Sport, Olympic, Paralympic

History of Sport in Iran as old as millenniums

Iran is amongst countries and ancient civilizations whose history of sport and games goes back to as old

as millenniums.

Javelin Throw

Charioting & Horse Riding

Wrestling

Acrobat & Gymnastics

Intellectual Games

Archery

Fencing

Synchronized & Traditional Movements

Boxing

Swimming

Weightlifting

Polo

The proof of this claim is an illustrated dictionary named “Illustrated Dictionary of Sports Pictograms of Iran” which was compiled, written, and published in the year 2007 by the history and sports group of the museum center of the national Olympic committee of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

 

This book introduces the illustrated documents of sports used to be prevalent in Iran and deals with 16 sports from their very early history until 20^th century.

Historical documents reveal that some sports have ancient history in Iran about which we will probably deal with through documents and papers:

Synchronized & Traditional Movements	Archery	Javelin Throw	Fencing
Charioting & Horse Riding	Swimming	Boxing	Wrestling
Acrobat & Gymnastics	Weightlifting	Intellectual Games	Polo

Recourses:

Illustrated Dictionary of Sports Pictograms of Iran

Mohammad Reza Riazi, Dr. Seyed Amir Hoseini, Dr. Hayedeh Seirafi