1997 Asian Wrestling Championships

The following is the final results of the 1997 Asian Wrestling Championships being held in Iran and Taiwan.

1997 Asian Wrestling Championships
Freestyle
Host cityIran Tehran, Iran
Dates12–14 April 1997
StadiumAzadi Indoor Stadium
Greco-Roman
Host cityIran Tehran, Iran
Dates16–18 April 1997
StadiumAzadi Indoor Stadium
Women
Host cityTaiwan Taipei, Taiwan
Dates20–21 June 1997
Champions
Freestyle Iran
Greco-Roman South Korea
Women Japan
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1999 →

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Japan64313
2  Iran50611
3  South Korea45211
4  Kazakhstan2226
5  Uzbekistan1225
6  Mongolia1203
7  China1102
8  North Korea1023
9  Turkmenistan1001
10  Chinese Taipei0336
11  Kyrgyzstan0213
12  Syria0101
13  India0011
Totals (13 entries)22222266

Team ranking edit

Rank Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle
Team Points Team Points Team Points
1   Iran 70   South Korea 65   Japan 55
2   South Korea 65   Kazakhstan 56   Chinese Taipei 51
3   Japan 40   Iran 54   Turkmenistan 29
4   Kazakhstan 37   Uzbekistan 51   South Korea 21
5   China 33   Japan 47   Philippines 18

Medal summary edit

Men's freestyle edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
54 kg Jin Ju-dong
  North Korea
Niu Pinghui
  China
Gholamreza Mohammadi
  Iran
58 kg Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar
  Mongolia
Seo Min-kyu
  South Korea
Mohammad Talaei
  Iran
63 kg Abbas Hajkenari
  Iran
Baek Jin-kuk
  South Korea
Kim Kwang-il
  North Korea
69 kg Davoud Ghanbari
  Iran
Ahmad Al-Osta
  Syria
Almaz Askarov
  Kyrgyzstan
76 kg Moon Eui-jae
  South Korea
Tümen-Ölziin Mönkhbayar
  Mongolia
Sagid Katinovasov
  Uzbekistan
85 kg Alireza Heidari
  Iran
Yang Hyung-mo
  South Korea
Soslan Fraev
  Uzbekistan
97 kg Abdolreza Kargar
  Iran
Bayanmönkhiin Gantogtokh
  Mongolia
Islam Bayramukov
  Kazakhstan
125 kg Ebrahim Mehraban
  Iran
Hiroyuki Obata
  Japan
Jagdish Singh
  India

Men's Greco-Roman edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
54 kg Dilshod Aripov
  Uzbekistan
Nurym Dyusenov
  Kazakhstan
Kang Yong-gyun
  North Korea
58 kg Yuriy Melnichenko
  Kazakhstan
Kim In-sub
  South Korea
Mehdi Nassiri
  Iran
63 kg Mkhitar Manukyan
  Kazakhstan
Yasutoshi Motoki
  Japan
Park Young-shin
  South Korea
69 kg Choi Sang-sun
  South Korea
Grigori Pulyaev
  Uzbekistan
Andrey Nikiforov
  Kazakhstan
76 kg Takamitsu Katayama
  Japan
Bisolt Dezeev
  Kyrgyzstan
Han Chee-ho
  South Korea
85 kg Park Myung-suk
  South Korea
Raatbek Sanatbayev
  Kyrgyzstan
Behrouz Jamshidi
  Iran
97 kg Ba Yanchuan
  China
Roman Vegl
  Kazakhstan
Dariush Ghalavand
  Iran
125 kg Yang Young-jin
  South Korea
Shuhrat Sadiev
  Uzbekistan
Mehdi Sabzali
  Iran

Women's freestyle edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
46 kg Shoko Yoshimura
  Japan
Yukie Umeda
  Japan
Wu Li-chuan
  Chinese Taipei
51 kg Seiko Yamamoto
  Japan
Huang Chiu-yueh
  Chinese Taipei
Yuka Tsuji
  Japan
56 kg Yuka Mitadera
  Japan
Chie Sawada
  Japan
Lin Chin-miao
  Chinese Taipei
62 kg Ari Suzuki
  Japan
Huang Wan-ling
  Chinese Taipei
Tomoe Miyamoto
  Japan
68 kg Nadežda Želtakowa
  Turkmenistan
Wu Huei-li
  Chinese Taipei
Chieko Miyamoto
  Japan
75 kg Reiko Sumiya
  Japan
Chae Soo-jung
  South Korea
Sha Ling-li
  Chinese Taipei

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