Wrestling at the 1958 Asian Games – Men's freestyle 79 kg

The men's freestyle 79 kilograms (middleweight) freestyle wrestling competition at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo was held from 25 to 27 May 1958.[1]

Men's freestyle 79 kg
at the 1958 Asian Games
VenueKorakuen Ice Palace
Dates25–27 May 1958
Competitors6 from 6 nations
Medalists
gold medal    Japan
silver medal    Iran
bronze medal    Philippines
← 1954
1962 →

The competition used a form of negative points tournament, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When three wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final round. These 3 wrestlers each faced each other in a round-robin (with earlier results counting, if any had wrestled another before); record within the medal round determined medals, with bad points breaking ties.

Schedule

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All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date Time Event
Sunday, 25 May 1958 11:00 First round
Monday, 26 May 1958 10:00 Second round
19:00 Third round
Tuesday, 27 May 1958 10:00 Fourth round

Results

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First round

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TBM BM BM TBM
0   Nicolas Arcales (PHI) 0 Fall 3:49 4   Mohammad Rahim (AFG) 4
4   Chen Kim Sang (MAL) 4 Fall 0:22 0   Ghulam Rasool (PAK) 0
2   Nabi Sorouri (IRN) 2 Draw 2   Takashi Nagai (JPN) 2

Second round

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TBM BM BM TBM
0   Nicolas Arcales (PHI) 0 Fall 0:20 4   Chen Kim Sang (MAL) 8
8   Mohammad Rahim (AFG) 4 Fall 1:29 0   Nabi Sorouri (IRN) 2
3   Ghulam Rasool (PAK) 3 Decision 1   Takashi Nagai (JPN) 3

Third round

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TBM BM BM TBM
4   Nicolas Arcales (PHI) 4 Fall 2:17 0   Takashi Nagai (JPN) 3
6   Ghulam Rasool (PAK) 3 Decision 1   Nabi Sorouri (IRN) 3

Fourth round

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TBM BM BM TBM
8   Nicolas Arcales (PHI) 4 Fall 3:59 0   Nabi Sorouri (IRN) 3
3   Takashi Nagai (JPN) Bye

Final standing

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Rank Athlete Round TBM FBM
1 2 3 4
    Takashi Nagai (JPN) 2 1 0 Bye 3 2[a]
    Nabi Sorouri (IRN) 2 0 1 0 3 2[a]
    Nicolas Arcales (PHI) 0 0 4 4 8 8
4   Ghulam Rasool (PAK) 0 3 3 6
5   Mohammad Rahim (AFG) 4 4 8
6   Chen Kim Sang (MAL) 4 4 8
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head result and total bad marks. The athletes' body weights were used as the tiebreaker.

References

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  1. ^ "Wrestling Results". The Straits Times. 26 May 1958. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
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