Wrestling at the 1966 Asian Games

Wrestling
at the 1966 Asian Games
Dates10–13 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
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
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan (JPN)4116
2 Iran (IRN)3508
3 Pakistan (PAK)1102
4 India (IND)0156
5 South Korea (KOR)0022
Totals (5 entries)88824

References

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