Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight


The men's Greco-Roman bantamweight competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome took place from 26 to 31 August at the Basilica of Maxentius. Nations were limited to one competitor.

Competition format

This Greco-Roman wrestling competition continued to use the "bad points" elimination system introduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics for Greco-Roman and at the 1932 Summer Olympics for freestyle wrestling, though adjusted the point values slightly. Wins by fall continued to be worth 0 points and wins by decision continued to be worth 1 point. Losses by fall, however, were now worth 4 points. Losses by decision were worth 3 points. Ties were now allowed, worth 2 points for each wrestler. The elimination threshold was also increased from 5 points to 6 points. The medal round concept, used in 1952 and 1956 requiring a round-robin amongst the medalists even if one or more finished a round with enough points for elimination, was used only if exactly three wrestlers remained after a round—if two competitors remained, they faced off head-to-head; if only one, he was the gold medalist.

Results

Round 1

Cañete withdrew after his bout. Schlechter was injured and could not continue.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Ion CerneaFallMichel Ben Akoun
Imre HódosFallLoek Alflen
Richard Debrunner'TieReino Tuominen'
Masamitsu IchiguchiFallLarry Lauchle
Gilberto GramelliniDecisionBernard Knitter
Yaşar YılmazDecisionKamel Ali El-Sayed
Gilbert DubierDecisionEwald Tauer
Oleg KaravayevFallJohn Tveiten
Stipan DoraDecisionAimé Verhoeven
Jiří ŠvecDecisionAli Bani Hashemi
Franz BrunnerDecisionMikhail Theodoropoulos
Edvin VesterbyDecisionOrlando Gonçalves
Dinko PetrovFallFrançois Schlechter
Michel NakouziDecisionSantiago Cañete

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
6011
6011
6011
6011
6011
6011
6011
6011
14022
14022
16033
16033
16033
16033
16033
16033
16033
23044
23044
23044
23044
27033*
28044*

Round 2

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Ion Cernea'TieImre Hódos'
Loek AlflenFallMichel Ben Akoun
Gilberto GramelliniFallRichard Debrunner
Bernard KnitterFallReino Tuominen
Masamitsu IchiguchiDecisionKamel Ali El-Sayed
Yaşar YılmazFallLarry Lauchle
Michel NakouziDecisionGilbert Dubier
Ewald TauerDecisionJohn Tveiten
Oleg KaravayevFallAimé Verhoeven
Stipan DoraDecisionAli Bani Hashemi
Jiří ŠvecDecisionMikhail Theodoropoulos
Edvin VesterbyDecisionFranz Brunner
Dinko PetrovDecisionOrlando Gonçalves

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
2101
2011
2011
2101
6022
6112
6022
6112
6112
6112
12303
13404
13134
13134
13314
17336
17336
17246
17336
17336
17246
23437
23347
25448
25448

Round 3

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Ion CerneaDecisionLoek Alflen
Imre Hódos'TieGilberto Gramellini'
Bernard Knitter'TieMasamitsu Ichiguchi'
Yaşar YılmazDecisionGilbert Dubier
Michel NakouziDecisionEwald Tauer
Oleg KaravayevDecisionStipan Dora
Jiří ŠvecDecisionFranz Brunner
Dinko PetrovDecisionEdvin Vesterby

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1011
2112
2112
4213
4123
4123
4213
4213
9224
10235
10325
10235
13437
13437
13437
13437

Round 4

The Official Report shows Vesterby at 5 points after round 3, following 2 wins by decision and a loss by decision. After round 4, however, Vesterby is shown at 4 points even though his win by fall should have kept him at 5. There is no explanation for a wrestler receiving a reduction in bad points.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Ion CerneaDecisionGilberto Gramellini
Bernard KnitterFallImre Hódos
Masamitsu IchiguchiDecisionYaşar Yılmaz
Oleg KaravayevDecisionMichel Nakouzi
Edvin VesterbyFallStipan Dora
Jiří Švec'TieDinko Petrov'

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1112
2314
2314
2224
5505
5325
5504*
5235
9336
9336
11448
12549

Round 5

Vesterby's inexplicably reduced point total put him in a tie with Petrov for the bronze medal at 6 points. This tie was broken on head-to-head results; Petrov had defeated Vesterby in round 3. Vesterby would have finished in 4th place even were it not for the point reduction. Švec and Yılmaz were the ones ultimately affected by it, as they would have finished tied with Vesterby for 4th rather than tied only with each other for 5th.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Ion CerneaDecisionBernard Knitter
Oleg KaravayevFallMasamitsu Ichiguchi
Yaşar Yılmaz'TieDinko Petrov'
Jiří Švec'TieEdvin Vesterby'

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1202
2415
426
44*26*
5527
5527
7448
7538

Round 6

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Oleg KaravayevDecisionIon Cernea

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
213
437