text: in what year were iranian women finally allowed to compete in the olympic games? 1968 1938 1896 1996 1968 - iran sent only men to compete  1938 - there were no games in 1938  1896 - no women competed in th 1896 games  1996- was the second time a iranian woman competed.  lida fariman compted for iran at the 1992 barcelona olympics in shooting.