Wrestling at the 1958 Asian Games – Men's freestyle 57 kg

The men's freestyle 57 kilograms (bantamweight) freestyle wrestling competition at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo was held from 25 to 27 May 1954.[1]

Men's freestyle 57 kg
at the 1958 Asian Games
VenueKorakuen Ice Palace
Dates25–27 May
Competitors5 from 5 nations
Medalists
    Japan
    Pakistan
    Iran

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, with only preliminary results amongst them carried forward.

Schedule

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

Date Time Event
Sunday, 25 May 195811:00First round
Monday, 26 May 195810:00Second round
19:00Third round
Tuesday, 27 May 195810:00Fourth round

Results

First round

TBM BM BM TBM
3 Im Kwang-jae (KOR)3Decision1 Gholam Hossein Zandi (IRN)1
1 Minoru Iizuka (JPN)1Decision3 Muhammad Akhtar (PAK)3
0 Tortillano Tumasis (PHI)Bye

Second round

TBM BM BM TBM
4 Tortillano Tumasis (PHI)4Fall 4:530 Im Kwang-jae (KOR)3
3 Gholam Hossein Zandi (IRN)2Draw2 Minoru Iizuka (JPN)3
3 Muhammad Akhtar (PAK)Bye

Third round

TBM BM BM TBM
3 Gholam Hossein Zandi (IRN)0Fall 1:464 Tortillano Tumasis (PHI)8
5 Muhammad Akhtar (PAK)2Draw2 Im Kwang-jae (KOR)5
3 Minoru Iizuka (JPN)Bye

Fourth round

TBM BM BM TBM
4 Minoru Iizuka (JPN)1Decision3 Im Kwang-jae (KOR)8
6 Muhammad Akhtar (PAK)1Decision3 Gholam Hossein Zandi (IRN)6

Final standing

Rank Athlete
 Minoru Iizuka (JPN)
 Muhammad Akhtar (PAK)
 Gholam Hossein Zandi (IRN)
4  Im Kwang-jae (KOR)
5  Tortillano Tumasis (PHI)

References

  1. "Wrestling Results". The Straits Times. 26 May 1958. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
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