Wrestling at the 1958 Asian Games

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.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
(52 kg)
 Ryoji Yoshida
Japan (JPN)
 Khalil Rayatpanah
Iran (IRI)
 Shujah-ud-Din
Pakistan (PAK)
Bantamweight
(57 kg)
 Minoru Iizuka
Japan (JPN)
 Muhammad Akhtar
Pakistan (PAK)
 Gholam Hossein Zandi
Iran (IRI)
Featherweight
(62 kg)
 Kiyoshi Nakagawa
Japan (JPN)
 Siraj Din
Pakistan (PAK)
 Nasser Givehchi
Iran (IRI)
Lightweight
(67 kg)
 Emam-Ali Habibi
Iran (IRI)
 Kazuo Abe
Japan (JPN)
 Bong Chang-won
South Korea (KOR)
Welterweight
(73 kg)
 Yutaka Kaneko
Japan (JPN)
 Jahanbakht Tofigh
Iran (IRI)
 Muhammad Bashir
Pakistan (PAK)
Middleweight
(79 kg)
 Takashi Nagai
Japan (JPN)
 Nabi Sorouri
Iran (IRI)
 Nicolas Arcales
Philippines (PHI)
Light heavyweight
(87 kg)
 Gholamreza Takhti
Iran (IRI)
 Haruo Takagi
Japan (JPN)
 Hwang Chae-won
South Korea (KOR)
Heavyweight
(+87 kg)
 Abbas Zandi
Iran (IRI)
 Muhammad Nazir
Pakistan (PAK)
 Mitsuhiro Ohira
Japan (JPN)

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Japan (JPN)5218
2 Iran (IRI)3328
3 Pakistan (PAK)0325
4 South Korea (KOR)0022
5 Philippines (PHI)0011
Total 8 8 8 24

Participating nations

A total of 44 athletes from 7 nations competed in wrestling at the 1958 Asian Games:

References