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competed at the

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. Iran sent a delegation of 50 competitors, all men, who participated in 33 events in 7 sports. Two competitors in the football tournament did not take part in any matches.

Competitors

Medal summary

Medal table

Medalists

Results by event

Athletics

;Men

Boxing

;Men

Cycling

Road

;Men

Track

;Men

Fencing

;Men

Football

;

Men A man is an adult male human. Prior to adulthood, a male human is referred to as a boy (a male child or adolescent). Like most other male mammals, a man's genome usually inherits an X chromosome from the mother and a Y chro ...

Weightlifting

;Men

Wrestling

;Men's freestyle ;Men's Greco-Roman

References

External links

National Olympic Committee of Iran - 1972 Summer Olympics Results for Iran
{{Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics Pahlavi Iran