Wrestling at the 1962 Asian Games – Men's freestyle 97 kg

Men's freestyle 97 kg at the 1962 Asian Games
Venue	Ikada Sports Hall
Dates	28–30 August 1962
Competitors	5 from 5 nations
Medalists
Maruti Mane    India   Haruo Takagi    Japan   Muhammad Niaz    Pakistan

Main article: Wrestling at the 1962 Asian Games

The men's freestyle 97 kilograms (light heavyweight) freestyle wrestling competition at the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta was held from 28 to 30 August 1962.

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 or fewer wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final round, with only preliminary results amongst them carried forward.

Schedule

All times are Western Indonesian Time (UTC+07:30)

Date	Time	Event
Tuesday, 28 August 1962	08:00	1st round
Wednesday, 29 August 1962	08:00	2nd round
	14:30	3rd round
Thursday, 30 August 1962	08:00	4th round

Results

1st round

TBM		BM		BM		TBM
0	Maruti Mane (IND)	0	Fall 8:05	4	Ghulam Mohiddin Gunga (AFG)	4
4	Jong Tamnge (INA)	4	Fall 4:04	0	Muhammad Niaz (PAK)	0
0	Haruo Takagi (JPN)				Bye

2nd round

TBM		BM		BM		TBM
2	Haruo Takagi (JPN)	2	Draw	2	Maruti Mane (IND)	2
8	Ghulam Mohiddin Gunga (AFG)	4	Fall 2:14	0	Jong Tamnge (INA)	4
0	Muhammad Niaz (PAK)				Bye

3rd round

TBM		BM		BM		TBM
2	Muhammad Niaz (PAK)	2	Draw	2	Haruo Takagi (JPN)	4
3	Maruti Mane (IND)	1	Decision	3	Jong Tamnge (INA)	7

4th round

TBM		BM		BM		TBM
5	Muhammad Niaz (PAK)	3	Decision	1	Maruti Mane (IND)	4
4	Haruo Takagi (JPN)				Bye

Final standing

Rank	Athlete	Round				TBM	FBM
		1	2	3	4
	Maruti Mane (IND)	0	2	1	1	4	3
	Haruo Takagi (JPN)	Bye	2	2	Bye	4	4
	Muhammad Niaz (PAK)	0	Bye	2	3	5	5
4	Jong Tamnge (INA)	4	0	3		7
5	Ghulam Mohiddin Gunga (AFG)	4	4			8

External links

• UWW Database