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Iran At The 2008 Summer Olympics
Iran sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. In total 55 Iranian athletes went to Beijing, including three women. These Olympics are regarded as less successful than their previous Games, as Iran only achieved one gold and one bronze medal. Medalists , width="78%" align="left" valign="top" , , width="22%" align="left" valign="top" , Competitors Archery Athletics ;Men ;Track & road events ;Field events ;Combined events – Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon, Decathlon Badminton Basketball Men's tournament ;Roster ;Group play Boxing Cycling Road Judo ;Men Rowing ;Men ;Women 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 Swimming ;Men Table tennis Taekwondo We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Olympic Committee Of The Islamic Republic Of Iran
The National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran () is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) for Iran, and the governing body of Olympic sports in Iran. It was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Tehran. Presidents * Mahmoud Khosravi Vafa (current) See also *National Olympic Academy of Iran *Iran at the Olympics *Iran at the Asian Games *I.R. Iran National Paralympic Committee References External links * Sports governing bodies in Iran, Olympic National Olympic Committees, Iran Iran at the Olympics 1947 establishments in Iran Sports organizations established in 1947 {{Iran-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cycling At The 2008 Summer Olympics
Cycling competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9 to August 23 at the Laoshan Velodrome (track events), Laoshan Mountain Bike Course, Laoshan BMX Field and the Beijing Cycling Road Course. The event was dominated by the Great Britain team, who claimed 14 medals in total, including eight golds, seven of them from the ten events in the velodrome. This marked the beginning of a period of complete domination for Great Britain that would last to the 2020 Summer Olympics; The British team would claim 21 of the 30 gold medals awarded in the velodrome over the next three Games, 70% of all gold medals on offer. Events Eighteen sets of medals were awarded in four disciplines: track cycling, road cycling, mountain bike, and, new for 2008, BMX. The following events were contested: Track cycling *Team sprint men * Sprint men *Keirin men *4000 m Team pursuit men *4000 m Individual pursuit men * Madison 50 km men *Points race 40 km men *Sprint wome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sajjad Moradi
Sajjad Moradi (, born 30 March 1983) is an Iranian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 m and 1500 m. He holds multiple national records for Iran from various track disciplines. Moradi is a gold-medalist in the Asian Games, Asian Athletics Championships, Asian Indoor Games, and Universiade. He also competed at three Summer Olympic Games in 2004, 2008, and 2012. Biography He was born in Lordegan. Sajjad is the older brother of Amir Moradi (born 1990), who is also an elite track athlete specializing in the 800 and 1500 metres. Running career 2004 Summer Olympics Barely 21 years old, Moradi ran sixth heat at the men's 800 metres at the 2004 Summer Olympics with a time of 1:49.10, exiting in the first round. In his heat, Moradi lost out to older and more experienced Ivan Heshko and Amine Laâlou Amine Laâlou (born 13 May 1982) is a Moroccan track and field athlete, who specializes in middle-distance running. He has represented his country at the Summer Olympics o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Association Of Athletics Federations
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, race walking, mountain running, and ultra running. Included in its charge is the standardization of rules and regulations for the sports, certification of athletic facilities, recognition and management of world records, and the organisation and sanctioning of athletics competitions, including the World Athletics Championships. The organisation's president is Sebastian Coe of the United Kingdom, who was elected to the four-year position in 2015 and re-elected in 2019 for a second four-year term, and then again in 2023 for a third four-year term. History The process to found World Athletics began in Stockholm, Sweden, on 18 July 1912 soon after the completion of the 1912 Summer Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archery At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's Individual
The women's individual archery event at the 2008 Summer Olympics was part of the archery programme. It took place at the Olympic Green Archery Field. Ranking Round was on 9 August 2008. First and second elimination rounds took place on 12 August, and eights, quarterfinal, semifinals and medals matches were on 14 August. All archery was done at a range of 70 metres, with targets 1.22 metres in diameter. Park Sung-hyun tried to defend her Olympic Gold Medal won in Athens, along with British Alison Williamson, winner of the bronze medal in 2004. 64 archers from 37 countries qualified for the event at the Beijing Olympics. The 44th Outdoor Archery World championship, held in Leipzig, Germany, plus 5 continental qualification tournaments and a Final World Qualification Tournament selected 61 slots for the event, along with 3 Tripartite Commission Invitations. The competition began with the ranking round. Each archer fired 72 arrows. This round was done entirely to seed the elimin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Najmeh Abtin
