Wrestling at the 1962 Asian Games – Men's freestyle 78 kg

Men's freestyle 78 kg at the 1962 Asian Games
Venue	Ikada Sports Hall
Dates	28–30 August 1962
Competitors	6 from 6 nations
Medalists
Yutaka Kaneko    Japan   Muhammad Bashir    Pakistan   Lakshmikant Pandey    India

Wrestling at the 1962 Asian Games
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman
	52 kg	52 kg
	57 kg	57 kg
	63 kg	63 kg
	70 kg	70 kg
		78 kg
	87 kg	87 kg
	97 kg	97 kg
	+97 kg	+97 kg

The men's freestyle 78 kilograms (welterweight) freestyle wrestling competition at the 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta was held from 28 to 30 August 1962.^[1]

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.

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

TBM		BM		BM		TBM
0	Lakshmikant Pandey (IND)	0	Fall 2:44	4	Oh Jae-young (KOR)	4
4	Uriel Gauvieres (PHI)	4	Fall 1:54	0	Yutaka Kaneko (JPN)	0
0	Muhammad Bashir (PAK)	0	Fall 0:32	4	Doddy Atmadja (INA)	4

TBM		BM		BM		TBM
0	Lakshmikant Pandey (IND)	0	Fall 4:12	4	Uriel Gauvieres (PHI)	8
8	Oh Jae-young (KOR)	4	Walkover	0	Muhammad Bashir (PAK)	0
0	Yutaka Kaneko (JPN)	0	Fall 1:01	4	Doddy Atmadja (INA)	8

TBM		BM		BM		TBM
4	Lakshmikant Pandey (IND)	4	Fall 0:45	0	Yutaka Kaneko (JPN)	0
0	Muhammad Bashir (PAK)				Bye

TBM		BM		BM		TBM
1	Muhammad Bashir (PAK)	1	Decision	3	Lakshmikant Pandey (IND)	7
0	Yutaka Kaneko (JPN)				Bye

TBM		BM		BM		TBM
2	Yutaka Kaneko (JPN)	2	Draw	2	Muhammad Bashir (PAK)	3
7	Lakshmikant Pandey (IND)				Bye

Rank	Athlete	Round					TBM	FBM
		1	2	3	4	5
	Yutaka Kaneko (JPN)	0	0	0	Bye	2	2	2
	Muhammad Bashir (PAK)	0	0	Bye	1	2	3	3
	Lakshmikant Pandey (IND)	0	0	4	3	Bye	7	7
4	Doddy Atmadja (INA)	4	4				8
4	Oh Jae-young (KOR)	4	4				8
4	Uriel Gauvieres (PHI)	4	4				8

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