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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.
Medalists edit
| 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 edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 edit
- Freestyle result
- The Straits Times, 15 December 1966, Page 22
External links edit
- UWW Database