1996 Asian Wrestling Championships
| 1996 Asian Championships | |
|---|---|
| Host city |
 Xiaoshan, China |
| Dates | April 4–10 |
| Champions | |
| Freestyle |
 Iran |
| Greco-Roman |
.svg.png){kind=small} South Korea |
| Women |
 Japan |
The 1996 Asian Wrestling Championships were held in Xiaoshan, China. The event took place from April 4 to April 10, 1996. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 1996 Summer Olympics wrestling tournament.
The first women's tournament was an open competition, an American wrestler Tricia Saunders was the only non-Asian wrestler in competition and won the gold.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 8 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 2 | South Korea | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 |  Kazakhstan | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 4 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 5 |  Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | China | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 |  North Korea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 |  Syria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 |  Chinese Taipei | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 |  Mongolia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | .svg.png){kind=small} Turkmenistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 |  Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | .svg.png){kind=small} Philippines | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 29 | 29 | 28 | 86 | |
Team ranking
| Rank | Men's freestyle | Men's Greco-Roman | Women's freestyle | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Points | Team | Points | Team | Points | |
| 1 | Iran | 78 | South Korea | 83 | Japan | 87 |
| 2 | South Korea | 69 | China | 71 | Chinese Taipei | 76 |
| 3 | Japan | 66 | Kazakhstan | 70 | China | 45 |
| 4 | Uzbekistan | 59 | Japan | 68 | Philippines | 22 |
| 5 | Mongolia | 50 | Uzbekistan | Kazakhstan | 15 | |
Medal summary
Men's freestyle
Men's Greco-Roman
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg | Sim Kwon-ho South Korea (KOR) |
Kang Yong-gyun North Korea (PRK) |
Hiroshi Kado Japan (JPN) |
| 54 kg | Khaled Al-Faraj Syria (SYR) |
Ha Tae-yeon South Korea (KOR) |
Sherzod Khudoyberdiev Uzbekistan (UZB) |
| 57 kg | Yuriy Melnichenko Kazakhstan (KAZ) |
Kenkichi Nishimi Japan (JPN) |
Sheng Zetian China (CHN) |
| 62 kg | Choi Sang-sun South Korea (KOR) |
Ahad Pazaj Iran (IRI) |
Hu Guohong China (CHN) |
| 68 kg | Son Sang-pil South Korea (KOR) |
Grigori Pulyaev Uzbekistan (UZB) |
Yasushi Miyake Japan (JPN) |
| 74 kg | Kim Jin-soo South Korea (KOR) |
Takamitsu Katayama Japan (JPN) |
Bakhtiyar Baiseitov Kazakhstan (KAZ) |
| 82 kg | Daulet Turlykhanov Kazakhstan (KAZ) |
Park Myung-suk South Korea (KOR) |
Raatbek Sanatbayev Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) |
| 90 kg | Sergey Matviyenko Kazakhstan (KAZ) |
Rozy Rejepov Turkmenistan (TKM) |
Ueon Jin-han South Korea (KOR) |
| 100 kg | Anatoly Fedorenko Kazakhstan (KAZ) |
Ba Yanchuan China (CHN) |
Takashi Nonomura Japan (JPN) |
| 130 kg | Liu Guoke China (CHN) |
Kenichi Suzuki Japan (JPN) |
Shermuhammad Quziev Uzbekistan (UZB) |
Women's freestyle
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44 kg | Shoko Yoshimura Japan (JPN) |
Chiu Jui-fen Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
Cristina Villanueva Philippines (PHI) |
| 47 kg | Miho Adachi Japan (JPN) |
Zhong Xiue China (CHN) |
Chang Wen-hsia Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
| 50 kg | Tricia Saunders United States (USA) |
Kozue Kimura Japan (JPN) |
Liu Hongmei China (CHN) |
| 53 kg | Ryoko Sakae Japan (JPN) |
Huang Chiu-yueh Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
Gemma Silverio Philippines (PHI) |
| 57 kg | Mariko Shimizu Japan (JPN) |
Huang Chia-chi Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
Svetlana Volkova Kazakhstan (KAZ) |
| 61 kg | Mikiko Miyazaki Japan (JPN) |
Kong Yan China (CHN) |
Huang Wan-ling Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
| 65 kg | Yayoi Urano Japan (JPN) |
Wang Chaoli China (CHN) |
Wu Huei-li Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
| 70 kg | Kyoko Hamaguchi Japan (JPN) |
Lee Yen-hiu Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
None awarded |
| 75 kg | Liu Dongfeng China (CHN) |
Sha Ling-li Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
Reiko Sumiya Japan (JPN) |
References
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