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.

## 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
* Volleyball
* Water polo
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling

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Wrestling at the Asian Games

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