Wrestling at the 1962 Asian Games – Men's freestyle +97 kg

The men's freestyle +97 kilograms (heavyweight) freestyle wrestling competition at the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta was held from 28 to 30 August 1962.[1]

Men's freestyle +97 kg
at the 1962 Asian Games
VenueIkada Sports Hall
Dates28–30 August 1962
Competitors5 from 5 nations
Medalists
gold medal    Pakistan
silver medal    India
bronze medal    Japan
← 1958
1966 →

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
Tuesday, 28 August 1962 08:00 1st round
Wednesday, 29 August 1962 08:00 2nd round
14:30 3rd round
Thursday, 30 August 1962 08:00 4th round

Results edit

1st round edit

TBM BM BM TBM
1   Ganpat Andalkar (IND) 1 Decision 3   Nizamuddin Subhani (AFG) 3
1   Muhammad Saeed (PAK) 1 Decision 3   Jiro Seki (JPN) 3
0   Poniman Soeharto (INA) Bye

2nd round edit

TBM BM BM TBM
4   Poniman Soeharto (INA) 4 Fall 0:21 0   Ganpat Andalkar (IND) 1
6   Nizamuddin Subhani (AFG) 3 Decision 1   Muhammad Saeed (PAK) 2
3   Jiro Seki (JPN) Bye

3rd round edit

TBM BM BM TBM
3   Jiro Seki (JPN) 0 Fall 2:42 4   Poniman Soeharto (INA) 8
3   Ganpat Andalkar (IND) 2 Draw 2   Muhammad Saeed (PAK) 4

4th round edit

TBM BM BM TBM
5   Jiro Seki (JPN) 2 Draw 2   Ganpat Andalkar (IND) 5
4   Muhammad Saeed (PAK) Bye

Final standing edit

Rank Athlete Round TBM FBM
1 2 3 4
    Muhammad Saeed (PAK) 1 1 2 Bye 4 3
    Ganpat Andalkar (IND) 1 0 2 2 5 4
    Jiro Seki (JPN) 3 Bye 0 2 5 5
4   Poniman Soeharto (INA) Bye 4 4 8
5   Nizamuddin Subhani (AFG) 3 3 6

References edit

  1. ^ "India's Mane Wins Gold Medal in Freestyle Wrestling". The Indian Express. 31 August 1962. p. 8. Retrieved 12 April 2019.

External links edit