title: Wrestling at the 2002 Asian Games
text: # Wrestling at the 2002 Asian Games
  
  Wrestling was one of the many sports which was held at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea between 2 and 8 October 2002. The competition took place at Yangsan Gymnasium.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  | ● | Round | ● | Last round | P | Preliminary rounds | F | Semifinals & Finals |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Event↓/Date → | 2nd Wed | 3rd Thu | 3rd Thu | 4th Fri | 4th Fri | 6th Sun | 7th Mon | 7th Mon | 8th Tue | 8th Tue |
  | Men's freestyle 55 kg | | | | | | P | F | F | | |
  | Men's freestyle 60 kg | | | | | | | P | P | P | F |
  | Men's freestyle 66 kg | | | | | | P | F | F | | |
  | Men's freestyle 74 kg | | | | | | | P | P | P | F |
  | Men's freestyle 84 kg | | | | | | P | F | F | | |
  | Men's freestyle 96 kg | | | | | | | P | P | P | F |
  | Men's freestyle 120 kg | | | | | | P | P | F | | |
  | Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg | P | P | F | | | | | | | |
  | Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg | | P | P | P | F | | | | | |
  | Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg | P | F | F | | | | | | | |
  | Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg | | P | P | P | F | | | | | |
  | Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg | P | P | F | | | | | | | |
  | Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg | | P | P | P | F | | | | | |
  | Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg | P | P | F | | | | | | | |
  | Women's freestyle 48 kg | P | F | F | | | | | | | |
  | Women's freestyle 55 kg | | | | | | ● | ● | ● | | |
  | Women's freestyle 63 kg | | P | P | P | F | | | | | |
  | Women's freestyle 72 kg | | | | | | | ● | ● | ● | ● |
  
  ## Medalists
  
  ### Men's freestyle
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 55 kg details | Dilshod Mansurov Uzbekistan | Chikara Tanabe Japan | Mohammad Rezaei Iran |
  | 60 kg details | Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar Mongolia | Song Jae-myung South Korea | Ulan Nadyrbek Uulu Kyrgyzstan |
  | 66 kg details | Baek Jin-kuk South Korea | Alireza Dabir Iran | Norjingiin Bayarmagnai Mongolia |
  | 74 kg details | Cho Byung-kwan South Korea | Yusup Abdusalomov Tajikistan | Mehdi Hajizadeh Iran |
  | 84 kg details | Moon Eui-jae South Korea | Magomed Kurugliyev Kazakhstan | Shamil Aliev Tajikistan |
  | 96 kg details | Alireza Heidari Iran | Aleksey Krupnyakov Kyrgyzstan | Magomed Ibragimov Uzbekistan |
  | 120 kg details | Artur Taymazov Uzbekistan | Abbas Jadidi Iran | Palwinder Singh Cheema India |
  
  ### Men's Greco-Roman
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 55 kg details | Asset Imanbayev Kazakhstan | Kang Yong-gyun North Korea | Uran Kalilov Kyrgyzstan |
  | 60 kg details | Kang Kyung-il South Korea | Dilshod Aripov Uzbekistan | Makoto Sasamoto Japan |
  | 66 kg details | Kim In-sub South Korea | Daniar Kobonov Kyrgyzstan | Kim Yun-mo North Korea |
  | 74 kg details | Kim Jin-soo South Korea | Danil Khalimov Kazakhstan | Parviz Zeidvand Iran |
  | 84 kg details | Shingo Matsumoto Japan | Kim Jung-sub South Korea | Mohammad Al-Ken Syria |
  | 96 kg details | Aleksey Cheglakov Uzbekistan | Park Myung-suk South Korea | Masoud Hashemzadeh Iran |
  | 120 kg details | Georgiy Tsurtsumia Kazakhstan | Yang Young-jin South Korea | Alireza Gharibi Iran |
  
  ### Women's freestyle
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 48 kg details | Zhong Xiue China | Lidiya Karamchakova Tajikistan | Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal Mongolia |
  | 55 kg details | Saori Yoshida Japan | Lee Na-lae South Korea | Naidangiin Otgonjargal Mongolia |
  | 63 kg details | Xu Haiyan China | Kaori Icho Japan | Ochirbatyn Myagmarsüren Mongolia |
  | 72 kg details | Kyoko Hamaguchi Japan | Kang Min-jeong South Korea | Yana Panova Kyrgyzstan |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
  | 2 | Japan (JPN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
  | 3 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
  | 4 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
  | 5 | China (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 6 | Iran (IRI) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
  | 7 | Mongolia (MGL) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
  | 8 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
  | 9 | Tajikistan (TJK) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
  | 10 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 11 | India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 11 | Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 |
  
  ## Participating nations
  
  A total of 196 athletes from 24 nations competed in wrestling at the 2002 Asian Games:
  
  * Afghanistan (8)
  * Bangladesh (2)
  * China (14)
  * Chinese Taipei (2)
  * India (16)
  * Iran (14)
  * Japan (17)
  * Jordan (2)
  * Kazakhstan (13)
  * Kyrgyzstan (13)
  * Lebanon (1)
  * Mongolia (11)
  * North Korea (6)
  * Pakistan (2)
  * Palestine (2)
  * Philippines (8)
  * Qatar (11)
  * South Korea (17)
  * Syria (7)
  * Tajikistan (6)
  * Turkmenistan (7)
  * Uzbekistan (12)
  * Vietnam (3)
  * Yemen (2)
  