2008 Asian Wrestling Championships

2008 Asian Championships
Host city South Korea Jeju City, South Korea
Dates March 18–23
Stadium Halla Gymnasium
Champions
Freestyle  Japan
Greco-Roman  Iran
Women  Japan

The 2008 Asian Wrestling Championships were held at the in Jeju City, South Korea. The event took place from March 18 to March 23, 2008.

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Japan 7 1 7 15
2  Iran 4 3 2 9
3  China 3 1 5 9
4  South Korea 3 1 4 8
5  Kyrgyzstan 1 2 1 4
6  Uzbekistan 1 1 4 6
7  North Korea 1 1 2 4
8  India 1 0 3 4
9  Kazakhstan 0 6 6 12
10  Mongolia 0 5 3 8
11  Chinese Taipei 0 0 2 2
12  Syria 0 0 1 1
 Tajikistan 0 0 1 1
 Vietnam 0 0 1 1
Total 21 21 42 84

Team ranking

Rank Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle
Team Points Team Points Team Points
1  Japan 49  Iran 55  Japan 64
2  Iran 48  Kazakhstan 50  China 57
3  Mongolia 47  Japan 49  Kazakhstan 53
4  South Korea 40  Kyrgyzstan 42  Mongolia 45
5  Kazakhstan 39  South Korea 42  India 40
6  Uzbekistan 37  Uzbekistan 38  South Korea 35
7  China 32  China 28  Chinese Taipei 34
8  India 31  North Korea 23  Vietnam 14
9  North Korea 24  India 23  Kyrgyzstan 10
10  Syria 14  Chinese Taipei 16  Uzbekistan 9

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
55 kg  Tomohiro Matsunaga
Japan (JPN)
 Yang Jae-hoon
South Korea (KOR)
 Kim Sun-nam
North Korea (PRK)
 Firas Al-Rifaei
Syria (SYR)
60 kg  Yogeshwar Dutt
India (IND)
 Noriyuki Takatsuka
Japan (JPN)
 Vais Tlegenov
Uzbekistan (UZB)
 Morad Mohammadi
Iran (IRI)
66 kg  Yang Chun-song
North Korea (PRK)
 Pürevjavyn Önörbat
Mongolia (MGL)
 Kazuhiko Ikematsu
Japan (JPN)
 Sushil Kumar
India (IND)
74 kg  Cho Byung-kwan
South Korea (KOR)
 Meisam Mostafa-Jokar
Iran (IRI)
 Kazuyuki Nagashima
Japan (JPN)
 Dorjvaanchigiin Gombodorj
Mongolia (MGL)
84 kg  Wang Ying
China (CHN)
 Chagnaadorjiin Ganzorig
Mongolia (MGL)
 Abdul Ammaev
Uzbekistan (UZB)
 Yusup Abdusalomov
Tajikistan (TJK)
96 kg  Kurban Kurbanov
Uzbekistan (UZB)
 Amir Abbas Moradi Ganji
Iran (IRI)
 Koo Tae-hyun
South Korea (KOR)
 Daulet Shabanbay
Kazakhstan (KAZ)
120 kg  Fardin Masoumi
Iran (IRI)
 Marid Mutalimov
Kazakhstan (KAZ)
 Jargalsaikhany Chuluunbat
Mongolia (MGL)
 Liang Lei
China (CHN)

Men's Greco-Roman

Event Gold Silver Bronze
55 kg  Hamid Sourian
Iran (IRI)
 Cha Kwang-su
North Korea (PRK)
 Kohei Hasegawa
Japan (JPN)
 Yermek Kuketov
Kazakhstan (KAZ)
60 kg  Ruslan Tumenbaev
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)
 Dilshod Aripov
Uzbekistan (UZB)
 Hideo Kitaoka
Japan (JPN)
 Yerbol Konyratov
Kazakhstan (KAZ)
66 kg  Kim Min-chul
South Korea (KOR)
 Kanatbek Begaliev
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)
 Masaki Imuro
Japan (JPN)
 Kim Kum-chol
North Korea (PRK)
74 kg  Chang Yongxiang
China (CHN)
 Daniar Kobonov
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)
 Jung Tae-kyun
South Korea (KOR)
 Mehdi Mohammadi
Iran (IRI)
84 kg  Shingo Matsumoto
Japan (JPN)
 Taleb Nematpour
Iran (IRI)
 Cho Hyo-chul
South Korea (KOR)
 Andrey Samokhin
Kazakhstan (KAZ)
96 kg  Ghasem Rezaei
Iran (IRI)
 Margulan Assembekov
Kazakhstan (KAZ)
 Han Tae-young
South Korea (KOR)
 Abdulmalik Aliev
Uzbekistan (UZB)
120 kg  Masoud Hashemzadeh
Iran (IRI)
 Georgiy Tsurtsumia
Kazakhstan (KAZ)
 Davyd Saldadze
Uzbekistan (UZB)
 Hirokazu Shinjo
Japan (JPN)

Women's freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg  Chiharu Icho
Japan (JPN)
 Ren Xuecheng
China (CHN)
 Neha Rathi
India (IND)
 Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal
Mongolia (MGL)
51 kg  Um Hye-jin
South Korea (KOR)
 Zhuldyz Eshimova
Kazakhstan (KAZ)
 Phạm Thị Huệ
Vietnam (VIE)
 Huang Wenjuan
China (CHN)
55 kg  Saori Yoshida
Japan (JPN)
 Saltanat Abdrakhmanova
Kazakhstan (KAZ)
 Su Ying-tzu
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
 Xu Li
China (CHN)
59 kg  Li Songni
China (CHN)
 Olga Smirnova
Kazakhstan (KAZ)
 Anita Tomar
India (IND)
 Mizuka Kajita
Japan (JPN)
63 kg  Kaori Icho
Japan (JPN)
 Badrakhyn Odonchimeg
Mongolia (MGL)
 Yelena Shalygina
Kazakhstan (KAZ)
 Hou Min-wen
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
67 kg  Mami Shinkai
Japan (JPN)
 Ochirbatyn Nasanburmaa
Mongolia (MGL)
 Darya Karpenko
Kazakhstan (KAZ)
 Zhang Fengliu
China (CHN)
72 kg  Kyoko Hamaguchi
Japan (JPN)
 Ochirbatyn Burmaa
Mongolia (MGL)
 Xu Qing
China (CHN)
 Iana Panova
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)

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