2008 Asian Wrestling Championships

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

2008 Asian Wrestling Championships
Host citySouth Korea Jeju, South Korea
Dates18–23 March 2008
StadiumHalla Gymnasium
Champions
Freestyle Japan
Greco-Roman Iran
Women Japan
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Medal table edit

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 entries)21214284

Team ranking edit

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 edit

Men's freestyle edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
55 kg Tomohiro Matsunaga
  Japan
Yang Jae-hoon
  South Korea
Kim Sun-nam
  North Korea
Firas Al-Rifaei
  Syria
60 kg Yogeshwar Dutt
  India
Noriyuki Takatsuka
  Japan
Vais Tlegenov
  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
Dorjvaanchigiin Gombodorj
  Mongolia
84 kg Wang Ying
  China
Chagnaadorjiin Ganzorig
  Mongolia
Abdul Ammaev
  Uzbekistan
Yusup Abdusalomov
  Tajikistan
96 kg Kurban Kurbanov
  Uzbekistan
Amir Abbas Moradi Ganji
  Iran
Koo Tae-hyun
  South Korea
Daulet Shabanbay
  Kazakhstan
120 kg Fardin Masoumi
  Iran
Marid Mutalimov
  Kazakhstan
Jargalsaikhany Chuluunbat
  Mongolia
Liang Lei
  China

Men's Greco-Roman edit

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

Women's freestyle edit

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

Participating nations edit

210 competitors from 18 nations competed.

References edit