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)	5	2	1	8
2	Iran (IRI)	3	3	2	8
3	Pakistan (PAK)	0	3	2	5
4	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	2	2
5	Philippines (PHI)	0	0	1	1
Total		8	8	8	24

Participating nations

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

• Afghanistan (6)
• Iran (8)
• Japan (8)
• Malaya (2)
• Pakistan (8)
• Philippines (6)
• South Korea (6)

References

• www.fila-wrestling.com