Wrestling at the 1962 Asian Games – Men's freestyle 78 kg

The men's freestyle 78 kilograms (welterweight) freestyle wrestling competition at the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta was held from 28 to 30 August 1962.[1]

Men's freestyle 78 kg
at the 1962 Asian Games
VenueIkada Sports Hall
Dates28–30 August
Competitors6 from 6 nations
Medalists
    Japan
    Pakistan
    India

The competition used a form of negative points tournament, with negative points given for any result short of a fall. Accumulation of 6 negative points eliminated the wrestler. When three or fewer wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final round, with only preliminary results amongst them carried forward.

Schedule

All times are Western Indonesian Time (UTC+07:30)

Date Time Event
Tuesday, 28 August 196208:001st round
Wednesday, 29 August 196208:002nd round
14:303rd round
Thursday, 30 August 196208:004th round
14:305th round

Results

1st round

TBM BM BM TBM
0 Lakshmikant Pandey (IND)0Fall 2:444 Oh Jae-young (KOR)4
4 Uriel Gauvieres (PHI)4Fall 1:540 Yutaka Kaneko (JPN)0
0 Muhammad Bashir (PAK)0Fall 0:324 Doddy Atmadja (INA)4

2nd round

TBM BM BM TBM
0 Lakshmikant Pandey (IND)0Fall 4:124 Uriel Gauvieres (PHI)8
8 Oh Jae-young (KOR)4Walkover0 Muhammad Bashir (PAK)0
0 Yutaka Kaneko (JPN)0Fall 1:014 Doddy Atmadja (INA)8

3rd round

  • The results and the points of the matches between the same wrestlers that were already wrestled during the early rounds shall be taken into account for the final round.
FBM BM BM FBM
4 Lakshmikant Pandey (IND)4Fall 0:450 Yutaka Kaneko (JPN)0
0 Muhammad Bashir (PAK)Bye

4th round

FBM BM BM FBM
1 Muhammad Bashir (PAK)1Decision3 Lakshmikant Pandey (IND)7
0 Yutaka Kaneko (JPN)Bye

5th round

FBM BM BM FBM
2 Yutaka Kaneko (JPN)2Draw2 Muhammad Bashir (PAK)3
7 Lakshmikant Pandey (IND)Bye

Final standing

Rank Athlete
 Yutaka Kaneko (JPN)
 Muhammad Bashir (PAK)
 Lakshmikant Pandey (IND)
4  Doddy Atmadja (INA)
4  Oh Jae-young (KOR)
4  Uriel Gauvieres (PHI)

References

  1. "India's Mane Wins Gold Medal in Freestyle Wrestling". The Indian Express. 31 August 1962. p. 8. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
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