# Wrestling at the 1998 Asian Games

Wrestling was one of the many sports which was held at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand between 12 and 18 December 1998. The competition took place at Thammasat Gymnasium 1.

## Schedule

| P | Preliminary rounds | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 12th Sat | 13th Sun | 13th Sun | 14th Mon | 14th Mon | 16th Wed | 17th Thu | 17th Thu | 18th Fri | 18th Fri |
| Men's freestyle 54 kg | | | | | | P | P | F | | |
| Men's freestyle 58 kg | | | | | | | P | P | P | F |
| Men's freestyle 63 kg | | | | | | P | P | F | | |
| Men's freestyle 69 kg | | | | | | | P | P | P | F |
| Men's freestyle 76 kg | | | | | | P | P | F | | |
| Men's freestyle 85 kg | | | | | | | P | P | P | F |
| Men's freestyle 97 kg | | | | | | P | P | F | | |
| Men's freestyle 130 kg | | | | | | | P | P | P | F |
| Men's Greco-Roman 54 kg | P | P | F | | | | | | | |
| Men's Greco-Roman 58 kg | | P | P | P | F | | | | | |
| Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg | P | P | F | | | | | | | |
| Men's Greco-Roman 69 kg | | P | P | P | F | | | | | |
| Men's Greco-Roman 76 kg | P | P | F | | | | | | | |
| Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg | | P | P | P | F | | | | | |
| Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg | P | P | F | | | | | | | |
| Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg | | P | P | P | F | | | | | |

## Medalists
### Freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 54 kg details | Jin Ju-dong North Korea | Behnam Tayyebi Iran | Maulen Mamyrov Kazakhstan |
| 58 kg details | Ri Yong-sam North Korea | Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar Mongolia | Mohammad Talaei Iran |
| 63 kg details | Jang Jae-sung South Korea | Ramil Islamov Uzbekistan | Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbayar Mongolia |
| 69 kg details | Amir Tavakkolian Iran | Ahmad Al-Osta Syria | Ryusaburo Katsu Japan |
| 76 kg details | Moon Eui-jae South Korea | Kenji Koshiba Japan | Ruslan Veliyev Kazakhstan |
| 85 kg details | Alireza Heidari Iran | Rasul Katinovasov Uzbekistan | Magomed Kurugliyev Kazakhstan |
| 97 kg details | Abbas Jadidi Iran | Dolgorsürengiin Sumiyaabazar Mongolia | Soslan Fraev Uzbekistan |
| 130 kg details | Alireza Rezaei Iran | Georgy Kaysinov Uzbekistan | Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar Mongolia |

### Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 54 kg details | Sim Kwon-ho South Korea | Kang Yong-gyun North Korea | Wang Hui China |
| 58 kg details | Kim In-sub South Korea | Asliddin Khudoyberdiev Uzbekistan | Sheng Zetian China |
| 63 kg details | Choi Sang-sun South Korea | Bakhodir Kurbanov Uzbekistan | Yi Shanjun China |
| 69 kg details | Son Sang-pil South Korea | Mkhitar Manukyan Kazakhstan | Grigori Pulyaev Uzbekistan |
| 76 kg details | Bakhtiyar Baiseitov Kazakhstan | Takamitsu Katayama Japan | Kim Jung-sub South Korea |
| 85 kg details | Park Myung-suk South Korea | Raatbek Sanatbayev Kyrgyzstan | Hidekazu Yokoyama Japan |
| 97 kg details | Sergey Matviyenko Kazakhstan | Mohammad Al-Haiek Syria | Park Woo South Korea |
| 130 kg details | Mehdi Sabzali Iran | Shermuhammad Quziev Uzbekistan | Zhao Hailin China |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Iran (IRI) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | North Korea (PRK) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Mongolia (MGL) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Syria (SYR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |

## Participating nations

A total of 175 athletes from 20 nations competed in wrestling at the 1998 Asian Games:
* China (10)
* Chinese Taipei (2)
* India (6)
* Iran (16)
* Japan (16)
* Kazakhstan (16)
* Kyrgyzstan (12)
* Lebanon (3)
* Mongolia (9)
* Nepal (3)
* North Korea (7)
* Pakistan (2)
* Philippines (6)
* South Korea (16)
* Syria (10)
* Thailand (14)
* Turkmenistan (3)
* Uzbekistan (16)
* Vietnam (6)
* Yemen (2)