Wrestling at the 1962 Asian Games – Men's Greco-Roman +97 kg

The men's Greco-Roman +97 kilograms (heavyweight) Greco-Roman wrestling competition at the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta was held from 25 to 27 August 1962.[1]

Men's Greco-Roman +97 kg
at the 1962 Asian Games
VenueIkada Sports Hall
Dates25–27 August 1962
Competitors4 from 4 nations
Medalists
gold medal    India
silver medal    Pakistan
bronze medal    Japan
1974 →

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 edit

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

Date Time Event
Saturday, 25 August 1962 08:00 1st round
Sunday, 26 August 1962 08:00 2nd round
Monday, 27 August 1962 08:00 3rd round

Results edit

1st round edit

TBM BM BM TBM
4   Poniman Soeharto (INA) 4 Fall 8:00 0   Jiro Seki (JPN) 0
2   Muhammad Saeed (PAK) 2 Draw 2   Ganpat Andalkar (IND) 2

2nd round edit

TBM BM BM TBM
8   Poniman Soeharto (INA) 4 Fall 2:30 0   Muhammad Saeed (PAK) 2
2   Jiro Seki (JPN) 2 Draw 2   Ganpat Andalkar (IND) 4

3rd round edit

TBM BM BM TBM
4   Muhammad Saeed (PAK) 2 Draw 2   Jiro Seki (JPN) 4
4   Ganpat Andalkar (IND) Bye

Final standing edit

Rank Athlete Round TBM FBM
1 2 3
    Ganpat Andalkar (IND) 2 2 Bye 4 4[a]
    Muhammad Saeed (PAK) 2 0 2 4 4[a]
    Jiro Seki (JPN) 0 2 2 4 4[a]
4   Poniman Soeharto (INA) 4 4 8
  1. ^ a b c Tied on total bad marks. The athletes' body weights were used as the tiebreaker.

References edit

  1. ^ "Andalkar and Malwa Win Gold Medals". The Indian Express. 28 August 1962. p. 8. Retrieved 4 February 2014.

External links edit