| Wrestling at the 1966 Asian Games | |
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| Dates | 10–13 December 1966 |
Wrestling was one of the sports which was held at the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand between 10 and 13 December 1966. The competition included only men's freestyle events.
| Wrestling at the 1966 Asian Games | |
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| Dates | 10–13 December 1966 |
Wrestling was one of the sports which was held at the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand between 10 and 13 December 1966. The competition included only men's freestyle events.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight (52 kg) | Shigeo Nakata  Japan | Ali Akbar Heidari  Iran | Shamrao Sable  India |
| Bantamweight (57 kg) | Tadamichi Tanaka Japan | Mohammad Ali Farrokhian Iran | Bishambar Singh India |
| Featherweight (63 kg) | Masaaki Kaneko Japan | Ebrahim Seifpour Iran | Chang Kyung-mu  South Korea |
| Lightweight (70 kg) | Abdollah Movahed Iran | Yoshiharu Tobita Japan | Udey Chand India |
| Welterweight (78 kg) | Muhammad Bashir  Pakistan | Hossein Tahami Iran | Suh Young-suk South Korea |
| Middleweight (87 kg) | Tatsuo Sasaki Japan | Mahmoud Moezzipour Iran | Sajjan Singh India |
| Light heavyweight (97 kg) | Mansour Mehdizadeh Iran | Bishwanath Singh India | Shunichi Kawano Japan |
| Heavyweight (+97 kg) | Moslem Eskandar-Filabi Iran | Muhammad Saeed Pakistan | Bhim Singh India |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 |  Iran (IRN) | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 |  Pakistan (PAK) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  India (IND) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 5 |  South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
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