1997 Asian Wrestling Championships

1997 Asian Wrestling Championships
1997 Asian Wrestling Championships
Men
Host city	Tehran, Iran
Dates	12–18 April 1997
Stadium	Azadi Indoor Stadium
Women
Host city	Taipei, Taiwan
Dates	20–21 June 1997
Champions
Freestyle	Iran
Greco-Roman	South Korea
Women	Japan
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The following is the final results of the 1997 Asian Wrestling Championships being held in Iran and Taiwan.

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	6	4	3	13
2	Iran	5	0	6	11
3	South Korea	4	5	2	11
4	Kazakhstan	2	2	2	6
5	Uzbekistan	1	2	2	5
6	Mongolia	1	2	0	3
7	China	1	1	0	2
8	North Korea	1	0	2	3
9	Turkmenistan	1	0	0	1
10	Chinese Taipei	0	3	3	6
11	Kyrgyzstan	0	2	1	3
12	Syria	0	1	0	1
13	India	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		22	22	22	66

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman		Women's freestyle
Rank	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

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

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

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

Medal table