Shigeo Nakata (中田 茂男, Nakata Shigeo, born 16 October 1945 in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō)[1] is a Japanese wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling.

He also won a gold medal at the 1967 World Wrestling Championships and at the 1966 Asian Games.

[2] Nakata competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the flyweight class.

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