Wrestling at the 1966 Asian Games

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.

Wrestling
at the 1966 Asian Games
Dates10–13 December 1966
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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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