Wrestling at the 1958 Asian Games – Men's freestyle 87 kg

The men's freestyle 87 kilograms (light heavyweight) freestyle wrestling competition at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo was held from 25 to 27 May 1954.[1]

Men's freestyle 87 kg
at the 1958 Asian Games
VenueKorakuen Ice Palace
Dates25–27 May
Competitors5 from 5 nations
Medalists
    Iran
    Japan
    South Korea

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
4 Baryalai Naseri (AFG)4Fall 1:380 Gholamreza Takhti (IRN)0
0 Hwang Chae-won (KOR)0Fall 6:044 Muhammad Ali (PAK)4
0 Haruo Takagi (JPN)Bye

Second round

TBM BM BM TBM
0 Haruo Takagi (JPN)0Walkover4 Baryalai Naseri (AFG)8
0 Gholamreza Takhti (IRN)0Fall 3:264 Hwang Chae-won (KOR)4
4 Muhammad Ali (PAK)Bye

Third round

TBM BM BM TBM
8 Muhammad Ali (PAK)4Fall 4:590 Gholamreza Takhti (IRN)0
1 Haruo Takagi (JPN)1Decision3 Hwang Chae-won (KOR)7

Fourth round

  • The results and the points of the matches between the same wrestlers that were already wrestled during the early rounds shall be taken into account for the final round.
FBM BM BM FBM
5 Haruo Takagi (JPN)4Fall 4:390 Gholamreza Takhti (IRN)0
7 Hwang Chae-won (KOR)Bye

Final standing

Rank Athlete
 Gholamreza Takhti (IRN)
 Haruo Takagi (JPN)
 Hwang Chae-won (KOR)
4  Muhammad Ali (PAK)
5  Baryalai Naseri (AFG)

References

  1. "Wrestling Results". The Straits Times. 26 May 1958. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
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