| Event: | Men's freestyle 79 kg |
| Games: | 1958 Asian Games |
| Venue: | Korakuen Ice Palace |
| Dates: | 25–27 May 1958 |
| Competitors: | 6 |
| Nations: | 6 |
| Gold: | Takashi Nagai |
| Goldnoc: | JPN |
| Silver: | Nabi Sorouri |
| Silvernoc: | IRN |
| Bronze: | Nicolas Arcales |
| Bronzenoc: | PHI |
| Prev: | 1954 |
| Next: | 1962 |
See main article: Wrestling at the 1958 Asian Games.
The men's freestyle 79 kilograms (middleweight) freestyle wrestling competition at the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo was held from 25 to 27 May 1958.[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 wrestlers remained, they advanced to a final round. These 3 wrestlers each faced each other in a round-robin (with earlier results counting, if any had wrestled another before); record within the medal round determined medals, with bad points breaking ties.
All times are Japan Standard Time
| width=220 | Date | width=50 | Time | width=100 | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 25 May 1958 | 11:00 | First round | |||
| Monday, 26 May 1958 | 10:00 | Second round | |||
| 19:00 | Third round | ||||
| Tuesday, 27 May 1958 | 10:00 | Fourth round |
| width=30 | width=270 | width=30 | width=75 | width=30 | width=270 | width=30 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | Fall 3:49 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Fall 0:22 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Draw | 2 | 2 |
| width=30 | width=270 | width=30 | width=75 | width=30 | width=270 | width=30 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | Fall 0:20 | 4 | bgcolor=pink | 8 | ||||||||
| bgcolor=pink | 8 | 4 | Fall 1:29 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Decision | 1 | 3 |
| width=30 | width=270 | width=30 | width=75 | width=30 | width=270 | width=30 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | Fall 2:17 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| bgcolor=pink | 6 | 3 | Decision | 1 | 3 |
| width=30 | width=270 | width=30 | width=75 | width=30 | width=270 | width=30 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 4 | Fall 3:59 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| 3 | Bye |
| Rank | Athlete | Round | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=30 | 1 | width=30 | 2 | width=30 | 3 | width=30 | 4 | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 2 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 0 | Bye | 3 | 2 | ||
| bgcolor=gold | 2 | 0 | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | bgcolor=gold | 4 | bgcolor=gold | 4 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||||
| 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||||