Wrestling at the 1958 Asian Games

Wrestling was one of the sports which was held at the 1958 Asian Games in Korakuen Ice Palace, Tokyo, Japan between 25 and 27 May 1958. The competition included only men's freestyle events.

Wrestling
at the 1958 Asian Games
VenueKorakuen Ice Palace
Dates25–27 May 1958
Competitors44 from 7 nations
← 1954
1962 →

The competition used a form of negative points tournament, with negative points given for any result short of a fall.

Schedule

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Round Last round
Event↓/Date → 25th
Sun
26th
Mon
27th
Tue
Men's freestyle 52 kg
Men's freestyle 57 kg
Men's freestyle 62 kg
Men's freestyle 67 kg
Men's freestyle 73 kg
Men's freestyle 79 kg
Men's freestyle 87 kg
Men's freestyle +87 kg

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
(52 kg) details
Ryoji Yoshida
  Japan
Khalil Rayatpanah
  Iran
Shujah-ud-Din
  Pakistan
Bantamweight
(57 kg) details
Minoru Iizuka
  Japan
Muhammad Akhtar
  Pakistan
Gholam Hossein Zandi
  Iran
Featherweight
(62 kg) details
Kiyoshi Nakagawa
  Japan
Siraj Din
  Pakistan
Nasser Givehchi
  Iran
Lightweight
(67 kg) details
Emam-Ali Habibi
  Iran
Kazuo Abe
  Japan
Bong Chang-won
  South Korea
Welterweight
(73 kg) details
Yutaka Kaneko
  Japan
Tofigh Jahanbakht
  Iran
Muhammad Bashir
  Pakistan
Middleweight
(79 kg) details
Takashi Nagai
  Japan
Nabi Sorouri
  Iran
Nicolas Arcales
  Philippines
Light heavyweight
(87 kg) details
Gholamreza Takhti
  Iran
Haruo Takagi
  Japan
Hwang Chae-won
  South Korea
Heavyweight
(+87 kg) details
Abbas Zandi
  Iran
Muhammad Nazir
  Pakistan
Mitsuhiro Ohira
  Japan

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Japan (JPN)5218
2  Iran (IRN)3328
3  Pakistan (PAK)0325
4  South Korea (KOR)0022
5  Philippines (PHI)0011
Totals (5 entries)88824

Participating nations

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A total of 44 athletes from 7 nations competed in wrestling at the 1958 Asian Games:

References

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