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

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

Men's freestyle 87 kg at the 1958 Asian Games
Venue	Korakuen Ice Palace
Dates	25–27 May 1958
Competitors	5 from 5 nations
Medalists
Gholamreza Takhti    Iran   Haruo Takagi    Japan   Hwang Chae-won    South Korea

Main article: Wrestling at the 1958 Asian Games

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)

Date	Time	Event
Sunday, 25 May 1958	11:00	First round
Monday, 26 May 1958	10:00	Second round
	19:00	Third round
Tuesday, 27 May 1958	10:00	Fourth round

Results

First round

TBM		BM		BM		TBM
4	Baryalai Naseri (AFG)	4	Fall 1:38	0	Gholamreza Takhti (IRN)	0
0	Hwang Chae-won (KOR)	0	Fall 6:04	4	Muhammad Ali (PAK)	4
0	Haruo Takagi (JPN)				Bye

Second round

TBM		BM		BM		TBM
0	Haruo Takagi (JPN)	0	Walkover	4	Baryalai Naseri (AFG)	8
0	Gholamreza Takhti (IRN)	0	Fall 3:26	4	Hwang Chae-won (KOR)	4
4	Muhammad Ali (PAK)				Bye

Third round

TBM		BM		BM		TBM
8	Muhammad Ali (PAK)	4	Fall 4:59	0	Gholamreza Takhti (IRN)	0
1	Haruo Takagi (JPN)	1	Decision	3	Hwang Chae-won (KOR)	7

Fourth round

TBM		BM		BM		TBM
5	Haruo Takagi (JPN)	4	Fall 4:39	0	Gholamreza Takhti (IRN)	0
7	Hwang Chae-won (KOR)				Bye

Final standing

Rank	Athlete	Round				TBM	FBM
		1	2	3	4
	Gholamreza Takhti (IRN)	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Haruo Takagi (JPN)	Bye	0	1	4	5	5
	Hwang Chae-won (KOR)	0	4	3	Bye	7	7
4	Muhammad Ali (PAK)	4	Bye	4		8
5	Baryalai Naseri (AFG)	4	4			8

External links

• UWW Database