Wrestling at the 1966 Asian Games

Wrestling
at the 1966 Asian Games

Dates| 10–13 December 1966

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Wrestling was one of the sports which was held at the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand between 10 and 13 December 1966. The competition included only men's freestyle events. Japan, Iran and Pakistan, in that order, were at the top of the medals table at the event.

## Medalists

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Flyweight
(52 kg)  | Shigeo Nakata
Japan | Ali Akbar Heidari
Iran | Shamrao Sable
India
Bantamweight
(57 kg)  | Tadamichi Tanaka
Japan | Mohammad Ali Farrokhian
Iran | Bishambar Singh
India
Featherweight
(63 kg)  | Masaaki Kaneko
Japan | Ebrahim Seifpour
Iran | Chang Kyung-mu
South Korea
Lightweight
(70 kg)  | Abdollah Movahed
Iran | Yoshiharu Tobita
Japan | Udey Chand
India
Welterweight
(78 kg)  | Muhammad Bashir
Pakistan | Hossein Tahami
Iran | Suh Young-suk
South Korea
Middleweight
(87 kg)  | Tatsuo Sasaki
Japan | Mahmoud Moezzipour
Iran | Sajjan Singh
India
Light heavyweight
(97 kg)  | Mansour Mehdizadeh
Iran | Bishwanath Singh
India | Shunichi Kawano
Japan
Heavyweight
(+97 kg)  | Moslem Eskandar-Filabi
Iran | Muhammad Saeed
Pakistan | Bhim Singh
India

## Medal table

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Medal winners of freestyle 97 kg. From right to left, Bishwanath Singh, Mansour Mehdizadeh and Shunichi Kawano Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Japan (JPN)| 4| 1| 1| 6
2|  Iran (IRN)| 3| 5| 0| 8
3|  Pakistan (PAK)| 1| 1| 0| 2
4|  India (IND)| 0| 1| 5| 6
5|  South Korea (KOR)| 0| 0| 2| 2
Totals (5 entries)| 8| 8| 8| 24

## References

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* Freestyle result
* Archived freestyle result
* The Straits Times, 15 December 1966, Page 22

## External links

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* UWW Database

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Events at the 1966 Asian Games (Bangkok)

* Athletics
* Badminton
* Basketball
* Boxing
* Cycling
* Diving
* Field hockey
* Football
* Shooting
* Swimming
* Table tennis
* Tennis
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* Water polo
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling

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