Appraisal of Iran Performance in the Olympics Compared with competitors

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Iran performance in the summer Olympics compared to Asian competitors. Research method is descriptive- analytic and retrospective that researchers tried explain situation of Iran performance without prejudice and use of the available documents, Iranian athletes won medals in 15 period participating at the summer Olympics games (from 1948 until 2012) reviewed and it compared with performance of nine other Asian countries as Iran competitors in the summer Olympic Games. From The most important findings of research the can be noted performance variations in the summer Olympics games, so that the graph of Iran performance is sinusoidal shape and has no stability. Also, wrestling is the best sport of Iran in the summer Olympics games and Weightlifting, taekwondo and track and field have been other disciplines of Iran in summer Olympic Games. Weighted average rating of Iran in summer Olympic Games is 31.07 that showed Iran is as the fifth most powerful country of Asia in summer Olympics after China, Japan, South Korea and Kazakhstan. Generally, it is recommended that the authorities has done measures to development elite sport facilities, identification and development talented athletes and sport management stable, so sent elite athletes to the Olympics and with good results and eventually balance of the Iran performance at the Olympics.