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Wrestling at the 1958 Asian Games

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

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

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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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