1979 Asian Wrestling Championships

Host City Jalandhar
Country IND
Held 8 – 11 November 1979
Competitors 29
Countries 6

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Freestyle -48 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -52 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -57 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -62 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -68 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -74 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -82 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -90 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -100 kg Men — Medal 3 3
Freestyle -+100 kg Men — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Japan JPN 5 1 1 7
2 Iran IRI 4 2 3 9
3 Pakistan PAK 1 0 1 2
4 India IND 0 6 2 8
5 South Korea KOR 0 1 2 3
6 China CHN 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Freestyle -48 kg, Men Takashi Irie JPN Mahabir Singh IND Sobhan Rouhi IRI
Freestyle -52 kg, Men Masaki Motozawa JPN Ashok Kumar IND Ji Yong-Hong KOR
Freestyle -57 kg, Men Muhammad Azeem PAK Rasoul Hosseini IRI Gian Singh IND
Freestyle -62 kg, Men Tsuneo Taga JPN Ali Abdoli IRI Yang Jeong-Mo KOR
Freestyle -68 kg, Men Akira Miyahara JPN Jagmander Singh IND Jahandar Abdolbagher IRI
Freestyle -74 kg, Men Mohamed Hossein Mohebbi IRI Go Jin-Won KOR Rajinder Singh IND
Freestyle -82 kg, Men Jabbar Mahdioun IRI Masaru Motegi JPN Wang Yaowei CHN
Freestyle -90 kg, Men Mohamed Hossein Mohebbi IRI Budh Singh IND Akira Suzuki JPN
Freestyle -+100 kg, Men Reza Sokhtesaraie IRI Satpal Singh IND Muhammad Salah-ud-din PAK
Freestyle -100 kg, Men Yoshiaki Yatsu JPN Kartar Dhillon Singh IND Ali Reza Soleimani IRI