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

Men's freestyle +97 kg at the 1962 Asian Games
Venue
Dates	28–30 August
Competitors	5 from 5 nations
Medalists
Pakistan   Ganpat Andhalkar    India      Japan
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Wrestling at the 1962 Asian Games
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman
	52 kg	52 kg
	57 kg	57 kg
	63 kg	63 kg
	70 kg	70 kg
	78 kg	78 kg
	87 kg	87 kg
	97 kg	97 kg
	+97 kg	+97 kg
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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]

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)

Results[]

1st round[]

TBM		BM		BM		TBM
1	Ganpat Andhalkar (IND)	1	Decision	3	Nizamuddin Subhani ()	3
1	(PAK)	1	Decision	3	(JPN)	3
0	(INA)				Bye

2nd round[]

TBM		BM		BM		TBM
4	(INA)	4	Fall 0:21	0	Ganpat Andhalkar (IND)	1
6	Nizamuddin Subhani ()	3	Decision	1	(PAK)	2
3	(JPN)				Bye

3rd round[]

TBM		BM		BM		TBM
3	(JPN)	0	Fall 2:42	4	(INA)	8
3	Ganpat Andhalkar (IND)	2	Draw	2	(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	(JPN)	2	Draw	2	Ganpat Andhalkar (IND)	4
3	(PAK)				Bye

Final standing[]

Rank	Athlete
	(PAK)
	Ganpat Andhalkar (IND)
	(JPN)
4	(INA)
5	Nizamuddin Subhani ()

References[]

External links[]

• UWW Database