Wrestling at the 1958 Asian Games – Men's freestyle 62 kg

Men's freestyle 62 kg at the 1958 Asian Games
Venue	Korakuen Ice Palace
Dates	25–27 May
Competitors	6 from 6 nations
Medalists
Japan   Siraj Din    Pakistan   Nasser Givehchi    Iran
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Wrestling at the 1958 Asian Games
	52 kg	73 kg
	57 kg	79 kg
	62 kg	87 kg
	67 kg	+87 kg
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The men's freestyle 62 kilograms (featherweight) freestyle wrestling competition at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo was held from 25 to 27 May 1954.^[1]

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)

Results[]

First round[]

TBM		BM		BM		TBM
0	(JPN)	0	Fall 3:23	4	()	4
3	Kang Chung-ho (KOR)	3	Decision	1	Siraj Din (PAK)	1
4	(PHI)	4	Fall 9:00	0	Nasser Givehchi (IRN)	0

Second round[]

TBM		BM		BM		TBM
1	(JPN)	1	Decision	3	Kang Chung-ho (KOR)	6
8	()	4	Fall 0:45	0	(PHI)	4
3	Siraj Din (PAK)	2	Draw	2	Nasser Givehchi (IRN)	2

Third round[]

TBM		BM		BM		TBM
2	(JPN)	1	Decision	3	Nasser Givehchi (IRN)	5
3	Siraj Din (PAK)	0	Fall 3:57	4	(PHI)	8

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
3	(JPN)	2	Draw	2	Siraj Din (PAK)	4
5	Nasser Givehchi (IRN)				Bye

Final standing[]

Rank	Athlete
	(JPN)
	Siraj Din (PAK)
	Nasser Givehchi (IRN)
4	(PHI)
5	Kang Chung-ho (KOR)
6	()

References[]

External links[]

• UWW Database