2008 Asian Wrestling Championships

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2008 Asian Championships
Host citySouth Korea Jeju, South Korea
Dates18–23 March
StadiumHalla Gymnasium
Champions
Freestyle Japan
Greco-Roman Iran
Women Japan
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The 2008 Asian Wrestling Championships were held in Jeju, South Korea. The event took place from March 18 to March 23, 2008.

Medal table[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan71715
2 Iran4329
3 China3159
4 South Korea3148
5 Kyrgyzstan1214
6 Uzbekistan1146
7 North Korea1124
8 India1034
9 Kazakhstan06612
10 Mongolia0538
11 Chinese Taipei0022
12 Syria0011
 Tajikistan0011
 Vietnam0011
Totals (14 nations)21214284

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

 South Korea

 North Korea

 Syria
60 kg Yogeshwar Dutt
 India

 Japan

 Uzbekistan
Morad Mohammadi
 Iran
66 kg Yang Chun-song
 North Korea
Pürevjavyn Önörbat
 Mongolia
Kazuhiko Ikematsu
 Japan
Sushil Kumar
 India
74 kg Cho Byung-kwan
 South Korea
Meisam Mostafa-Jokar
 Iran
Kazuyuki Nagashima
 Japan

 Mongolia
84 kg Wang Ying
 China
Chagnaadorjiin Ganzorig
 Mongolia

 Uzbekistan
Yusup Abdusalomov
 Tajikistan
96 kg Kurban Kurbanov
 Uzbekistan
Amir Abbas Moradi Ganji
 Iran

 South Korea
Daulet Shabanbay
 Kazakhstan
120 kg Fardin Masoumi
 Iran
Marid Mutalimov
 Kazakhstan
Jargalsaikhany Chuluunbat
 Mongolia
Liang Lei
 China

Men's Greco-Roman[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
55 kg Hamid Sourian
 Iran
Cha Kwang-su
 North Korea
Kohei Hasegawa
 Japan

 Kazakhstan
60 kg Ruslan Tyumenbayev
 Kyrgyzstan
Dilshod Aripov
 Uzbekistan

 Japan

 Kazakhstan
66 kg Kim Min-chul
 South Korea
Kanatbek Begaliev
 Kyrgyzstan

 Japan

 North Korea
74 kg Chang Yongxiang
 China
Daniar Kobonov
 Kyrgyzstan

 South Korea

 Iran
84 kg Shingo Matsumoto
 Japan
Taleb Nematpour
 Iran
Cho Hyo-chul
 South Korea
Andrey Samokhin
 Kazakhstan
96 kg Ghasem Rezaei
 Iran

 Kazakhstan
Han Tae-young
 South Korea

 Uzbekistan
120 kg Masoud Hashemzadeh
 Iran
Georgiy Tsurtsumia
 Kazakhstan
Davyd Saldadze
 Uzbekistan

 Japan

Women's freestyle[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg Chiharu Icho
 Japan
Ren Xuecheng
 China
Neha Rathi
 India
Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal
 Mongolia
51 kg
 South Korea
Zhuldyz Eshimova
 Kazakhstan

 Vietnam
Huang Wenjuan
 China
55 kg Saori Yoshida
 Japan

 Kazakhstan

 Chinese Taipei
Xu Li
 China
59 kg
 China
Olga Smirnova
 Kazakhstan
Anita Sheoran
 India

 Japan
63 kg Kaori Icho
 Japan
Badrakhyn Odonchimeg
 Mongolia
Yelena Shalygina
 Kazakhstan

 Chinese Taipei
67 kg
 Japan
Ochirbatyn Nasanburmaa
 Mongolia

 Kazakhstan
Zhang Fengliu
 China
72 kg Kyoko Hamaguchi
 Japan
Ochirbatyn Burmaa
 Mongolia

 China

 Kyrgyzstan

Participating nations[]

210 competitors from 18 nations competed.

References[]

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