Wrestling at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's freestyle 54 kg

Men's freestyle 54 kg at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Thammasat Gymnasium 1
Dates	16–17 December 1998
Competitors	13 from 13 nations
Medalists
Jin Ju-dong    North Korea   Behnam Tayyebi    Iran   Maulen Mamyrov    Kazakhstan

Main article: Wrestling at the 1998 Asian Games

The men's freestyle 54 kilograms wrestling competition at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok was held on 16 December and 17 December at the Thammasat Gymnasium 1.

The gold and silver medalists were determined by the final match of the main single-elimination bracket. The losers advanced to the repechage. These matches determined the bronze medalist for the event.

Schedule

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)

Date	Time	Event
Wednesday, 16 December 1998	09:00	Round 1
	16:00	Round 2
		Round 3
Thursday, 17 December 1998	09:00	Round 4
		Round 5
	16:00	Finals

Results

Round 1

	Score		CP
1/8 finals
Niu Pinghui (CHN)	10–0	Đới Đăng Hỷ (VIE)	4–0 ST
Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)	4–2	Jung Soon-won (KOR)	3–1 PP
Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL)	10–0	Rommel Donggon (PHI)	4–0 ST
Nurdin Donbaev (KGZ)	0–5	Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	0–3 PO
Behnam Tayyebi (IRI)	3–2	Chikara Tanabe (JPN)	3–1 PP
Werapol Cottram (THA)	0–10	Jin Ju-dong (PRK)	0–4 ST
Kripa Shankar Patel (IND)		Bye

Round 2

	Score		CP
Quarterfinals
Kripa Shankar Patel (IND)	5–6	Niu Pinghui (CHN)	1–3 PP
Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)	6–2	Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL)	3–1 PP
Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	0–3	Behnam Tayyebi (IRI)	0–3 PO
Jin Ju-dong (PRK)		Bye
Repechage
Đới Đăng Hỷ (VIE)	0–3	Jung Soon-won (KOR)	0–3 PO
Rommel Donggon (PHI)	0–10	Nurdin Donbaev (KGZ)	0–4 ST
Chikara Tanabe (JPN)	11–0	Werapol Cottram (THA)	0–4 ST

Round 3

	Score		CP
Semifinals
Jin Ju-dong (PRK)	11–0	Niu Pinghui (CHN)	4–0 ST
Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)	5–8	Behnam Tayyebi (IRI)	1–3 PP
Repechage
Jung Soon-won (KOR)	5–3	Nurdin Donbaev (KGZ)	3–1 PP
Chikara Tanabe (JPN)	10–4	Kripa Shankar Patel (IND)	3–1 PP
Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL)	0–4	Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	0–3 PO

Round 4

	Score		CP
Repechage
Jung Soon-won (KOR)	3–0	Chikara Tanabe (JPN)	3–0 PO
Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)		Bye

Round 5

	Score		CP
Repechage
Niu Pinghui (CHN)	7–9	Jung Soon-won (KOR)	1–3 PP
Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	3–2	Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)	3–1 PP

Finals

	Score		CP
Bronze medal match
Jung Soon-won (KOR)	3–5	Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	1–3 PP
Gold medal match
Jin Ju-dong (PRK)	3–2	Behnam Tayyebi (IRI)	3–1 PP

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Jin Ju-dong (PRK)
	Behnam Tayyebi (IRI)
	Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)
4	Jung Soon-won (KOR)
5	Niu Pinghui (CHN)
6	Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)
7	Chikara Tanabe (JPN)
8	Nurdin Donbaev (KGZ)
9	Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL)
10	Kripa Shankar Patel (IND)
11	Rommel Donggon (PHI)
11	Werapol Cottram (THA)
11	Đới Đăng Hỷ (VIE)

References

• Results
• UWW Database