Historic Olympic Photographs Click on a photo to see a bigger version... Please help us with the captions we haven't filled in, i.e. if you know what the photo relates to let us know... Many of the Olympic photos you see below were taken by Mr Ghassem Farsi. To find out more about this great icon of Olympic photography read a very brief interview carried out with him.  Opening Ceremonies       Melbourne 1956   London 1948      Melbourne 1956     Melbourne 1956 (probably) Atlanta 1996  Wrestlers in action Melbourne 1956 Nabi Soruri Melbourne 1956 Mehdi Yaqubi Silver Medal Melbourne 1956 Nabi Sorouri Melbourne 1956 Naser Givehchi Rome 1960 Gholam Reza Takhti Tokyo 1964 Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran Mexico 1968 Shamsedin Seyedabbasi Mexico 1968 Aboutaleb Talebi Bronze Medal Abolfazl Anvari Tehran 1959 Babaoladi World Championships Tehran 1959 Imam Ali Habibi World Championships Abdollah Movahed Ebrahim Seifpour Mansour Barzegar Mansour Mehdizadeh Atlanta 1996 Rasoul Khadem Gold Medal     Atlanta 1996 Abbas Jadidi Silver Medal Atlanta 1996 A.R. Khadem Bronze Medal      Lifting Steel London 1948 Mahmoud Namjoo Mexico 1968 Parviz Jalayer Silver Medal Mexico 1968 Mohammad Nassiri Gold Medal  On the podium       London 1948 Jafar Salmasi Bronze Medal Helsinki 1952 M. Namjoo Ali Mirzai Silver & Bronze Helsinki 1952 Naser Givehchi Silver Medal     Melbourne 1956 Mohammad Namjoo Bronz Medal Melbourne 1956 Mehdi Yaqubi Silver Medal Melbourne 1956 Mohammad Ali Khojastepour Silver Meda Rome 1960 Mohammad Pazirai Silver Medal Rome 1960 Ebrahim Seifpoor Silver Medal Rome 1960 Esmail Elmkhah Bronze Meda Tokyo 1964 Mohammad Ali Sanatkaran Bronze Medal Tokyo 1964 Ali Akbar Heydari Bronze Medal Mexico 1968 Shamsedin Seyedabbasi Bronze Medal Mexico 1968 Abdollah Movahed Gold Medal Munich 1972 Ebrahim Javadi Bronze Medal Munich 1972 Rahim Aliabadi Silver Medal Montreal 1976 Mansur Barzegar Silver Medal Atlanta 1996 Rassoul Khadem Gold Medal  Other Mexico 1968 Weightlifting Team Iranian freestyle wrestlers Mohammad Namjoo Golam Reza Takhti Iranian Team heading off for Rome 1960