Najmeh Abtin (, born August 12, 1982, in Shiraz) is an Iranian archer. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Abtin finished her ranking round with a total of 568 points. This gave her the 60th seed for the final competition bracket in which she faced Kwon Un-Sil in the first round. The archer from North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ... was too strong and won the confrontation with 106-96, eliminating Abtin straight away.Athlete biography: Najmeh Abtin , beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug, 23 2008 References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mangal Singh Champia
Mangal Singh Champia (born 9 November 1983) is an Indian archer, who won multiple medals in several international events, including the 2006 Asian Games. He was conferred with the Arjuna award by the President of India for the year 2009. Mangal started archery in the year 1995 and became pro in 2008. He has secured 2016 Rio Olympics berth. Other achievements Source: 15th Asian Archery Championships, China: Men's Team Event 3rd Asian Grand Prix, Iran 2nd Commonwealth Archery Championships, India 3rd Asian Archery Grand Prix Tournament, Indonesia 2010 Asian Games: Men's Team Event 15th Asian Archery Championships, China: Individual Event 2008 Summer Olympics At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Champia finished his ranking round with a total of 678 points, just one point behind Juan René Serrano and equal with Viktor Ruban and scoring more bull's eyes than Serrano. This gave him the second seed for the final competition bracket in wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archery At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Individual
The men's individual archery event at the 2008 Summer Olympics was part of the Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics, archery programme and took place at the Olympic Green Archery Field. Ranking Round was scheduled for 9 August. First and second elimination rounds took place on 13 August, and eights, quarterfinal, semifinals and medals matches were staged on 15 August. All archery was done at a range of 70 metres, with targets 1.22 metres in diameter. Marco Galiazzo was at Beijing to defend his Olympic Gold Medal won on Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's individual, Athens but failed to qualify for the finals after being defeated in the Round of 32. Japanese Hiroshi Yamamoto (archer), Hiroshi Yamamoto, silver at the last 2004 Summer Olympics, Games, and Australians, Australian Tim Cuddihy did not participate at the Chinese Games. 64 archers from 37 countries Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification, qualified for the event at the Beijing Olympics. The 44th Ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hojjatollah Vaezi
Hojjatollah Vaezi (born March 27, 1977) is an athlete from Iran, who competes in archery. 2008 Summer Olympics At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Hojjatolah finished his ranking round with a total of 604 points, which gave him the 63rd seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Mangal Singh Champia in the first round. Champia won the match by 112-98 and Hojjatolah was eliminated. Champia would lose in the next round against Bair Badënov Bair Badënov (, ''Baír Dorzhíyevich Badyónov'', ; born June 28, 1976, in Zugalay, now Zabaykalsky Krai) is a Russian archer. Badënov was a World Champion among Youth in 1993, a European champion in 1996. Participated in 1996 Olympics in A ....Athlete biography: Vaezi Hojjatollah beijing2008.cn, r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weightlifting At The 2008 Summer Olympics
Weightlifting competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China were held from August 9 to August 19. Competitions were conducted at the Beihang University Gymnasium. The medal records at the 2008 Games were heavily amended following a re-analysis of competitors samples in 2015, 2016 and 2017. 26 lifters were disqualified due to these tests, including 16 medalists and four lifters who stood to inherit forfeited medals. Qualification Medal table Medalists Men Women * Tigran Gevorg Martirosyan of Armenia originally won the bronze medal, but he was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample. * Andrei Rybakou of Belarus originally won the silver medal, but he was disqualified after a positive anti-doping test of his 2008 sample. * Ilya Ilyin of Kazakhstan and Khadzhimurat Akkaev of Russia originally won the gold and bronze medal respectively, but they were disqualified after positive anti-doping tests of their 2008 samples. * Dmitry La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Table Tennis At The 2008 Summer Olympics
Table tennis competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 13 to August 23, at the Peking University Gymnasium. The competition featured the team events for the first time, replacing the doubles events competed in previous games. A total of four sets of medals were awarded for the four events contested. China, as the host country, would win every medal possible, claiming the podium in both the Men's and Women's Singles events and claiming Gold in both the Men's and Women's Team Event, leading the International Olympic Committee, IOC and International Table Tennis Federation, ITTF, to change the qualification process for the Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics, to ensure that countries could only enter 2, instead of 3 athletes into the Singles event. Qualification Competition schedule Participating nations A total of 171 athletes (86 men and 85 women), representing 56 NOCs, competed in four events. * * * * * * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
