# 2008 Asian Wrestling Championships

The 2008 Asian Wrestling Championships were held in Jeju, South Korea. The event took place from March 18 to March 23, 2008.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 7 | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 2 | Iran | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | China | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | North Korea | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | India | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 10 | Mongolia | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Syria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Tajikistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 21 | 21 | 42 | 84 |

## Team ranking

| Rank | Men's freestyle | Men's freestyle | Men's Greco-Roman | Men's Greco-Roman | Women's freestyle | Women's freestyle |
| Rank | Team | Points | Team | Points | Team | Points |
| 1 | Japan | 49 | Iran | 55 | Japan | 64 |
| 2 | Iran | 48 | Kazakhstan | 50 | China | 57 |
| 3 | Mongolia | 47 | Japan | 49 | Kazakhstan | 53 |
| 4 | South Korea | 40 | Kyrgyzstan | 42 | Mongolia | 45 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 39 | South Korea | 42 | India | 40 |
| 6 | Uzbekistan | 37 | Uzbekistan | 38 | South Korea | 35 |
| 7 | China | 32 | China | 28 | Chinese Taipei | 34 |
| 8 | India | 31 | North Korea | 23 | Vietnam | 14 |
| 9 | North Korea | 24 | India | 23 | Kyrgyzstan | 10 |
| 10 | Syria | 14 | Chinese Taipei | 16 | Uzbekistan | 9 |

## Medal summary
### Men's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 55 kg | Tomohiro Matsunaga Japan | Yang Jae-hoon South Korea | Kim Sun-nam North Korea |
| 55 kg | Tomohiro Matsunaga Japan | Yang Jae-hoon South Korea | Firas Al-Rifaei Syria |
| 60 kg | Yogeshwar Dutt India | Noriyuki Takatsuka Japan | Vais Tlegenov Uzbekistan |
| 60 kg | Yogeshwar Dutt India | Noriyuki Takatsuka Japan | Morad Mohammadi Iran |
| 66 kg | Yang Chun-song North Korea | Pürevjavyn Önörbat Mongolia | Kazuhiko Ikematsu Japan |
| 66 kg | Yang Chun-song North Korea | Pürevjavyn Önörbat Mongolia | Sushil Kumar India |
| 74 kg | Cho Byung-kwan South Korea | Meisam Mostafa-Jokar Iran | Kazuyuki Nagashima Japan |
| 74 kg | Cho Byung-kwan South Korea | Meisam Mostafa-Jokar Iran | Dorjvaanchigiin Gombodorj Mongolia |
| 84 kg | Wang Ying China | Chagnaadorjiin Ganzorig Mongolia | Abdul Ammaev Uzbekistan |
| 84 kg | Wang Ying China | Chagnaadorjiin Ganzorig Mongolia | Yusup Abdusalomov Tajikistan |
| 96 kg | Kurban Kurbanov Uzbekistan | Amir Abbas Moradi Ganji Iran | Koo Tae-hyun South Korea |
| 96 kg | Kurban Kurbanov Uzbekistan | Amir Abbas Moradi Ganji Iran | Daulet Shabanbay Kazakhstan |
| 120 kg | Fardin Masoumi Iran | Marid Mutalimov Kazakhstan | Jargalsaikhany Chuluunbat Mongolia |
| 120 kg | Fardin Masoumi Iran | Marid Mutalimov Kazakhstan | Liang Lei China |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 55 kg | Hamid Sourian Iran | Cha Kwang-su North Korea | Kohei Hasegawa Japan |
| 55 kg | Hamid Sourian Iran | Cha Kwang-su North Korea | Yermek Kuketov Kazakhstan |
| 60 kg | Ruslan Tyumenbayev Kyrgyzstan | Dilshod Aripov Uzbekistan | Hideo Kitaoka Japan |
| 60 kg | Ruslan Tyumenbayev Kyrgyzstan | Dilshod Aripov Uzbekistan | Yerbol Konyratov Kazakhstan |
| 66 kg | Kim Min-chul South Korea | Kanatbek Begaliev Kyrgyzstan | Masaki Imuro Japan |
| 66 kg | Kim Min-chul South Korea | Kanatbek Begaliev Kyrgyzstan | Kim Kum-chol North Korea |
| 74 kg | Chang Yongxiang China | Daniar Kobonov Kyrgyzstan | Jung Tae-kyun South Korea |
| 74 kg | Chang Yongxiang China | Daniar Kobonov Kyrgyzstan | Mehdi Mohammadi Iran |
| 84 kg | Shingo Matsumoto Japan | Taleb Nematpour Iran | Cho Hyo-chul South Korea |
| 84 kg | Shingo Matsumoto Japan | Taleb Nematpour Iran | Andrey Samokhin Kazakhstan |
| 96 kg | Ghasem Rezaei Iran | Margulan Assembekov Kazakhstan | Han Tae-young South Korea |
| 96 kg | Ghasem Rezaei Iran | Margulan Assembekov Kazakhstan | Abdulmalik Aliev Uzbekistan |
| 120 kg | Masoud Hashemzadeh Iran | Georgiy Tsurtsumia Kazakhstan | Davyd Saldadze Uzbekistan |
| 120 kg | Masoud Hashemzadeh Iran | Georgiy Tsurtsumia Kazakhstan | Hirokazu Shinjo Japan |

### Women's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg | Chiharu Icho Japan | Ren Xuecheng China | Neha Rathi India |
| 48 kg | Chiharu Icho Japan | Ren Xuecheng China | Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal Mongolia |
| 51 kg | Um Hye-jin South Korea | Zhuldyz Eshimova Kazakhstan | Phạm Thị Huệ Vietnam |
| 51 kg | Um Hye-jin South Korea | Zhuldyz Eshimova Kazakhstan | Huang Wenjuan China |
| 55 kg | Saori Yoshida Japan | Saltanat Abdrakhmanova Kazakhstan | Su Ying-tzu Chinese Taipei |
| 55 kg | Saori Yoshida Japan | Saltanat Abdrakhmanova Kazakhstan | Xu Li China |
| 59 kg | Li Songni China | Olga Smirnova Kazakhstan | Anita Sheoran India |
| 59 kg | Li Songni China | Olga Smirnova Kazakhstan | Mizuka Kajita Japan |
| 63 kg | Kaori Icho Japan | Badrakhyn Odonchimeg Mongolia | Yelena Shalygina Kazakhstan |
| 63 kg | Kaori Icho Japan | Badrakhyn Odonchimeg Mongolia | Hou Min-wen Chinese Taipei |
| 67 kg | Mami Shinkai Japan | Ochirbatyn Nasanburmaa Mongolia | Darya Karpenko Kazakhstan |
| 67 kg | Mami Shinkai Japan | Ochirbatyn Nasanburmaa Mongolia | Zhang Fengliu China |
| 72 kg | Kyoko Hamaguchi Japan | Ochirbatyn Burmaa Mongolia | Xu Qing China |
| 72 kg | Kyoko Hamaguchi Japan | Ochirbatyn Burmaa Mongolia | Yana Panova Kyrgyzstan |

## Participating nations

210 competitors from 18 nations competed.
* China (21)
* Chinese Taipei (15)
* India (19)
* Iran (14)
* Japan (21)
* Jordan (2)
* Kazakhstan (21)
* Kyrgyzstan (12)
* Mongolia (13)
* North Korea (6)
* Philippines (2)
* Qatar (6)
* South Korea (20)
* Syria (5)
* Tajikistan (5)
* Thailand (5)
* Uzbekistan (17)
* Vietnam (6)