Wrestling at the Asian Games

Wrestling at the Asian Games
Governing bodies	UWW (World) / UWWA (Asia)
Events	18 (men: 12; women: 6)
Games
1951 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Medalists

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
XX	2026	Aichi–Nagoya, Japan	Japan

Events

Men's freestyle

1954	1958	1962–1966	1970–1982	1986–1994	1998	2002–2010	2014	2018–2026
−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	2018–2026
−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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran (IRI)	80	44	38	162
2	Japan (JPN)	79	58	54	191
3	South Korea (KOR)	54	28	61	143
4	Uzbekistan (UZB)	14	17	21	52
5	India (IND)	13	17	41	71
6	Mongolia (MGL)	12	19	36	67
7	China (CHN)	11	27	35	73
8	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	11	22	33	66
9	North Korea (PRK)	8	18	16	42
10	Pakistan (PAK)	6	14	14	34
11	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	6	12	28	46
12	Bahrain (BRN)	1	0	1	2
13	Tajikistan (TJK)	0	4	4	8
14	Syria (SYR)	0	3	4	7
15	Iraq (IRQ)	0	2	3	5
16	Afghanistan (AFG)	0	2	2	4
	Philippines (PHI)	0	2	2	4
18	Vietnam (VIE)	0	1	1	2
19	Jordan (JOR)	0	1	0	1
	Lebanon (LBN)	0	1	0	1
21	Turkmenistan (TKM)	0	0	3	3
22	Indonesia (INA)	0	0	2	2
	Qatar (QAT)	0	0	2	2
Totals (23 entries)		295	292	401	988

Participating nations

Nation	54	58	62	66	70	74	78	82	86	90	94	98	02	06	10	14	18	22	26	Years
Afghanistan	1	6	7	X		6		10		X	X		8	4	4		6	3	2	14
Bahrain																	1	4	5
Bangladesh							X	3			X		2				3		2
Cambodia														4	4	4	5	14	5
China						3	X	4	X	X	X	10	14	16	17	18	18	18	18	14
Chinese Taipei	4									X	X	2	2	3		2	6	5	4	10
Hong Kong																			2	1
India	5		7	X	10	14	X	10	X	X	X	6	16	18	17	18	18	18	15	18
Indonesia			13		2			5	X		X				4	2	18	6	5
Iran		8		8	10	19		10	20	20	20	16	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	16
Iraq						12	X	5	X					11	6	5			2	8
Japan	7	8	12	8	10	18	10	10	X	X	X	16	17	14	18	18	18	18	18	19
Jordan													2	2	2	4
Kazakhstan											X	16	13	18	18	18	17	18	18	9
Kuwait																		1
Kyrgyzstan											X	12	13	18	17	15	13	15	14	9
Laos																4		1
Lebanon										X		3	1	3	2		1		1
Malaysia		2
Mongolia						10	X	5		X	X	9	11	11	11	12	12	12	15	13
Myanmar																6
Nepal												3		1	1	2	3	4	6
North Korea						5	X	9		X		7	6	8	9	9	8	8	8	12
North Yemen								4
Pakistan	5	8	8	8	9	7	X	4	X	X	X	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	19
Palestine													2	3	2	2	2	1	1
Philippines	6	6	6	X		7		4			X	6	8	7	4	2	2	3	7
Qatar													11	8	3	4	2		2
Saudi Arabia								10	X					4		3			3
Singapore																		3
South Korea	3	6	5	X	7	12	X	9	X	X	X	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	19
Sri Lanka	1		1		3		X	2		X						1	1	1	5
Syria							X	5		X	X	10	7	10	8	5	2	2	1	12
Tajikistan													6	5	8	11	9	9	9
Thailand				X	10		X					14		1	5	5	12	11	4
Timor-Leste																			1	1
Turkmenistan											X	3	7	8	11	12	10	9	6	9
United Arab Emirates														2	2
Uzbekistan											X	16	12	14	15	15	15	18	18	9
Vietnam										X	X	6	3	8	7	3	9	10	7
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	238
Number of athletes	8	7	8	10	8	11	12	17				20	24	28	28	30	29	29	32

List of medalists

Further information: List of Asian Games medalists in wrestling

References

• FILA Database