Wrestling is part of every edition since its debut in 2nd edition at 1954 Asian Games or Manila Asian Games. Except 1958, Indians participated in all the editions and except two editions have always won at least a medal. Till the end of 2018 Asian Games, Indian Wrestlers have won 59 medals that includes first gold by woman among 11 Gold medals won. Check complete history of Indian Wrestlers at Asian Games till the end of Asian Games 2018.
Indian Medal Winners at Asian Games by Sports: Shooting, Squash, Swimming, Wushu
Indian History at Every Asian Games: 1951, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982
Indian Medal Winners at Asian Games: 1951, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 2014
Indian Performance at Asian Games in Different Sports
Statistics of Wrestling at Asian Games
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Best Nations: 6 Japan (1954-1966, 1978 and 1982) and South Korea (1986-2006), 4 – Iran (1970, 1974, 2010-2018)
2002 Women’s event started
11 Nations have won at least one Gold medal till 2018
21 Nations have won at least one medal till 2018
69 Gold by Iran is the maximum by a nation
11 Gold by India is joint 6th highest
59 medals by India is joint 4th highest with Mongolia
11 Gold 14 Silver 34 Bronze is Indian tally till 2018 Asian Games.
1 (and only) Indian Woman to win Gold – Vinesh Phogat (2018)
1 Asian Games were Indians did not participate in Wrestling (1958)
2 Asian Games were Indians did not win any medal (1994, 1998)
3 Maximum Gold by Indians in one edition (1958, 1962)
7 Editions when Indians won at least one Gold medal.
12 Maximum medals by Indians in one edition (1962)
1st Gold won in 2nd appearance at 1962 Asian Games
1st Silver and Bronze won in 1st appearance at 1954 Asian Games.
2 Gold medal by one Wrestler: Kartar Singh (90 Kg and 100 Kg)
Medals and ranking in Every Edition for Indian Wrestlers
By Ranking, India is 7th tied on 11 Gold with Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Uzbekistan. By tally of 59 medals, India is joint 4th with Mongolia.
| Edition | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1954 | 5th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1958 | DNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 1966 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 1970 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1974 | 5th | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 1978 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1982 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1986 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1990 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2010 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 59 |
Gold Medal Winners
11 Gold medals won by 11 Wrestlers including one Woman.
- Greco-Roman: 2
Woman: 1
Men’s Freestyle (FS): 8
| Edition | Winner | Name |
| 1962 | 3 | Maruti Mane Light heavyweight (97 kg) Men’s FS, Malwa Flyweight (52 kg) Greco-Roman, Ganpat Andhalkar Heavyweight (+97 kg) Greco-Roman |
| 1970 | 1 | Chandgi Ram Men’s FS 100 KG |
| 1978 | 2 | Rajinder Singh Men’s FS 74 Kg, Kartar Singh Men’s FS 90 Kg |
| 1982 | 1 | Satpal Singh – Heavyweight |
| 1986 | 1 | Kartar Singh 100 Kg |
| 2014 | 1 | Yogeshwar Dutt Men’s FS 65 Kg |
| 2018 | 2 | Bajran Punia Men’s FS 65 Kg, Vinesh Phogat Women’s 50 kg |
Silver Medal Winners
14 Silver won by 12 Wrestlers including a woman, as Udey Chand and Sajjan Singh won two each in 1962.
- Greco-Roman: 3
Woman: 1
Men’s Freestyle: 10
| Edition | Winner | Name |
| 1954 | 1 | BG Kashid Lightweight (67 kg) |
| 1962 | 6 | Udey Chand Lightweight (70 kg) Men’s FS, Sajjan Singh Middleweight (87 kg) Men’s FS, Ganpat Andhalkar Heavyweight (+97 kg) Men’s FS, Udey Chand Lightweight (70 kg) Greco-Roman, Sajjan Singh Middleweight (87 kg) Greco-Roman, Maruti Mane Light heavyweight (97 kg) Greco-Roman) |
| 1966 | 1 | Bishwanath Singh Light heavyweight (97 kg) |
| 1970 | 1 | Jit Singh Men’s FS 90 Kg |
| 1978 | 1 | Satpal Singh Men’s FS +100Kg |
| 1982 | 1 | Kartar Singh Men’s FS 90 kg |
| 1990 | 1 | Ombir Singh Men’s FS 48 Kg |
| 2006 | 1 | Geetika Jakhar Women’s 63 Kg |
| 2018 | 1 | Bajran Punia Men’s FS 61 Kg |
Bronze Medal Winners of India
Sohan Singh in 1954 was the first Bronze winner from India. 34 Bronze medals by 31 Wrestlers including 3 women.
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Greco-Roman: 5
Women: 3
Men’s FS: 26
| Edition | Winner | Name |
| 1954 | 1 | Sohan Singh Middleweight (79 kg) |
| 1962 | 3 | Malwa Flyweight (52 kg) Men’s FS, Lakshmikant Pandey Welterweight (78 kg) Men’s FS, Narin Ghume Bantamweight (57 kg) Greco-Roman |
| 1966 | 5 | Shamrao Sable Flyweight (52 kg), Bishambar Singh Bantamweight (57 kg), Udey Chand Lightweight (70 kg), Sajjan Singh Middleweight (87 kg), Bhim Singh Heavyweight (+97 kg) |
| 1970 | 3 | Om Prakash 68 kg, Mukhtiar Singh 74 Kg, Netra Pal Singh 82 Kg |
| 1974 | 1 | Satbir Singh Men’s Freestyle 52Kg, Satpal Singh Men’s Freestyle 78Kg, Sukhchain Singh Cheema Men’s Freestyle 100Kg, Sukhchain Singh Cheema Greco-Roman 100Kg |
| 1982 | 2 | Ashok Kumar 57 kg, Rajinder Singh +100 kg |
| 1986 | 2 | Suresh Kumar 90 Kg, Gurmukh Singh 130 Kg |
| 1990 | 1 | Subhash Verma Men’s Freestyle 100Kg |
| 2002 | 1 | Palwinder Singh Cheema Men’s FS 120 Kg |
| 2006 | 5 | Alka Tomar Women’s 55 Kg, Vinayak Dalvi Men’s Greco-Roman 55 Kg, Palwinder Singh Cheema Men’s FS 120 Kg, Sushil Kumar Men’s FS 66 Kg, Yogeshwar Dutt Men’s FS 60 Kg |
| 2010 | 3 | Men’s Greco-Roman 60 Kg Ravinder Singh, Men’s Greco-Roman 66 Kg Sunil Kumar Rana, Men’s FS 96 Kg Mausam Khatri |
| 2014 | 3 | Narsingh Pancham Yadav Men’s FS 74 Kg, Vinesh Phogat Women’s FS 48 Kg, Geetika Jhakar Women’s FS 63 Kg |
| 2018 | 1 | Divya Kakran (Women’s FS 68 kg) |
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