1997 ASIAN WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPSat Teheran, Iran, April 12-18
(as reported on FILA web page)
FREESTYLE RESULTS
54 kg (119 lbs.) - 1st - Judong Jin (People's Republic of Korea); 2nd - Ping Huiniu (China); 3rd - Gholam Rez Mohammadi (Iran); 4th - Jung Soon-Won (Korea); 5th - Manoj Kumar (India); 6th - Chihara Tanabe (Japan)
58 kg (127.765 lbs.) - 1st - Oyunbuleg Purevbatar (Mongolia); 2nd - Min-Kyu Seon (Korea); 3rd - Mohammed Talaee (Iran); 4th - Ri Yong-Sam (People's Republic of Korea); 5th - Damir Zachartinov (Uzbekistan); 5th - Murat Mambekov (Kazakhstan)
63 kg (138.75 lbs.) - 1st -Abbas Haji-Kenari (Iran); 2nd - Baek Jin-Keuk (Korea); 3rd - Kim Kwang-Hi (People's Republic of Korea); 4th - Tsuboi Isami (Japan); 5th - Maksat Borburbekov (Kyrgyzstan); 6th - Kai Liao (China)
69 kg (152 lbs.) - 1st - Davoud Ghanbari (Iran); 2nd - Hamad Al-Osta (Syria); 3rd - Almazbek Askarov (Kyrgyzstan); 4th - Jung Kim-Sunbg (Korea); 5th - Tegenbilige Ao (China); 6th - Igor Kupejew (Uzbekistan)
76 kg (167.54 lbs.) - 1st - Moon Eui-Jae (Korea); 2nd - Tumenulzu Munkbayar (Mongolia); 3rd - Saguid Katinovosov (Uzbekistan); 4th - Magomed Kurguliev (Kazakhstan); 5th - Nurbek Isabekov (Kyrgyzstan); 6th - Mohammed Kanie (Syria)
85 kg (187.25 lbs.) - 1st - Ali Reza Heydari (Iran); 2nd - Yan-Hyun Mo (Korea); 3rd - Soslan Fraev (Uzbekistan); 4th - Alexander Maskow (Kyrgyzstan); 5th - Tatsuo Kawai (Japan); 6th - Yi Wang-Zhong (China)
97 kg (213.75 lbs.) - 1st - Ali Reza Karegar (Iran); 2nd - Gangtogtoh Bayanmunkh (Mongolia); 3rd - Islam Bairamukov (Kazkahstan); 4th - Kim Tae-Ho (Korea); 5th - Tumongke Ba (China); 6th - Hikoshi Kosoji (Japan)
125 kg (275.5 lbs.) - 1st - Ebrahim Mehraban (Iran); 2nd - Hiiroyuki Obata (Japan); 3rd - Jakdish Sing (India); 4th - So Kim-Kil (Korea); 5th - Hossein Sayed Taqi (Afghanistan); 6th - Sergei Nepomnischi (Kazakhstan)
Freestyle Medal Count: Iran, 7 (5 gold-0 silver-2 bronze); Korea, 4 (1-3-0); Mongolia, 3 (1-2-0); People's Republic of Korea, 2 (1-0-1); Uzbekistan, 2 (0-0-2); Japan, 1 (0-1-0); China, 1 (0-1-0); Syria (0-1-0); Kyrgyzstan, 1 (0-0-1); Kazakhstan, 1 (0-0-1); India, 1 (0-0-1)
GRECO-ROMAN RESULTS
54 kg (119 lbs.) - 1st - Dilshot Aripov (Uzbekistan); 2nd - Nurum Dusenov (Kazakhstan); 3rd - Kang Jing-Jang (People's Republic of Korea); 4th - Bahman Tayebi-Kermani (Iran); 5th - Yuwei Han (China); 6th - Masatsune Sasaki (Japan)
58 kg (127.765 lbs.) - 1st -Juri Melnitchenko (Kazakhstan); 2nd - Kim In-Sub (Korea); 3rd - Mehdi Nassiri (Iran); 4th - Haibo Zheng (China); 5th - Damir Tchynjew (Kyrgyzstan; 6th - Deva Nand (India)
63 kg (138.75 lbs.) - 1st - Machidar Manukyan (Armenia); 2nd - Yasutoshi Motoki (Japan); 3rd - Park Jin-Young (Korea); 4th - Il Ryu-Myong (People's Republic of Korea); 5th - Aslaudin Kuboiberdiev (Uzbekistan); 6th - Nurjan Jussupov (Kyrgyzstan)
69 kg (152 lbs.) - 1st - Choi Sang-Sun (Korea); 2nd - Grigori Puljew (Uzbekistan); 3rd - Andrej Nikiforov (Kazakhstan); 4th - Il Jong-Kang (People's Republic of Korea); 5th - Saijad Shabazi (Iran); 6th - Ayoub Yahya (Syria)
76 kg (167.54 lbs.) - 1st - Takamitsu Katayama (Japan); 2nd - Bisolt Deciev (Kyrgyzstan); 3rd - Han Chae-Ho (Korea); 4th - Ruslan Biktjakov (Uzbekistan); 5th - Ali Rasouli (Iran); 6th - Mohammed Ken (Syria)
85 kg (187.25 lbs.) - 1st - Park Myung-Seok (Korea); 2nd - Ratbek Sanatbajev (Kyrgyzstan); 3rd - Yari Behrouz (Iran); 4th - Zafarchon Achilov (Uzbrekistan); 5th - Hidetoshi Sasaki (Japan); 6th - Mohammed Mando (Syria)
97 kg (213.75 lbs.) - 1st - Yanchuan Ba (China); 2nd - Roman Wegl (Kazakhstan); 3rd - Daryoosh Ghalavand (Iran); 4th - Lee Yong-Duk (Korea); 5th - Koji Yoshida (Japan); 6th - Rozy Redjekov (Turkmenistan)
125 kg (275.5 lbs.) - 1st - Yang Young-Jin (Korea); 2nd - Sjurat Sadiev (Uzbekistan); 3rd - Sabzali (Iran); 4th - Hirotoshi Segawa (Japan); 5th - Zhao Hai-Lin (China); 6th - Ariel Bugagao (Philippines)
Greco-Roman Medal Count: Korea, 6 (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze); Kazakhstan, 5 (1-2-1); Iran, 4 (0-0-4); Uzbekistan, 3 (1-2-0); Japan, 2 (1-1-0); Kyrgyzstan, 2 (0-2-0); China, 1 (1-0-0); Armenia, 1 (1-0-0); People's Republic of Korea, 1 (0-0-1)