The 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships were held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from April 19 to 24, and were the 35th edition of the Asian Wrestling Championships of combined events, we take a look at the final results, medal winners, team rankings, and medal table
Asian Wrestling Championships culminated with only one gold medal for Indian wrestler team. However, Indian wrestlers grabbed a total of 17 medals to finish the tournament with high spirits.
2022 Asian Wrestling Championships Schedule, Dates, And Venue
2022 Asian Wrestling Championships consisted of wrestling matches in Freestyle, Greco-Roman, and Women Category in various weight categories. The tournament went on as per the following schedule:
| Date | Time | Event |
| 19 April | 11.30,14.30 | Qualification rounds and repechage Greco-Roman: 55,63,77,87,130 kg |
| 18.00,21.00 | Finals Greco-Roman: 55,63,77,87,130 kg | |
| 20 April | 11.30,14.30 | Qualification rounds and repechage Greco-Roman: 60,67,72,82,97 kg |
| 18.00,21.00 | Finals Greco-Roman: 60,67,72,82,97 kg | |
| 21 April | 11.30,14.00 | Qualification rounds and repechage Women : 50,55,59,68,76kg |
| 18.00,21.00 | Finals Women : 50,55,59,68,76kg | |
| 22 April | 11.30,14.00 | Qualification rounds and repechage Women : 53,57,62,65,72kg |
| 18.00,21.00 | Finals Women : 53,57,62,65,72kg | |
| 23 April | 11.30,14.00 | Qualification rounds and repechage Freestyle : 57,65,70,79,97kg |
| 18.00,21.00 | Finals Freestyle : 57,65,70,79,97kg | |
| 24 April | 11.30,14.00 | Qualification rounds and repechage Freestyle : 61,74,86,92,125kg |
| 18.00,21.00 | Finals Freestyle : 61,74,86,92,125kg |
Asian Wrestling Championships 2022 Medal Table, Results, Indian Medals Winners And Team Rankings
Ravi Dahiya won the 2022 Asian Wrestling Championship gold medal after defeating Kazakhstan’s Rakhat Kalzhan in the final of Men’s Freestyle 57kg category. Meanwhile, Bajrang Punia finished second in the 65kg division after losing 1-3 against Iran’s Rahman Amouzadkhalili.
2022 Asian Wrestling Championships Men’s Freestyle Medal Winners
| Men’s Freestyle | |||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 57 kg | Ravi Kumar Dahiya | Rakhat Kalzhan | Rikuto Arai |
| Almaz Smanbekov | |||
| 61 kg | Rei Higuchi | Darioush Gholizadeh | Ulukbek Zholdoshbekov |
| Akbar Kurbanov | |||
| 65 kg | Rahman Amouzad | Bajrang Punia | Kaiki Yamaguchi |
| Abbos Rakhmonov | |||
| 70 kg | Taishi Narikuni | Ernazar Akmataliev | Naveen Naveen |
| Syrbaz Talgat | |||
| 74 kg | Younes Emami | Nurkozha Kaipanov | Daichi Takatani |
| Islambek Orozbekov | |||
| 79 kg | Ali Savadkouhi | Gourav Baliyan | Arsalan Budazhapov |
| Yudai Takahashi | |||
| 86 kg | Azamat Dauletbekov | Deepak Punia | Bobur Islomov |
| Mohsen Mostafavi | |||
| 92 kg | Amirhossein Firouzpour | Orgilokh Dagvadorj | Adilet Davlumbayev |
| Viky Viky | |||
| 97 kg | Mohammad Hossein Mohammadian | Ölziisaikhany Batzul | Mamed Ibragimov |
| Satyawart Kadian | |||
| 125 kg | Yadollah Mohebbi | Alisher Yergali | Jung Yei-hyun |
| Batmagnai Enkhtüvshin | |||
2022 Asian Wrestling Championships Team Rankings
In the Men’s Freestyle category, Indians wrestlers produced a series of strong performers, which helped India finish second in the team rankings with 152 points. Japan stood first in the rankings with 201 points.
| Men’s freestyle | ||
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 1 | Iran | 201 |
| 2 | India | 152 |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 151 |
| 4 | Japan | 140 |
| 5 | Mongolia | 115 |
| 6 | Kyrgyzstan | 104 |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | 100 |
| 8 | South Korea | 79 |
| 9 | Turkmenistan | 46 |
| 10 | Bahrain | 20 |
2022 Asian Wrestling Championships Medals Table
We take a look at the leading countries in medal table of 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships. Japan and Iran dominated the tournament with 10 gold medals each. Indian wrestlers amassed a total of 17 medals including 1 gold medal and 11 bronze medals.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 10 | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 2 | Iran | 10 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 8 | 8 | 21 |
| 4 | Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | India | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 |
| 6 | Mongolia | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 8 | South Korea | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | 30 | 30 | 51 | 111 | |
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