The 1996
Asian Wrestling Championships Asian Wrestling Championships is the Wrestling Asian Championship organized by the Asian Associated Wrestling Committee (AAWC).
The men's tournament began in 1979 and The women's tournament was first staged in 1996, and it has been held every year. ...
were held in
Xiaoshan
Xiaoshan is one of ten urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, East China. Xiaoshan was formerly a city in its own right, separated by the Qiantang River from Hangzhou proper, but the municipal ...
,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. The event took place from April 4 to April 10, 1996. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
wrestling tournament.
The first women's tournament was an open competition, an American wrestler
Tricia Saunders
Tricia Saunders (born as ''Patricia McNaughton''; February 21, 1966 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American amateur wrestler and pioneer in the sport of Women's Freestyle Wrestling. She earned a total of five FILA Wrestling World Championships me ...
was the only non-Asian wrestler in competition and won the gold.
Medal table
Team ranking
Medal summary
Men's freestyle
Men's Greco-Roman
Women's freestyle
References
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