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

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

Men's freestyle 74 kg at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Yangsan Gymnasium
Date	7–8 October 2002
Competitors	14 from 14 nations
Medalists
Cho Byung-kwan    South Korea   Yusup Abdusalomov    Tajikistan   Mehdi Hajizadeh    Iran
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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)

Date	Time	Event
Monday, 7 October 2002	10:00	Round 1
	16:00	Round 2
Tuesday, 8 October 2002	10:00	Round 3
		1/2 finals
	16:00	Finals

Results

Preliminary

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Cho Byung-kwan (KOR)	2	2	0	7	16	Knockout round
2	Almaz Askarov (KGZ)	2	1	1	4	2
3	Abbas Saeed (QAT)	2	0	2	0	0

Source: Report

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

Pool 2

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

Source: Report

	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

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK)	3	2	1	8[a]	15	Knockout round
2	Kunihiko Obata (JPN)	3	2	1	8[a]	10
3	Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	3	2	1	8[a]	14
4	Marciano Basas (PHI)	3	0	3	1	0

Source: Report
Notes:

1. Number of wins by fall: TJK 1, JPN 0, KAZ 0. Obata and Laliyev were ranked by their head-to-head result: JPN 3–1 KAZ.

	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 Fall	Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK)	0–4 TO
Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	1–3	Kunihiko Obata (JPN)	1–3 PP
Marciano Basas (PHI)	0–5 Ret	Kunihiko Obata (JPN)	0–4 PA
Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	3–1	Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK)	3–1 PP

Pool 4

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

Source: Report

	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 Fall	Battuyaagiin Batchuluun (MGL)	0–4 TO
Mehdi Hajizadeh (IRI)	6–0	Battuyaagiin Batchuluun (MGL)	3–0 PO
Muhammad Ali (PAK)	0–7 Fall	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
	Cho Byung-kwan (KOR)
	Yusup Abdusalomov (TJK)
	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	Almaz 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