| Wrestling at the 1962 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Ikada Sports Hall |
| Dates | 25–30 August 1962 |
| Competitors | 59 from 8 nations |
Wrestling was one of the sports which was held at the 1962 Asian Games at Ikada Sports Hall in Jakarta, Indonesia between 25 and 30 August 1962. The competition included only men's events.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight (52 kg) | Noriyuki Harada  Japan | Chang Chang-sun  South Korea | Malwa Singh  India |
| Bantamweight (57 kg) | Tadashi Asai Japan | Siraj Din  Pakistan | Choi Young-kil South Korea |
| Featherweight (63 kg) | Osamu Watanabe Japan | Muhammad Akhtar Pakistan | Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri  Afghanistan |
| Lightweight (70 kg) | Kazuo Abe Japan | Udey Chand India | Ghulam Rasool Pakistan |
| Welterweight (78 kg) | Yutaka Kaneko Japan | Muhammad Bashir Pakistan | Lakshmikant Pandey India |
| Middleweight (87 kg) | Faiz Muhammad Pakistan | Sajjan Singh India | Shunichi Kawano Japan |
| Light heavyweight (97 kg) | Maruti Mane India | Haruo Takagi Japan | Muhammad Niaz Pakistan |
| Heavyweight (+97 kg) | Muhammad Saeed Pakistan | Ganpat Andalkar India | Jiro Seki Japan |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight (52 kg) | Malwa Singh India | Tsutomu Hanahara Japan | Mujari  Indonesia |
| Bantamweight (57 kg) | Masamitsu Ichiguchi Japan | Siraj Din Pakistan | Narin Ghume India |
| Featherweight (63 kg) | Tokuaki Fujita Japan | Muhammad Akhtar Pakistan | Rachman Firdaus Indonesia |
| Lightweight (70 kg) | Yoichi Sasaki Japan | Udey Chand India | Ghulam Rasool Pakistan |
| Welterweight (78 kg) | Yutaka Kaneko Japan | Muhammad Bashir Pakistan | Oh Jae-young South Korea |
| Middleweight (87 kg) | Shunichi Kawano Japan | Sajjan Singh India | Faiz Muhammad Pakistan |
| Light heavyweight (97 kg) | Muhammad Niaz Pakistan | Haruo Takagi Japan | Shared silver |
| Maruti Mane India | |||
| Heavyweight (+97 kg) | Ganpat Andalkar India | Muhammad Saeed Pakistan | Jiro Seki Japan |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 10 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 2 |  Pakistan (PAK) | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 |  India (IND) | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 |  South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 |  Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 |  Afghanistan (AFG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 16 | 17 | 15 | 48 | |
A total of 59 athletes from 8 nations competed in wrestling at the 1962 Asian Games:
Afghanistan (7)
Ceylon (1) India (7) Indonesia (13) Japan (12) Pakistan (8)
Philippines (6) South Korea (5)
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