TEHRAN – Team Iran finished in 21st place of the 2024 Olympic Games held in Paris, capital of France.

The U.S. topped the medals table with 40 golds after the final title was decided on Sunday, finishing above China only by virtue of their 44 silvers.

China, who were the last team apart from the U.S. to top the standings when they did it on home soil at the 2008 Beijing Games, also won 40 golds but managed only 27 silvers.

The U.S. also won most total medals with 126 to China's 91.

The Persians moved up six places in medal standing compared to the previous edition held in Tokyo.

Iranian athletes won three gold medals, six silvers and three bronzes.  

Led by Hassan Rangraz, the Iranian Greco-Roman wrestlers claimed two gold medals as well as one silver and one bronze medal.

Saeid Esmaeli, the youngest member of the Iranian team, displayed remarkable maturity and skill beyond his years. He defeated Ukraine’s Parviz Nasibov 6-5 in the 67kg final, which earned him the coveted gold medal.

Mohammadhadi Saravi, a seasoned veteran, beat Armenia’s Artur Aleksanyan 4-1 in the men's Greco-Roman 97kg.

Alireza Mohmadi lost to Bulgarian Semen Novikov 7-0 in the 87kg final and snatched a silver.

Amin Mirzazadeh, the heavyweight representative for Iran, defeated Azerbaijan’s Sabah Shariati 3-0 in the bronze medal match.

In freestyle wrestling, Hassan Yazdani snatched a silver medal in the 86kg. Yazdani suffered a shoulder injury at the beginning of the match and the was forced to request the doctor for several times. The injury finally cost him and he lost to Bulgarian wrestler Magomed Ramazanov 7-1 in the final.

It was Yazdani’s third medal in the Olympics.

He had won a gold medal in the 2016 Olympic Games and also bagged a silver four years later in Tokyo.

Amirhossein Zare also took a silver, losing to Georgian Geno Petriashvili of Georgia 10-9 in the men’s 125kg final.

Rahman Amouzad also won Iran’s third silver after being defeated against Japan’s Kotaro Kiyooka 10-3 in the final of the 65kg.

Amirali Azarpira claimed Iran’s only bronze in freestyle in the 2024 Olympics, beating American Kyle Snyder 4-1.

In taekwondo, Iran won one gold, two silvers and one bronze.

Arian Salimi defeated Caden Cunningham of Britain 2-1 in the final match of the men's +80kg to win a gold medal.

Mehran Barkhordari took a silver medal in the men's 80 kg. He lost to Firas Katoussi from Tunisia 2-0 in the final.

The Iranian women athletes also won two historic silver and bronze medals.

Nahid Kiani grabbed a silver medal in the women's -57kg taekwondo, losing to Kim Yu-jin of South Korea 2-0 in the final.

Mobina Nematzadeh also claimed a bronze medal in the women's 49kg taekwondo. She defeated Saudi Arabia’s taekwondo athlete 2-0 to win the bronze medal.