Olymipc Medals from 1896 - 2004 by country (incl Iran)

[Under Lahaf]

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...COUNT_MAP.html

1- I am mostly impressed by sweden
2- Note the rivalry between iran and turkey from early on (in the 80s Iran didn't perform well due to the war. did they even participate at all?)
3- keep an eye on Cuba's performance in the later Olympics

[EKBATAN]

lol we kick ass in wrestling and weightlifting....thats all our medals


it sucks that we mised like 3 olympics for that stupid war

[Pharaoh]

I can't believe crap like Equestrian, badminton, and sailing are Olympic sports and Squash/Racquetball isn't.

[Shamim]

lol we kick ass in wrestling and weightlifting....thats all our medals
it sucks that we mised like 3 olympics for that stupid war

We missed 2 olympics, in 1988 we were there and our best Olympic games was at 1952 Helsinki games where we won 7 medals, its a shame that since we were not able to win more medals, last time in Athen we win 6 medals, hope this time we will do better.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_at...ummer_Olympics

[Under Lahaf]

soon we'll get more in martial arts as well (not sure if we've won any in that category yet)

[Adesor Vafaseya]

^

yes, yes. one Gold and one Bronze in Taekwondo in 2004

[Suprah]

Field Hockey for us....those were the days

[Farhad-7]

Field Hockey for us....those were the days

wtf? Iran played field hockey??? damn

[Ali]

lol at greece at the athens olympics.

[Under Lahaf]

wtf? Iran played field hockey??? damn

he is referring to pakistan

[mkbf2]

1968 What a Year for wrestling!

[Adesor Vafaseya]

^

and weightlifting.

Mohammad Nassiri won Olympic Gold and was the first weightlifter to have weighted double weight of his own body weight.

[persian_parsa]

lol india one silver, the second most populated country in the world

[Farhad-7]

he is referring to pakistan

oh ok, because Iran playing hockey would have been

[Under Lahaf]

oh ok, because Iran playing hockey would have been

tell you the truth i dont see why not! its not like they got ice in netherlands every day of the month or pakistan and japan. sure its going to be an expensive game and investment, and we may not have the resources but i think it would be quite a popular game in Iran. its fun, full of action and is fast