Wrestling at the 1962 Asian Games – Men's freestyle +97 kg

The men's freestyle +97 kilograms (heavyweight) freestyle wrestling competition at the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta was held from 28 to 30 August 1962.[1]

Men's freestyle +97 kg
at the 1962 Asian Games
VenueIkada Sports Hall
Dates28–30 August
Competitors5 from 5 nations
Medalists
    Pakistan
    India
    Japan

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 or fewer wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final round, with only preliminary results amongst them carried forward.

Schedule

All times are Western Indonesian Time (UTC+07:30)

Date Time Event
Tuesday, 28 August 196208:001st round
Wednesday, 29 August 196208:002nd round
14:303rd round
Thursday, 30 August 196208:004th round

Results

1st round

TBM BM BM TBM
1 Ganpat Andhalkar (IND)1Decision3 Nizamuddin Subhani (AFG)3
1 Muhammad Saeed (PAK)1Decision3 Jiro Seki (JPN)3
0 Poniman Soeharto (INA)Bye

2nd round

TBM BM BM TBM
4 Poniman Soeharto (INA)4Fall 0:210 Ganpat Andhalkar (IND)1
6 Nizamuddin Subhani (AFG)3Decision1 Muhammad Saeed (PAK)2
3 Jiro Seki (JPN)Bye

3rd round

TBM BM BM TBM
3 Jiro Seki (JPN)0Fall 2:424 Poniman Soeharto (INA)8
3 Ganpat Andhalkar (IND)2Draw2 Muhammad Saeed (PAK)4

4th 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 Jiro Seki (JPN)2Draw2 Ganpat Andhalkar (IND)4
3 Muhammad Saeed (PAK)Bye

Final standing

Rank Athlete
 Muhammad Saeed (PAK)
 Ganpat Andhalkar (IND)
 Jiro Seki (JPN)
4  Poniman Soeharto (INA)
5  Nizamuddin Subhani (AFG)

References

  1. "India's Mane Wins Gold Medal in Freestyle Wrestling". The Indian Express. 31 August 1962. p. 8. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.