| Event: | Men's freestyle 87 kg |
| Games: | 1958 Asian Games |
| Venue: | Korakuen Ice Palace |
| Dates: | 25–27 May 1958 |
| Competitors: | 5 |
| Nations: | 5 |
| Gold: | Gholamreza Takhti |
| Goldnoc: | IRN |
| Silver: | Haruo Takagi |
| Silvernoc: | JPN |
| Bronze: | Hwang Chae-won |
| Bronzenoc: | KOR |
| Prev: | 1954 |
| Next: | 1962 |
See main article: Wrestling at the 1958 Asian Games.
The men's freestyle 87 kilograms (light heavyweight) 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | Fall 1:38 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 0 | 0 | Fall 6:04 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| 0 | Bye |
| width=30 | width=270 | width=30 | width=75 | width=30 | width=270 | width=30 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | Walkover | 4 | bgcolor=pink | 8 | ||||||||
| 0 | 0 | Fall 3:26 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| 4 | Bye |
| width=30 | width=270 | width=30 | width=75 | width=30 | width=270 | width=30 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=pink | 8 | 4 | Fall 4:59 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Decision | 3 | 7 |
| width=30 | width=270 | width=30 | width=75 | width=30 | width=270 | width=30 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | Fall 4:39 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 7 | Bye |
| Rank | Athlete | Round | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=30 | 1 | width=30 | 2 | width=30 | 3 | width=30 | 4 | ||
| 0 | bgcolor=gold | 0 | 0 | bgcolor=gold | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bye | 0 | bgcolor=gold | 1 | bgcolor=gold | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 0 | bgcolor=gold | 4 | bgcolor=gold | 3 | Bye | 7 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Bye | 4 | 8 | |||||
| 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||||