| Wrestling at the 2002 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Yangsan Gymnasium |
| Dates | 2–8 October 2002 |
| Competitors | 196 from 24 nations |
Wrestling was one of the many sports which was held at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea between 2 and 8 October 2002. The competition took place at Yangsan Gymnasium.
| ● | Round | ● | Last round | P | Preliminary rounds | F | Semifinals & Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 2nd Wed | 3rd Thu | 4th Fri | 5th Sat | 6th Sun | 7th Mon | 8th Tue | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's freestyle 55 kg | P | F | |||||||||
| Men's freestyle 60 kg | P | P | F | ||||||||
| Men's freestyle 66 kg | P | F | |||||||||
| Men's freestyle 74 kg | P | P | F | ||||||||
| Men's freestyle 84 kg | P | F | |||||||||
| Men's freestyle 96 kg | P | P | F | ||||||||
| Men's freestyle 120 kg | P | P | F | ||||||||
| Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg | P | P | F | ||||||||
| Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg | P | P | F | ||||||||
| Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg | P | F | |||||||||
| Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg | P | P | F | ||||||||
| Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg | P | P | F | ||||||||
| Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg | P | P | F | ||||||||
| Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg | P | P | F | ||||||||
| Women's freestyle 48 kg | P | F | |||||||||
| Women's freestyle 55 kg | ● | ● | |||||||||
| Women's freestyle 63 kg | P | P | F | ||||||||
| Women's freestyle 72 kg | ● | ● | |||||||||
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg | Zhong Xiue  China | Lidiya Karamchakova  Tajikistan | Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal  Mongolia |
| 55 kg | Saori Yoshida  Japan | Lee Na-lae  South Korea | Naidangiin Otgonjargal Mongolia |
| 63 kg | Xu Haiyan China | Kaori Icho Japan | Ochirbatyn Myagmarsüren Mongolia |
| 72 kg | Kyoko Hamaguchi Japan | Kang Min-jeong South Korea | Yana Panova  Kyrgyzstan |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea (KOR) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 |  Japan (JPN) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 |  Uzbekistan (UZB) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 |  China (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Iran (IRI) | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 |  Mongolia (MGL) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 |  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 |  Tajikistan (TJK) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 |  North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 |  India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 | |
A total of 196 athletes from 24 nations competed in wrestling at the 2002 Asian Games:
Afghanistan (8)
Bangladesh (2) China (14)
Chinese Taipei (2) India (16) Iran (14) Japan (17)
Jordan (2) Kazakhstan (13) Kyrgyzstan (13)
Lebanon (1) Mongolia (11) North Korea (6)
Pakistan (2)
Palestine (2)
Philippines (8)
Qatar (11) South Korea (17) Syria (7) Tajikistan (6)
Turkmenistan (7) Uzbekistan (12)
Vietnam (3)
Yemen (2)
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