Wrestling at the 1958 Asian Games – Men's freestyle +87 kg

The men's freestyle +87 kilograms (heavyweight) freestyle wrestling competition at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo was held from 25 to 27 May 1958.

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 wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final round. These 3 wrestlers each faced each other in a round-robin (with earlier results counting, if any had wrestled another before); record within the medal round determined medals, with bad points breaking ties.

Schedule All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00) DateTimeEvent Sunday, 25 May 1958 11:00 First round Monday, 26 May 1958 10:00 Second round Tuesday, 27 May 1958 10:00 Third round

Results

First round 4 4 Fall 9:24 0 0 3 3 Decision 1 1

Second round 8 4 Fall 4:11 0 3 2 2 Draw 2 3

Third round 4 2 Draw 2 5 3 Bye

Final standing RankAthleteRound123 1 2 Bye 3 3 0 2 2 4 4 3 0 2 5 5 4 4 4 8

References

External links UWW Database