The men's freestyle 97 kilograms (light heavyweight) 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 round Thursday, 30 August 1962 08:00 4th round

Results

1st round 0 0 Fall 8:05 4 4 4 4 Fall 4:04 0 0 0 Bye

2nd round 2 2 Draw 2 28 4 Fall 2:14 0 4 0 Bye

3rd round

2 2 Draw 2 4 3 1 Decision 3 7

4th round 5 3 Decision 1 4 4 Bye

Final standing RankAthleteRound1234 0 2 1 1 4 3 Bye 2 2 Bye 4 4 0 Bye 2 3 5 5 4 4 0 3 7 5 4 4 8

References

External links UWW Database