Wrestling at the 1954 Asian Games
Wrestling was one of the sports which was held at the 1954 Asian Games in Manila, Philippines between 1 and 3 May 1954. The competition included only men's freestyle events.
Medalists
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Flyweight (52 kg) |
Din Muhammad Pakistan (PAK) |
Yushu Kitano Japan (JPN) |
Basilio Fabila Philippines (PHI) |
Bantamweight (57 kg) |
Minoru Iizuka Japan (JPN) |
Han Duk-hung South Korea (KOR) |
Muhammad Amin Pakistan (PAK) |
Featherweight (62 kg) |
Shigeru Kasahara Japan (JPN) |
Mansueto Napilay Philippines (PHI) |
Kim Young-jun South Korea (KOR) |
Lightweight (67 kg) |
Takeo Shimotori Japan (JPN) |
B. G. Kashid India (IND) |
Muhammad Ashraf Pakistan (PAK) |
Welterweight (73 kg) |
Yutaka Kaneko Japan (JPN) |
Abdul Rashid Pakistan (PAK) |
Lim Bae-young South Korea (KOR) |
Middleweight (79 kg) |
Kazuo Katsuramoto Japan (JPN) |
Nicolas Arcales Philippines (PHI) |
Sohan Singh India (IND) |
Heavyweight (+87 kg) |
Kenzo Fukuda Japan (JPN) |
Baryalai Naseri Afghanistan (AFG) |
None awarded |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Japan (JPN) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
2 | Pakistan (PAK) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
3 | Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
4 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
5 | India (IND) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Afghanistan (AFG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
Participating nations
A total of 32 athletes from 8 nations competed in wrestling at the 1954 Asian Games:
- Afghanistan (1)
- Ceylon (1)
- India (5)
- Japan (7)
- Pakistan (5)
- Philippines (6)
- Republic of China (4)
- South Korea (3)
References
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