Wrestling at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's freestyle 63 kg

Men's freestyle 63 kg at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Thammasat Gymnasium 1
Dates	16–17 December 1998
Competitors	13 from 13 nations
Medalists
Jang Jae-sung    South Korea   Ramil Islamov    Uzbekistan   Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbayar    Mongolia

Main article: Wrestling at the 1998 Asian Games

The men's freestyle 63 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
Berik Dengelbayev (KAZ)	0–8	Mehdi Kaveh (IRI)	0–3 PO
Surasak Ravipanick (THA)	2–12	Michael Baletin (PHI)	1–4 SP
Ramil Islamov (UZB)	6–3	Hiroaki Yayama (JPN)	3–1 PP
Zahid Khan (PAK)	0–10	Su Qing (CHN)	0–4 ST
Ayman Al-Shalabi (SYR)	3–7	Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbayar (MGL)	1–3 PP
Jang Jae-sung (KOR)	7–3	Mukesh Kumar (IND)	3–1 PP
Ruslanbek Madjinov (KGZ)		Bye

Round 2

	Score		CP
Quarterfinals
Ruslanbek Madjinov (KGZ)	3–4	Mehdi Kaveh (IRI)	1–3 PP
Michael Baletin (PHI)	0–11	Ramil Islamov (UZB)	0–4 ST
Su Qing (CHN)	3–10	Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbayar (MGL)	1–3 PP
Jang Jae-sung (KOR)		Bye
Repechage
Berik Dengelbayev (KAZ)	11–0	Surasak Ravipanick (THA)	4–0 ST
Hiroaki Yayama (JPN)	13–1	Zahid Khan (PAK)	4–1 SP
Ayman Al-Shalabi (SYR)	0–3	Mukesh Kumar (IND)	0–3 PO

Round 3

	Score		CP
Semifinals
Jang Jae-sung (KOR)	7–0	Mehdi Kaveh (IRI)	3–0 PO
Ramil Islamov (UZB)	3–0	Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbayar (MGL)	3–0 PO
Repechage
Berik Dengelbayev (KAZ)	0–1 Ret	Hiroaki Yayama (JPN)	0–4 PA
Mukesh Kumar (IND)	6–3	Ruslanbek Madjinov (KGZ)	3–1 PP
Michael Baletin (PHI)	1–13	Su Qing (CHN)	1–4 SP

Round 4

	Score		CP
Repechage
Hiroaki Yayama (JPN)	3–4	Mukesh Kumar (IND)	1–3 PP
Su Qing (CHN)		Bye

Round 5

	Score		CP
Repechage
Mehdi Kaveh (IRI)	2–3	Su Qing (CHN)	1–3 PP
Mukesh Kumar (IND)	2–4	Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbayar (MGL)	1–3 PP

Finals

	Score		CP
Bronze medal match
Su Qing (CHN)	0–5	Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbayar (MGL)	0–3 PO
Gold medal match
Jang Jae-sung (KOR)	3–2	Ramil Islamov (UZB)	3–1 PP

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Jang Jae-sung (KOR)
	Ramil Islamov (UZB)
	Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbayar (MGL)
4	Su Qing (CHN)
5	Mukesh Kumar (IND)
6	Mehdi Kaveh (IRI)
7	Hiroaki Yayama (JPN)
8	Michael Baletin (PHI)
9	Berik Dengelbayev (KAZ)
10	Ruslanbek Madjinov (KGZ)
11	Ayman Al-Shalabi (SYR)
12	Zahid Khan (PAK)
13	Surasak Ravipanick (THA)

References

• Results
• UWW Database