Wrestling at the 1958 Asian Games
Appearance
Wrestling at the 1958 Asian Games | |
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Venue | Korakuen Ice Palace |
Dates | 25–27 May 1958 |
Competitors | 44 from 7 nations |
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.
The competition used a form of negative points tournament, with negative points given for any result short of a fall.
Schedule
[edit]● | Round | ● | Last round |
Event↓/Date → | 25th Sun |
26th Mon |
27th Tue |
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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
[edit]Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Flyweight (52 kg) |
Ryoji Yoshida![]() |
Khalil Rayatpanah![]() |
Shujah-ud-Din![]() |
Bantamweight (57 kg) |
Minoru Iizuka![]() |
Muhammad Akhtar![]() |
Gholam Hossein Zandi![]() |
Featherweight (62 kg) |
Kiyoshi Nakagawa![]() |
Siraj Din![]() |
Nasser Givehchi![]() |
Lightweight (67 kg) |
Emam-Ali Habibi![]() |
Kazuo Abe![]() |
Bong Chang-won![]() |
Welterweight (73 kg) |
Yutaka Kaneko![]() |
Tofigh Jahanbakht![]() |
Muhammad Bashir![]() |
Middleweight (79 kg) |
Takashi Nagai![]() |
Nabi Sorouri![]() |
Nicolas Arcales![]() |
Light heavyweight (87 kg) |
Gholamreza Takhti![]() |
Haruo Takagi![]() |
Hwang Chae-won![]() |
Heavyweight (+87 kg) |
Abbas Zandi![]() |
Muhammad Nazir![]() |
Mitsuhiro Ohira![]() |
Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (5 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Participating nations
[edit]A total of 44 athletes from 7 nations competed in wrestling at the 1958 Asian Games:
Afghanistan (6)
Iran (8)
Japan (8)
Malaya (2)
Pakistan (8)
Philippines (6)
South Korea (6)