Wrestling at the 1958 Asian Games – Men's freestyle 79 kg

	Takashi Nagai	Japan
	Nabi Sorouri	Iran
	Nicolas Arcales	1954 1962  →

Wrestling at the 1958 Asian Games
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	57 kg	79 kg
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The men's freestyle 79 kilograms (middleweight) freestyle wrestling competition at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo was held from 25 to 27 May 1958.^[1]

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)

Results

First round

TBM		BM		BM		TBM
0	Nicolas Arcales (PHI)	0	Fall 3:49	4	Mohammad Rahim (AFG)	4
4	Chen Kim Sang (MAL)	4	Fall 0:22	0	Ghulam Rasool (PAK)	0
2	Nabi Sorouri (IRN)	2	Draw	2	Takashi Nagai (JPN)	2

Second round

TBM		BM		BM		TBM
0	Nicolas Arcales (PHI)	0	Fall 0:20	4	Chen Kim Sang (MAL)	8
8	Mohammad Rahim (AFG)	4	Fall 1:29	0	Nabi Sorouri (IRN)	2
3	Ghulam Rasool (PAK)	3	Decision	1	Takashi Nagai (JPN)	3

Third round

TBM		BM		BM		TBM
4	Nicolas Arcales (PHI)	4	Fall 2:17	0	Takashi Nagai (JPN)	3
6	Ghulam Rasool (PAK)	3	Decision	1	Nabi Sorouri (IRN)	3

Fourth round

TBM		BM		BM		TBM
8	Nicolas Arcales (PHI)	4	Fall 3:59	0	Nabi Sorouri (IRN)	3
3	Takashi Nagai (JPN)				Bye

Final standing

Rank	Athlete	Round				TBM	FBM
		1	2	3	4
	Takashi Nagai (JPN)	2	1	0	Bye	3	2[a]
	Nabi Sorouri (IRN)	2	0	1	0	3	2[a]
	Nicolas Arcales (PHI)	0	0	4	4	8	8
4	Ghulam Rasool (PAK)	0	3	3		6
5	Mohammad Rahim (AFG)	4	4			8
6	Chen Kim Sang (MAL)	4	4			8

References

External links

• UWW Database