Bong Chang-won (born 19 February 1938) is a South Korean wrestler. He competed in the men's freestyle lightweight at the

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. In 1959, Bong was in military service with the Republic of Korea Marine Corps. He participated in the South Korean qualifying tournament for the

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, but lost by decision to Cheon Dong-mun of the Republic of Korea Army. By 1961, he was attending

Kyung Hee University Kyung Hee University (abbreviated to KHU) (Hangul: 경희대학교; Hanja: 慶熙大學校) is a private research university in South Korea with campuses in Seoul and Suwon. Founded in 1949, it is widely regarded as one of the best universities i ...

. He came in first place in the lightweight category in the South Korean qualifying tournament for the

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, defeating his classmate Hwang Yong-deuk and Gukhak University; a predecessor school of , which was merged into

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in 1971 student Kim Ik-jong.

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* 1938 births Living people South Korean male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for South Korea Wrestlers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sport wrestlers from Seoul Asian Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 1958 Asian Games Wrestlers at the 1962 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games Kyung Hee University alumni 20th-century South Korean people 21st-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-wrestling-bio-stub