| Wrestling at the 1970 Asian Games | |
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| Dates | 10–13 December 1970 |
| Competitors | 61 from 8 nations |
Wrestling was one of the sports which was held at the 1970 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand between 10 and 13 December 1970. The competition included only men's freestyle events.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg | Ebrahim Javadi  Iran | Yoshiyuki Matsuhashi  Japan | Kim Hwa-kyung  South Korea |
| 52 kg | Mohammad Ghorbani Iran | Kiyomi Kato Japan | Kim Young-jun South Korea |
| 57 kg | Hideaki Yanagida Japan | An Jae-won South Korea | Sardar Muhammad  Pakistan |
| 62 kg | Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi Iran | Kiyoshi Abe Japan | Kim Moon-ki South Korea |
| 68 kg | Abdollah Movahed Iran | Shared gold | Om Prakash  India |
| Kikuo Wada Japan | |||
| 74 kg | Toshitada Yoshida Japan | Mohammad Farhangdoust Iran | Mukhtiar Singh India |
| 82 kg | Tatsuo Sasaki Japan | Ali Hajiloo Iran | Netra Pal Singh India |
| 90 kg | Dariush Zakeri Iran | Jit Singh India | Koichi Tani Japan |
| 100 kg | Chandgi Ram India | Shizuo Yada Japan | Abolfazl Anvari Iran |
| +100 kg | Moslem Eskandar-Filabi Iran | Yorihide Isogai Japan | Maroof Khan Pakistan |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Iran (IRN) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 |  India (IND) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 |  South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 |  Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 11 | 9 | 10 | 30 | |
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