Some 52 Iranian athletes in 12 fields will participate in 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Iranian athletes will take part in a number of events including free style and Greco-Roman wrestling, taekwondo, judo, power lifting, archery, boating, cycling, table tennis, boxing and basketball.

Iran's National Basketball Team will leave for Beijing on August 2 and taekwondo and free style wrestling teams will depart Tehran for Beijing on August 13 as the first and last teams respectively.

The Beijing Olympic Games will officially open on August 8, 2008 (08/08/08).