Wrestling at the Asian Games

Wrestling has been an event at the Asian Games since 1954 in Manila, Philippines. Since the 1986 Asian Games Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the Games programme.

Editions

Games Year Host city Best nation
II 1954 Manila, Philippines  Japan
III 1958 Tokyo, Japan  Japan
IV 1962 Jakarta, Indonesia  Japan
V 1966 Bangkok, Thailand  Japan
VI 1970 Bangkok, Thailand  Iran
VII 1974 Tehran, Iran  Iran
VIII 1978 Bangkok, Thailand  Japan
IX 1982 New Delhi, India  Japan
X 1986 Seoul, South Korea  South Korea
XI 1990 Beijing, China  South Korea
XII 1994 Hiroshima, Japan  South Korea
XIII 1998 Bangkok, Thailand  South Korea
XIV 2002 Busan, South Korea  South Korea
XV 2006 Doha, Qatar  South Korea
XVI 2010 Guangzhou, China  Iran
XVII 2014 Incheon, South Korea  Iran
XVIII 2018 Jakarta–Palembang, Indonesia  Iran
XIX 2022 Hangzhou, China  Iran

Events

Men's freestyle

1954 1958 1962–1966 1970–1982 1986–1994 1998 2002–2010 2014 2018–2022
−52 kg −48 kg −54 kg −55 kg −57 kg
48–52 kg
52–57 kg
54–58 kg
55–60 kg
57–62 kg 57–63 kg 57–62 kg 57–61 kg 57–65 kg
58–63 kg
60–66 kg
61–65 kg
62–67 kg 62–68 kg
63–70 kg 63–69 kg
65–70 kg 65–74 kg
66–74 kg
67–73 kg
68–74 kg
69–76 kg
70–78 kg 70–74 kg
73–79 kg
74–82 kg 74–84 kg 74–86 kg
76–85 kg
78–87 kg
79–87 kg
82–90 kg
84–96 kg
85–97 kg
86–97 kg
+87 kg 87–97 kg
90–100 kg
96–120 kg
+97 kg 97–130 kg 97–125 kg
+100 kg 100–130 kg
7 8 8 10 10 8 7 8 6

Women's freestyle

2002–2010 2014 2018–2022
−48 kg −50 kg
48–55 kg
50–53 kg
53–57 kg
55–63 kg
57–62 kg
62–68 kg
63–72 kg 63–75 kg
68–76 kg
4 4 6

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Iran (IRI)744437155
2 Japan (JPN)725450176
3 South Korea (KOR)542860142
4 Uzbekistan (UZB)13142047
5 Mongolia (MGL)12193263
6 Kazakhstan (KAZ)11212759
7 India (IND)11153965
8 China (CHN)10262864
9 North Korea (PRK)8131637
10 Pakistan (PAK)6141434
11 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)5112339
12 Bahrain (BRN)1001
13 Syria (SYR)0347
14 Tajikistan (TJK)0325
15 Afghanistan (AFG)0224
 Iraq (IRQ)0224
 Philippines (PHI)0224
18 Vietnam (VIE)0112
19 Jordan (JOR)0101
 Lebanon (LBN)0101
21 Turkmenistan (TKM)0033
22 Indonesia (INA)0022
23 Qatar (QAT)0011
Totals (23 entries)277274365916

Participating nations

Nation 54 58 62 66 70 74 78 82 86 90 94 98 02 06 10 14 18 22 Years
 Afghanistan 1 6 7 X 6 10 X X 8 4 4 6 3 13
 Bahrain 1 4
 Bangladesh X 3 X 2 3
 Cambodia 4 4 4 5 14
 China 3 X 4 X X X 10 14 16 17 18 18 18 13
 Chinese Taipei 4 X X 2 2 3 2 6 5
 India 5 7 X 10 14 X 10 X X X 6 16 18 17 18 18 18 17
 Indonesia 13 2 5 X X 4 2 18 6
 Iran 8 8 10 19 10 20 20 20 16 14 14 14 14 12 12 15
 Iraq 12 X 5 X 11 6 5 7
 Japan 7 8 12 8 10 18 10 10 X X X 16 17 14 18 18 18 18 18
 Jordan 2 2 2 4
 Kazakhstan X 16 13 18 18 18 17 18 8
 Kuwait 1
 Kyrgyzstan X 12 13 18 17 15 13 15 8
 Laos 4 1
 Lebanon X 3 1 3 2 1
 Malaysia 2
 Mongolia 10 X 5 X X 9 11 11 11 12 12 12 12
 Myanmar 6
 Nepal 3 1 1 2 3 4
 North Korea 5 X 9 X 7 6 8 9 9 8 8 11
 North Yemen 4
 Pakistan 5 8 8 8 9 7 X 4 X X X 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 18
 Palestine 2 3 2 2 2 1
 Philippines 6 6 6 X 7 4 X 6 8 7 4 2 2 3
 Qatar 11 8 3 4 2
 Saudi Arabia 10 X 4 3
 Singapore 3
 South Korea 3 6 5 X 7 12 X 9 X X X 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 18
 Sri Lanka 1 1 3 X 2 X 1 1 1
 Syria X 5 X X 10 7 10 8 5 2 2 11
 Tajikistan 6 5 8 11 9 9
 Thailand X 10 X 14 1 5 5 12 11
 Turkmenistan X 3 7 8 11 12 10 9 8
 United Arab Emirates 2 2
 Uzbekistan X 16 12 14 15 15 15 18 8
 Vietnam X X 6 3 8 7 3 9 10
 Yemen X 2 2 3 3 4 1
Number of nations 32 44 59 61 61 113 70 109 175 196 236 233 239 249 247
Number of athletes 8 7 8 10 8 11 12 17 20 24 28 28 30 29 29

List of medalists

Further information: List of Asian Games medalists in wrestling

References