Wrestling at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's freestyle 120 kg

Men's freestyle 120 kg at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Yangsan Gymnasium
Date	October 6, 2002–October 7, 2002
Competitors	11 from 11 nations
Medalists
Artur Taymazov   Uzbekistan   Abbas Jadidi   Iran   Palwinder Singh Cheema   India

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 120 kg wrestling competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan was held on 6 October and 7 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)

Date	Time	Event
Sunday, 6 October 2002	10:00	Round 1
	10:00	Round 2
	16:00	Round 3
	16:00	Repechage 1
	16:00	Repechage 2
Monday, 7 October 2002	10:00	Repechage 3
	10:00	1/2 finals
	16:00	Finals

Results

Legend

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

Preliminary

Pool 1

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Shin Jung-hoon (KOR)	2	2	0	6	11
Akihito Tanaka (JPN)	2	1	1	5	13
Mohammad Alam Nooristani (AFG)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Shin Jung-hoon (KOR)	4–2	Akihito Tanaka (JPN)	3–1 PP
Mohammad Alam Nooristani (AFG)	0–7	Shin Jung-hoon (KOR)	0–3 PO
Akihito Tanaka (JPN)	11–0	Mohammad Alam Nooristani (AFG)	4–0 ST

Pool 2

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Artur Taymazov (UZB)	3	3	0	12	31
Palwinder Singh Cheema (IND)	3	2	1	8	14
Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar (MGL)	3	1	2	4	15
Nurberdy Hekimov (TKM)	3	0	3	0	0

	Score		CP
Artur Taymazov (UZB)	10–0	Palwinder Singh Cheema (IND)	4–0 ST
Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar (MGL)	10–0	Nurberdy Hekimov (TKM)	4–0 ST
Artur Taymazov (UZB)	11–0	Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar (MGL)	4–0 ST
Palwinder Singh Cheema (IND)	10–0	Nurberdy Hekimov (TKM)	4–0 ST
Artur Taymazov (UZB)	10–0	Nurberdy Hekimov (TKM)	4–0 ST
Palwinder Singh Cheema (IND)	4–5	Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar (MGL)	4–0 TO

Pool 3

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Abbas Jadidi (IRI)	3	3	0	11	26
Li Jinlong (CHN)	3	2	1	8	17
Ismail Jamal (QAT)	3	1	2	5	15
Francis Villanueva (PHI)	3	0	3	1	1

	Score		CP
Abbas Jadidi (IRI)	11–0	Francis Villanueva (PHI)	4–0 ST
Li Jinlong (CHN)	5–3	Ismail Jamal (QAT)	3–1 PP
Abbas Jadidi (IRI)	5–1	Li Jinlong (CHN)	3–1 PP
Francis Villanueva (PHI)	1–12	Ismail Jamal (QAT)	1–4 SP
Abbas Jadidi (IRI)	10–0	Ismail Jamal (QAT)	4–0 ST
Francis Villanueva (PHI)	0–11	Li Jinlong (CHN)	0–4 ST

Repechage

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Palwinder Singh Cheema (IND)	2	2	0	7	20
Li Jinlong (CHN)	2	1	1	5	16
Akihito Tanaka (JPN)	2	0	2	1	1

	Score		CP
Akihito Tanaka (JPN)	1–11	Palwinder Singh Cheema (IND)	1–4 SP
Li Jinlong (CHN)	10–0	Akihito Tanaka (JPN)	4–0 ST
Palwinder Singh Cheema (IND)	9–6	Li Jinlong (CHN)	3–1 PP

Knockout round

	1/2 finals					Final
	Shin Jung-hoon (KOR)		0
	Artur Taymazov (UZB)		10			Artur Taymazov (UZB)		10
	Abbas Jadidi (IRI)		5^TO			Abbas Jadidi (IRI)		0
	Palwinder Singh Cheema (IND)		0
						3rd–4th place
						Shin Jung-hoon (KOR)		0
						Palwinder Singh Cheema (IND)		10

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Artur Taymazov (UZB)
	Abbas Jadidi (IRI)
	Palwinder Singh Cheema (IND)
4	Shin Jung-hoon (KOR)
5	Li Jinlong (CHN)
6	Akihito Tanaka (JPN)
7	Ismail Jamal (QAT)
8	Gelegjamtsyn Ösökhbayar (MGL)
9	Francis Villanueva (PHI)
10	Nurberdy Hekimov (TKM)
11	Mohammad Alam Nooristani (AFG)

References

• 2002 Asian Games Official Report, Page 772
• FILA Database