Wrestling at the 1954 Asian Games

Wrestling was one of the sports which was held at the 1954 Asian Games in Manila, Philippines between 1 and 3 May 1954. The competition included only men's freestyle events.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
(52 kg)
Din Muhammad
 Pakistan
Yushu Kitano
 Japan
Basilio Fabila
 Philippines
Bantamweight
(57 kg)
Minoru Iizuka
 Japan
Han Duk-hung
 South Korea
Muhammad Amin
 Pakistan
Featherweight
(62 kg)
Shigeru Kasahara
 Japan
Mansueto Napilay
 Philippines
Kim Young-jun
 South Korea
Lightweight
(67 kg)
Takeo Shimotori
 Japan
B. G. Kashid
 India
Muhammad Ashraf
 Pakistan
Welterweight
(73 kg)
Yutaka Kaneko
 Japan
Abdul Rashid
 Pakistan
Lim Bae-young
 South Korea
Middleweight
(79 kg)
Kazuo Katsuramoto
 Japan
Nicolas Arcales
 Philippines
Sohan Singh
 India
Heavyweight
(+87 kg)
Kenzo Fukuda
 Japan
Baryalai Naseri
 Afghanistan
None awarded

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Japan6107
2 Pakistan1124
3 Philippines0213
4 South Korea0123
5 India0112
6 Afghanistan0101
Total 7 7 6 20

Participating nations

A total of 32 athletes from 8 nations competed in wrestling at the 1954 Asian Games:

References

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