Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle welterweight


The men's freestyle welterweight competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome took place from 1 to 6 September at the Basilica of Maxentius. Nations were limited to one competitor.

Competition format

This freestyle 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

Rantanen withdrew after his bout.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
İsmail OganDecisionVakhtang Balavadze
Udey ChandDecisionJoe Feeney
Yutaka KanekoFallMusa Kazanov
Coenraad de VilliersDecisionFranz Berger
Gaetano De VescoviDecisionJuan Flores
Emam Ali HabibiFallChoi Myeong-jong
Åke CarlssonDecisionVeikko Rantanen
Muhammad BashirFallPeter Amey
Juan RolónDecisionSultan Mohammad Dost
Doug BlubaughFallKurt Boese
Karl BruggmannFallRobert Clark
Martin HeinzeByeN/AN/A

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
1000
7011
7011
7011
7011
7011
7011
13033
13033
13033
13033
13033
18044
18044
18Choi Myeong-jong044
18044
18044
23033*

Round 2

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
İsmail OganDecisionMartin Heinze
Vakhtang BalavadzeDecisionUdey Chand
Musa KazanovDecisionJoe Feeney
Yutaka KanekoFallFranz Berger
Coenraad de VilliersFallJuan Flores
Emam Ali HabibiDecisionÅke Carlsson
Gaetano De VescoviFallChoi Myeong-jong
Muhammad BashirDecisionJuan Rolón
Peter AmeyDecisionSultan Mohammad Dost
Doug BlubaughFallKarl Bruggmann
Kurt BoeseFallRobert Clark

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
1000
3011
3101
3101
3011
7112
8033
9314
9404
9044
9134
9134
9134
15415
15415
17336
17336
19347
19347
21Choi Myeong-jong448
21448

Round 3

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Martin Heinze'TieVakhtang Balavadze'
İsmail OganFallUdey Chand
Musa KazanovDecisionCoenraad de Villiers
Gaetano De VescoviFallYutaka Kaneko
Emam Ali HabibiDecisionMuhammad Bashir
Åke CarlssonFallPeter Amey
Doug BlubaughWalkoverJuan Rolón
Karl BruggmannDecisionKurt Boese

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
2101
3112
3202
5134
5404
5134
5044
9415
9325
11426
11516
13437
14448
14448
16549

Round 4

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
Yutaka KanekoFallMartin Heinze
İsmail OganDecisionCoenraad de Villiers
Emam Ali HabibiDecisionGaetano De Vescovi
Doug BlubaughFallÅke Carlsson
Muhammad BashirFallKarl Bruggmann

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
2213
2213
4404
4134
4404
7437
8448
9549
9549

Round 5

; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
İsmail OganDecisionYutaka Kaneko
Muhammad BashirDecisionGaetano De Vescovi
Doug BlubaughFallEmam Ali Habibi

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
1000
2314
3415
4347
4437
4437

Round 6

With three remaining wrestlers, the competition used a round-robin to determine the medalists rather than giving one wrestler a bye in round 6. Ogan defeated Bashir, but Blubaugh defeated both of them to take the gold medal.
; Bouts
WinnerNationVictory TypeLoserNation
İsmail OganDecisionMuhammad Bashir
Doug BlubaughDecisionİsmail Ogan
Doug BlubaughFallMuhammad Bashir

; Points
RankWrestlerNationStartEarnedTotal
011
448
5712