1983 Asian Wrestling Championships
# 1983 Asian Wrestling Championships

The 1983 Asian Wrestling Championships were held in Tehran, Iran. The event took place from November 8 to November 11, 1983.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Iran | 16 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | India | 1 | 7 | 10 | 18 |
| 4 | Pakistan | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | China | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 |

## Team ranking

| Rank | Men's freestyle | Men's freestyle | Men's Greco-Roman | Men's Greco-Roman |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Team | Points | Team | Points |
| 1 | Iran | 58 | Iran | 58 |
| 2 | India | 40 | India | 46 |
| 3 | Japan | 39 | Japan | 24 |
| 4 | China | 21 | Pakistan | 22 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 17 | | |

## Medal summary

### Men's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 48 kg | Majid Torkan Iran | Takashi Kobayashi Japan | Liang Dejin China |
| 52 kg | Yaghoub Najafi Iran | Kuldeep Singh India | Zhang Jianhua China |
| 57 kg | Askari Mohammadian Iran | Toshio Asakura Japan | Guan Bunima China |
| 62 kg | Kazuhito Sakae Japan | Mohsen Kaveh Iran | Ashok Kumar India |
| 68 kg | Khosro Pishro Iran | Kokichi Sugino Japan | Jagmander Singh India |
| 74 kg | Aziz Vagozari Iran | Naomi Higuchi Japan | Naresh Kumar India |
| 82 kg | Mohammad Hossein Mohebbi Iran | Jagdish Kumar India | Ahmed Khalil Pakistan |
| 90 kg | Mohammad Hassan Mohebbi Iran | Abdul Majeed Maruwala Pakistan | Sukhbir Singh India |
| 100 kg | Tamon Honda Japan | Hossein Golabi Iran | Kartar Singh India |
| +100 kg | Alireza Soleimani Iran | Rajinder Singh India | Hirokazu Okawa Japan |

### Men's Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 48 kg | Morteza Papinia Iran | Ram Pal India | Abid Hussain Pakistan |
| 52 kg | Ali Khani Iran | Sanaullah Pakistan | Kuldeep Singh India |
| 57 kg | Toshio Asakura Japan | Gholam Mohseni Iran | Rohtas Singh Dahiya India |
| 62 kg | Hossein Touranian Iran | Kazuhito Sakae Japan | Ashok Kumar India |
| 68 kg | Mohammad Bana Iran | Kokichi Sugino Japan | Jagmander Singh India |
| 74 kg | Mousa Tabatabaei Iran | Naresh Kumar India | Naomi Higuchi Japan |
| 82 kg | Fereydoun Behnampour Iran | Jagdish Kumar India | Muhammad Anwar Pakistan |
| 90 kg | Hassan Babak Iran | Abdul Majeed Maruwala Pakistan | Sukhbir Singh India |
| 100 kg | Kartar Singh India | Hesamoddin Jafari Iran | Khalid Ahmed Pakistan |
| +100 kg | Davoud Ayoub Iran | Rajinder Singh India | Hirokazu Okawa Japan |

## Participating nations

49 competitors from 5 nations competed.

* China (6)
* India (10)
* Iran (20)
* Japan (8)
* Pakistan (5)
