Wrestling at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's freestyle 74 kg

Men's freestyle 74 kg at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Yangsan Gymnasium
Date	October 7, 2002 (2002-10-07)–October 8, 2002 (2002-10-08)
Competitors	14 from 14 nations
Medalists
Cho Byung-kwan   South Korea   Yusup Abdusalomov   Tajikistan   Mehdi Hajizadeh   Iran
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Wrestling at the 2002 Asian Games
Freestyle		Greco-Roman
	55 kg		55 kg
	60 kg		60 kg
	66 kg		66 kg
	74 kg		74 kg
	84 kg		84 kg
	96 kg		96 kg
	120 kg		120 kg
Women
	48 kg		63 kg
	55 kg		72 kg

The men's freestyle 74 kg wrestling competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 7 October and 8 October at the Yangsan Gymnasium.

The competition held with an elimination system of three or four wrestlers in each pool, with the winners qualify for the semifinals and final by way of direct elimination.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Results

Legend

• PA — Injury default
• PO — Victory by points, the loser without technical points
• PP — Victory by points, the loser with technical points
• ST — Technical superiority, 10 points difference, the loser without points
• TO — Victory by fall

Preliminary

Pool 1

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Cho Byung-kwan (KOR)	2	2	0	7	16
Almazbek Askarov (KGZ)	2	1	1	4	2
Abbas Saeed (QAT)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Cho Byung-kwan (KOR)	6–0	Almazbek Askarov (KGZ)	3–0 PO
Abbas Saeed (QAT)	0–10	Cho Byung-kwan (KOR)	0–4 ST
Almazbek Askarov (KGZ)	2–0	Abbas Saeed (QAT)	4–0 TO

Pool 2

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Si Riguleng (CHN)	2	2	0	6	12
Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR)	2	1	1	4	4
Shirjan Ahmadi (AFG)	2	0	2	2	3

	Score		CP
Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR)	1–5	Si Riguleng (CHN)	1–3 PP
Shirjan Ahmadi (AFG)	1–3	Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR)	1–3 PP
Si Riguleng (CHN)	7–2	Shirjan Ahmadi (AFG)	3–1 PP

Pool 3

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK)	3	2	1	8	15
Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	3	2	1	8	14
Kunihiko Obata (JPN)	3	2	1	8	10
Marciano Basas (PHI)	3	0	3	0	0

	Score		CP
Marciano Basas (PHI)	0–10	Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	0–4 ST
Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK)	5–2	Kunihiko Obata (JPN)	3–1 PP
Marciano Basas (PHI)	0–9	Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK)	0–4 TO
Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	1–3	Kunihiko Obata (JPN)	1–3 PP
Marciano Basas (PHI)	0–5	Kunihiko Obata (JPN)	0–4 PA
Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	3–1	Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK)	3–1 PP

Pool 4

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	3	3	0	9	23
Sujeet Maan (IND)	3	2	1	8	11
Battuyaagiin Batchuluun (MGL)	3	1	2	5	8
Muhammad Ali (PAK)	3	0	3	1	5

	Score		CP
Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	8–2	Muhammad Ali (PAK)	3–1 PP
Sujeet Maan (IND)	3–2	Battuyaagiin Batchuluun (MGL)	3–1 PP
Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	9–1	Sujeet Maan (IND)	3–1 PP
Muhammad Ali (PAK)	3–6	Battuyaagiin Batchuluun (MGL)	0–4 TO
Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	6–0	Battuyaagiin Batchuluun (MGL)	3–0 PO
Muhammad Ali (PAK)	0–7	Sujeet Maan (IND)	0–4 TO

Knockout round

	1/2 finals					Final
	Cho Byung-kwan (KOR)		3
	Si Riguleng (CHN)		3			Cho Byung-kwan (KOR)		4
	Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK)		9			Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK)		0
	Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)		7
						3rd–4th place
						Si Riguleng (CHN)		0
						Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)		9

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
01 !	Cho Byung-kwan (KOR)
02 !	Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK)
03 !	Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)
4	Si Riguleng (CHN)
5	Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)
6	Sujeet Maan (IND)
7	Kunihiko Obata (JPN)
8	Battuyaagiin Batchuluun (MGL)
9	Ahmad Al-Osta (SYR)
10	Almazbek Askarov (KGZ)
11	Shirjan Ahmadi (AFG)
12	Muhammad Ali (PAK)
13	Abbas Saeed (QAT)
14	Marciano Basas (PHI)

References

• 2002 Asian Games Official Report, Page 769
• FILA Database