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.

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) DateTimeEvent Tuesday, 28 August 1962 08:00 1st roundWednesday, 29 August 1962 08:00 2nd round 14:30 3rd roundThursday, 30 August 1962 08:00 4th round 14:30 5th round

Results

1st round 0 0 Fall 2:44 4 4 4 4 Fall 1:54 0 0 0 0 Fall 0:32 4 4

2nd round 0 0 Fall 4:12 4 88 4 Walkover 0 0 0 0 Fall 1:01 4 8

3rd round 4 4 Fall 0:45 0 0 0 Bye

4th round 1 1 Decision 3 7 0 Bye

5th round 2 2 Draw 2 3 7 Bye

Final standing RankAthleteRound12345 0 0 0 Bye 2 2 2 0 0 Bye 1 2 3 3 0 0 4 3 Bye 7 7 4 4 4 8 4 4 4 8 4 4 4 8

References

External links UWW Database