title: 1981 Asian Wrestling Championships
text: # 1981 Asian Wrestling Championships
  
  The 1981 Asian Wrestling Championships were held in Fortress Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan. The event took place from 1 to 4 December 1981.
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Iran | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
  | 2 | Japan | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
  | 3 | India | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
  | 4 | Iraq | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 4 | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
  
  ## Team ranking
  
  | Rank | Men's freestyle | Men's freestyle |
  | - | - | - |
  | Rank | Team | Points |
  | 1 | Iran | 57 |
  | 2 | Japan | 39 |
  | 3 | India | 39 |
  | 4 | Pakistan | 26 |
  | 5 | Iraq | 15 |
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Men's freestyle
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 48 kg | Yaghoub Najafi Iran | Sohail Rashid Pakistan | Ram Pal India |
  | 52 kg | Toshio Asakura Japan | Mahabir Singh India | Mohammad Bazmavar Iran |
  | 57 kg | Rasoul Hosseini Iran | Ashok Kumar India | Tatsuya Takita Japan |
  | 62 kg | Ahmad Rezaei Iran | Hiroshi Kaneko Japan | Gian Singh India |
  | 68 kg | Hassan Hamidi Iran | Masakazu Kamimura Japan | Om Singh India |
  | 74 kg | Mohammad Hossein Mohebbi Iran | Ali Hussein Iraq | Rajinder Singh India |
  | 82 kg | Akira Ota Japan | Jabbar Mahdioun Iran | Jagdish Kumar India |
  | 90 kg | Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi Iran | Osamu Asano Japan | Kartar Singh India |
  | 100 kg | Hashem Kolahi Iran | Satpal Singh India | Muhammad Salahuddin Pakistan |
  | +100 kg | Alireza Soleimani Iran | Hisakazu Tabata Japan | Nasir Hussein Iraq |
  
  ## Participating nations
  
  * China
  * India (10)
  * Indonesia
  * Iran (10)
  * Iraq
  * Japan (8)
  * Pakistan (10)
  