Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions	1168	20			Did not advance
Fatemeh Karamzadeh	Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions	1163	22			Did not advance
Fatemeh Karamzadeh	Women's 10 m air rifle	624.9	23			Did not advance
Najmeh Khedmati	Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions	1165	18			Did not advance
Hanieh Rostamian	Women's 10 m air pistol	576	10			Did not advance
Hanieh Rostamian	Women's 25 m pistol	577	28			Did not advance
Armina Sadeghian	Women's 10 m air rifle	622.6	30			Did not advance
Mahyar Sedaghat Najmeh Khedmati	Mixed 10 m air rifle team	624.9	15	Did not advance
Javad Foroughi Hanieh Rostamian	Mixed 10 m air pistol team	575	8 Q	382	5	Did not advance

Swimming

Iran received a‌n Universality invitation from FINA to send a male swimmer to the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Matin Balsini	Men's 200 m butterfly	1:59.97 NR	33	Did not advance

Table tennis

Iran entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Nima Alamian scored a zonal-match triumph for Central Asia to book a men's singles spot at the Asian Qualification Tournament in Doha, Qatar.^[18]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nima Alamian	Men's singles	Bye	Drinkhall (GBR) L 1–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Iran entered three athletes into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Armin Hadipour (men's 58 kg) qualified directly for their respective weight classes by finishing among the top five, while Mirhashem Hosseini received a spare berth freed up by the 2019 World Grand Slam winner in the men's lightweight category (68 kg), as the next highest-placed taekwondo practitioner, not yet qualified, in the WT Olympic Rankings. On the women's side, Nahid Kiani scored a semifinal victory in the lightweight category (57 kg) to book the remaining spot on the Iranian taekwondo squad at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.^[19]

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Armin Hadipour	Men's −58 kg	—	Ochoa (COL) W 22–19	Guzmán (ARG) L 6–26	Did not advance
Mirhashem Hosseini	Men's −68 kg	—	Huang Y-j (TPE) W 18–15	Rashitov (UZB) L 22–34	Did not advance	Lee D-h (KOR) L 21–30	Did not advance	7
Nahid Kiani	Women's −57 kg	Alizadeh (EOR) L 9–18	Did not advance

Volleyball

Indoor

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Iran men's	Men's tournament	Poland W 3–2	Venezuela W 3–0	Canada L 0–3	Italy L 1–3	Japan L 2–3	5	Did not advance

Men's tournament

Iran men's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the final match and securing an outright berth at the Asian Olympic Qualification Tournament in Jiangmen, China.^[20]

Team roster

The roster was announced on 11 July 2021.^[21]

Head coach: Vladimir Alekno

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Poland	5	4	1	13	14	4	3.500	435	365	1.192	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	4	1	11	12	7	1.714	447	411	1.088
3	Japan (H)	5	3	2	8	10	9	1.111	437	433	1.009
4	Canada	5	2	3	7	9	9	1.000	396	387	1.023
5	Iran	5	2	3	6	9	11	0.818	453	460	0.985
6	Venezuela	5	0	5	0	1	15	0.067	281	393	0.715

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 19:40 v	Poland	2–3	Iran	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Daniele Rapisarda (ITA), Juraj Mokrý (SVK)
	(25–18, 22–25, 22–25, 25–22, 21–23) Results Statistics

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 09:00 v	Iran	3–0	Venezuela	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Hernán Casamiquela (ARG), Susana Rodríguez (ESP)
	(25–17, 25–20, 25–18) Results Statistics

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 09:00 v	Canada	3–0	Iran	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Luis Macias (MEX), Paulo Turci (BRA)
	(25–16, 25–20, 25–22) Results Statistics

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 19:40 v	Italy	3–1	Iran	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Vladimir Simonović (SRB), Denny Cespedes (DOM)
	(30–28, 25–21, 21–25, 25–21) Results Statistics

1 August 2021 (2021-08-01) 19:40 v	Japan	3–2	Iran	Ariake Arena, Tokyo Referees: Juraj Mokrý (SVK), Daniele Rapisarda (ITA)
	(25–21, 20–25, 29–31, 25–22, 15–13) Results Statistics

Weightlifting

Iran entered two weightlifters into the Olympic competition. Rio 2016 Olympian and 2017 world champion Ali Hashemi (men's 109 kg) and the reigning Asian champion Ali Davoudi (men's +109 kg) secured one of the top eight slots each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Absolute World Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Ali Hashemi	Men's –109 kg	184	5	~~228~~	DNF	184	DNF
Ali Davoudi	Men's +109 kg	200	2	241	2	441

Wrestling

Iran qualified eleven wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Five of them finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's freestyle (57 and 86 kg), men's Greco-Roman (60, 77, and 130 kg) at the 2019 World Championships, while five additional licenses were awarded to the Iranian wrestlers, who progressed to the top two finals of their respective weight categories at the 2021 Asian Qualification Tournament in Almaty, Kazakhstan.^[22]^[23]

On February 19, 2020, United World Wrestling awarded an additional Olympic license to Iran in men's freestyle 125 kg, as a response to the doping violations on the Syrian and Uzbek wrestler at the World Championships.^[24]

Key:

VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Reza Atri	Men's −57 kg	Atlı (TUR) W 3–1 ^PP	Bekhbayar (MGL) W 3–1 ^PP	Uguev (ROC) L 1–3 ^PP	Bye	Gilman (USA) L 1–3 ^PP	5
Morteza Ghiasi	Men's −65 kg	Dakhlaoui (TUN) W 3–1 ^PP	Punia (IND) L 0–5 ^VT	Did not advance			8
Mostafa Hosseinkhani	Men's −74 kg	Dake (USA) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance				15
Hassan Yazdani	Men's −86 kg	Shapiev (UZB) W 3–1 ^PP	Reichmuth (SUI) W 4–1 ^SP	Naifonov (ROC) W 3–1 ^PP	Bye	Taylor (USA) L 1–3 ^PP
Mohammad Mohammadian	Men's −97 kg	Odikadze (GEO) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance				13
Amir Hossein Zare	Men's −125 kg	Khotsianivskyi (UKR) W 3–0 ^PO	Shala (KOS) W 4–1 ^SP	Petriashvili (GEO) L 1–3 ^PP	Bye	Deng Zw (CHN) W 3–0 ^PO

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alireza Nejati	Men's −60 kg	Melikyan (ARM) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance				10
Mohammad Reza Geraei	Men's −67 kg	Horta (COL) W 4–0 ^ST	Stäbler (GER) W 3–1 ^PP	Zoidze (GEO) W 3–1 ^PP	Bye	Nasibov (UKR) W 4–1 ^ST
Mohammad Ali Geraei	Men's −77 kg	Peña (CUB) W 3–1 ^PP	Starčević (CRO) W 3–1 ^PP	Lőrincz (HUN) L 1–3 ^PP	Bye	Yabiku (JPN) L 1–4 ^SP	5
Mohammad Hadi Saravi	Men's −97 kg	Boudjemlin (ALG) W 4–0 ^ST	Kiril Milov (BUL) W 3–0 ^PO	Aleksanyan (ARM) L 1–3 ^PP	Bye	Savolainen (FIN) W 3–1 ^PP
Amin Mirzazadeh	Men's −130 kg	Kim M-s (KOR) W 3–0 ^PO	López (CUB) L 0–4 ^ST	Did not advance	Alexuc-Ciurariu (ROU) W 3–1 ^PP	Kayaalp (TUR) L 1–3 ^PP	5